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I was busy, busy, busy at the GRAND OPENING of Anthologies this weekend!!! They had a super fabulous opening day...with a 45 minute wait to check out!! Crazy! But you gotta love the die hard scrappers!!! I had so much fun meeting so many wonderful ladies who enjoy this wonderful craft as much as I do. Nita and Tracy along with all the wonderful staff got that store into tip top shape for the Friday opening and they didn't look back.
The store looked awesome and was FULL of all the new lines from CHA!! I think everyone was a little overwhelmed but in a good way! I was in charge of the make n'takes each day and unfortunately I didn't get a photo of them! Finally on Sunday, after things calmed down a bit, I did manage to get a couple of shots in of the store and some of the ladies there working on the make n'takes...

Nita, the store owner and me...
Some of the ladies with Nita signing up for fall classes! There are such awesome projects!! Here is the schedule with all the class and times if you weren't able to stop by this weekend.
Now onto some more scrappin' work for the store...I haven't done a mini book in awhile...not that I don't like them...for me they just require a little more time. Although I do love how this one turned out. This album is from Clear Scraps! Anthologies has a whole wall to choose from!
For this particular minibook I got to play with the new Sassafras Lass Sweet Marmalade Collection
***SUMMER FUN '09***

Next up was the new line from My Mind's Eye ~Road Trip/Beep Beep. I have to say this is one of my new favorite manufacturers. I LOVE the thick feel of the paper and the texture and colors are just fabulous. The line for the girls is too die for!!!
***THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED***
Stay tuned for more from the store. They still don't have everything out in the store and are expecting more shipment!!! Can't wait to see what I can play with next!
Next up is sketch #31 reveal at Inspired Blueprints!!! This is one of my favorite sketches and was really fun and easy to do!

***DARE TO DREAM***
some closeups...
I also wanted to share a small mini book I did for the Mon Ame Memories September kit. I designed this book for Maren so she could look at all her relatives...now for those family members that are not present in this little book it was ONLY because I ran out of room and only had so many pages! LOL!!
***Pearfect Family***



And lastly I wanted to share a quick altered frame I worked on last week. I saw this paper and immediately wanted to do something other than a layout with it. (I think it is from American Crafts? ~not sure though.) I picked up the frame and ribbon at Hobby Lobby and used my circle punch to create the shapes around the photo, added some alphabet stickers from Doodlebug...and that was it! Super easy and something fun to decorate the house with!
Okay...I think that's all for now! I hope to work on my Halloween ornament tree this week...I got the whole
Pink Paislee Halloween kit to embellish it...so I will let you know how it turns out!!
Have a great week!