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It's moving day!

Let's pack it up and head on over... the new site is ready!

Get your bookmarks ready, redirect your Google Reader, do what you need to do. And make sure you visit today, because there's a giveaway waiting for you there!

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Construction Zone

Stay tuned, my bloglings! This area is officially under construction. The lovely and talented Ellie at Rainy Day Templates is crafting a lovely new blog design for me. Not familiar with Ellie's work? Check out the design she just did for my friend Karen of Huckleberry Karen Designs. Gorgeous, right? Until the new site is ready, my blogging time is being taken up by choosing patterns, colors and fonts, which is why you haven't seen a post from me this week!

Other changes are ahead, too! This blog is moving in a new direction, in more ways than one. First of all, it will become a scrapbook blog, 100%. In addition to workshops and featured layouts, you'll see new products, organization tips, and.... (wait for it... wait for it...)

Giveaways!

(Ooohhh.....aaaahhhh......)

Secondly, we're moving to a new location! I'll soon be showing you the way to the new site, so get your keyboards ready!

IKEA + Awesome Husband = Scrap Happiness

You have to spend money to make money, right? Well, today I spent money at one of my most favoritest stores! I take that back... The Husband spent the money for me, but he followed very good instructions while there.

Let me start over.

My Nest/scrapbooking friend, Noaillese, has an awesome workspace for her crafts. When she told me that her bookcase (I call it a grid, because of its fantastic geometric perfection) came from Ikea for less than $200, I decided that I must have one.

Now that I'm at home for the summer and planning on doing quite a bit of scrapbooking of my own (as well as a good number of CM workshops), I decided to put my recent earnings to good use and invest! I was going to head to Ikea with The Husband this morning, but he chose to go on his own (something about me always losing focus and buying hundreds of dollars worth of votive holders and picture frames and ceramic pots and kitchen utensils and doormats... not sure what he was talking about, really...). Anyway, he ended up going alone.

And came back with......

This.

Doesn't look like much, you say? Oh, just you wait. Just. You. Wait.


To be continued......

#48- Clean my silver jewelry.

(Read all about my 5-year plan here!)


Done! Wow, it really should not take 9 months to clean some silver jewelry, right?

(One of my favorite pieces- and the first Tiffany necklace Scott bought me when we started dating.)

I'm really wishing that I had taken before and after pics of this task, but... well, I'm not sure I would have wanted to post them anyway. My jewelry looked REALLY bad after we came back from our honeymoon in Hawaii- I blame the sea air on Kauai. :)

I let it all sit on my dresser for months, terrified that I would ruin it if I tried to clean it myself, and not willing to pay to have it all cleaned professionally. So what magical steps did I take to finally do it? Um.... I picked up some silver cleaner at Target and spent a Sunday afternoon cleaning my jewelry. That's it. Hmm. 9 months.

Here's the stuff- highly recommended if you ever come back from Hawaii with damaged goods!

Summer Social: June

Come to my house for the first of three Summer Social events! On Saturday, June 20th, we'll have an afternoon crop, starting at 1:00pm and ending at 5:00(ish). We'll take a break for ice cream sundaes, so bring your appetite!

Please RSVP by June 18th so I can provide ice cream for all. This workshop will have a fee of $10, but place an order on that day for $25 or more, and your fee is waived!

There is an Evite for this event- if you would like to be added to it, please email me at Marianne241@gmail.com or post your email address in the comments!

Save these dates for Summer Socials in
July and August:

Saturday, July 11th
Margaritas, Crop & Shop at Jenni's House (San Jose)
Enjoy a change of venue for our crop, this time with Margaritas and some Mexican flavor! This workshop will also have a $10 fee, which will be waived with an order of $25 at the event.

Saturday, August 15th
Summer Social Album Share at Marianne's
Come over for some All-American summer treats and bring your finished albums from the past year to show off! This event is FREE!

Purple's Stars: June 12

Purple's Stars is a feature that I started a few months ago, in which I highlight some of my favorite moments in the blogosphere from the week. Since I've been absent for a few weeks (ok, try 2 months), not all of these are from the last week. But they're still worth mentioning:


1. I'm all about lists, and I really enjoyed reading this one, 55 Ways to Get More Energy. Some of these ideas literally put a smile on my face, so I'm keeping this one handy!

#8: Eat lots of berries.

2. In need of a little Love Therapy? While I'm a happily married woman, I fully approve of the Ex Knife Block.


3. Um, how excited are we for this??


4. In need of that life-is-beautiful-and-there's-still-good-in-the-world feeling? Check this out:



5. As a teacher, I had a special appreciation for the response this teacher gave (if it's too small to read, just go here):