This is the cover of the journal you will make in Scarlett's Flower Journal class that begins next week. I did not want to show you the whole thing, but Sue has taken photos of it and we have them in the shop........as well as the original. This is one darling album and the flowers are So pretty.......you will love learning to make them! Hope you can join us.........call to sign up and we will get the list of supplies needed, to you.

New Stuff

Hello! Ooo, pretty color. Don't think I have used this one before. I was just reading my niece's blog and discoverd I can scoot right from hers to this one, so thought I would say hello and ask your forgiveness for not blogging much. My life has been so different lately......hard to even think of what to chat with you about.

So, am going to make a concerted effort to share new things with you all, a few "Did You Know?'s thrown in along the way, some photos, etc. If you read the e-mail tonight, you know that we put out a Gob of new Sizzix dies. Come see 'em.......they are great!

Had an unexpected blessing today........one of those "this is the reason I am here" type of things. An old friend, and I do mean old, as Dave is probably in his eighties. In fact, I know he is. Anyway, Dave came in with the express idea of sharing a photo album with me. It was kind of funny. He said to me, " I thought I would show you what a photo album is supposed to look like". Well, let me tell you............it was a gem! Dave used to be a professional photographer and in fact, I believe he did my senior class photos! Anyway, he had one photo......very large, on each page. No writing of any kind. Just photos.............huge ones. And they were gorgeous. Some from travels all over America, some of his beloved wife, who has been gone for years. Some of his darling daughter who died after a long fought battle with lung cancer, a girl whose lips never touched a cigarette and was the sweetest thing...........never should have happened. Photos of old family gatherings..............memories, sweet memories. And after we looked at them together and I had him tell me about each one, he got up and shuffled off, alone...........out the door, with the promise that there were more.

Be that encouragement to whomever you can, won't you? Someone, somewhere, needs you to listen to them, to look at their photos, to compliment them on Something.........give them a hug, let them know you are still glad to see them. Oh my, it made my day that he came in, knowing I would care. Thank you Lord, for that bit of friendship today, when I needed it so much. Thanks for letting me be his friend today...........

Love you all...............Linda

Bo Bunny wants to know!!!

Hey there.........is anyone working on entering the Flat Bunny contest? I certainly hope so.!!! If you have not gotten the directions for what it is you are to do, please contact me via e-mail and I will send you the info again. I believe it is one or two posts below this one ( can't see from where I am typing)............it is easy.........and the prize is enough product from Bo Bunny to provide a crop for ten.............that's a LOT of product, guys! Keep me posted........I sure would hate to see No one entering from our thousands of customers! Come on now.............let me know you are in on this! What a fun prize and what a cute little bunny!

Going to say bye for now.......Ed needs to use the computer and I am falling asleep. Talk to you soon...........hugs to each one...:Linda