Day 8 of Blog Train, Wonderfully Wordy & Grab Bag Reveal!
I can’t believe that it’s already the 8th day of October! This first week has really flown by with all of the Digitals’ Birthday Bash events going on along with all of the normal beginning of the month things to tend to at home and also for designing … I definitely will need a nap once it’s all over. But as it is the 8th, that means two things ... time for a new challenge & to reveal my grab bag! First, the latest round of my Wonderfully Wordy Word Art (try saying that 3 times really fast – LOL) Challenge at Gotta Pixel has started. Each month for this challenge, I provide you with a wonderful piece of word art to use to create a layout with. And, if you post your page by the 7th of the following month, before the new challenge begins, you’ll also receive a posting bonus! You can read all of the challenge details and download the word art in the Wonderfully Wordy Challenge Forum by clicking on the linked text or the word art preview above. Hope to see you all there!
And as today is the last day of our Birthday Bash it’s also the last day that you can partake in the 30% OFF Sale as well as the last chance to purchase my Personal Use Grab Bag #2, containing three new designs for $3.00. All designs in this bag can be used for your S4H/S4O endeavors under my Angel Policy. If you’d like more specific details on what is and what is not covered, you can read my entire Angel Policy in the grab bag’s description. And in case anyone missed my links to the previews of the contents of my bag yesterday, here are the previews themselves. Included in my bag this time are my three newest designs - Autumnal Equinox Kit, Autumnal Equinox Brag Book, and Just Journaling Layered Templates – Set #1 (.PSD, .TIF, and .PNG files included):
And, last but not least, on to the blog train goodie for today! This download has now been removed.
I will be taking a break from blogging this long weekend (Jason actually gets the day off on Monday!), but please check back on Tuesday for more news and a new little goodie!
Happy Scrapping,
Jen
Day 7 of Blog Train & Scads of Sunflowers!
Each year for Christmas my husband always gets me a basset hound calendar to hang in my office, and I always get him the USPA’s Skydiving one for him to hang up in his office at work. While his is probably considered to be “cooler” than mine - LOL, I love looking at all of the different hounds each month. Generally, there is at least one photo in the lot that looks like one of our three bassets – Baxter, Molly, or Klaus - so that generally makes me enjoy it even more. This year though, for the first time in the past seven since we’ve had this tradition, none of the dogs pictured seemed to have the same look as ours. I did find one, however, that I absolutely loved despite of that, and it happens to be this month’s picture (above) … an adorable basset puppy surrounded by sunflowers! I know a lot of people often associate sunflowers with summer, but for some reason I’ve always thought of them as being perfect for fall. I think it’s because when I was younger, my mother had a grape vine wreath that she had decorated with all kinds of autumn-y craft things - a little scarecrow doll, silk leaves, acorns, fall colored gingham ribbon, etc. – but it also had silk sunflowers intertwined throughout! It always hung on our front door throughout the fall, coming down just for the week of Halloween so that one made of plastic canvas Jack-O-Lanterns could be put up for the trick-or-treaters.
While I like just about any kind of flowers, sunflowers are one of my favorites, so when we went to Cyprus Gardens here in Florida one spring a few years back when my Dad was here for a visit, I took tons of photos of them in their botanical gardens. Once I got home and went through my photos, I found that I captured a beautiful shot of one in full bloom with the light shining down on it just perfectly. Ecstatic, because I am generally not that good of a photographer – LOL, I extracted the flower from my photo and created an entire kit around it which I called Shabby Sunflowers with the result shown above. And, while it’s not your typical fall kit, I think it has fantastic colors for scrapping fall photos. This is another of my kits that will be retired very soon to be used in my “special project” so grab it while you still can, at 65% off (just $2.25) by either clicking on the linked text or preview provided above. This kit is also included in my Clearance Bundle, which is also still available in my Digitals store.
And because designer’s can never seem to stop designing once they get on a roll – LOL – I’ve also created a coordinating Basic Grey “BRACKET” Album, a 4”x6” Brag Book Album, and a cute pair of
12”x12” Quick Pages, all on sale for 30% off until the end of the Birthday Bash Sale tomorrow for $3.50, $2.80, & $2.45 respectively. You can get more details about the items or purchase them by either clicking on the linked text above, or on the preview provided.
And don’t forget to pick up my second-ever Personal Use Grab Bag, available for $3.00, exclusively at Digitals until tomorrow! My grab bag contains 3 all-new products valued at over $12.00. You can purchase it by clicking on the preview or link above. I also gave you a few subtle and one not-so-subtle – LOL – hints about what was in my bag, but if you really can’t stand the suspense any longer, you can take a peek at Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, and Part 3 HERE. But shhhh … it’s a surprise remember!
And, last but not least, on to the blog train goodie for today! This download has now been removed.
Please note that each page will be available for only 1 day! And as a reminder, I will be posting to my blog every day sometime before NOON, EASTERN, so you should check back each day after that time for the download link. If you miss a day, don't worry ... the complete set of templates will be available in my Digitals store at the end of the promotion!
See you tomorrow with more news & goodies!
Happy Scrapping,
Jen
Day 6 of Blog Train, Little Bundles & A Missing Skunk!
There was some excitement for a half hour or so yesterday afternoon in the Maceyunas household when we couldn’t find our youngest skunk, Jasmine. Usually when Jason is home, and I’m going to work on the computer, I bring my laptop out of my office and sit on the couch beside him. And usually, little Jazzie is sitting (well sleeping more often – LOL) there right beside me. Jason took this photo of her beside me just this past week, and I thought it was so cute I just had to share! Well yesterday morning while I was working on getting everything posted for the blog train, she started to wander around instead of just sitting, so I let her down on the floor figuring she either had to use the littler box, wanted a drink, or something like that. Later, when we were getting ready to eat lunch and Jason went looking to round up all the skunks to put them in the laundry room while we ate (they’re shameless beggars!), he found everyone but Jasmine. We weren’t worried at first, because they have favorite places that they sometimes like to go to sleep … our bedroom closets, under my desk in the office, in one of the baskets of doggies toys amidst the stuffy/squeaky toys, under the couches, in any laundry baskets if they’re left out for more than 5 minutes with clean clothes in them … so we just started making the rounds of their usual spots and figured she would be in one of them – but no! So I started to get anxious thinking that maybe she snuck out when one of us was letting the doggies or perhaps she followed Jason out into the garage when he went out there for something earlier in the morning. So we frantically started looking for her outside and then out in the garage, but to no avail.
Amidst all of this, I accidentally knocked into the dogs’ water bowl and made a flood on our tile floor. So not wanting to make the situation worse by having someone slip and break something, I went over to our oven and opened the bottom drawer to get a cloth to wipe up the mess, and this is what I found … one small skunk, all bundled up amongst the pot holders, kitchen towels, and cleaning cloths – sound asleep! The camera just happened to be out on the counter, because I had been getting ready to transfer some pictures off of it, so I couldn’t help but take a photo of the little stinker.
She actually stayed sleeping until I called to her, and then she proceeded to climb out as if nothing unusual had happened – LOL – sniffing around to see why we wanted her. So, thankfully she was just in a new “hiding spot” and all ended well. Jason’s going to get a baby latch for the oven drawer on his way home from work tonight and that will be locked up just like all the cabinets in the house. Oh, did I mention they’re mischievous – LOL? Way more so than our nephew ever was when he was little that’s for sure. We installed baby latches on all of the lower cupboards, bathroom vanities, and bi-fold closet doors to the pantry shortly after we got Tinkerbell, because she was determined to get into each one to see if there was anything interesting to explore and/or any food to be had. Now that everything’s secure (or will be by this evening – LOL), we don’t have to worry about them getting into anything they shouldn’t. Other than their curiosity, they’re really excellent pets, and Jasmine is probably the sweetest of the bunch because she’s “the baby”.
And while we’re talking about babies - LOL, all parts of my Little Bundle Boy & Little Bundle Girl Collections are on sale for 30% off during the Birthday Bash. For each gender I created a full sized kit (separate element and paper packs also available), brag books, coordinating felt alphas, quick pages, and digital sticker sets … everything you could possibly need to scrap about baby! As my DH and I don’t have any children yet, I have to live vicariously through those who do – LOL – so I had originally made these kits for one of my very best friends who was pregnant but had chosen not to learn the sex of the baby before it was born. I don’t know how she and her husband managed … I just would have had to have known – LOL – but, she said several of the mommies to be that she met during both her pregnancies chose to be surprised too!
When she told me that fact, I had the brain storm to create my Little Bundle Add-On Kit, Little Bundle Add-On Felt Alpha, and Little Bundle Add-On Brag Book in shades of gray and white for those in that same situation. I also thought that these would be great if people wanted to scrap their little ones in colors other than the traditional blues and pinks, because they could easily recolor the gray to whatever they wanted! This kit, alpha, and brag book are currently in my clearance section and will be retired very soon as they’re going to be used in a special (but secret at this time – LOL) project. So grab these three designs, while you still can, at 50% off (just $2.25, $0.75, and $3.00 respectively), by either clicking on the linked text above, or on the preview provided.
And, last but not least, on to the blog train goodie for today! This download has now been removed.
Please note that each page will be available for only 1 day! And as a reminder, I will be posting to my blog every day sometime before NOON, EASTERN, so you should check back each day after that time for the download link. If you miss a day, don't worry ... the complete set of templates will be available in my Digitals store at the end of the promotion!
And don’t forget to visit the other Digitals' Designers blogs on the Blog Train:
Allesandra Desisgns
http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com
Amanda Thorderson
http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com
Beth Rimmer
http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com
Dea Spina
http://deaspina.blogspot.com
DeDe Smith
http://designsbydede.blogspot.com
Diana Burton
http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com
Georgia Oliver
http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com
Glenda Ketcham
http://scrapville.blogspot.com
Jennifer Maceyunas - You Are Here :)
Juliana Gordon
http://www.thejulianablog.com
Karla Kellum
http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com
Kathryn Estry
http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com
Katie Mann
http://katiemann.blogspot.com
Lynne Simmons
http://digidigs.blogspot.com
Nini's Notions
http://ninisnews.blogspot.com
Sarah Meyer
http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com
Scrap4Brains
http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com
Shawn Walter
http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com
Silvia Romeo
http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com
Spellweaver
http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com
Tink
http://www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com
See you tomorrow with more news & goodies!
Happy Scrapping,
Jen
