Happy New Year's Eve

I cannot believe it is the last day of 2005!! I am setting some personal scrapbooking resolutions or at least goals for the New Year! The key word here is PERSONAL! I want to work on my own scrapbook pages and finish many dozens of unfinished projects. I think I'll probably sit down tomorrow and make a list of these projects and attach them to my bulletin board and draw a line through each completed project VERY SATISFYING!

Anyhow, the big news today is the Trash to Treasure sale at FKS!! Although a lot of the big stuff has been sold, we still have an awesome amount of paper and other cool stuff priced ridiculously low TEN FOR A DOLLAR! This isn't old crappy stuff! I had ladies yesterday buying hundreds of sheets of paper! Don't miss out!

NEW YEAR'S HUGS everyone, see you in 2006!!

Wow! Another celeb sighting!!

So I just got back from the big "M". I had a coupon and I like to pick up magazines that I can't buy at FKS. I grabbed a "Somerset Studio" . It's a beautiful issue as always and there on page 102 is a absolutely stunning fabric and paper collage.
Nancy Connelly is the artist and on page 108 she has a second project. It is very cool! Congratulations Nan! Your work is so wonderful!

January Classes

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Santa was very good to me I have to say!
January is right around the corner and I wanted to share my January classes with you!
Jan 5th
Preserving the Past, my monthly Heritage layout class is back, we will make a two page layout with K&Co papers and MM paints. Handout and extra kits available.
Jan 10th
Beautiful Christmas Memories, bright and colorful Daisy D papers. We will create a two page layout with space for all you favorite Christmas photos! We will also learn to make these adorable but huge photo corners. Who says Sue doesn't do bright colors!
Jan 19th
Love Coaster Mini Book, cute little mini book is perfect for your special valentine!
Jan 21st
ABC Heritage Quote Book Workshop, this is a very special project. It is a self standing flip book with 26+ pages that will be a beautiful heirloom for your family. It is loaded with quotes and beautiful vintage papers to adorn your family photos.
Jan 23rd
Ten Reasons I love you, another project that will work well for a valentines gift but could also be used for a mother to daughter or maybe even baby book. This is an altered board book project and you will be amazed how simple steps will turn this dollar store find into a cherished gift!!

I hope that you will see a class that you will want to take, I have lots more planned for 2006!

Penny Postcards

Classes for the new year

I have finally finished this project scheduled for 1/21! This is a self standing ABC flip book packed full of quotes. You will complete 27 pages and have a great heirloom book for your home decor or a great gift!

Christmas Treasure Box

Hi y'all!! I will be teaching my last class of 2005 Wednesday nite. We will create this altered Christmas Treasure box! This will be an awesome last minute gift for you or someone you love! I have a limited number of boxes so let me know by Tuesday if you would like to take this one!

Photo for profile

Missy's TV Debut on "That's Clever!"












I hope everyone had an opportunity to see Missy on TV today! She was awesome! If you didn't see the episode, check the website and see what you missed!!

"That's CLEVER"

You all know Missy . . . She and I go way back . . . In fact she is the one that got me into all this! She was subtle about it that's true, but the more stamping and paper supplies I accumulated the closer I came to realizing there was more to all this stuff than just card making. Anyway, I knew her "then" . . .

Don't miss her TV debut on "That's CLEVER" (formerly Crafter's Coast to Coast). I am so excited! It will air twice on HGTV, DEC 15th, 11AM and 4PM. She's my first TV celebrity friend! CONGRATULATIONS MISSY!

Tomorrow is a big day at FKS. . .

In the morning Santa will be coming for a short visit. He'll be visiting with all the kiddos and giving them a special treat! Bring your camera along too!

The afternoon brings us a special guest designer from K & Company! Tracey Niehues will be teaching you will love the project! I got a sneak peek this afternoon!!

the big picture

I got my hands on Stacy Julian's new book and I looooove it! You must have it, at least look at it! It is soooooo awesome! And that's all I have to say about that!!

On the fourth day of Christmas . . .

I have added a new feature! It's called Flickr and it is located up here! Just above! The thumbnail photos are linked to photos of my classes past and upcoming. What do you think? Is it cool or what? Okay, gotta run, off to shopping . . .
Scrappy Hugs, Sue

The last day of November . . .

Here it is the last day of November! I cannot believe how fast the days fly by this time of year!
If you are looking for a unique gift or table decoration you will love this project!
I have a few spaces left in my "JOY" altered box workshop! It is a wooden box from the Weathered Door with an accordion album.

This box has a top and bottom with a unique latch on either side for closure! Let me know by Friday if you are interested!!

Free Templates

I want to share this website with free templates for everything you can think of, including calendar templates!
Enjoy browsing this site:
Jersgirls Computer Craft & Rubber Stamp Templates

HOW to kill an hour on the internet . . .

Try this for a little entertainment

Boy am I tired!!

Well, we opened early and were very, very busy!! I know evcryone enjoyed the 20% SALE and the other awesome buys we had!! Tomorrow we open at 10AM but the first 25 people to come in the store will receive a goody bag!! I will tell you this . . . it is very cool . . . right Becky?



Now for some news from Moi . . . I have several projects in a new publication called
"Scrapbooking Beyond your Imagination".

I haven't received my copy yet but there are some nice photos of the front and back covers on the website. . . Check out the back cover! I'm sure some of you will recognize the canvas project!

Vacation Travel Box

Mexico Altered Cigar Box Purse

Wow! Can't wait to actual see the book!

A Quiz . . .

What scrapbooking item are you?

Don't forget . . .

Turkey Bucks redeemed today only!!

FRIDAY, 20% Off the whole entire store . . .

SATURDAY, Awesome GOODY BAG to the FIRST 25 customers . . .
FREE GIFT for customers that spend $50 or more . . .

SUNDAY, DOUBLE PUNCH DAY!!

My mini muffin tin class is Sunday at 12:30 PM.
Christmas Family Treasures Mini File folder class Tuesday at 6:30 PM, I can take 2 more people!!

JOY altered accordion box is Saturday at 10:30AM, I can take 5 more people for this one!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy THANKSGIVING!!
carolinasue

Today's scraps . . .

Hi ya'll!! Thanks to everyone that emailed me regarding this blog!! I like the way it look too! I was off all weekend and have almost finished my classes through March.
Sneak peeks to come . . .
I f you would like to post directly to the blog, please join our membership, I'd LOVE to hear from everyone!!
Quick reminder . . . Turkey Bucks on Wednesday (we close at 3PM)
20% off the whole store on FRIDAY (we open at (9AM)
There are some incredible sales all weekend, we have rearranged the store and will need to get rid of a lot of stuff before the "girls" go to EK Extravaganza next week!

Sunday at 12:30 is my Altered mini muffin tin, it's an adorable decoration, gift, ornament and we will be painting and stamping and embossing a la Michelle Charles!

Gotta run, love you all . . .

Christmas Treasure Box

This is the top of the altered cigar box. We will also decorate the inside!

JOY altered box project . .

The reasons for it all . . .

I met SJ when I attended CKU-T, she is one of my Scrapbooking Heros, she asked us to remember our reasons for scrapbooking and it really hit home with me. These days it seems scrapbooking is almost a competition with all the new products and everyone itching to be published!

Anyhow, here is a link to Stacey Julian's website, it looks very cool.

ENJOY!

So far so good . . .

My Keepsakes & Scraps

Good Morning, I cannot believe how cold it is . . . I am happy to report that I am hearing good feedback from my BLOG idea.

I have two very special classes in December, the "JOY" accordion album and altered wooden box and a class I've just added, Christmas Treasure box!!

JOY is December 3rd at 10:30 - 1:30, it is a workshop and will be an awesome gift when you are finished!!
Christmas Treasure Box is December 21st at 6:30-8:30. We will paint and decorate this box with Daisy D's Christmas papers.

I am getting some scanning finished and will post some of my projects for the beginning of next year.

Cyber Hugs to warm you up this morning!

Preserving the Past Christmas Heritage layout
carolinasue

My Keepsakes & Scraps

My Keepsakes & Scraps

I almost forgot . . . I have two kits available for sale from my Preserving the Past Christmas Heritage layout, the kit is $15 and has a photo and instructions. Let me know if you would like to purchase this kit before I put them out in the store!!

Christmas Family Favorite
carolinasue

My Keepsakes & Scraps

My Keepsakes & Scraps

Sooo, this is my first photo upload, that seems to work pretty well!
First things first this morning! The last two days at FKS have been very exciting! We decided to do some major rearranging and it looks awesome! We have try to eliminate a lot of small fixtures in order to make the store a little easier to navigate!
We are also getting ready for a MAJOR after Turkey sale. Shocking prices on a lot of stuff we just need to move.

Okay now the reason for me and blogging (what does that even mean? LOL) . . .
My next class is Sunday, Nov 27th at 12:30. We are making an altered mini muffin tin!! OMG, it is such a cute idea for a gift! I am sorry to say I forgot to take a photo but we will take a mini muffin tin, use paints and stamping and cute 3D embellishments to make an orginal gift item. Stop in the store to see it in person!!

Also Nov 29th at 6:30 my mini Wooden File folder class! This is a very full class but I still have enough supplies for a few folks to join in!!
That's all I have for now!! Please post your feedback on my new way to share with you all!!

PAPER SCISSORS ROCK
carolinasue

Welcome . . .

This is my blog . . . I cannot believe I'm doing this! I started thinking that this could be a great way to share info regarding classes and updates from FKS. . . let's try this and see if this works better than email news!! Your input is welcome and I would love to see your comments! Thanks for reading this far!! Sue