Mini Album {Update}

Hey guys! I hosted a fantastic crop last Friday. Thirteen wonderful women (including me!) got together to crop the night away with food, games, 80s music and prizes. It was a super fun night. I forgot to take any pictures that night but I did get a lot of work done. I finished adding the pictures to this and I made some cards. I will post them this week!http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Here are a few of my favorite finished pages!











I have been trying to post every day and so far it is working out well for me because I have been making lots of good things on the weekend. Actually, I have been setting up AUTO-Posts each day. I prepare an entire week's worth of blogs and set them to post each day. It has been working out pretty well. I may not write as much on each one, but you get to see what I have been working on and if something profound strikes me, I can edit the post before it goes live or I can post a two-fer. Hehe! As always, your comments and praises mean so much. Thanks for reading This Little Blog of Mine!

Two Minis from CKC

Have I mentioned lately that CKC was awesome? Ha ha...I loved the classes and I made lots of great things at the crops. Here are a couple of mini books I worked on for the classes.

Acrylic Album, all products are S.E.I I can't wait to add pictures!



This album was called a 'Peek into My Week'. I am not sure where the album is from.

Another Mini Album

At CKC, I worked on my December Daily Album, but I also made a little mini album to showcase my memories from the weekend. I HAD to use some of the fun new papers and stickers that I got at the vendor fair. I can't wait to add pictures and journaling! Enjoy!!

Layouts from CKC

The best part about CKC was taking classes from experienced teachers. As a teacher, I appreciated the classes from a pedagogy stand point. I watched the teachers and recognized how they conducted the classes. It was my goal to learn from them. I realized that people really do want to listen to my little tips and suggestions. Wow. This was a new concept for me. I usually assume that people want to get on with the 'creating' part of the lesson. It suddenly occurred to me that 'mini-lecutres' about inks, stamping techniques and craftmanship will make my workshops soar to new heights.

I really loved the classes where the instructors took the time to explain things or give tips and spent more talking even if it meant that we didn't get to finish the particular project....I enjoyed them even more than the classes where I just worked on my own.

Here are two layouts from the "Basic Gray: Latest and Greatest Class". The instructor gave tips like:
1. Outline stickers and journaling blocks with brown or black to make them pop.



2. Attach bows and ribbon with a glue dot. If the ribbon wraps all the way around the layout, secure it with tape on the back of the page.

3. If I want to make layouts before adding the photos, I can keep part of the adhesive backing on the sticker so that I will be able to easily put the picture underneath.

Thanks for reading!! Hope you are having a great week!!