Local book signing

The date for my local book signing has been set!

Scrapbook Mania
Thursday July 26th
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

There will be beverages and appetizers. The book will also be 10% off that night.

If you comment on this post and then attend the signing, I'll have a little gift for you, too.

Have a great day everyone!

What inspires you?

I know a lot of scrapbookers out there are like me in that you see inspiration everywhere you look. But there are those things, too, that just make you go a little silly inside that not only inspire you but make you feel good. Of course nothing can make me feel as incredible as my son does, and I also have a well-known affinity for techie gadgets and cool graphic software and all things Apple. Oh, and Chocolate Therapy ice cream from Ben & Jerry's also makes me a little swoony.

For me though, an awesome red purse, handbag, tote, whatever, just stops me in my tracks. So today, I was checking something out at work (all work-related believe it or not) and I happened upon this red Furla Dharma shopper bag. I'm still thinking about it and it's been hours. What the heck is wrong with me? Now, I'll never buy it because I'm too cheap to fork over $200 for it. The guilt would kill me. I don't think of myself as being materialistic AT ALL but don't we all have something like that? Right? You do, don't you? (Please say you do so I don't feel like a dork.)

Speaking of inspiration, check out Stacy Julian's blog from yesterday. Scroll to the bottom. :)

Have a good one!

So you may have noticed...

that I changed my blog... again. I have realized that I just cannot keep the design the same for very long. I get tired of looking at the same thing over and over. Maybe it's because I just didn't like the last design very much. It was doodle-y but maybe a little too girly and flowery for me. So I'm giving it another shot. Maybe someday I'll settle on one. Maybe not.

So no new updates on the book. It's printed. I just don't have it in my hands. I've received a bunch of orders already! Get your order in soon. Of course, I can always get more. :)

Here's some fun though...

so I'm sitting at my desk and my cell phone rings. It's Stacy.

Stacy JULIAN!!!!

Ok, it's not the first time she's called me. However, I get all excited when I see her name come up on my caller I.D. I'm not one to get star-struck so easily either but come on, she's so darned creative and motivating and inspiring. So that's pretty cool.

We're working on my class for Big Picture Scrapbooking. I've canceled my classed at the Simply Southern Scrapbook Convention in October. It looks like it's going to be a great line-up but I just can't swing it for lotsa reasons unfortunately.

I will be teaching another doodling class at Scrapbook Mania though in the Fall, at EBB Creations Scrapbooking Center in Simi Valley in California on July 11th, and then online in Sept at Big Picture.

That's all for now. Let me know what you think of the new blog look. Have a great weekend!

The book!

I have pre-ordered a whole bunch of the Doodling for Papercrafters book and I am pretty sure I'll have them first!

So, if you live in the contiguous U.S., and would like to order one from me, just send me an email to maelynnc@gmail.com. Put BOOK ORDER in the subject line. I'll reply with my address to where you can send a check. I'll hold all checks until the book is shipped to you.

Each book will be $17.95 plus $1.00 shipping per book. (They'll be retailing for $19.95 in stores.)

Put these things in the email: Quantity Name Shipping Address

Now, if you live in the Birmingham, Alabama area, the store where I teach - Scrapbook Mania in Bessemer - will actually be the first store to get them in and will have them available right about the same time I would ship them so locals, you may want to just get them there.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Thanks TEXTURES class attendees!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who attended my Techniques in Textures and Dimension class yesterday at Scrapbook Mania. I think I'd be perfectly correct in saying that these ladies really enjoyed the glazing techniques and embossing techniques! Oh, and the hand-stitching seemed to be popular, too!

I laughed a lot and was completely inspired by their creativity! Everyone did such a great job.

Thanks again. Hope to see you next time!

Sorry for not posting!

As much as summer should be about taking it easy and kicking back a bit, it actually gets busier for me. This past weekend though, my son left for the majority of summer - SEVEN weeks! Oh, how my heart breaks every time he leaves me for that long.

I cry like a blubbering fool for a day, then I start to look around the house in the morning light the next day and I realize how much cleaning I need to do and how once I clean it, it MAY actually stay like that for a short while! Of course, I'd rather have a messy house with him home than a spotless house with him gone. I have to look on the bright side though.

And it's just so darned quiet. Anyone ever notice how strange it is when you're so used to the noise that comes along with children that when the noise is gone, you miss it?

Don't worry about me. I've got plenty to distract me this summer. Traveling, teaching, book signings, scrapping. I may even allow myself to kick back and relax some. :)