manic monday sale - 50% off

Can you believe we're already half way through November? Seriously, where does the time go? I'm really excited for this week... I LOVE Thanksgiving. We're meeting at my mom's on Thursday for yummy traditional turkey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. Mmmmmm! Then on Friday, my mom, sister, and I wake up before the sun is even up and go brave the crowds to score some good deals. To be honest, at this point it's less about the good deal for me (although I love that, too) and more about the tradition we have of going each year and how much fun we have. It really is a good time, and I hope to get all of my Christmas shopping done that day.

To help keep me organized during this busy season, I use a holiday planner. I make lists for just about everything, and the gift lists in my planner really help me out for Day After Thanksgiving shopping. I have these printable sheets in my shop and they are half off today only (just click on the image below to take you to my shop)!



That is a great deal, and now is the perfect time to pick them up so you can use them for the next month. I actually keep my planner close by year round in case someone has a change of address or if I have a great gift idea in July, for example, I can jot it down so I remember. Very handy.

I hope you all (here in the U.S.) have a great Thanksgiving day and get to eat lots of good food!

clickinmoms

Have you heard of Clickinmoms? It's an awesome community of photographers who learn from each other and willingly share tips with each other. I joined a few years ago and have learned a lot from perusing the forums. There are all kinds of tutorials and very experienced photographers who are members and willing to share their knowledge. It's a great place. Right now they are having a giveaway for a photo editing class that looks amazing. I would love to take this class.

Go to their blog to check it out.


You can also sign up for their newsletter while you're there. You don't have to be a member of their site to get the newsletter, and if they get 20,000 subscribers by Black Friday they're giving away a huge digital gift pack that's full of all kinds of useful information.

If you decide to join their site, I would love it if you click through to the site from the link below because then it registers that you were directed there from here. I'm not sure how it all works, but I believe they have an affiliate program that will give people credits if they refer others.

and the winner is...

Winners, actually. Thank you all so much for your nice comments. Since this is my first digital kit giveaway, I decided to choose 2 winners. Using random.org, the winners of my new Merriment digital kit are:







Congrats, Kari and Scarlet! E-mail me so I can get you details on how to redeem your prize.

Also, I'm going to leave it 20% for one extra day. So, if you didn't pick up Merriment yet and want it, grab it before 10 pm MST tonight while it's still on sale.

new kit and a LOT of holiday printables

Is it too early to think about Christmas? I don't think so. I like to start early so that once we get into the full-blown season I have time to enjoy it more. I have a new digital kit out today that coordinates with the Christmas Treasures freebie from my post yesterday. It's called Merriment.



You can save 20% on it through Sunday! I'm also giving one away... check the post just below this one to enter. I'll draw a winner first thing Monday.

Krista of Sahlin Studio and I have teamed up again to create these holiday printables. There is a huge assortment here that are already done for you. They are all ready-to-print to make the holidays just a bit easier!



The bundle is the best deal, but if you are interested in just some of the printables, you can also buy them individually in my shop.

Jessica Sprague Art of Digital Design Blog Hop

Hey, welcome to my little blog. If you're following the blog hop we have going on, you probably came here from Tonya's blog. If you haven't heard of this blog hop, it's put together by some of the graduates of Jessica Sprague's first Art of Digital Design class. We've basically put together a huge Christmas collab digital kit, and you can gather pieces of it (for FREE!) at each of the blogs participating in the hop. Here is what the whole kit looks like:




Here's my portion. Click on the image to take you to 4shared to download. If you prefer to download from Box, there's a link below. Link expired. The blog hop is over, but if you missed my kit, stay tuned... it will be added to my shop soon.

Click here to download at 4shared.com.
Click here to download at Box.net.

The next stop for the blog hop is Earl. When you're done here, click on over to see what he has in store for you!

If you get lost or want to see the complete list of blogs, stop by Lisa's blog here. She has the complete list posted.

**NEW RELEASE SNEAK PEEK**
I had so much fun creating this mini kit that I kept on going. I have a brand new kit being released at ScrapMatters tomorrow that coordinates perfectly with the Christmas Treasure mini kit I made above. It is called Merriment and here's a sneak peek for you:



Come back tomorrow to see what the full kit looks like! As long as we're giving things away, how about a chance to win this kit? Just leave a comment below by Sunday, November 14, and I'll randomly choose a person to win this kit. I'll post the winner on Monday, so make sure to check back! If you want to follow me on Facebook or Twitter, I'll update those when the winner is posted.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to head over to Earl's blog to get your next part of the Christmas Treasures collab!

blog hop tomorrow!

Remember the big blog hop starts tomorrow.



Here's a sneak peek of what you'll find from me:


See you first thing tomorrow morning!

it's digital scrapbooking day!

There's a huge sale going on at ScrapMatters right now, which means you can stock up on great kits and templates. Except for bundles (which are already a huge savings), my whole shop is on sale for 40% off! Click hereto go check it out. Plus, with any $20 purchase, you get this huge collab kit Many Thanks for free!



If you're following the ScrapMatters blog train, this is stop #15. I created this page of my son's school program using the SM Many Thanks kit.



I've turned it into a QP that you can download for free this weekend! Just click on the image below to take you to 4shared where you can grab it. (Before you click away, read the rest of this post so you can see where to go next!)

Freebie link expired.



On another note, I recently completed a digital design course at JessicaSprague.com and am now considered a "Certified Digital Designer" (woohoo!). A bunch of us that were in the class got together to create a huge collab that we're giving away in parts during a blog hop on November 11-14. So, mark your calendar and stop back by so you can get an awesome (free) kit! If you want to follow me on Facebook or Twitter, I'll send out a reminder!



Okay, for the SM blog train, your next stop is Jen from Graham Like the Cracker. Click the image below to go to her blog.



If you get lost or just want to make sure you don't miss a stop, the master train list is posted on the main blog at ScrapMatters.