Well......

I guess I should really get back to posting more on my blog, I'm getting addicted to facebook it has sucked me in, but I do love talking with some of my old high school friends.

Yesterday was a good day for me I sold all of my french ribbon flowers I had on etsy and have orders for more!!!!!!! Thank you Diane!!!

I guess I should get going to work but first here is some eye candy, it's stuff I did for the Maya Road booth at CHA, there stuff is soooo much fun to work with, and has started shipping so it will be in a store by you soon.

They always do such wonderful stuff to spark your creativity.

Just to let you know we had a small amout of french ribbon come into the store yesterday, I picked it out myself and it's going fast, so you might want to hurry in and get it while you can.

Until next time.

Laura

My, my how time flies......

Well I can't believe it's August already, and the heat of summer has finally hit us here in Michigan, it brought it's friend humitity too.

Lots to catch up on and yet it seems like I have done nothing. I went to CHA with Maya Road again ( I love working for them) I must say I was surprised how small CHA was, but I always have fun with the girls and David. I did get offered some teaching jobs while there, I have to look into them a little further, so I may be coming to a scrapbook store near you.

We had to put down our middle dog Rascal, he was the best dog ever, I've never had a dog that listened so well and didn't care what you did to him. He was just a big ole bunch of love, the family took it very hard.

My father-in-law gradutated from Metodist Theological School, we are very proud of him.

I do have class samples done, I know Cass is grasping her chest as she reads this, but it's true. I have the Vintage Zoo book done and Vintage page class done, I hope to get more done tomorrow.

Well I think I am going to go for now, lots more to do before bed.


Have a great day.
Laura

Lots going on.......

and yet nothing really to post about. Ok that's not true We are supper pleased to have a part-time new teacher at the store Carrie Rees, she is super talented and we've been wanting her to teach for a while, we just had to wait until she got out of school, and she gose back soon so you better get in on one of her classes soon. Her first class is an ATC class and they are really cool, I'll show you a sneak but you might have to go to her blog to see more.

Really cool, we are also going to start up almost like an ATC club/class. Carrie's class is 8/6/09 so write it down or sign up now, she'll show you some fun stuff to do with inks.

I have added more stuff to the Paper Tales Etsy site http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5405843 once again please if you are local please convo me what you want and you can pick it up and pay for it at the store so you don't need to pay shipping.

As some of you may know that CHA is right around the corner and that means new stuff so start saving those pennies and please let us know what you see that you like. The G45 papers are up on their site so if you want to make a list it helps us when ordering.

I will be attending again for Maya Road and playing with all the goodies, and sweating in the florida heat, and playing with all the goodies. MR has some really fun stuff coming out so yhou guys need to go blog hopping and see all the new stuff.

Well I should get ready to go upstairs, my neighbor is smoking more that just his pipe tonight and I'm getting the munchies.

Have a nice weekend and I'll get back to work.

Lookie....lookie

Look what I just opened http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7574533

Well I must go to work I have must to do.

Have a great day.

Laura

Just a quick Post

To let everyone know that the new Basic Grey and the Star Wars paper are in the store and ready for you to purchase, I would run not walk it won't last long. The Star Wars line is one Kate ordered back in Jan. at CHA and it wass worth the wait. And as for Basic Grey well we all hored that and with these 2 new lines you won't be disappointed.

I've been playing

And it is not with scrapbooking stuff, most of you by now should know that I love vintage stuff. And my favorite is ribbon and lace, I love the stuff, well I decided to start playing with it instead of just looking at it. Here is some of the flowers I have made with it, these are not done I plan on putting them on lace scraps, but I do have orders for them already, I haven't decided if I was quite ready for that but a store owner told me to get ready. Here are some pictures of them.

Well back to work, have a great day.

Laura

Another great buying tip......

Well if you love vintage like I do you'll love this site http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5405843&ga_search_query=papertales&ga_search_type=seller_usernames I love this site and if you mention my name and blog you'll get a special thank you gift. I have aspecial relationship with the owner of this little shop. LOL!!! Most of the stuff has come from an old craft warehouse that has been around for 60+ years. There is stuff from the 50's thru the 80's ranching from good to mint condition. emember to mention my name and blog and get a thank you gift. It is a wonderful place to play and have fun.

Have a great weekend.

I LOVE to buy stuff............

and when it is at a GREAT price that's even sweeter. Well Maya Road is have another warehouse sale and let me tell you if I were you I would be going to paypal right now and buying a few of them. I bought one of the kits last year and it was wonderful, just full of fun stuff to play with. Now I have copied and pasted the info so let's see if this works, if not you can always go to Caroline's blog to the right and get the links and info there.

It's Summer, it's Summertime - Summertime Summertime! And just in time for Summer, we have put together another Maya Road VIRTUAL WAREHOUSE SALE! Our last sale kits were sold out in 48 hours so you don't want to miss out if you want to get a bargain on some Maya Road items!
For a limited time (or until our warehouse sale kits run out) – get over $126 of Maya Road products for $48.95! That is a 61% savings! Shipping is FREE within the US! If you are outside of the US and want to get in on this deal please read all the Q&As for more information.
We have stream lined the process and gotten more kits put together for this Virtual Warehouse Sale! All the kits have been packed up and are ready to go! Rather than have a local sale where only those that live near the warehouse here in Texas have access, we have made it so anyone can participate in the sale by opening it up virtually worldwide. Please remember you can only purchase these warehouse sale kits from the links located in this newsletter; make sure you read ALL the Q&As to answer any questions you might have.

trust me you will not be disappointed, I don't think Maya Road makes anything I don't like.

Well have a great day!

I'm old......

or at least I'm going to start looking like it. Tim got his very own car today, he can't wait to hit the open road, heck he's out there now, he is a little bummed, some of his best friends are not home for him to show it off to.

Dexter has learned a new trick this week, he has been kind enough to let himself in and out of the doorwall screen. I haven't really watched him do it to see how he does it but yup he opens it, and why not I can't go to the bathroom without him coming in. Now if I could get him to run the sweeper.

Have a good night.

Grandpa.............

Fred Glen Piatt

1925-2009

It has come to my attention.........

It is June time just seems to fly by, before you know it it will be snowing and I'll be wrapping Christmas gifts. That will be at last minute too I'm sure. But since it is June and I have card class this month I suppose I should make some cards, Cass keeps asking me for them and my intentions are good when I say I'm going to do that, but there is always something that happens. Nevertheless I took some time to play today and got the ideas out of my head and actually made some cards. I must tell you that I do find inspiration other places, I love Melissa Phillips blog and Lia from Maya Road did some cute cards a while ago with their coasters so yes I used them as a jumping off point.

So with that being said here are some of the cards in this months card class, class in June 17th at 6pm, please call the store if you wish to sign up.

The rest of them you will just have to come in the store to see, we do have some good coupons going on right now and a contest.

What a weekend............

I'm ready to fall over, we flew out friday for Norfolk, VA. had dinner with the Theadore Roosevelt Assoc. then we were up at 4 am saturday for aride on a boat, yup the USS Roosevelt, we got back to land about 9:30 pm IT WAS AWSOME!!!!!!!!

This is a few of my 800 pictures I took Saturday.

Have a good day

Laura

News Alert!!!!!!!!

I don't know if you guys are aware of this or not, but Lisa Pace is putting on another blog workshop. If you have not taken one of these workshops quickly hop over to her blog and sign up they are great, I took her Valentine one, and it was wonderful, all the little tricks and tips you learn. Here is the link to her blog http://lisapace.com/ and if you like this workshop just wait she has a book coming out in Feb. 2010. I can't wait to get my copy.

Well have a nice night and go sign up for Lisa's workshop.

Laura

I really can't decide........

I want a pretty blog, but don't seem to find any that really fit me, so you may seem something different here each day until I find something that fits.

I don't know about you but I am on facebook and love finding old friends, people I graduated with and have known since I was a kid, it's been a hoot. They all seem to say that I haven't changed since high school If I was walking down the street they would know it was me. I think I'll let you be the judge of that.

Me about a year ago at the ripe old age of 40. I need a little makeup here.

me the day I graduated May 25th 1986 age 18, I'm with my daddy.

this is I think my Jr. year picture.

Me my senior picture I'm 17 in the picture. Maybe I should go back to wearing makeup.

So have I changed????

We've been learning!!!!!!!

Yesterday was a day of learnig for Tim and I, some important some not so much. First Tim's teachings for the day

1. If you ever rob a bank, make sure you know the layout of the city first. Yes a bank was robbed by his school and the person was NOT smart he went down towards the school which is a dead end street just past thee school at the police station. That robber was a thinker.

2. Exactly how many Seniors can you fit in a moon bounce before it gives way?????? answer apparently 30.

3. Finally if you notice some people at lunch trying to start a food fight, don't throw your luch away until the last possible second because then you are left with no ammo to throw back, becuase you know it is going to start. Thank god the ketchup and mustard cover kid wasn't wearing good clothes.

Me, well mine weren't as funny or memorable.

1. I think Tim also learned this one yesterday, don't pull out infront of someone when you have the air on inn the car. I need to remember my car is not as powerful this summer, I don't have as much get up and go as I have in the past.

2. If you are tall don't get undressed under a ceiling fan, ouch......I still have all my fingers they just are sore today and missing some skin.

Well have a nice day.
Laura

HOW?????????

How do we accumulate so much stuff??????? I am seriously throwing crap away this time, I just have too much. Yes I am cleaning my room already today I have taken 2 bags of trash out and 2 big tubs of stuff to donate. I do not know why I bought some of the stuff, what was I thinking?! I do have 1 1/2 more closets to go thru and lets not forget the stuff piled in the center of the floor. Then when I have made room I will tackle the diningroom, yup it's as bad as my scraproom. I guess it's a good thing we put a garage sale on the calander yesterday at the store, I'm taking advantage of it this time. Well I guess it won't finish itself, I guess I better go.

Have a great day.

I want Sunshine!!!!!!

Yet again today is gloomy outside, it would be the perfect day to stay in and create but right now I don't have time for that, I need to catch up on somethings around the house. Jon told me this week that "you know you do have a family". Well I always make sure that they have food in the house, along with the other needs in life, TP, deodorant, shampoo etc. And I do alot of my work at home so I am here if they need me. I think they miss the banana bread, homemade cookies, and turkeys for dinner. You always think you'll have more time when your kids get older, but you don't. But I am one of the lucky ones I love what I do, not everyone can say they have a job they enjoy doing and makes them happy, yes it makes me crazy, but a happy crazy not carring a gun up a clock tower crazy. I love finding new thing for the store, I love trying new techniques and playing around and discovering my own. Well I think I have rambled on enough, here are some of my favorite projects, were I just got to play.

This is a mirror, with my picture on it in decal paper, and gold leafing, what fun.

Can you tell I love texture, I dangle things, love lace and trims and if it's old that's even better.

Have a great weekend.

Laura