Candice Carpenter

More Scrapbook Inspiration...

I accomplished a lot this weekend, including some scrapbook pages at an all day crop...I thought i'd share them with you. :-)

It was also me and hub's 7th wedding anniversary. We returned to the place where we got married for a champagne brunch and a trip down memory lane. We ended our meal with a piece of the cake we had at our wedding, a delicious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. YUM. We had a great time. This was anniversary #7 in '11...so hopefully it will be a very lucky year!!

Take care and be crafty!!

I heart these new Vintage Valentine Nut Cups...

...and if you love them too, you can purchace them here! I added a small batch of Valentine creations to the website. I'm so excited to share some valentine cheer with you...

Valentine & Spring Sneak...

So...mom and i plan on signing up to be a vendor at the spring Glitterfest!! We had some dates to work out, but we have confirmed that we will be there with a table full of spring creations and vintage haberdashery!!

But before we get to Glitterfest, we will be decorating and celebrating for Valentine's Day! I will be selling some of my Valentine Nut Cup creations on my website next week, so here's a tiny sneak peek at what's to come for Valentine's Day...


These are still little blank canvases which may be filled with blossoms, mushrooms, and other magical things.  I hope to add these finished products to the website next week for your decoration enjoyment!

And now for a little peek into Spring...

I can't wait to share the Valentine finished products with you next week, and then the spring creations at Glitterfest in March!!

More Scrapbook Inspiration

Ladies, i've gone through many glue sticks in the past month or so, and it has been so fun! I just thought i'd swing by and share some more pages with you. A couple of these you may notice are layouts i taught in a past class that finally got some photos added. The books are filling up and i love it. It is so much fun to sit down and look through books from years ago...to see the embellishments and read the stories is so rewarding. I truly know why i scrapbook...i love it!! I can't wait to look at them in 20 years...30 years...etc.

School at Chapman doesn't start back up until Jan 31st, so i still have a lot of scrapbooking to do! Oh my gosh, it is so nice coming home from work...and doing nothing!!! Except for what i want to do. Ahhhhhhh. Heaven. It won't last for long. I hope sharing my pages encourages and inspire you to have some fun too. Thanks for reading and, once again, Happy New Year!!

Welcome 2011!

I have a lot of hope for 2011. I feel like Rory and i spent a lot of time in 2010 building momentum, so there is potential for getting somewhere in 2011...somewhere higher i hope. lol! I feel so blessed to have my health and that all of my close family and friends also have their's. I hope to be thankful everyday in 2011 for all that i do have, and focus on my strengths rather than my weaknesses. You know, we all say these kinds of things once a year as we start fresh each January...and at some point it may feel like we are making empty promises. But i am convinced that just the action of thoughtfully declaring any changes we want to make in the new year is important in reminding and inspiring us to proceed with positivity, hope, and motivation.

So here's my go for 2011...

1. Organize photos on the external hard drive, then buy additional hard drive to back up.All of my photos are saved on like 7 memory cards and 2 hard drives. They are everywhere and i have no clude what's what. I know i would be devastated if i lost them, so i have got to get organized!!

2. Exercise 4 days a week. I feel pretty good about this one. I already get on our ellyptical 3 times a week (however, only about 3 times in the month of December), so i just need to step it up. I swear, that ellyptical machine can work miracles!!

3. This is the traditional weight loss goal; lose 28 pounds this year. If i lose 28, i will weigh the same as the day i got married 7 years ago. I feel like this is a pretty realistic goal.

4. I will be cuaght up with my annual scrapbooks! This is a breeze for me as i live and breath scrapbooking.

5. I will buy only scrapbook embelishments and NO MORE PAPER until i am down by at least half of what i currently own. I have SO MUCH PAPER. Sticker and die cut sheets are ok, but seriously, i do no need one more sheet of pattern paper. I could wall paper my neighborhood with all of the paper i own. Geeeez. Major weakness...

6. I will floss EVERY DAY. I am about a once a week flosser, which is not enough. I have got to make this a daily habit.

7. I will volunteer once a month. I need to do some research and find some places to do this. Any suggestions? I would love to hear about your personal experiences...

What are your goals?

I will be back later today with some more scrapbook pages to share. I hope you are taking some time to be crafty in 2011!!