First cut with my new Cricut Expressions

First cut with Cricut, originally uploaded by gardenwife. Yep, I’m a big old nerd, not that this is a surprise! My first word cut with my Cricut Expressions? Why Cricut!, of course! There’s an exclamation point, too, but it wouldn’t fit on the machine when I set up this shot. This is the Plantin Shadow [...]

Twiddling my thumbs

My Cricut still hasn’t come in at the scrapbook store. It was supposed to be there on Monday. They’re closed now through Friday while they move to the new location next door to their current storefront. I know it’s a busy and crazy time for them since their grand re-opening in the new store is [...]

Scrappers Gallery Zanesville and small businesses in general

Scrappers Gallery, the locally-owned store where love to crop with friends, has opened a sister store in Zanesville, Ohio! My friends Mary-Jo and Jen spent several hours at the store on Saturday, enjoying the grand opening celebration. Mary-Jo and I played with our respective projects while Jen just hung out with us and talked. We [...]

Another weekend scrapping

Critters06-Queen-Hattie, originally uploaded by gardenwife. Yay! I pretty much spent the whole weekend at Scrappers Gallery. As usual, I spent more time talking than scrapbooking. Still, I’ve done a few more layouts for my “Our Critters” mini album. You can see the rest of the pages at Flickr by clicking the thumbnail of this Queen [...]

First page of my pet album

I’m putting together an 8×8″ album just for photos of our pets. This is the opening page. I made the dog out of leftover scraps of mulberry paper, gluing the tiny bits onto a drawing I made first. His eyes are two small brads, partially covered with mulberry paper pieces. I’m tickled with how he [...]

Crop for a good cause this Saturday

Love to scrapbook? Love scrapbooking and craft items? This Saturday, June 14, from 10-8, you can scrapbook and help someone at the same time. This crop is to benefit Mary-Jo Van Sickle, my friend and fellow design team member at the local scrapbooking store. Mary-Jo’s husband Jeff died recently as the result of an accident [...]

Holy cow, free prints at ArtsCow!

I just learned about ArtsCow.com on the Fiskateers board tonight. Wow, what great pricing they offer! For a limited time, everyone who joins receives a free 8×8″ photobook (up to 20 pages included), plus 400 prints. Their regular prices aren’t bad to begin with, at .06 each for 4×6″ prints and .12 each for 5×7″, [...]