Free Scrapinar Today (and other free gifts!)

Valentine's Day will be here in just a couple of weeks - have you been making cards?  I love the combination of crisp red and white.  I designed this lacy lattice card and I'll be sharing the SVG file with my subscribers this week.

Since I have been out of the routine of posting daily, I just realized that  I haven't shared the information for the FREE Scrapinar for January.  These sessions are presented by Lain Ehmann of Layout a Day and I try to attend each month to learn something new and interesting.

The topic this month is Using 3-D Stamp Paints on Your Papercrafting Projects.  Bobbi Lemanksi of Raisin Boat will share her techniques and tricks for creating eye-catching dimension on your projects.

This is very short notice (sorry about that!) but you can still register for the session by clicking HERE.  The Scrapinar is at 1 p.m. Eastern time on January 28th - Wednesday - today!  If you can't make this time, there will be a recording available for a short time, however,  you must register in order to receive the email with a link for the recording.

A new kit from SVG Cuts

These amazing Valentine box cards were designed by Mary at SVG Cuts.  They are available as a free gift with a purchase of $9.98 or more from the SVG Cuts store until February 4th.  Just shop for some other items (there are so many great choices!) and then add the Hearts Aflame SVG Kit to your cart.  When you check out type FREEGIFT in the coupon field and the price of the kit will be deducted from your total.  I can't decide which one to make first!  Click HERE to go to the site and start shopping.  (This is an affiliate link - thanks for your support!)

An update on the storm...

We have survived the blizzard and today is supposed to be sunny - let the melting begin!

It took a while but the path to the front door is cleared.

 It is a bit tunnel-like but we are ready for any visitors (or packages) that arrive.

My husband worked hard to get our driveway cleared.  Nothing like shoveling and snow-blowing to give you rosy cheeks!  You can see how high the bank is - our snow sticks to mark the edges of the driveway are nearly buried.

We were so lucky that the power stayed on - it's not too bad to be snowed in when you have heat and all of the comforts of home.

A freebie from me

If you are receiving this blog post by email through the subscription, keep an eye out for an extra email on Friday.  I will be sending everyone on the list the SVG file that I designed for this pretty card.  It can be used for a Valentine or another occasion.  To use this file, you will need the Cricut Explore or another machine and software that will cut SVG files.

If you aren't on the email subscription list and you would like the file, be sure to sign up before Friday.  The subscription form is at the top right of the blog, just below my photo, or you can click HERE to go to a page with the subscription form.

If the card with the pearls is too subtle for you - you could try this red foil and full bling variation!

Finally, I want to wish a very Happy "significant number" Birthday to our daughter-in-law Kelly.  Have a wonderful day!

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Snow Day (and an update)

How is your January going?  As you may have guessed by the lack of posts on the blog, ours has been more than usually busy.  Thanks to those of you who have let me know that you are missing my posts and emails.  I want to share some photos of the "epic" blizzard Juno from our house in Concord, MA.  I hope that you are safe and warm and still have power if you are also in the path of this storm.

We actually had quite a bit of snow over the past weekend - about 7 inches - but we managed to get most of that cleared away and the roof raked before "the big one" came to town.  This is the view out our front door around 1 pm on Monday.

The snow started falling lightly around Monday afternoon and by dinner time there was just a light coating.

 For some reason, this one brick in our front walk was rejecting the snow!

There was a good coat of snow at our neighbor's house across the street at 6 p.m. Monday.

Here is the same view today at around 11:30 a.m. - their front steps and most of the wall in front of the house have disappeared!

There was some snow on our back deck on Saturday, but the area under the overhanging roof was totally clear.

Around 6 p.m. Monday, snow was falling lightly and you could still see the bottom of the railings.

In the middle of the night (very early Tuesday a.m.) the snow was piling up.

By mid-day Tuesday, things had changed.  There is too much snow for me to get out on to the deck to take more photos.

The temperature isn't terribly low - but low enough.  This is actually a good thing since it means that the snow is light and fluffy instead of heavy and wet.  However, when the temperatures are colder, the light snow means that there are many more inches of accumulation.

I don't think we'll be doing any grilling tonight!

Our front door sits inside a sheltered entryway.  Usually this gives us a place to stand and look out at the snow but the winds have blown snow in to fill up the steps and the entry.

 Snow is clinging to the door handle.

There are mini snow drifts in the top window of the garage door.

 When I opened the door to the garage I saw a wall of snow and drifts against the house.

The snow is clinging to the door.

The shape of the door is molded into the snow!

These plant pots look like frosted cupcakes.

Our Adirondack chairs in the back yard are almost covered,  The little bit of green behind them is a rhododendron shrub that is nearly buried.  This photo was taken a few hours ago and the shrub is no longer visible!

My mother-in-law shared this photo of their outdoor table.  They are very happy to be living in their condo now and to have someone else responsible for clearing the walks and driveway!  After 35 years in the same house it was a big change, but a good one.

One of the reasons I haven't been blogging (I have made lots of things but just haven't had  the time to edit photos and write up directions!) is that we are also in the middle of a relocation.  Most people move away from the snow, but we are headed North.  My husband changed jobs last year and is working in New Hampshire and we have purchased a home that is just a short distance from his office. 

We are getting our Concord house ready to sell and this is a big job!  After almost 15 years here, the task of sorting and choosing what to take and what to give away is massive.  Of course, there is also a lot of "sprucing up" to do.  Isn't it funny how your house always looks best when you are ready to leave it?

I'll be sharing photos and more details about the move as we get things sorted out.  Here is a "sneak peek" at my future craftroom.  I am very excited about planning and organizing this space which was used as a work shop by the prior owners.  There are lots of windows at the far end of the room and even though this is part of the walk out lower level, the ceilings are 9 feet high.  I predict there will be some stacked Expedit/Kallax units from IKEA used here.  I am also very happy to have a sink in my new space - it will be easier to do some of the "messy" projects I have in mind.

Well - it's time to start clearing out.  This is what we saw when we opened the big garage door.

Our neighbors are out with their snowblower - I hope these machines can take on this mass of snow.

If you can't read the measure - there are 26 inches in our driveway (which was clear to the blacktop yesterday). 

And it is still snowing...

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  I hope that you had a wonderful December and a lovely holiday season!  You may have noticed that I took some time away from the blog last month.  I was still crafting but we had so many family things going on that I needed to take a break from blogging.  I will be sharing some of the projects, quite a few photos from our celebrations and news about some big changes for our family in the next few days.

I wish you all a most happy, healthy, creative and prosperous 2015!

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