Welcome back...

WOW, It's been a long long long time since I blogged! I've been really busy so I apologize for not updating for a long time.
I have a lot going on and I want to tell you about a few!!

This weekend I'll be at It's All About the Scrapbooks in Dixon, Ca.
May 2-3rd I'll be at Ever After Scrapbooks in Vista, Ca
May 9-10th I'll be at Treasured Memories in Oak Park, Ca
May 16-18th I'll be in Fallbrook, Ca for the Picture This Boutique & Retreats event
May 30-31st I'll be at The Making Place in Escondido, Ca

I'll post June's events in my next post. I have a lot of fun places I'm visiting then too!!!

I want to tell you about an exciting event that I'm doing! Prima contacted me and asked me if I would do an event and I gladly accepted. :) I'm having fun planning this event.
I asked my friends at Picture This Boutique & Retreats to join me and sell at that event. I'll be inviting different stores to sell at different events I do. :)

Here's the information on this new one. I'd love for you to join us!!!

Payment Options

Option 1 $150.00 USD Half Payment $75.00 USD

Hope you can make it!!!

Have a wonderful week!!!!

Friendships

I am so lucky to have a lot of people that I call friends!

I have some that I scrap with, some I shop with, some that I take trips with, and some that I do a little bit of everything with. LOL

 

Gina Lideros is someone that I'm super close with. We've done a little bit of everything above. LOL

Love these pictures that my friend Kristi Lewis took of us. Had to make something fun with them.

 

On Friday, a bunch of us gathered at Scrapbook Territory and had a blast!!!!

Here's a picture of four of us crazies that I scrapped with.

I wanted to show you a wonderful quote I found online. Love it!!!

 

This weekend I'm off to teach at Treasured Memories!! I love the store and the owner!!

On Friday I'm doing demos fro 5pm-6pm. Then were off to have dinner with Becky Higgins!! So excited and then she's doing a presentation from 7pm-9pm.

It's going to be a lot of fun!!!

On Saturday I am teaching some classes. Can't wait!

 

Thanks for letting me share and for visiting my blog. Please leave me a message. :)

 

Hugs,



You've gotta have some fun!! (picture heavy)

I' home for the next few weeks...I love being with my family and friends so I've planned a lot of fun things but I plan on being at home too. I just got home from spending a day in Sacramento with Gina. Had a lot of fun!!! Started making this canvas. This is a sneak peak.

 

I'm lucky to go to stores that know how crazy and wild I am and play along with me. I'm certainly not quiet...microphones not needed. LOL

I wanted to post some fun pictures from my last two trips. I visited Scrapbooks with Treasured Memories and Ever After Scrapbooks. Both stores are great!!! It was my first time at TM in Louisiana. Had a blast!! You already know how much I love the girls at EA! Been there many times.

Here are a few from both stores.

These pictures are three of my favorite from TM!!! OMG Can you tell how much fun we had? LOL We totally laughed a lot!!!

This picture was taken at Lazy Lucy!! Had fun with these girls!!!

This next picture were from Ever After Scrapbooks. We had a trunk show, demo day, and classes!

Loved my night with all the girls for Debi's birthday!! Wish Janelly was in this picture!

This is just a fun picture I took after teaching a class at EA. Love knowing that my students got to play!!

Last...love this cart that I bought. It holds so much!! As you can see with my stash of sprays and paints.

Thanks for letting me share my pictures!!! I'm excited about the next two stores that I'm teaching at.
Stamping Details (Poway, Ca)--2nd weekend in April
Treasured Memories (Oak Park, Ca)--4th weekend in April

Have a wonderful week everyone!!
Hugs

Love to create and....WIN a canvas kit!

When I was young I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. For a long time the answer was teacher or Dr. but in my heart of hearts...I always wanted to be nothing other than a mom. I loved playing with my dolls and every time I saw a baby I wanted to keep it. LOL  As I got older I thought I better go to school to do something because being a mommy wasn't going to pay the bills. LOL I went to school to be a nurse and let me tell you...that didn't last long! LOL I realized early on that I didn't like blood. I also realized that being a teacher wouldn't work because I didn't like to study and do homework let alone get others to do the same. LOL In the end I went to school to learn business management.

Soon after I became a mom , I realized that yes, that's what I wanted to be. I LOVE being a mom. I  love hugging my kids and telling them over and over again how much I love them.

I also came to realize that I LOVE creating. It's been in me for a long time. I come from a family of extremely creative people. My grandma could cook, design, sew, crotchet, etc. My great uncle could also design and do other things. My dad is extremely creative with his hands and has designed beautiful things for my mom.

I love that I have two passions! My kids and designing. I love that both make my life complete.

My last post I said that I found a quote that I totally loved! It's probably my most favorite one in a long time. I feel that it fits me as an individual. I created a project using the quote. Hope you like it.

"She designed a life she loved"

 I love working on canvas. For those that have been following my work for a long time know that I've published different books and designed my own canvases for many years.

I also love designing on books!! I mean...I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!

One of my last ones is this one

I'll be teaching this class plus others this weekend at Treasured Memories in Oak Park, Ca. I can't wait!! I have a lot of places that I'm going to be in the next couple months and I'm adding more for the next year. Keep coming back to see where I'll be.

So it's been a while since I did a give away.

For those of you that like the canvas and the book above...

Leave a comment and tell me which project you like and why and the winner will receive a kit!!

You have from now until Monday, October 8th to post.

Thanks for coming to read and check out my blog. I appreciate you leaving a comment.

Hugs,

 

 

 

Giving away another kit!!!!

I feel like I'm a broken record! I keep saying how busy I am...but it's really true. LOL Here's my October Calendar...Check out where I'm going this month! :)

Blog udpate--family, friends, teaching, and more!!

I have had a really busy good and bad few weeks!!

Sierra was really ill, she got pneumonia and had the roughest time getting rid of it. Luckily she's doing a lot better!!
Something I'm grateful for: AN AMAZING DR.!!! She has a great one. He checks on her all the time and makes sure to research everything before making any decisions.

This is Sierra making book marks. She is having surgery in July and wants to bring things to do and reading is one of them so we thought we'd make book marks. She's so sweet!!

I love my time with Jeremy!!! He is such an amazing guy!!!!
We love going to the movies and to baseball games!
The other night he and I went to Giants game and had a great time!! I celebrated NSD at Our Paper Place with a lot of different gals!!! OPP had three different days and each one was perfect!!! LOVE the store!!
I love this picture of us girls!!! We are all Survivor fans and really wanted to watch the ending...so I took my laptop outside and we watched it there to not spoil it for anyone else!!!! AWESOME!!!!
I love teaching!!!! It's something I'm really grateful for. Last week I taught at Treasured Memories in Oak Park, Ca. I loved seeing the girls from the last time I was there and the new gals I met. I look forward to seeing everyone again in September!!
I have a lot of fun things going on....look to the right to see some of the dates that I have posted!!! I'll be adding more dates soon!!!!
Have a wonderful day!!!
Suzy West