A wonderful weekend!!

I just came home from a wonderful EXTENDED weekend in San Diego!!

I taught at a really cool store called, Stamping Details. It's so stinkin' cute!! It's in a really cool looking town called Poway. If you are ever in the area, you have to go visit. You'll LOVE it!!

 

 

When I wasn't at the store, I was scrapping and being SUPER CRAZY with a lot of my friends that I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! These are my Ever After Scrapbook peeps!!

 

Got to spend quality time with this beauty!!! Just love her!! We spent a lot of time together and chatted about a ton of different things!!! She makes the most amazing cookies! She knows I especially love her peanut butter ones so she made me some!! 

I'm working on a new class for Shabby Shutters Scrapbooks in Nova Scotia. This is the cover of the book. Can't wait for it to be done. Will be using some Glitz inside!! YAY!!!

 

Thanks for looking everyone! I'm off to get packed up for a crop tomorrow at Scrapbook Territory. Looking forward to seeing my friends Gina, Tori, and Lisa!!

Hugs

upcoming classes

So as usual, I've been really busy getting ready to teach my classes all over the country!!
This year I did something different. I was really busy in January and decided that I didn't want to travel for work in February. I'm going to do some trips but they will be for fun!!! I'm heading to southern ca to hang out with all my buddies from Ever After's Survivor Crop. I can't wait!! I love these girls so much!!
I'm also going away to do some scrapping with some local friends!! I can't wait for that!
I'm kicking off March with a bang!! Starting my teaching tour in Louisiana!! I'll be at Scrapbooking with Treasured Memories in Lafayette, LA. I'll then be at Ever After in Vista, Ca and last, The Scrapbook Store in Wisconsin. If you are in the area, please come and visit me!!!! :)
I have designed some really cool classes and designing some more next week. I can't wait to have them all done!! Here are some of the classes that I've designed.
I've played with WOW Embossing Powder, paints by Art Anthology, papers lines by Carta Bella, sprays by Clearsnap, templates by Crafters Workshop, and a whole lot more!!!

I'll be posting the other stores that I'm teaching at in my next post!! can't wait to see everyone! Thank you to everyone that has contacted me about teaching!!!

Hugs

Deep in the heart of Texas

There have been many times in my life where I've thought, I need to thank my
Heavenly Father for putting wonderful people in my life.

I'm having one of those moments right now. The last few days have been very
special for me for more than one reasons.

As you all know, I love teaching. I love hanging out and meeting new people
everywhere I go. I love listening to their stories and looking at their
pictures. I love seeing their faces when they've completed something that I've
taught. I love hearing the WOWS and YAY when they have learned something new.

This past weekend I got to hang out with amazing girls with amazing stories!
I want to tell you about three girls. Three sisters. I'll try not to get
emotional when I type....ooops too late.

You know how I love and gush about my
family? I'm going to take a moment and gush on others besides my own. :)

Three sisters:

One...the owner of a beautiful scrapbook store.
One that helps to manage the store.
One that helps out her sisters.
They all live pretty close to each other. As I talked to them individually I
learned how much they love each other and how much they felt their sisters did
for them. They are so grateful to have each other.

My heart is so full right now over what I saw, heard, and felt.

Thank you to these three girls....my three beautiful friends.

Tonight when I say my prayers...I'll be thanking my heavenly father for you and your shining
examples.

Here are some pictures of my weekend with them. Can't wait to see them again in October!!

 Next stop...CHA!!! Come and see me at the WOW Embossing Powder booth!! It's going to be awesome!!! Then I'm off to Ever After where I'm teaching a fun class and cropping with the girls!!!

Have a great week everyone!
Hugs,

5 things...

I'm going to admit something....I never know how to start a blog post. I always have a lot to say but I never know how to put it all down in writing. LOL Today I want to tell you some things that I've been grateful for this week.
1. I went with Jeremy to pick out his prom dates flowers. Today we are going to pick up his tuxedo. Even though he's a quiet guy, I know he's excited about his senior ball tomorrow.

2. I went with Angel to help her pick out her dress for the Mary Kay convention. It was great to go with my mom, Ashleigh, and Sierra as well. I adore this picture.

3. I'm grateful for friendships. I love hanging out with girls that inspire me and have amazing personalities.

4. I'm grateful for crafts! I love designing and what it has done for me.

5. I'm grateful for a little girl that has a heart of gold! I have so much fun with her. She's my not so girlie girl. She stands up for what she believes and she is proud of being a "nerd"!

I'm looking forward to this weekend!! I'll be sure to post some pictures. I'd love to hear something you are grateful for this week!! Please share. :) Hugs,

Love creating new projects!

I can't say enough times how lucky I am to do what I do for a living. Everytime I create, I feel so grateful that I get to play with lots of my favorite products.
I've been creating a lot of book projects using lots of mod podge, gesso, paints, and my favorite...WOW powders!!!! This project has all this plus Helmars, Epiphany Crafts, and Echo Park Papers. 

Here's a sneak peak of one of the pages on the inside.

I created this while at Scrapbook Territory in Berkley. My friend Kristi Lewis put this crop together for us and we had such a great time! Here are a couple of pictures she took of me and two of my besties!!

This week will be all about creating for CHA, getting my son ready for his senior ball, and for spending time with family.
Thanks for stopping by and seeing what I'm up to! Please leave me a message. :) Love reading your posts.

Hugs

So it's another...It's been a while...sorry post..LOL

Ya ya! I know! It's been a while. I've been so busy, I'm sorry. So let's see....what's going on with me.
If you follow me on facebook, you know I've been traveling a lot. That's nothing new though. LOL
I can't remember past a month so let's see what has happened...
I filmed for Scrapbook Soup. That was a lot of fun! My episodes are going to air in JUNE. I can't wait to see my crazy self on the tube.

I taught at a beautiful store in Puerto Rico. Had a great time! LOVED my time there!! Loved the store! Loved the people!!! Everyone there...LINDO LINDO LINDO!!!!

I then went to Tasha's Scrapbook Retreats and had a blast with those girls!!! A lot of us laughed so hard we had stomach aches!!!! LOL

I had a great time at one of my favorite stores on the planet...Treasured Memories!! Christine is freaking awesome!!! It was such a pleasure teaching at being with them during their 15th anniversary!

I'm planning some amazing events with lots of stores including Whim-So-Doodle, Pages from the heart, Create 365, Girls gone Crafty, Ever After, and so many more!!!! Stay tuned!!!

Hugs,

Class is in session....

Hi there peeps!! Guess where I'm at right now? I'll give you a hint...I got on a train to get here. If you guessed...Gina Lidero's house, you are right! I'm here getting assignments done using WOW Embossing Powders. I've been on create and kit mode. Here's what's up. I'm teaching at Ever After Scrapbooks in Vista, Ca in two weeks. I'm teaching two really fun classes!!! If you are in the area, come and see me! It's going to be fun!!! I LOVE hanging out with Camille and the gang!! You can call them to sign up. 760-630-2767. I'm teaching in Puerto Rico at Imaginic Scrapbook store. I'm teaching there the weekend of April 19th! I look forward to teaching in espanol!! Hola, banos, pantalones, etc! LOL Here are the three projects I'm teaching there.

It's going to be a crazy week since I'll be filming in Ohio that same week!!

Have a great evening!!! Hugs,

been creating...

It's been a while since I posted,(thank you for all your sweet reminders, LOL) Since my last post, I've been busy working on several projects for teaching, getting products to stores for their events, and spending time with my beautiful family!! You might think this is funny...I'm finally writing this blog post...while sitting on an almost three hour train ride home. LOL Since I have some time for myself, I'm using it to get caught up with emails, requests, dt stuff, and more! I've been in Elk Grove since early Friday. I've been with my soul sister, Gina Lideros. I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I love this girl so much and have so much respect for her. She picked me up at the train station and went to my favorite place...Chick-fil-a!!! We then got home and scrapped our little hearts out! The next day we got up early and drove to Rocklin. Ashley, Julia, Deirdre, Gina, and I scrapped at the amazing Green Tangerines. It was a blast! I gotta give it to them...they have some of the nicest employees, it was so clean, extremely organized, and full of fun products!

I created several projects!!!! Including one book that I'll be teaching at Imaginic in Puerto Rico. It's going to be using WOW Embossing Powder and Simple Stories

Since I got a huge box of My Minds Eye, I thought I'd play with some of that. I LOVE their products!!!

I created more pages that I'll show you later. So I think that's everything for this post. I'll try to update in a couple of days!! :) Lots of great things happening! I'm quite excited!!! Have a wonderful day!

NEW DT Call...coming soon...

I'm really excited that I got so many responses on facebook for the DT call that I'll be posting soon. I'm definately going to be putting out a call asap! I just want to meet with my boss in the UK first. I'll be seeing him the beginning of next week.

In the meantime...I'd love to see your work. Please link your blogs here. I'd love to see any work you've done with Embossing powders if you have them. (don't worry if you don't). The main product we have is embossing powders but there will be stamps and other products as well!!! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me HERE Have a wonderful weekend!!!! Hugs, Suzy West