Friendships

I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends!! Friends that make me laugh. Friends that I can talk to. Friends that let me be ME and love me anyways! :)
Today I'm feeling extra lucky to have such special friends!!

*Erin--I love our daily chats and the fact that I go home
with stomache aches from laughing so much when
I'm with you!

*PO--You are more than a friend, you're family!

*Laurie--girlfriend, you are such an amazing person!
I love our time together.

*Michelle Tornay--girlfriend, you are constantly inspiring
me!! Thanks!!

*Angel Woldhagen--even though you live far, I don't care. Everytime
we are together I'm soooo happy!! Love you sister!

*Jenn from Maine--girlfriend, you are the best. I look forward
to chatting with you EVERY DAY!!!

*Lonae--I love that we have been hanging out together for 8 years!
It's always a party when you are around!!

There are so many of you that I'm thankful for!!!

Love you all!!
Hugs
Suzy West

Santa's helper day!!

Picture Me Perfect

Santa's helper & Holiday Boutique
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Every year we do our Santa's helper day. Our mechanics are here to help your husbands/significant other, children, family and friends shop for you!!!
They will help put together kits, gift certificates, or just help them spoil you with a lot of fun products!!
This will be from 10am-2pm.

Holiday Boutique
We are going to have local consultants here with products for sale. There will be a variety of different companies represented.
They will be here from 10am-4pm
There will be a gift wrapping service available from 10am-4pm!!

From 5pm-5:30pm Lonae Swickard will be doing gift wrapping demo's. If you haven't seen her amazing wrapping, check it out at my blog: www.suzywest.blogspot.com and click on the Crop for the Cure event. She taught us how to do that really cool foofoo wrapping. :)
We will be doing a really fun ornament

exchange crop from 6pm-12am. Amber, Lonae, and I will be hosting this event.

If you would like to join us for this crop please email me at signups@bayareascrappers.com
Hope to see you here!!!!
HugsSuzy West

Mechanics meeting

Today was so much fun!!! The mechanics got together for our annual meeting. We planned classes, crops, demos, etc. It was so nice to hang out with them and get half the year planned!!

We have such a great group of gals! We get along great, we love to hang out, a lot of us have gone on trips together, and more!!

Here are two of my most favorite group shots!! THANKS RICO for taking these awesome pictures!!!

Left to right:

Rocio (PO), Sylvia, Michelle, Nichole, Angel, Michelle, Suzy, Lizz, Erin, Kent, Emelyn, Krista, Laurie. Missing in this picture: Angel Woldhagen(our amazing web gal), Carole (I love ya girlie!!), Stacey(you rock my world!)

So lucky to have you girls in my life!!!

Hugs, Suzy West

Finally finished!!

Last night I finally finished my last project for our upcoming book. I took all my projects out to look at them. While they were on the table I took pictures of each item and inventoried everything.
It was so much fun to see everything I had created for the last few months.
Each one of us girls that worked on this book had a lot of fun. All of us have such different styles so it's going to be so super fun looking at the finished project. I can't wait for everyone to see what they created!!
My family was so patient while I tried to finish this book!! THANK YOU GUYS!

Thank you so much Erin, Sylvia, and Nichole! You guys ROCK!
Erin--this was your first book....girl you had me at space balls! LOL
Sylvia--wow girl!! You amaze me special!LOL
Nichole KING--YOU GO GIRL!!!

Thank you to all the mechanics at Picture Me Perfect!! Love you girls for always being there for me!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

Special thank you to my daughter, Angel!! Thanks sweetie for being there with me late at night and for being my cheerleader!! I love ya man!!!

So now, I go to work, finish putting them in the boxes, and call fed ex to tell them to get these boxes out of here!!!

This weekend I get to play!!! I can't wait to see my girls tonight at the crop!!! Tomorrow night I'm taking out the family after work.
Sunday night we are going bowling!!! My plan is to beat my opponent...Christian!

Have a great weekend!!!!
Hugs
Suzy West

This weekend...

Friday nights are a lot of fun!! I get to hang out with my friends which is always great!! Most of the time I do nothing but this time I got a little bit of scrapping done. (miracle)
On Saturday I got to sleep in a little! It was so wonderful! It's been a LONG time since I've gotten a chance to sleep in. I got to work and started scrapping again with Rocio, who was designing something for the store.
I managed to scrap three pages. Two I really like and the third I'm going to re-do. Here are the two I like.

Love that Smile--Using NEW Creative Cafe products!!

Having fun with Po!--Love Elsie, Hambly, and Creative Cafe

Saturday night, I went out with family and friends to go bowling!! I'm actually getting better!!! I got a few strikes and a lot of spares. I'm so SHOCKED!! I was doing killer until the strobe lights went on, the lights went off, the fog was everywhere, and the screens came down for the videos to come on!LOL

On Sunday, I took the kids to lunch. That was nice. We then met up with Angel and her family to go to the park. The weather was beautiful!

Heading to the playground @ Lake Elizabeth!

Tanner going down the slide.

He LOVED the swings!!

I haven't taken a photo of the two of them together in a long time and this is what they gave me!! Crazy kids! Sierra was so excited about the baby geese in the lake.

Hugs, Suzy West

Having fun with my friends and family!!

October was such a fun month for me!! I got to do a lot with my friends and family! Some at work and some at play!!!

Here are some of my most favorite photos for the month.

Erin, Lizz, Rocio, and I at La Fondue for Erin's birthday!! We were having a lot of fun and all of a sudden...earthquake!!! A huge chandelier was swaying back and forth pretty close to us!! We freaked out and then continued having fun!!LOL Erin and Lizz sang!!!! You don't want to know!LOL

We are one of 200 stores carrying the Creative Cafe. So exciting!!!!

This is a before picture...

This is after!!! Michelle and Angel posing for me!!

These girls crack me up!!!

One of the fun things we've been doing more of lately is bowling!!

Christian pretended he didn't know how to bowl. He was lying!

Jeremy loves to bowl!!
I suck!!! I concentrate like I know what I'm doing and then....2 pins!LOL I usually bowl a 101. LOL
Halloween night was a blast!!!

Check out Christian with his new mohawk! Angel cut it for him!

Cute picture of the two of them!
Jeremy in his scary mask.
OMG LOVE this picture of Rocio and I in a haunted house!! Hands all over the place!! I swear this one was trying to grab me!!
The BIG EVENT!!!!

Sylvia was one of our awesome teachers!!

Maria working on the project Krista taught!
Michelle and I taking a fun picture! Love ya girl!
Rocio and Nichole! Nichole taught after Rocio. All the teachers TA'd for one another.
There are a ton more photos but these are some of my most favorite! Thanks for looking!! Hope your October was a lot of fun!

Hugs

Suzy West

My pal Sylvia!!!

My girl Sylvia is so much fun!! I don't know what it is, but different comments made today made me think of her.
Sylvia is so freakin' hilarious!!! We have spent HOURS laughing so darn hard that my stomache hurts!!!
She's attended two trade shows with me and we have cracked up each time!
One of the funniest things ever was when we were in Chicago and she was sitting in the middle between Rocio and I. She kept saying that she couldn't move because of her seatbelt. I thought she was just kidding. When I pulled the belt while we were laughing I realized she was telling the truth and she literally was stuck to the back seat. She couldn't even move half an inch! I don't know why, but we started cracking up so bad. You had to be there!!
She is so darn talented! I can't wait for everyone to see what she did for the next book we have coming out!!

Sylvia--You are so "special!!" LOL

Love ya girl!
Suzy

So proud of YOU!!!

You're an amazing mom
An awesome wife
A wonderful daughter
A terrific granddaughter
A super friend

I love spending time with you!
It's always a lot of fun listening
to all your craziness!LOL I'm so happy
with the decisions you are making
and the time that you are taking
to really get to know you.

I love you and and so proud
to be your mom!

My friend Erin!!!

So Erin says to me,

" I want to take pictures of you

and I to show my girls how silly I am!"

OMG, you want PROOF???? LOL

We took many pictures...

of which maybe 1 or 2 could be

shown to others!LOL

We are just that silly together!!!

When I saw this picture on her blog I

cracked up so loud I thought I was

going to pee my pants!!

I love ya girl!!

You are my funny lady

my robot and dolphin dancing

my gelato and fondue loving

"I dont know what to say about that....HUH?" friend!LOL

On a serious note...

There is nothing I would'nt

do for you!
You are always there

for me

know that I will always

be there for you!!!!

I love ya girlie!!

Hugs

Suzy West

Looking forward to our SIS crop!!!!

I am so excited about this weekend!!! We have a lot going on!!! Including our Scrap In Style TV GTG!!! We had our first gtg a few months back and had such a great time!!!

I'm sure this time will be just as much fun!!!!

Looking forward to chillin' with you all girlfriends and talking about _______ and __________ and we'll talk more about ___________ this too!! We can't forget to talk about my __________________ and Laurie's ________________!! LOL

Last night...

I couldn't wait to get home and spend time with the kids. I have been so busy at work that I have come home exhausted and ready for bed. I guess it didn't help that I've been feeling really sick from sinus issues. They are driving me nuts.
Anyways, last night I got home and Sierra's little face just made everything so much better.
We got to spend some time together and it was so nice to just hang out.
Jeremy, Sierra, and I had fun just being silly. Later on she asked me to sleep with her. She was so cute. She was trying to sleep and would open one eye because she could tell that I was staring at her. She'd smile and then close her eyes again. We did that for a while until she really fell asleep. I felt truly blessed to have this little angel is my life. Just seeing her beautiful face and those cute little eyelashes made my heart skip a beat.
I left the room and went to tell my son how much I loved him and how handsome he was. He is such a sweetheart. I tried to remember when I was 13 and how hard things were at that age. I asked him if he wanted to talk. He said, "no." I asked him if he was happy, and he looked up at me and said, "yes." Gave him a kiss and let him finish his homework.
Last night, I felt lucky to be a mom!!!

Crop for the cure

Yesterday was a day that I will always remember. It's a day that I will hold close to my heart and feel good that I was a part of it.

Yesterday, we held our CROP FOR THE CURE event.

It was perfect in every sense of the word. I would love to share a lot of the details with you.

Lonae Swickard was the lady in charge. She is one of my dearest friends that I have known for almost 15 years. She wanted everyone that attended to feel special so she organized the event carefully and with a ton of love!!

Everyone that attended received a beautiful pink rose. They got this when they checked in.

When they walked in they saw ALL the raffle prizes that were donated by a bunch of restaurants, salons, manufactures, friends, and more!! Anyone could come and donate and put their name in the different raffle containers.

I was so excited to have a basket that was made just for the gals that were attending. This basket was full of scrapbook supplies.

Each gal received a goodie bag, a beautiful candle donated by two of my close friends Pattie and Christiane, a felt ribbon to wear donated by Lizz, and other fun goodies.


Lonae wanted it to be very special so she asked special friends to come and help! Her brothe Jay, was to welcome and to help take in bags. She didn't want anyone carrying their stuff in.

My parents were there to help as well. My mom greeted while my dad welcomed and took in the ladies totes as well.

The ladies felt so pampered.

Angel and Tanner volunteered some time as well to help our gals.

Tanner handled all the phone calls!! LOL

He's so cute!!!

Frankie made these beautiful cookies. THere were also a ton of pink cupcakes made by Victoria, tons of pink candies, coffee, donuts, and more.
Julie came with her daughter to donate. They all wore pink! They were so cute!!

Victoria, myself, Lonae, and Gail. Gail was so sweet to donate time and be in charge of the ticket sales.

Jeremy bought tickets and put them in baskets that he thought grandma or I would like!!


The girls were so wow'd by the way the place looked!! You can't tell but there was this amazing pink glow in the room!! Everyone kept mentioning that.

They didn't know but amongst them, were two breast cancer survivors. Lonae has asked one othem to speak. She was amazing!

We set up this awesome lunch for the girls at one of our favorite restaurants.

Angel surprised everyone and sang, Wind beneath My Wings.

Then we did the raffle drawings!! Lonae was thrilled when her daughter, who is in the hospital right now, won the only thing she wanted!!!

The event was so beautiful! We were so happy to see so many smiling faces!!

Lonae's goal was to reach $1,000.00. She exceeded that amount by A lot!! All funds went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Way to go Lonae!! Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do!

You are truly an inspiration and I love ya!!!

Neglecting my blog...

I know I know. It' s just been so busy that I haven't had time to post. Sorry and thanks for the reminders to get it updated. LOL

Let's see...since I last posted...

Jenn and I had a lot of fun here. She helped me a lot during our crazy fun anniversary crops. It was nuts!! 30 people each day. Lots of visitors as well. Lots of new products!! HOLY COW!!

We've re-done the store a thousand times as new things have come in.

We are preparing for an amazing event that my friend Lonae is putting together. She's hosting and coordinating a crop for the cure event.

We are also getting ready for THE BIG EVENT!!! The projects for this event are amazing!

I've gone to my favorite place, La Fondue a few time!!! I gotta say that this place is awesome!! They donated $100.00 gift certificate to the crop for the cure. They also donated other fun items!!!

We have the BIG crop with a bunch of girls from Scrap In Style TV. There are about 28 of us!!!

Lizz, Nikki, and I went out the other night to hang out with two fashionistas at Chevys. It was fun hanging out with Bernadette Henderson, who is also a 2007 HOF winner. Lisa Garay was there as well. She's such a sweetie pie!!

Let's see what else? The family is doing good. These past Saturday nights, I've gotten home to take the family out. We have gone bowling the last two times. It's been a lot of fun!!! I've actually managed to score above 100!LOL

Halloween is coming up. Sierra wants to be a princess. Jeremy is still not sure what he's going to dress up as. We'll probably go out with Rocio and her cousin like we did last year!!

Rocio and I are going to a concert next month in Vegas!! So excited about that!!!

I'm almost done with all my projects for our 8th book!! So thrilled!!

Okay I think that's everything. Hope this is enough info!!! LOL

Hugs
Suzy West

My friend Jenn is coming!!!

I'm so excited I can't stand it!!!
My friend Jenn is coming to stay with me for four days. I met Jenn a few years back when she came to California with a friend. She wanted to come visit the store when it was in the garage. She asked me if I would come teach at her store when she opened it. I was so thrilled! I've been there twice. Her store is absolutely beautiful!!! If you are ever in Auburn, Maine go visit Memory Lane Pages.

So we have become SUPER close!! She's my IM buddy!! We chat and laugh at everything.

Anyways, we were chatting almost two weeks ago. I brought up Anniversary crop. Jokingly, I said, "you should come!" You should have seen my face when she hesitated for a bit and then said she would. I was THRILLED!!! Within minutes I had found a fare for her from MA. She quickly replied that she found one cheaper from ME. OMG I begged her to book it!LOL
She talked to Phil, who by the way, is the nicest guy ever!!! He told her to come!!! LOVE YA MAN!!!
So now, tonight at 11:30pm I'm going to pick her up!! I can't wait to see her!!!! She'll be here til' MOnday night.

Can't wait to spend time with her!! It's going to be a party because my other awesome friend, Angel is coming from Sacramento and is staying with me from Friday-Sunday. We are going to have a blast!!!!

Hugs
Suzy West

So excited!!!

La Fondue finally re-opened!!! Yipee!!!
They closed in June so they could move the restaurant about 20 yds. down the street.
They were supposed to close for ONLY 2 months. They ended up closing for THREE and I was having serious withdrawls!!
I was calling every week to see if they were open and I kept getting the same message...that they were closed.
So last week I called and the message was gone and the phone started to ring!! I was soooo thrilled that I didn't know what to say!LOL
I got a new gal and made my reservation. TWO OF THEM!LOL One for this week and one for next week.
So tonight, Erin, Rocio, and I will be heading over there!!!
Oh forgot to mention, they opened on Friday. I went on Saturday!!LOL
It looks super!!!! They have the blue, pink, black, and I think they said the retro room.
Can't wait to go with my girls!!
Hugs
Suzy West

I know I'm a slacker!!! updates

Okay so I know I'm a slacker. I've been so busy with so much going on.

1. Finishing up the last projects for my next book coming out!!! It's going to debut in January! So excited about this one!!
2. We are getting ready for our anniversary crop! We have so many we have two days!
3. The big event is just around the corner! The projects rock!
4. Lonae has put together this awesome event, Crop for the cure. SO EXCITING!!! Coming up next month!!
5. I'm hosting a Cookie Lee party on Tuesday! I'm so excited! Amber Swickard is a new consultant and I couldn't wait to do a party!!! If you would like to join us email me @ psajfamily@aol.com . The party starts at 7:30pm.
6. The kids have a lot going on. Poor Jeremy always has a ton of homework. I can't wait to get home every night to spend time with them.
7. We have two kittens that we are trying to find homes for. They are about 3 months old. We can't take care of them so we want to find them a nice home. If you are interested in one or both please email me @ psajfamily@aol.com. They are the cutest things ever!

I think that's everything!
Hugs
Suzy West

I've been Simponized!!

Have any of you Simponized yourselves? If you haven't, you should!!! Go here to do this!!! Let me know what look like.

Hugs

Suzy West

Sierra starts 1st grade

Sierra started 1st grade today!!! She was so stinkin' excited!! She kept saying, "I can't believe I'm in 1st grade and I'm in room 9." she's so funny!

She asked me to post pictures of her on the blog. She loves to see herself on it. She also asked me to take pictures of her shoes, pants, and shirt. LOL

Sierra, excited about being in room 9!!!