Life on Tarragon

NEW SCRAPSCRIPTION KIT RELEASED TODAY!

Just released our April ScrapScriber kit today - Homegrown Memories!  Love this new Jenni Bowlin line.  Not a huge fan of these prints at first but once I started working with them and added the pink and green plaid - I fell in love!  Even the bold floral prints really work with this line.  Love Jenni Bowlin!  Lot of fun embellishments of hers in this kit too - the pink antique buttons are a favorite as well as the banner stickers and the matching journaling cards!  All fun stuff!

Visit the ScrapScription website to get yours today!

STIRRING UP SOME SOUP - JILLIBEAN SOUP!

Today Jillibean Soup announced their newest Design Team members - and guess what???

I am so excited to say that I have been asked to be a local "IN HOUSE" DESIGNER along with a couple other awesome ladies - Holly Engle-Heerdt and Laina Lamb.  We will help Jill with quick turnaround projects, projects for CHA, possibly some class projects and product showcasing.  I have had the complete honor to prepare some samples for the past two CHA's for Jill and I am so looking forward to continuing to participate!  

I love working with Jill and the gals at Jillibean!  Their products are AWESOME and just keep getting better and better with each release!  We've used them many times for ScrapScription projects and look forward to even more in the future! 

I'd have to say that this is a bit of a "scrapbooking bucket list" item that I am so thrilled to put a big check mark next to!

Thanks Jillibean Soup!

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS ON TARRAGON

Haven't blogged personally in forever!  But this newly purchased blog header got me wanting to do some updates.  So I tried as best I could to update the side bar items with more recent info on where I'll be and what projects I've been up to.

Lots going on with ScrapScription obviously - hence the reason for my absence.  But it's all good!  Loving the response we have been getting to our kits and to our ScrapScriber's club.  We are increasing every single kit we release sometimes twice before it even hits the website!  Like Candy and I always tell each other - these are good "problems" to have.  Right?

We are in high gear this time of year getting ready for our teaching gigs and shows.  Here is our upcoming Spring schedule:

March 1st -  ScrapScription release of OH SO YUMMY! - sold out in less than 5 hours!

March 5th & 6th - Go Red Crop at Scrapbook Art in Columbus (rescheduled from the big storm in early February) - had a great time with Steph and Candy!  Got the "wedding" theme kit sample pretty much done.  Yeah!

March 8th - Special Friend Breakfast with our neighbor girl Olivia at her school!  Can't wait!

March 13th - Tarragon Scrapper's Kickoff Crop for 2010 at B&B Scrapbooks - designed a fun make n' take using all kinds of cool artsy scrapbooking stuff to make these awesome "grunge bracelets".  Excited to see what everyone comes up with. 

March 15th - ScrapScriber release of LUCKY ME!  Very very limited numbers available!

March 18th - Teaching for the first time at Pizzaz It! in Pickerington - Lucky Me! mini album!

March 20th - I think we might be heading to Defiance to watch our nephew Noah for the night.  Need to confirm the details with Matt & Susie.  Looking forward to some quality nephew time!

March 26 & 27th - Scrapbooking Memories Expo in Columbus at the Expo Center on the Ohio State Fairgrounds.  We'll be teaching two classes on Saturday - one has already sold out but there are still seats available at the other one.  Then stop by the booth we are sharing with Jillibean Soup and B&B Scrapbooks!

April - I'll be in full Mega Meet mode and probably chained to my design area in the basement working on kits and instructions!

April 1st - HELLO, SPRING kit released on ScrapScription

April 15th - ScrapScriber kit released - HOMEGROWN MOMENTS

May 5-7th - Mega Meet at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, Michigan.  6 classes - a booth of our own - 3 days of selling kits kits kits!

May 12 - 15 - Inspired 2010 with Donna Downey, Concord, North Carolina - teaching 2 classes and being a teacher's assistant for the rest of the time. 

End of May - Teaching for the first time at Scrapbook Art at Polaris in Columbus.  Spring mini album using Hello, Lizzie line from American Crafts and the new Phunky Sprouts albums!

Whew!  Hope I can keep up! 

When will I see you?

DECEMBER JOY CLASS AT B&B SCRAPBOOKS!

Just finalized my schedule with B&B for December.  Looks like I'll be teaching this JOY album using the beautiful new Christmas Magic line from Fancy Pants and the Heidi Swapp Memory Binder. 

Class will be held Wednesday, December 2nd from 6:00 - 8:30 PM.

Cost is $35. 

Call the store at 614-336-0556 today to reserve your spot in class or to reserve a kit! 

JOY MEMORY BINDER ALBUM WITH LORI - Come celebrate the JOY of the season with this beautiful holiday binder album from Heidi Swapp.  The gorgeous new Christmas Magic line from Fancy Pants will adorn each page of this eclectic mini album complete with chipboard tabbed pages, page protectors, pre-printed journaling pages, pocket pages and more!  Custom die cut titles on both the cover and inside make this a one of a kind album.  The album could easily be adapted into a “countdown to Christmas” album also. The simplistic holiday embellishments create a versatile album that could be used a number of different ways.  Stop by the store to see the sample and sign up for class today!  Kits also available. 

CHRISTMAS CARD CLASS SNEAK PEEK!

Get a jump start on those Christmas cards with my Holiday "Tweet"ings card kit and card holder class at B&B Scrapbooks in Powell, Ohio. 

This class will be held on two separate dates - the first will be a Saturday morning class on November 14th from 10AM - Noon.  The second will be a Thursday evening class on November 19th from 6PM - 8:30.  Now you have more flexibility to choose between the two different dates - a weekend date and a weeknight date!

In this class we will be making a fun card holder that you can use to hold all the Christmas cards you receive this year.  The holder can easily be adapted to be used all year round too!  Then we will make six different versions of Christmas cards using Jillibean Soup's collection called Grandma's Christmas Soup and featuring Jillibean's alphabean letter stickers, Journaling Sprouts and Kraft cards and envelopes.  You will then have enough product left over to make a total of 12 cards on your own.  Cost of this kit will be just $30!

We will also have available for sale additional kits that contain the supplies to make additional sets of the 12 cards with envelopes so you can mass produce them for those large Christmas card lists!  Cost of this kit is just $12!  Order as many as you need!

Call the girls at B&B Scrapbooks at 614-336-0556 to reserve a spot in one of the two class dates or to reserve your kits!

Kits will also be available on the ScrapScription website for those of you not in the Central Ohio area starting November 2nd!   

LITTLE SNEAK PEEK...UPCOMING CLASS AT B&B....

Shhh...can you keep a secret?  I am going to be teaching a class at B&B on Thursday, October 22nd called HAUNTED HALLOWEEN.  Sneak Peek pic below!

Class will be held from 6:00 - 8:30 PM and cost will be just $35.  Call B&B to sign up today!  614-336-0556

The album features Bo Bunny's black chipboard edgy album and their brand new Halloween line called Boo Crew!  There will be lots of fun embellishments including their large 12x12 cardstock sticker combo sheet (with letters, stickers and borders), an entire package of their Eye Candy jewels and googly eyes, Bo Bunny's famous double dot ribbons and double dot cardstock to match! 

Call and sign up today!  Kits will also be available!

MY SPOT ON "THE SOUP"....JILLIBEAN SOUP!

I was beyond excited when I got an email yesterday from a fellow scrapbooker letting me know that an album I designed for Jillibean Soup for their booth at CHA was being shown on their blog.  So I wanted to share here as it was completely a "scrapbooking dream come true" to have the opportunity to play with some awesome Jillibean Soup before the release and have some items displayed in their booth. 

Check out the Jillibean Soup blog for more pics!

Follow the link above for more pics! 

Jill from Jillibean has been such a great supporter of ScrapScription and we LOVE LOVE LOVE everything she has to offer!  Thanks Jill!!!  Can't wait to do even more fun projects with Jillibean Soup's fantastic products!

GAME ON! Class at B&B August 18th

I'll be back teaching at B&B Scrapbooks for August on Tuesday, August 18th from 6-8:30 PM with a brand new Teresa Collins tall album called GAME ON!  The album reatures Teresa's new Sports Edition line and a tall 7x13 black chipboard file tab album with an antique silver Zutter binding. 

The papers and embellishments in this line are all general sports themed - not specific to just one sport so it works for about ANY SPORT! 

So here are some pictures - the sample will be on display at B&B starting tonight if you want to take a closer look.  You can call 614-336-0556 to sign up for class or to reserve a kit!  Cost is just $35 and this album gives you a lot of bang for your buck!

Hope to see you on the 18th! 

 

 

 

PS - Any remaining kits will also be available on the ScrapScription blog starting after the class on the 18th.  Cost will be $35 plus any applicable tax and shipping. 

T-MINUS 6 DAYS AND COUNTING DOWN....TO THE BIG...4-0!

The birthday I have been fretting about for the past year or so is just a mere 6 days away and you know what...I'm beginning to think it is just another day...except it will be spend in NYC instead of Mville.  :)

I was lucky to have been given the chance to choose what I wanted to do for the big weekend and after some discussion with Gregg, I decided NEW YORK!  We leave Thursday night after work.  We are staying at the Ameritania on Broadway and 54th right around the corner from the Ed Sullivan Theatre.  I have planned a full couple of days including the Museum of Natural History, Hair, dinner at Carmine's, breakfast at Balthazar, the John Lennon exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex, Gods of Carnage, and the big Macy's Fireworks on the Hudson.  Sunday we are going to just kinda hang and maybe venture to Long Island City for a performance art exhibit at PS1 MOMA.  Right now looks like we might have a little rain to deal with on Friday but Saturday and Sunday are suppose to be pretty nice.  Let's keep our fingers crossed.  Our goal is to try to take the subway as much as we can this time so we'll see how that goes.  I'm determined to become more comfortable with the whole thing.  It is such a fast inexpensive way to get around.  Really looking forward to the weekend with Gregg to just hang in one of my favorite places on earth. 

This past weekend Candy and I visited the Craft Farm for a scrapbooking weekend.  There were just 2 other ladies there this weekend so we had lots of room to spread out.  It was really nice and laid back.  Got about 3 pages and 2 mini books finished. 

One of the mini books I completed was a travel theme for an upcoming class at B&B Scrapbooks called AWAY WE GO!  It features an acrylic tag album and the new Road Map line from October Afternoon.  Here's a little sneak peek -

Class will be Monday, July 20th at B&B Scrapbooks in Powell from 6:00 - 8:30 PM.  Cost is $37 and kits will also be available.  You can call the gals at B&B at 614-336-0556 to sign up for a spot in class or to reserve your kit. 

We also have just a few of the LET'S EAT Recipe Album kit still available at ScrapScription.  And when I say a few - I mean just a few!  There is also a fun "add-on" card kit available for this kit.  Check out the website or blog for more info!

 

Weekend Update

Felt like this past weekend was one of the first weekends in a long time that was "back to normal".  No special projects to work on just a normal busy weekend with lots going on outside the scrapbook world. 

Saturday morning we started back with Mitch Potterf and his new training program called FIT CLUB.  Should have been called UNfit Club.  :)  We met at 8AM out at Elijer Park in Marysville for a number of reps of squats, sprints (okay jog for some of us....ackhem...for me), overhead presses, and a new one called swings.  It was killer!  But fun to be enduring the pain with a group of friends. 

Gregg headed to Jacob's first of two baseball games and I hung out at home and did a little house picking up and putting away.  Still had a few boxes of things from the 40th wedding anniversary party left to be put away.  Felt good to get those things put away.  After a shower and some lunch, Gregg got home and mowed the grass. 

Then it was on to Tyler Gilcrest's graduation party up in Powell.  It was great seeing Roger, Patti and Tyler and getting a chance to give him his card and hear a little about what he's been up to and where he is going on to college at.  Of course this was all a little sad for me as I remember babysitting him when he was just about 6 or 7 years old!  But I was still so excited to hear about his plans for the future.  He is just such a great kid and so smart!  So so happy for him. 

From the party we headed down to the brand new Huntington Park to see the Columbus Clippers play the Raleigh Tide.  Met up with our neighbors Steve and Steph and the kids - Jacob and Olivia.  Was a perfect night for a baseball game and we really enjoyed the new stadium. 

After the game, Gregg and I stopped by our local watering hole right in our neighborhood for an appetizer and to watch the end of the Detroit Red Wings game.  We were pleasantly surprised with the live band at Lucky's that night and we ended up staying awhile to listen to them. 

Sunday we headed to Celina to Mom's to get a few things done around the house.  Gregg was the handyman and I ran to Ben Franklin over in Coldwater to get new arrangements for Dad and Grandma & Grandpa Kessen's gravesites.  After lunch, I ran out to the cemetary and took out the winter wreaths and replaced them with some new arrangements.  Both graves looked really nice.  Dad's got a new red/white/blue wreath and a matching side bouquet of flowers.  Found a really cool standing wreath stand that looked great sitting to the side of the headstone.  For G&G Kessen, I got a nice floral arrangement in red roses and small pink flowers with vine to sit on top.  Felt good to get those taken care of for the summer. 

Today it was back to work and then to the Y tonight.  Tomorrow we head to Celina to attend the funeral mass for our good friend Tiffany's mom - Anna Lee.  As we get ready for tomorrow we recall what a great lady she was and her wildly thick sense of humor.  She could crack you up with just a few words.  And was incredibly talented in many crafts including quilting, painting, and snowman making just to name a few.  She will be missed by many! 

And finally today a new kit was announced over on the ScrapScription website.  This one is a fun Disney themed acrylic arrow album called This Way 2 Disney - check it out!