tick tock tick tock, SUBMIT YOUR IDEA!

Thats the clock of life driving me bonkers.. why can't i just take out the batteriers and enjoy it without it slipping away?

Because its impossible thats why.. grr

Anyways, enough randomness.. its time to get serious. I want you all to start thinking about what YOU would put into a scrapbooking kit. Get specific.. start think what paper, how many, colors, textures, cardstock or not, embellishments or not, what inpired you, what you would do with it, etc etc

Once you have a concrete idea in mind, email me at freshpages.kit@gmail.com
Include all contact information, your location, etc

These kits will debut in September of this year. For the first month we are looking for very flexible people who are willing to help us out as we get srated. In return for the submitted idea, the chosen designers will recieve either $50.00 cash or 2 free kits.

We are looking for 7 designers the first month, as we already have 3. They will be contacted no later than July 6th, 2007 and another post will be done announcing when we have all 7.

If you would like us to to keep your idea on file, and possibly use contact you for its use in the future please indicate so in your email. Otherwise it will be deleted.

We will NOT produce any kits without your permission, although you have to keep in mind that someone else may come up with a similar kit.

Thank you all so much for participating and good luck!

tim and faith

Saw Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert this saturday in Vancouver.

WOW

the only thing I can think of... I'm more of a fan of their older music (ie wild one and don't take the girl) so I was just hoping they did alot of that... but i was reformed into their new music too.. once you hear it live, and SEE them singing it.. Its just amazing to see. And they really, truly seem to love each other, it was obvious.

Jess and I locked the keys in the car and it took $40 for a guy to come get them out.. and it literally took him 10 seconds...

In other news.. there really isn't much. Spending the summer renting LOST, and am so hooked on it its unbelievable.. i have no clue whats really going on.. they just opened the hatch and discovered a modern apartment type deal with some guy living in it. wierd

anyways,
till next time, keep fit and have fun! bodybreak!

some eye candy

Just some layout bits and pieces and some of the first boxes from my order :)

and the beat goes on...

Life can throw some curve balls that's for sure. It's been a hectic few weeks. Good news and bad (they always seem to go hand in hand, as though *someone* wants to remind us that we have to have bad to truly appreciate the good)

Bad first... my beloved nanny has cancer. Just the word itself was enough to make me freak, but apparently its the best kind to get (if your going to get any kind) So we're all very hopeful that every things going to be fine. whew

Good news.... Got my first order, have an amazing company (ies) to design the website (took forever to find people I liked/trusted/could work with)... plus they can do all my printing (ie business cards) do the advertising AND they have a trade show booth to let me use for CKC's next year. So life is looking up.

Had a really distressing incident yesterday though. I was in a wholesale type store that sells retail fixtures. I had Ty with me and he spotted a dog. The sign on the front door said he was friendly but I still wasn't going to let him play with him so I held him. Ty LOVES dogs so he took one look at me and screamed his little high pitched scream. Just once. And the sales lady (HA) came over and got right in his face and YELLED at him NO SCREAMING. He was terrified and I was very put off. I didn't even get a chance to discipline him myself (which would have been a firm no, and an explanation) Ty was pretty upset, he's never had anyone, especially an adult, yell at him like that.

So what do you think? I walked out, and cursed her in my mind all the way home, totally unprofessionally right? Lance thinks I should have popped her one...

How do you deal with those who interfere with your kids?

RAK winner

A little behind schedule *bashful*

But the winner of the RAK for the survey was Jeanette F. from Fort Worth. Texas. She's been contacted and will receive 100 dollars in supplies!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped me out, I really appreciate it. As mentioned before I will be choosing 5 of those who filled out the survey to receive a Mini-kit for our first month too! They'll be chosen nearer to our opening, but I did want to thank as many as I could.

In more good news. We're almost ready to chose our first 10 designers!!!!! A few will come from those who filled out the survey and expressed interest. The rest of the spots will be filled after a general call is posted on Pub Calls and on the blog. More info on that later!

So start thinking... what would YOU put in a kit?

PS**** For all those of you who have asked about a design team, the people chosen as designers will be sent a kit and asked to create what they wish for each month. Those who purchase a kit can also upload to the site. TWO designers each month will be chosen just from Gallery.

one fine day...

So lance only got one day off this weekend, the way his shift schedule works now is that he works 4 ten hour days, but not all of his days off are in a row. So we took advantage of the extremely nice weather and headed down to the park in town that has a wading pool.. a very crowded wading pool. Ty was overcome with happiness *what is this a giant bath?!?* and he proceeded to trip and dunk, trip and dunk, get splashed by the older kids who shouldn't have been in there, and have the best time of his little life. Got some OK photos, trying to teach my mom how to use my camera, but anything with the three of us in it is *Golden*. So very rare.

In other news, scrap booked last night with my ma, got 2 layouts done is LESS than 2 hours *pat on back for me* AND I used an older photo I love the idea of, but hate the colors in it.. and black and white wasn't an option.. The other one i managed to do on colored card stock.. not my usual black, white, brown I know and love so dearly.

I went to a retreat at Sun peaks last weekend and got the most layouts done, all the while sipping fruity slushy delicious drinks prepared in my own cup (oh bullet blender, how I love thee!)

I'll post photos sometime today of all of them. Maybe someone out there will happen upon this blog, and care :)

anyways, adios

it sure does fly by...

So life.. it has been *flying* by recently... we've almost finished up with all the government requirements so we're set to debut in August. We'll have some of the kits in Inspired Pages (kamloops, BC) within the next 3 weeks or so and get some feedback from the customers. We'll also be holding some exclusive classes there that showcase the kits and come with a few surprises!

In family news.. Ty's getting his molars in and it *hasn't* been pretty! Poor little guy only wants to be held by me, won't even go to Lance and just grinds his poor little gums together all day.

We did however hit up the water Park yesterday. The first day that it opened 30+ degrees.. man that water felt fabulous! It took him a little while to really get comfortable.. it is a rather shocking experience for someone who has never been to one. I took him out into the middle in a calm spot and crouched down to his level... only to get us both sprayed in the face with a blast of icy cold water... poor little guy didn't know what hit him! But within a minute or two he was taking off without me! The look on his face, just total complete JOY was something I really never want to forget. It was too wet to bring my camera, so I just have to hold it inside. I'm sure we'll be spending MANY days there this summer. The loops is getting hot!

Lance is working shifts now, and for 6 days is on 10:30-9pm which is a first for us.. It sucks not having him here for dinner so I've found myself pushing everything back (including Ty's bedtime) so that we can at least spend a few minutes all together!

I'm working during Ty's nap times, and as soon as he goes to sleep at night till I can't stand to look at the computer anymore. Its all going to be paying off soon though.. I had a few people close to me design the first few kits and have everything ordered for them so we can do a few test runs! I'm so very nervous/excited.. the kind that makes my stomach hurt.. when I think about how much I have riding on this.. not ever just monetarily.. but emotionally. We all want to succeed.. to be remembered right? And this is how I want to make it. So.. wish me luck, and design a kit and I'll be talking to you soon !

"Above all else it is about leaving a mark that I existed. I was there. I was hungry. I was defeated. I was happy. I was sad. I was in love. I was afraid. I was hopeful. I had an idea I had a good purpose and that's why I made works of Art.

-Felix Gonzales-Torres

*Isn't this just the best quote ever?