programming for this...

dude, my book has arrived.

as in MY book.  THE book with my name splashed across the front.  the one with ME listed as the AUTHOR.  you know THAT one???  

2 advanced copies arrived today - total surprise.

smells like a new book...especially yummy when it MY book.  

can you tell I am excited???  

shouting from the rooftops... C

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i know, two posts in one day?  but it was just too exciting not to share. :) more about it tomorrow.  i am off to celebrate... :)

Progress. :)

These are my book layouts.  All of them.  Some I haven't seen for a year! Approx 18" tall!

Returned to me because my book is done!  Woohoo.  You see your art gets sent in for photography and then they need to hold it just incase something needs to be re-photographed.  When your book is finally printing they send it back to you.  This is progress.  Book progress.  :)

And it makes me very happy.  :)

So, enough about me.  What are you doing for National Scrapbooking Day?  Scrapbooking I hope.

Me?  I'm hoping to get the kidlets occupied and spend some serious time with my scissors, paper and adhesive.  They miss me.  I've been neglecting them.

Edited to add:

I forget that I just copy my blog posts from here and you will not know what book I am talking about!  I have had the pleasure of writing a scrapbooking book with F+W Publications which is due to release soon - July to be exact!  It is up for pre-sale here but it will be available here at MyCraftivity too.  Woohoo!  I cannot tell you how excited I am as I poured my heart and soul into this book.

So what is it about and gosh darn it what is it called?

Well it is called Cut Loose: Break the Rules of Scrapbooking and maybe you can guess what it is about from the title??  LOL  Well, basically this book is packed with lots of rule breaking inspiration, challenges and tons of eye candy!  Don't be frightened about the rule breaking bit if you are not a rebel at heart.  This book is meant to kick things up for you.  How much is up to you.  It explains the rules you follow (almost without realizing), why you use them along with why you should think about breaking them.  You will be surprised how small changes kick your pages up. 

So basically how much of a rebel you want to be is up to you.  You can kick things a bit and be really surprised how your pages change a lot or you can go all out and break every rule in the book!  Literally! ;)

That`s it.  Sounds fun right?

(Dude, I should hire myself as my PR person.  LOL)