Deal of the Day!

Do you love a bargain?  I sure do.  Close To My Heart is offering an irresistible opportunity for savings this month. (April 2015).  When you add ANY current, full-priced item to your cart, you are eligible to get the Deal of the Day grab bag - as many of them as you want! (while supplies last)

Bonus! - The price you pay for the grab bag counts toward earning the discounted Stamp of the Month.

Visit my site to check out today's deal!

Each day during April, while supplies last, Close To My Heart will feature a random grab bag filled with current and retired Close To My Heart products available for purchase at a major discount. To grab your bag, simply place any current, full-priced item in your online shopping cart and you will then be eligible to purchase as many grab bags as you wish (while supplies last)!

What is included in the grab bags?
It’s a big surprise, but grab bags will feature a mix of current and retired product. Five grab bag tiers will be available at random times throughout the month, but not all grab bags within a given price point will contain the same product. The price tiers are as follows:
• $35 Grab Bags (On average, a $70 value!)
• $50 Grab Bags (On average, a $90 value!)
• $75 Grab Bags (On average, a $140 value!)
• $115 Grab Bags (On average, a $240 value!)
• $150 Grab Bags (On average, a $325 value!)

Good Times Here - Seaside

Now that school has started and I'm back into a 'somewhat' regular routine, I have more time to work on scrapbook layouts.  Here's one I made to capture a few of the many beach photos I have in my photo stash just waiting to go into an album.

This layout features the Seaside Workshops on the Go stamp and paper.  I added texture and dimension with inked edges, layered papers, a bit of burlap mesh (from Michael's, I think) and foam dots behind a few elements.

The Seaside Workshop on the Go kit (G1089) includes:
1 – My Reflections™ Seaside Paper Packet (X7192B)
1 – My Acrylix® Seaside Workshop Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – Cardstock Sheets (1 Colonial White, 1 Pear)
1 – Seaside Assortment (Z3014)
1 – Aqua Dots (Z1853)
1 – Instructional Brochure
Featured Colors: Desert Sand, Glacier, Pear, Sorbet, Colonial White

Start with a story - photos optional

Sometimes I hear a story or see something on TV that inspires me to create a scrapbook page.  I don't always have an appropriate picture.  Usually, I can find something on the internet that will serve as an illustration for my story, but sometimes the story alone is enough.  Today I was in the room while my husband was watching an episode of American Pickers.  The guys were looking at an old phone booth and it got me thinking about the phone in my house when I was a child. 

Do you remember a phone like this?

 

We had a rotary dial phone, hard wired and hanging on the wall, near the kitchen of our house.  We only had one phone in the house. If we weren't home, there was no answering machine.  I can remember as a child learning how to use the phone making sure to spin the number all the way around before releasing the dial and then hearing the click-click-click-click as in spun back to position.  I can remember when I was a little older sitting on a hard chair near the kitchen talking to my friend.

What do you remember about your first phone?  What story do you want to record about the evolution of technology and the way we communicate today?  Do you still have a land line?  Take a picture of your phone (fixed, cordless, mobile) because it will likely be 'old fashioned' before you know it.