~So Thankful~

Instead of going back and posting my daily thanks I'll just finish up with one big post. I really think to have gratitude and to say how grateful I am for something, that I have a duty to act upon it as well. I'm thankful to have a roof over my head..so I treat my home with respect, keep it presentable (it's lived in!), and keep up with anything that goes wrong as best as I can. I'm thankful for my family..so I make sure they know how loved and cherished they are. It's easy to say..I'm so thankful my grandparents are still in my life. Not many almost 35yr olds can say that. I make sure to call, text, or email (yes..my grandmother emails and texts!) my grandmother daily just so she knows her favorite *hah* granddaughter is thinking of her.

I'm very thankful for the friends I have in my life (online, IRL, both!!) I'm not the best friend in the world. I admit it. I tend to retreat to myself and may take a lot more than I give but I've really worked on that this year. It took losing a great friendship to really make me more aware to cherish and nurture the friendships I do have.

I'm thankful for the love and laughter in my home. I'm thankful for warm hearts, full bellies, and an abundance of hugs and kisses. My family is my heart. They are what I get up for in the mornings and go to bed thinking of each night.

I'm thankful I have the opportunity to work from home. I NEED this creative outlet and just love seeing people use my goodies to document THEIR memories. I have the best customers, I belong to the best digital community, and have the best online family any girl could ask for.

I'm thankful that I am a child of a God that forgives me daily and loves me no matter the mistakes I make. (and I can make some doozies!) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
   his love endures forever. Psalm 106:1 God has abundantly blessed my life and I need to always be grateful for that.

And with that..I'm closing up November :) I'm ready for the holiday season and Christmas excitement mode is on full blast here in my house! Here's to a great month and lots of memory making.

<3

~Last Day of Sale and a FREEBIE~

Just posting a quick reminder that the Black Friday sale ends @ SSD today so make sure you pick up what you want!!

Next..a FREEBIE!!

Merry Christmas from my blog to you!! Enjoy :)

DOWNLOAD HERE

Happy Cyber Monday!

While you are shoppping online make sure to blog hop to the following to pick up a fun printable for Christmas!

Libby Pritchett Designs

http://blog.libbyweifenbach.com/

lleilla designs

http://scrapgoo.lliella.com/

Heather Roselli Designs

http://heatherrosellidesigns.com/

Penny Springmann Designs

http://pennyspringmann.com/

Melissa Bennett Designs

http://melissabennettdesigns.blogspot.com/

Traci Reed Designs

http://tracireed.com/blog/

Shawna Clingerman/My Little Scraps

http://www.mylittlescraps.com/designblog/

Some of these girls on are a different timezone so if their goodie isn't up yet make sure you check back!

~Biggest Sale of the Year~

(and wow am I behind on posting my thankful posts..must.catch.up)

HUGE SALE!!

It's (the day after) Black Friday and that means it's Sweet Shoppe's biggest sale of the year!!

I hope everybody is stuffed from Thanksgiving, staying home today from all that Black Friday retail shopping (I am not moving a muscle today!!), and does some digi shopping so you can scrap your weekend away!! :)

On to my new releases..

NEW RELEASES!!

This is a HUGE release for Cindy and I. We worked incredibly hard on a collection that will take you thru the whole year. It's great for project 52 recaps, project 365, monthy reviews, month by month fave layouts, you name it, you can scrap it with this collection! We are both really proud of how it turned out and hope you love it as well! The bundle is packed with 12 kits, 12 template/word art packs which work out great to create 12--2 page layouts with titles..perfect for quick yearly album making.

Our CTs did amazing busting out some layouts this past week. Hope they can inspire you to scrap with the collection!

Facebook Freebie

I changed out my facebook freebie today as well! Special thaks to Laura Wilson for making these Calendar Toppers. Just a warning the filesize is pretty big so it'll take awhile to download but I hope you can and will use them!

Cookies 4 Kids

Cookies 4 Kids is back in the Shoppe!! 31 amazing templates for 1 low price..100% of the proceeds go to Toys 4 Tots

PHEW!! Hope you made it thru the newsletter this week. I haven't sent a big one in a long time. I also wanted to take a sec and let you know I have NOT abandoned my alpha collection. I plan to pick it back up at the beginning of the year to finish it up. I just lost a little steam and mojo with it and just had other kits I wanted to create. I promise to start it back up and finish it once the new year rolls around.

I hope everybody had a fantastic holiday and is ready to gear up and document the exciting holiday season coming up! Keep scrapping those memories

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 18~

Today..I am thankful for medicine. I either ate something bad or have a stomach bug and thru the power of modern medicine I feel somewhat functional today. No time to be sick!

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 17~

Today I am thankful that there wasn't very much wind or damage during the tornado warning yesterday....just a ton of rain! Weather can be iffy in my part of town and I'm just grateful that the schools and city has plans in place for when weather turns bad like it did  yesterday

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 16~

Today I am thankful that I have a husband willing to let me sleep in a tad and take the kids to school in the pouring rain just so I don't have to get out :) True Love I tell ya!

~30 Days of Thanks-Days 14 and 15~

Yep...slacker Monday for me yesterday so today I have  two days worth of thankfulness. Yesterday I wrote down that I was thankful for a warm bed and cooperative kiddo..I had a LONG weekend and just NEEDED a day to recover and Monday was a lazy lounging day...it felt great!!

Today I am thankful for...u ready? QT Diet Dr Pepper with Cherry!! I gave up caffeine for quite awhile last year and most of this year but I've really let myself splurge lately with a diet soda or coffee here and there. Today was one of those days and it was SO WORTH IT!!

~30 Days of Thanks~ Days 12 and 13

I was gone pretty much all weekend and missed posting Saturday..however I did write down what I was thankful for so I could come post it later :)

Day 12-Today I am thankful that I have the ability to be of help to others...The ability to GIVE (not nec anything of "value"..even just my time or ability) is really the most amazing GIFT I could have.

Day 13-Today I am grateful that I witnessed the most amazing and moving sermon and worship this morning. My GOD is a GREAT GOD!

~New 11/12~ Snow Cute!

Hey readers! This week I got to work with Heather Roselli and she was a gem to collab with. I really love how super cute our kit turned out! I'm running way behind today..been gone almost all weekend so I wanted to get this posted hence why it's short and sweet! 20% off today only so grab it quickly! Enjoy :)

I'm working on a huge collab collection for Black Friday so next week will probably be an empty weekend for me...who knows though I might get motivated to get something done! Regardless keep scrapping those memories :) Hope you have a great weekend!!

Til next time..

 

~Win it before you can buy it~

Hey readers! 2 posts in 1 day..that's a rarity! This week I had the pleasure of working with Heather Roselli and I think our scoop turned out adorable!! Just leave a comment on this post by 10pm EST and I'll draw a random winner (once again I may be late just keep commenting and I will count them all when I go to draw a name!) Good Luck!!

 

*ETA* Congrats LORI!! Contact me @ wdmeg1 at gmail.com to claim your prize!

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 11~

Happy Veteran's Day! Today I am thankful for all the men and women who lay down their lives for our freedom! TY for your service

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 10~

Today I am thankful for good insurance and dental reimbursements that get mailed out in a timely fashion :) Having that $$ back into the Disney fund is a weight off my shoulders

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 9~

Today..I am thankful for friends that watch TV shows over YIM with me =) Nothing like watching Castle or Greys and getting OH MY GOSH or WHAT???? in YIM a few seconds before you get to that part lol

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 8~

Today I am thankful that I got to spend a couple of hours this morning with some amazing women from church. I really am soo blessed and I hope I never fail to realize that. 

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 7~

Today..I am thankful that I have a creative mind and a job that lets me express it.

~30 Days of Thanks-Day 6~

Day 6--Today I am thankful that I have such amazing customers..thank you for making DSD so worthwhile!!

~30 Days of Thanks~

Day 5--Today I am thankful for great friends. I was in a bind with one of my kids today and a fellow mom came thru to help...I don't reach out and socialize very easily but I'm so thankful I have great friends that realize that and just take me under their wings no matter what and make life a little easier for me. <3

HAPPY DSD!!!

GM Shoppers!! It's one of my FAVORITE days in the digiscrapping world! My whole shoppe is on sale for 30% off!!

There are sooo many gorgeous new releases so I don't want to waste anytime babbling before I get to my new goodies.

First up I have this super cute and fun Christmas Kit..I know "not another Christmas kit..." yes it is another one but it's PINK...and oh so yummy!! I hope you can find space on your hard drive for Cutesy Christmas!

Next up..If you have been a fan of mine for awhile you KNOW on big scrapbooking weekends, I ALWAYS have a collection with my girl Traci. This year is no exception! We had an idea to create a collection with the same few base colors with additional colors based on each family member. This collection is great for Project Life, All About Me Layouts, Monthly Faves, and more! There's a kit for Mom/Wife, Dad/Husband, Daughter/Sister, and Son/Brother! Should have everything you need to scrap your whole family in this collection. There's tons of unique elements, fun pattern papers, and coordinating alphas that make this the perfect addition to your scrapbooking stash!


For a closer look at the individual kits

Free With Purchase

We created this amazing collab that's free with a $10 purchase this weekend!! Spend $20 and get the QPs as well

I also have a blog train freebie on a previous post so make sure to check it out!

Phew..if you made it this far then I thank you!! I am totally going to veg and scrap today so with that I'm of!
I hope you have a fabulous weekend shopping, scrapping, and making new memories!

~DSA Blog Train~ FREEBIE!!

Happy DSD Weekend folks!! It's blog train time so that you know what that means..a fun freebie!! You should have come from Vicki's blog and your next stop is Lyndsay's blog. Please be aware of time zone's so some of the links might not be active yet. Here's the full list in this post in case you get lost along the way. Enjoy!!

LINK IS WORKING NOW - SORRY!!!

click the image or here to download!

Also..sale time!!

I will be back after some sleep to highlight my new releases and promotion info!! Have a blast shopping and scrapping :)

~Win it before you can buy it~

Hey readers!! It's FRIDAY...not just Friday but Friday before DSD!!!! I have quite a few new goodies this weekend and I'm really excited for you to see. Today you are playing to win my solo kit, Cutesy Christmas..Such fun girly Christmas goodness! (no worries..enough for the boys too!) You know the drill..just leave me a comment by 10pm EST and the hand dandy random generator will pick a number for me! (and just warning it's quite possible I won't be on at 10 to draw a winner...just keep commenting til I draw a number and I'll count them) Good luck!!

*ETA*

Coungrats to Lizzy and Tracie for winning my kit this week!! (I replied earlier so I counted 26 not counting my comment AND counting my comment to make it fair)

~30 Days of Thanks~ Day 4

ahh Day 4...Today I am thankful for the number on the scale...Full of vanity I know but I've been working really hard this last year to get into better shape and be happy with how my body looks and feels. It's so hard to accept yourself and I hope finally for once I can!

~30 Days of Thanks~ Day 3

Today's thankful post..is gonna be a doozy! I'm so thankful for....ready for it??  My DVR..ahhhh I feel silly even being thankful for that but it's so full of shows from the week just waiting to be watched and that makes me silly happy!! I'm a reality TV junkie..there's nothing better than catching up on my shows one after the other without commercials...ahhh Amazing Race, Survivor, Top Chef..IN A ROW..ahhh bliss!

~30 Days of Thanks~ Day 2

I've had an awful month...just mood wise not sure really what is going on..I'm going to blame hormones lol that's always a good excuse. Anyways today I'm so very grateful to have a husband that puts up with my crap. I know I'm very difficult to live with sometimes and he just hangs in there with me when I need him most and I'm so appreciative of that.

What are you thankful for today?

~30 Days of Thanks--Day 1~

Hoping to keep up with this this year!

Today I am thankful to be able to stay home with my sweet little girl and yet still provide for my family.

Join me!! What are YOU thankful for?