Christmas Already?!

Its not even Halloween yet and I am knee deep in Christmas! Each year I chair an event through our local builders association where we provide Christmas toys for needy kids. We partner with Toys for Tots and take donations and applications beginning in mid-October. Its a ton of fun and a lot of work but in the end you know that you have helped make Christmas brighter for a lot of kids.

In the middle of all of this, I still have to think about Christmas for the family and friends! Thankfully, just as I was stewing over teacher gifts, Heather Manning posted a coupon code to Arts Cow on her Facebook page! Thanks Heather :) I gave teachers these mini coin bags last year and they were a huge hit! You can get 2 of them for just $4 including shipping if you use coupon code 2PURSE44 (expires 11/15) at checkout.

Its been a while since I did a blog freebie so I thought I'd share a de-personalized version of the one I made for DS's teachers this year. I used my kit Cozy Christmas which is available at Designs In Digital and Enchanted Studio Scraps. The design of the bag is a lift of the one Heather made for her kid's teachers last year. I lifted last year's design and used that as a template for this year's bag too.

You may upload this to order your own coin purse or use it as a small greeting card.

Spooky Sale!

Happy Halloween! Its just a few days early! My ESS shop will be 31% off through the weekend to celebrate! The discount will show at checkout!

Special thanks to CT member Kara for creating this ad :) You rock darlin'!

Fairy Finds!! $1 Goodies today!

Somebody forgot to tell the weatherman that we arent supposed to be 90 degrees in October so work is CRAZY this morning!! The air conditioners are revolting!! So today's post will be short and sweet!

Its Fairy Finds Day at ESS today so I have goodies for you for just $1.


Hope y'all have a great Wednesday :)

Fairy Finds at ESS!

Its that time again! Here is what we have on sale for just $1 today only!

12 Days of Halloween!

The ESS Designers have gotten together to create an awesome Halloween collab that you can download for FREE!! Just visit the ESS Blog everyday starting Wednesday October 20th and grab each days part until halloween!

Real Life Excitement and a New Release!

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of seeing one of my oldest friends get married. We were very close in high school and lost touch after graduation. Through the magic of social networking we were able to reconnect a few years ago. Its funny how some bonds are not affected by time or distance! She is wonderful and I am soooo happy to see her so happy!

Here is a pic of us together

And I have to share this one of my wonderful Hubby and DS. I just love his wink!

Speaking of my hubby, we celebrated 10 years of marriage this Thursday! Hard to believe he has put up with me for so long!

On to the new release! I have a new set of CU overlays at ESS. The All Grungy Overlays will be 30% off all weekend! I had so much fun making these! Any time I get to get out paint and get messy, its fun! These are transparent and can be used to add a distressed look to your papers or they can be recolored and used to add a messy painted look.

Haunting Halloween Fun at ESS!

I love October! This is perhaps my favorite time of year to live in Florida! We don't see much in the way of falling leaves here until December or January and we don't get the beautiful fall folliage but we do get some absolutely awesome weather! I sat outside reading with my son yesterday afternoon under the bluest sky with a perfect breeze and it was maybe 82 degrees. Most days we have what I consider perfect weather- about 85 and sunny!

Of course, October also brings us Halloween and all the fall festivities that go with it! And the digi scrap world is no exception! Enchanted Studio Scraps has been redecorated for halloween and we have tons of fun challenges lined up this month to go with our new look! First up is my Pixie Pouch challenge! If you havent already grabbed my freebie to play along, I hope you will!

Also, is our fun new siggie challenge where you can win a free kit from Kathy Winters Designs! Just create a spooky siggie and post it in the forum to win Hauntingly Cute from Kathy!

There will be lots more excitement coming over the next couple of weeks so keep checking in to the Fall Festival forum at ESS for details.

Happy Wednesday! $1 Fairy Finds!

Its Hump Day! That means I have some goodies for $1 today only!

Its Spooktacular! A new freebie for you!

October is here and that means that I have a new Pixie Pouch for you at ESS! Spooktacular will be available for a very limited time so be sure to grab it before October 15th!