Stamping with Saxon's Toys

Cream, Tan and Brown Swap

2009-04-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

This swap is being hosted by my sister, she loves the colors of the desert here in AZ and thought it would be cool to see what people would come up with using Cream, Tan and Brown and another other color they like. I totally cased this design. I used 4 different cuttlebug plates and I just really like the way it frames the card. I used mustard and rust cause I do see those colors here as well. This is definately a masculine card. The inside reads "I think I will hold on to you!"

Orange Swap

2009-04-18T13:07:00.000-07:00

This card is for the orange swap. I used a fun little whippersnapper mouse and my nestibilities to cute the scallops and circles. I used copics to color with. The happy birthday slides into the pocket and then can be pulled out to see. I just really like how this one turned out.. do I say that alot?? Probably, but its true.

Navy Swap

2009-04-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

I did this card for the Navy swap, I just loved this stamp set, it is from stampendous clear stamps. I was able to use my Stampin' UP! certain celery 1/4" ribbon and ink to pull out the lt. green that was in the designer paper. Did you know that the price per yard on the Stampin' UP! 1/4" grosgrain ribbon is less than 35 cents per yard? I know, I was amazed and its such nice quality. If you would like some of this fab ribbon, just go ahead an click the website above to my Stampin' UP! site to see all the beautiful 1/4" ribbon in great colors.

Pet Swap - #3 Cat

2009-04-12T11:58:00.000-07:00

This is the third and final spot I took for the Pet swap on splitcoaststampers.com. I just love my kitty, she is great, her name is Emma and on the forum I told her story and will be getting a prize coming back with my swaps. While Emma is a tortie kitty and is mostly black with some orange spots here and there, I still love this little stamp. I think this card turned out fabulous. I tried to match the yellow in the butterfly paper and found it was a perfect match for Stampin' Up's Apricot Appeal paper and ribbon and luckily, I had both on hand. If you like those colors, you can order some for yourself on my website above. Thanks for checkin out my Cat card.

Pet Swap - #2 Dog

2009-04-09T11:56:00.000-07:00

This is the card I did for my second spot on the Pet swap, I totally love this card. I used newspaper as my designer background paper and then I was fortunate to barrow a paw stamp to do the other background paper. This is a whippersnapper stamp. I just pretty much love anything whippersnapper does. Hope you like him!

Up to Lately!!

2009-04-06T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

I have been a busy girl lately, just learning how to work 40 hours a week and still have time for housework, other obligations, going to the gym (which I haven't this whole last week), Checking blogs (which I totally need to do) and even sleeping has been a major change for me. I really miss NOT working but at least its some sort of income. (You know a girl needs her stamp habit!)

Going forward, some of you may have heard that I am part of Relay for Life (donations gladly accepted) and am currently doing a swap to get cards to sell, but on top of this, my sister and I are also creating some other stuff. I am going to be doing some prima altered bottles, some post it note covers, some decorated candles as well as some homemade pillowcases and fleece blankets. I am also going to try to do a keychain using stamps, I saw this on splitcoast and thought.. cool, not sure If I can do it, but will try. I will be posting pictures of those as I finish, but in order to do this, I will have to postpone all participation in swaps. I only have soooo much time for crafting.. unfortunately.

So thats what I have been up to lately, thanks for your patience as I haven't posted in some time, but I did set up some scheduled postings, so check back soon!

Karen

P.S. Don't forget that if you need stampin up stuff, I am your girl :)

Something for Sissy

2009-04-06T11:52:00.001-07:00

I made this card for my sister just to say that I love her and appreciate her. It's suppose to be her bird Nikki, he is an african grey. However, as our dad pointed out, Nikki's feet and beak is grey not orange. Sis said she didn't care, she loved it anyways. I liked this layout so well that I also used this same card layout and style, just changed the feet and beak to grey, for the Bird Swap that Vivian is hosting on Splitcoast.

Pet Swap = #1 of 3

2009-03-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

I joined a pet swap for 3 spots since we have 3 differnt types of pets here at the house. We have the kitty, mentioned previously, the dog "addy" she is a jack russell terrier and she is just so A.D.D. hence her name and we have parrots. So my first card is for our parrots. I went to a stamp show and found this awesome feather paper, it has gold running through it, although you probably can't see it, it's there. I really like how this card came out and am hoping the kitty and the dog cards come out as well. By the way, the bird is a High Hopes Stamp and the words "be merry" are from Stampin' UP! set "Warm Words" (of course available to order.. just click above). Thanks for stopping by!!

Split Negative Swap

2009-03-17T17:41:00.000-07:00

Another swap I belong to is the split negative technique swap. I do really like the color combination. Unfortunately me and the embossing ink, powder and gun don't get along to well. I recently purchased a Stampin' UP! embossing buddy, I am told they work miracles, that and some good embossing ink like versa mark (both by the way can be purchased in the above link) should do the trick next time I am heat embossing. I think the major problem here is the static.. major static, we even call the cat, "static kitty" cause she shocks you all the time. I hope you like it.

Red and ? Swap

2009-03-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

My sister is hosting a red swap so I am participating. I used some cute paper I found at the "local" scrapbooking store. "Local" about 45 min away with limited product. Anyways, while there a while ago I found the cute dragonfly eyelets and knew I wanted them for this swap. I used the cute skunk from the Stampin' UP! set Pun Fun (which of course you could use the link above and order if you like). I do think it turned out fabulous if I say so myself.

Thank You Card!

2009-03-07T22:34:00.000-08:00

As some of you may know, my dad spent about 2 weeks in hospital. One of the things he wanted to do was thank all the nurses and aide's for being so kind to him and he asked me to make him a card. Here it is. Its actual a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 card in order to get all the names in there. I thought it was cute.

It's 5 O'clock Somewhere Swap

2009-03-06T22:31:00.000-08:00

Here is the card for the 5 O'clock Somewhere swap. I love peach or mango martini's and I just love this little stamp... get swanky. Although my martini's usually come with a cherry not an olive, but the olive made for a good color combo. I cased the card from one I got in a swap I hostess, Alex was the gal's name, I did a bit more but the layout is similar.

Asian Swap

2009-03-05T22:29:00.000-08:00

Here is the card I did for the Asian Swap, I think it turned out pretty good.

Princess Emma

2009-03-04T22:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, just had to share. My dad has been hounding me to put a bed in my craft room as a guest bed. I finally did, however, in the process, Emma, our beloved tortie, decided to make the bed her own, first by riding on the top of it as it was taken into the room, then doing the febreeze commercial on the mattress and last but not least taking over the bed. Today I found her snuggled between the pillows all nice and toasty. Crazy Puddin'

Off for Cruise to Encenada

2009-02-19T06:32:00.000-08:00

Hi All, I won't be about for the next few days. I will be driving to Long Beach today and staying the night there and tomorrow I will be boarding a big carnival ship for a fun weekend.

I will be back on Tuesday and chat at ya then. Have a great weekend.

Western Swap

2009-02-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

This is for a western themed swap I am in, I just love this cow and all the cute saying I have to use for him. I used memento Rich Cocoa ink to stamp in and colored him with copics. Cuttlebug Paislys in the back ground and some great paper with the tan and blue paislies really make this one jump out at you. I sometimes sure wish I didn't like cutzy stuff so much. Hope you like him. Oh I also made two extra for our relay for life booth.

Yellow and ?? Swap

2009-02-14T08:00:00.000-08:00

This is the card I did for the Yellow and ?? swap, I just love the background paper and once again here is my Stampin' UP! set Font of you. Thanks for checking it out.

Perfectly Pink Swap

2009-02-12T08:00:00.000-08:00

This is the card I did for the Perfectly Pink Swap. I used this great paper I got at a stamp show, the picture shows it sort of purple but its more pink in my opinion. The Stampin Up! set is Font of you and I just love it!

Black and White and Silver/Grey Swap

2009-02-10T20:44:00.000-08:00

Blusky is hosting another fabulous swap all around Black and White and Silver or Grey. In her swaps she always writes about how you should have fun and choose something that represents you. I love dragons and this ying yang dragon inspired me. Plus it sort of looks like a pisces sympbol.. yep I am a pisces.

Anyways here it is, hope you like it.

April Showers Brings May Flowers Swap

2009-02-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

I totatlly cased a card in the new SU catelog cause I just loved it and it turned out fabulous in my opinion.

Purple Swap

2009-02-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

This was made with High Hopes stamp Ellie. I think she looks good in purple and this was a fun swap, love purple.

Blue and ?? Swap

2009-02-03T11:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the card I made for the Blue and ?? swap, I really liked the way this one turned out, although the picture toned down the colors.

A New Stampin' UP! Demonstrator i.e. demigoddess

2009-02-02T22:30:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

Today I signed up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and set up my online presence. If you get a chance, please use the link to the left and check out the website and let me know how it looks.

And if you're looking for a demonstrator to purchase from.. unless of course your near Golden Valley AZ, please feel free to order from me, I wouldn't mind.

Thanks for checking it out.
Karen

Going Green Swap

2009-01-30T11:00:00.000-08:00

This was the first card I made for my sister's Going Green Card.

This is the second card I did, I think I like this one better. Both were fun to make.

Whipper Snapper Swap hosted by Barb

2009-01-27T21:35:00.000-08:00

Mother's Day Swap for A Cause

2009-01-26T07:46:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

I thought I would let you all know that on SCS I am hosting a Card swap for Mother's Day Cards.

It's a 3 +1, This means you make 4 cards and one generally goes to the hostess of the swap. This time around 3 will go back to the person swapping but the one will be headed to some local women's shelters so that the underprivilaged kids will have something beautiful to give to their mom's to show their love.

So if you don't belong to SCS, join, its easy... and if you are already a member, think about joining my card swap. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=412518

Karen

Twilight Inspired Card Swap

2009-01-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

Ok, I loved the Twilight Series of Books on Tape, just need to get #4. Saw the movie 2 times... so far, can't wait for it to come out on video. So of course when I saw a swap for an inspired card I jumped at it.

I was a little disappointed in my picture, it really doesn't do it justice at all. Edward (the male figure) has some stickles on him to make his skin sparkle and the background tree's looked much better in real life. I pulled a quote from the movie and inside the card read's "Feel Better Soon".

I really liked how this turned out.

Here's a picture to compare to..hehe

SU In Color Pocket Card Swap

2009-01-16T11:46:00.000-08:00

For this swap we were to use the new SU "In Color" cardstock and some type of pocket card. I am not to sure I really like the outter pocket, but I do like the card itself and how the dragon peeks out. This one took me a long time to do.. I was like.. oh man am I done yet.

CuttleBug Swap

2009-01-16T11:34:00.000-08:00

You have seen this layout before, but I thought it was puuurrrrrfect for this swap. We were to use our cuttlebug folders in some way. I used the cuttlebug for the background and for the T,O, and Y. It's very simple but I really like it and here are some of my favorite colors as well, purple and green.

Creative Area Up and Running!! Woo Hoo

2009-01-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

I finally got my creative area/space situated and organized and have been creating for some swaps that are due at the end of next week. I am so glad to be back and things are settling in here in our new home in Golden Valley AZ.

Just wanted to give a heads up to keep a look out for a special swap I will be hosting in February for Mother's Day.

Here are the cards I have made the last few days.

This one is for a Happy Birthday Swap.

This one is for the Love Is In The Air Swap - it looks a bit familiar to a whippersnapper card but its perfect for Valentine's Day.

This is for the Valentine's Day Swap. Not a very traditional card as my sister said, perfect for a good girl friend who is single looking for her prince. The inside says "You have to kiss a lot of Toads before you find your handsome Prince!!"

Whipper Snapper Card Swap

2008-12-31T17:26:00.000-08:00

I did a Whipper Snapper Card swap and because I had recently ordered several stamps, I decided to use them to make each of my swappers an additional card. Here are all 8 and yes 2 are the same, I got 7 stamps.

The following are pictures of everyone elses cards that participated. From Left to Right and top to bottom by SCS Name.

Jenrn; SilentRN; gv-copperdog; gv-copperdog

And Babybluegirl; Tammy Miller; SilentRN; Tammy Miller

Made it to Arizona

2008-12-31T07:54:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

Well I could call it the move from Hell, but we all know moving is NEVER easy. We have arrived and the house is starting to feel like home. The Big UPack truck we had that we had to pack and then unpack here is unpacked and gone. The plumbing problems we were experiencing have pretty much resolved themselves and the heating issues are starting to settle. We have unpacked several of our belongings but still have several to do, including my "creative center". Which by the way will of course end up being the last thing to unpack. I do have some creativeness to share with you all as soon as I pull the pictures off my camera of a swap for whippersnapper cards. There are 8 cards from the people who did the swap and I did 8 cards so each person would receive 6 back and out of that 8, 7 are different. So stay tuned!

Blogger 3 Challenge 2

2008-12-15T00:34:00.001-08:00

Ok, not sure where I found time to do this bi monthly challenge, but here is my flap card with a summer holiday or Christmast theme. Here is mine with a little christmas bear.

Taking about 2 weeks away!

2008-12-06T01:36:00.001-08:00

Hi All,

I thought I should let you know why for the next few weeks you won't be seeing any new blogs.

Our House in Golden Valley AZ is about to close escrow (Dec 12 - we plan and hope) and my family and I are about to start the packing and getting ready to move.

So please forgive me my non-attentiveness while we make this change in our lives.

Karen

Magnolia Card Swap

2008-12-02T00:35:00.000-08:00

Here is my card for the magnolia swap I am participating in. Its a pocket card. Love this little flower girl.

Secret Santa Cards

2008-12-01T14:13:00.000-08:00

I am involved with 2 Secret Santa and going to my elfs are the following cards - Both have matching envelops but only the elf card shows it.

And this is a gift going to one of my secret elfs. It's a potholder. The little purple hands are showing how you would use it and there is a little poem written on it.

"Place your hand inside my heart, to hold the pot that is Hot!"

Other Challenge Cards

2008-12-01T14:11:00.001-08:00

Here are the other 2 cards I made for the blogger challenge but choose not to use them.

Blogger #3 Challenge #1

2008-11-29T22:38:00.000-08:00

If you would like to vote in our Blogger Challenge, please go to http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228K8VPGHK8 to vote.

I made 3 cards for this challenge to use the colors Orange and Yellow and some type of flower stamp. Here is my pick. I will post the other 2 in the next few days.

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T13:05:00.000-08:00

Hi All, Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate.

I did a few candles, one for my secret elf and one to try out my new whippersnapper stamp "fall kitty". I wasn't sure how it would turn out on a Warm Gingerbread Candle.. which by the way, doesn't smell like gingerbread much.. maybe once its lit.. but not too bad.

Thanks for checking them out and if your interested in trying the tech, you can find it in the resources area of splitcoaststampers.

November Wish RAK Entries

2008-11-25T02:53:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

Well I am back from Kingman, Arizona and am happy to say that I loved the house and we signed the papers, now its just a matter of closing (close date of Dec 22). It's in Golden Valley, about 16 miles from my sister home and 8 mile from the hospital I hope to get a job at. The house is a 4 bed 2 bath on 1.35 acres with an 2 car garage and a workshop that we plan to turn into a sew/bird/guest room.

Anyways, back to what I did since my last post... alot. However I won't be posting it all today. I finished some stuff for my secret santa and elf (candles, cards and pot holders) Worked on the blogger challenge and finished the November Wish Rack Challenges.

The first Challenge is called Girls Kiss your Boys. We had to use 4 stampin up cardstock colors :Bravo Burgundy, Always Aritchoke, Not quite navy, and More mustard.

The Second is called Emboss it. We were to do some type of embossing. I used heat emboss and the Cuttlebug Emboss for this Congrat/Celebration Card.

The last challenge is a sketch. What can I say about that. Here it is.

Thanks for checking out my blog and showin love.

And the Winner Is.......

2008-11-17T16:22:00.000-08:00

On Monday, November 10th, I put up the cards I had made for the Hanna Stamps release party challenge. My daughter picked from the 3 which I should submit, but the card didn't win. I asked people I knew an my blogger group to comment and tell me which one they liked best and out of 17 response the numbers were as below.

#1 DD Pick (4 vote) #2 (7 votes) #3 (7 votes)

Yep a tie.

My daughter pulled the lucky name today and

Kimmie0270

Is the winner of the 3 cards. Congratulations!!!

Off topic - but have to share

2008-11-11T22:06:00.000-08:00

One last blog for today. Its off the topic of stamping but I am excited and wanted to share.

Today, My father and I put in a bid on a house. Unfortunately, there are 2 other bidders, but I am hopeful that our bid will be accepted. No matter what ends up happening, I know it was the right thing to happen. As they say, if it was meant to be it will be. If not, then it means that the house wasn't the right house for our family.

Thanks for letting me share.
Ugggg the wait to hear back!!!!

Stamp Library - Again.. this time with pictures.

2008-11-11T21:50:00.000-08:00

I finished my library cards today and so took some pictures and thought I would share how they look. I haven't been creating cards today, but I have been granting wishes for the wish rack. By Friday I plan to send out 48 wishes.

I think the next time I send out wishes I will be checking for my blog sisters names on the list and seeing if I can fulfill their wishes as well.

OK, back to the topic of this post.... Here are the pics with a little description.

This first picture is of the clear acrylic frame with stamps.
If you look carefully you can see my messy desk behind the acrylic frame...hehe.. OK actually to show you the stamped images and the acrylic frame with stamps separately. If you can't tell what the stamp is, you just peel it off and can see the image behind it.

This next picture is of my entire library. The frames and my stamp books. Sort of like a card catalog. The stampin up sets are alphabetically organized. Having them this way makes it really easy to flip through to find something. So for one of the wishes, they wanted snowmen images, so I know I have some stampin up sets that have snowmen and I was pretty sure there were some clear stamps. So I just checked my stampin up and frames booklets and found 5 images.

Here is a close up view of one of my booklets, for these I combined some images into categories and added tabs. For that wish I went to my xmas tab and checked there for snowmen... but didn't have any that weren't in frames and stampin up.

Hanna Stamps Monthly Release Party Challenge Cards

2008-11-10T22:38:00.000-08:00

I entered the Hanna Stamps monthly release parties Card challenge. It was a sketch challenge (can you tell what it was?). I made 3 cards. My 18 year old daughter, Courtney, picked the one to enter. I didn't win, but that's OK, I still got to make some great cards.

Which one would you have told me to enter? Leave a comment and on the 16th I will put every one's name in a hat and have my daughter pull a name. The person she pulls will get all 3 cards.

This is the one my daughter picked, we will call it #1

I actually WON something!!

2008-11-10T15:00:00.000-08:00

Hi All,

Just thought I would SHOUT it out to all of you. I won!!!! I took part in the Unity Hip Hop Thursdays on Oct 30. I have to tell you that I was a bit confused but people were nice to help point me in the direction and actually ended up winning the "big prize".

Here is what the email said.. it came today.

Unity Stamp Company/Store More Stamps
Hi Karen!Happy Monday! I finally FOUND you. Just wanted to let you know what you were the BIG WINNER of the Store More Stamps kit for leaving a comment on the Unity Stamp Blog - Here is the link if you would like to check it out - http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy.html

So check out the link about 1/2 way down the page to see MY name in lights.

Whats so funny is that I won a store more stamps storage kit as well as the stamp set from unity called simple pleasures. But what's so funny is that, as you all know from the other day's blog, I just finished organizing my clear and cling stamps...hehe But I will need some storage for that new stamp set so there I go.

AMAZING!!

Stamp Library

2008-11-08T23:55:00.000-08:00

So I am not sure how many stamps I have but I know that I have no idea "for sure" what I do have.

I decided to do a library so I could more easily see what I have instead of going through drawers.

I have been stamping each of my stamps on an index card and when I am done I will organize them by theme and or brand (Stampin up will have their own category). This way when I need something like an butterfly, I can look in my insect section and the card catalog will actually tell me what drawer that stamp is in. Its taking some time to do this but I think in the long run it will save me 3x as much.

I am currently working on my clear stamps. I am using an idea I got from SCS, unfortunately I don't recall who or where, but you take a inexpensive acrylic picture frame that looks like a "L", you stamp your image on a sheet of paper and insert it as if it was the picture then take your clear and cling back stamps and put them on top of the image. They sit nestled on your desk so you can get to them easily.

I now have over 400 index cards and some of them have multiple images. I can't believe this.

Hence the reason I haven't been making many cards. I have 4 planed and I am dying to start, but until my library is done.. NOPE gonna wait.

So hopefully this wasn't too boring without a pretty card attached, next blog for sure.

I hope everyone has a beautiful day.

SCS Blogger #3 Group

2008-11-03T23:30:00.001-08:00

Earlier today the blogging group I belong to on Splitcoaststampers.com achieved the 25 stamping/scrapping bloggers to fill the group. We are now full. Woo Hoo. I have all 24 of my fellow sister bloggers listed so check out their blog's if you get a chance. My next step is to visit each one and check out exactly the interesting stuff they have going on and if I can , I will comment on one or two.. maybe more ;)

I would like to thank all my blog sisters for all the wonderful comments you have already left, its really nice to hear that you like my work, if you can call it work.

What's next for the group? Well I suggested we do a weekly challenge and the blogger who wins get all the cards made that week, doesn't that sound like a winner. Not sure if this will fly but sounded like fun.

So a quick Shout out to my bloggin sisters! Go SCS Bloggers #3!!!

Stampin Up Card Swap

2008-11-03T23:23:00.000-08:00

There is an upcoming Card Swap for any Stampin Up Set, I believe there is still room if anyone is interested. Anyways, this is my submission. Its the Totally Cool Stamp Set and even though you can't tell very well by the picture, I put a bit of bling bling on the gift bag. I tried something new with the horizontal blades of CS that I used with the Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing folder. I also used a fiskar border punch for the slits to thread the ribbon through.

By the way, the sentiment is SOOOOOOOOO me!!!

Birthday Card for a special SCS'er

2008-11-02T17:15:00.000-08:00

This one is going off to a special SCS birthday girl. I hear her favorite color is purple. I also want to thank Goldenbaby (Jennifer) for the image of the bella, she was prefect for this one.
Not near as nice in the picture as in real life.

Swaps Galore

2008-11-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a great halloween. The first day of November and its raining here in Newark California. Perfect day for stamping.

Over the last few days I have created for 2 card swaps and 2 image swaps. I have another 4 or 5 card and image swaps still to go. The first card swap was for a Stampin Up Christmas. We were to use a Stampin Up Christmas Set to create a card. Second is for a That's so Punny Card swap.

I am sure you will be able to tell the difference. At least I hope so.

TOY for Gary

2008-10-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

Today I created a TOY card (TOY stands for Thinking Of You) for my friend in Arizona. We haven't met yet, but have emailed back and forth and have lengthy phone conversations. Thank goodness for free long distance.

I used a magnolia tilda as my peek a boo character in side my "O" and a stampendous thinking of you. I used my cuttlebug to emboss 1/2 of my card, added the printed paper and Christmas ribbon that is actually blue and silver. I also used my cuttlebug swiss dots to add some spunk to the TOY letters. All in all, I really like this card. I have an upcoming CB Card swap and might just use this as a pattern for that, but with more feminine colors and paper. I am thinking something floral.

My work so far.

2008-10-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

So far I have completed 2 card swaps and 2 image swaps and a RAK challenge. I have sent out 10 wish RAK's and have received 2 back with more on the way according to the postal forum. I have really had alot of fun.

The first swap I did was for images, I used a dog and cat from rubber stampede.

The first card swap was for "Naughty but Nice" - Christmas Card, we were suppose to do something a bit twisted or off color. I don't think I did such a good job of getting the twisted part, but I liked the card in general.

Next was a card for the swap "Non Traditional Colors of Christmas"

Next up was the RAK challenge wher eyou make a card and send it to someone on the list, hope she liked it. The rules were to use the color orange and to send to someone with the name of your favorite ghost, goblin, witch, etc. You get the idea. I choose my favorite witch show, Sabrina the teenage witch.

My first Blog

2008-10-25T22:37:00.000-07:00

After checking out splitcoaststampers.com and finding that almost everyone there has a blog, thought I would check it out. Not that I am really all that big into following other people.. but.

Anyways, hopefully I will get the hang of this soon.