Bee Product Reveal!!!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the NEW products revealed today at the Bee!

Longaberger Bee News!!

Here I am in Columbus Ohio!! We are on a lunch break right now, so I thought I would update on some of the NEW products you can expect to see this fall!!

Revealed this morning:

For Collector's Club Members:
Candy Apple Basket
Family Together Series Giving Thanks Basket
Cornucopia Basket

A whole new line of wrought iron!

New Pottery:
Small Oval Casserole dish with matching Basket
Large Oval Casserole dish with matching basket

and... several have requested, and Longaberger listened....

***drum roll please***

CHOCOLATE POTTERY!!!!

photos to come later since I don't have an iphone :(

What I did this weekend

We finally did it! The boys (especially AJ) have been wanting to share a bedroom for a while now, and we finally got them moved in to their "new rooms" this weekend. Both boys are now in the smaller room with bunk-beds and sharing the big dresser my Daddy made. We bought another shelf and installed it in the closet so all of their clothes hang in there together.




The other room is now the Play Room. They LOVE it!! we have toys & stuffed animals in the toy box my Daddy made right next to the rocking horse my Papaw made. The Lego Table from Aunt Rose is sitting in the corner. The fish tank, Legos, Coloring books & art supplies are on the bookcase PoPo made.



The GeoTrax and other large toys are under the big table. So far it has been a Rokenbok table, a Train table, and a Zhu Zhu World table. The little chair in this picture has been through 3 generations of McNeal boys now... first PoPo, then James, and now AJ & Hunter.



There is a ton of open floor space in the middle of the room... perfect for Lego building and train tracks.



In the Play Room closet we added a half-shelf for extra storage. We hung all of their play costumes in the closet. Pirates, Kings, Knights, Dragons and Doctors come to life in that closet. They have already been 3 or 4 different things today, now that their costumes are so much easier to get to.



All in all, I think we had a very productive and successful weekend!

On to the next adventure...
tomorrow, I leave for the LONGABERGER BEE!!!!

Bad bad blogger....

Ok, so here are the scrapbook layout pictures I should have posted over a month ago. The photos are not great, and I apologize. I tried editing them, and never was happy with the results, so I decided to just forget it & post them "as is". I took these on my kitchen table at night, so you will have to forgive me for some weird lighting issues.

Enjoy!

Feeling Thrifty!

Lately a few of my friends have been teaching me the ins & outs of couponing. My biggest helps have come from two friends, Tracy & Julie. Julie has a whole blog called "Living Life with Less" where she talks about couponing, recipes, and her crazy life in general: Stay at home mom raising two preschool boys while managing her Tupperware business! (See why we are friends??) WELL - she is doing a great giveaway on her blog this week - giving away a $25 Sam's Club gift card!! woo-hoo!!

Stop by her blog to see what she has to say, get some great money-saving tips, recipes, & sign up for her giveaway while you are there. You won't regret it!!

Thanks Julie!!!

Coming Soon...

Well.... Stumbling Into Grace is over. Our last performance was Saturday the 15th, (also me & hubby's 11th anniversary) followed by strike. This coming Saturday (May 22) will be the Garage Sale fundraiser for Stained Glass Theatre, so if you are in the area & looking for a good deal, stop by! We will be holding it in the SGT parking lot. If it rains, we will move inside to the courtyard. Heaven only knows what treasures can be found when a Theatre cleans out the props & costumes! Not to mention the 15-20 or so other families that will be adding their treasures to the stash. The sale is set to start at 7:00 am & will go until 5:00 or so.

COMING SOON:

Summer of Hope
runs on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights at 7:30pm
June 3rd - July 3rd
However June 5th and July 3rd are 2:30pm matinee' performances only

Call Box Office (417) 581-9192 for ticket reservations.
Box office hours: Tuesday - Saturday Noon - 5:00 P.M.

Auditions for A.D. the Musical will be held on May 22nd, at 5:00 - right after the garage sale :) This show needs 15 men & 15 women. For audition info go to www.sgtheatre.com and click on 2009-2010 Auditions on the left side of the page.

Scrapbook Pal Design Team Entry

Here goes! My first attempt to be considered for a Design Team. Several people have told me I should apply for a design team, or try to have my work published, so I figured I would give it a shot. ScrapbookPal.com is looking for their very first Design Team members, so I thought I would give it a go!

Here are the pages I created for my entry, along with basic supply lists. I recently got the Don Juan Cricut Cart, so I used it on 3 of them.



Base Pages are Bazzill Cardstock
Cricut Cartridge "Don Juan" used for lettering
Cricut Cartridge "George & Basic Shapes" used to cut 2" circles for scallop border
Patterned Papers from Scrappin' Sports & More - "T-Ball Star"
Colorbox Chalk Ink - Charcoal



Baase Pages are Bazzill Cardstock
Cricut Cartridge "Don Juan" used for the lettering, cut from Bazzill Cardstock.
Patterned Paper from My Mind's Eye - "Lil' Robots" collection
Colorbox Chalk Ink - Blue Iris



Base pages are Bazzill Cardstock
Cricut Cartridge "Don Juan" used for lettering - cut from DoodleBug Design's Crushed Velvet flocked paper
Random papers from my stash that fit the color scheme
Stickles - "Christmas Red" added to red stripe in striped paper & around heart
Jewels added to the center of Prima Flowers with mini glue dots.



Base pages are Bazzill Cardstock
Patterned papers- Imaginisce "Live Loud" collection
Rub on words used on journal block
Colorbox Chalk Ink - "Charcoal"
Chipboard title letters were inked, then painted with Stickles.
Stars were cut out on the Cricut, then painted with stickles & popped up with pop dots.
Guitar was stitched using Bazzill In Stitch'z template "Boys Will Be Boys" and a variegated metallic thread.