I am the most wonderful proud mother. I love this sweet girl. She is everything I could ever ask in a daughter. I escorted her to the Draper Temple. She married her best friend Devan Bartholomew for all time & eternity. She wasn't nervous. She knew it was a dream come true for her. I did not take photos. I savored EVERY single moment. I am thankful for all of the friends and family who sent me a few photos... Continue reading

Oh, I know I have been absent here for a few days. It has been so busy with family & friends coming in for the wedding. My sister Shelley flew from NC to be here. Everyone here loves her and loves to hear her southern accent. Zach had a game yesterday and they won. That means they play today (play until they lose). I am up and we are all going to Taylors home- to let the bridesmaids and Gentry... Continue reading

I am printing the bridals and the first look photos of Gentry and Devan. We are going to frame them for the reception. They were so beautiful and I LOVED them! I can't wait to share. I am GIDDY excited for the wedding and for the celebration. I love that weddings bring us together. At least they should!!! I am happy to say I am even packing for NZ early. My daughter McKay going with me is just the most... Continue reading

Oh my... life is so wonderful!!!!! I am choosing to embrace all that I have on "my plate" right now. Yesterday was amazing. We went to the temple with Gentry. It was very special and I was able to escort her since it was her first time. Gentry looked beautiful and seeing Devan with her was sweet. I was overcome with thankfulness to have all three of my girls together. We are now FIVE days from the wedding. They are... Continue reading

This is going to be a crazy fun week for our family. I have family and friends flying to Utah for the wedding. I am so thrilled that my friends and my sister is coming. I am feeling so thankful for this. It's a HUGE big deal for me to have them all here. I want them to know how much it means. Gentry has been getting so many gifts and that is so nice and thoughtful. Many of you... Continue reading

I am beyond excited to make the following announcement- Craftwell Announces Partnership with Teresa Collins Designs Craftwell Announces Partnership with Teresa Collins Designs New York City, NY, May 13, 2013 — Craftwell Inc. today announced an agreement with Teresa Collins Designs, for the creation of an exclusive design collection for use with the eBosser and eCraft product lines of specialty electronic die cutters and embossers. Craftwell Inc. is a New York based manufacturer of high-tech consumer electronic products and related... Continue reading

We went to Red Robin's (McKay's choice)for dinner on Friday night. We had a great time just being together. My son Ty was at a skatepark with his friend. It is so hard to get everyone together- I had to laugh when I picked him up- I wanted to take some photos. You can tell in the one photo that he was not wanting his photo taken. He will appreciate my efforts in the future!!! We did a little photo... Continue reading

It is a beautiful Friday here in Utah. I am in my office trying hard not to cough or get anyone sick. If I did not have a big deadline and a wedding coming up I would be at home. I am just thankful that I don't have chills or a fever. I honestly am feeling positive and know I'm slowing getting better. So it's really a good- GREAT day!!!! TOMORROW is McKay's birthday- I love this girl. This was... Continue reading

Yesterday was a busy day. I had planned to tape more of my episodes for www.mycraftchannel.com. I was so sick and honestly, I kept telling myself that I could do it. I have been sleeping, taking sudafed and vitamin C (probably too much!) to help. I woke up and felt horrible. I prayed that I could just get through my shows taping. The studio moved to a new location and I had a new set. It was so fun that... Continue reading

It finally happened. I am sick. This is such bad timing. It is two weeks before the wedding, a huge deadline I am working on, New Zealand in 15 days and I'm filming tomorrow new episodes for My Craft Channel. I am taking Vitamin C. I think my body just needs some rest. Thankfully, it seems like a really bad cold/cough. No fever and chills like the flu. Okay... I can do this!!!!!! Staying positive. Continue reading

This weekend was nonstop busy. It started with Zach's baseball game on Friday evening. It was weird but I just KNEW that he was going to have a great game. I think moms have a special gift and connection at times with their children. I mentioned it to Ty and McKay. If I am at work, I always leave early to see the games. I video all his at bats and he likes to watch them after the games to... Continue reading

Okay, today is such a wonderful over the top fabulous day. I have so many GREAT things going on in my life personally and in business. I am so blessed and my heart is overflowing. Later this month I have a HUGE big fabulous announcement. I can't wait to share the news and what I am doing professionally. I have been waiting until I can share the big news and it's almost time. I do have some great news to... Continue reading

National Scrapbooking Day is this Saturday!!!! I will be at Heartfelt hobby and craft. Join me to make a free mini accordion book with my new Summer Stories collection. I will be at the store this Saturday from 11:00am- 1:00pm. The address is 407 W 9000 South Sandy Utah. I will be doing free make n takes to thank you... my customers for all the support and to all the independent stores. I value each and every one of the... Continue reading

I'm home. I'm majorly tired. This is normal. It was worth it. I simply adore the country, culture and the people. I love Patricia and am so thankful she invited me to come again. It was a honor to go and something I will forever hold special in my heart. I want to thank everyone at the event for making my time there so very special. I get emotional thinking about all the special moments. This was my last day... Continue reading

Today the workshops began. I taught three workshops. This event has both women and men who attend the event. I always worry about the language barrier. Most students are Portugese but we have ten students from Spain and speak Spanish. I was worried that they would not understand me. I was so thankful that my workshops went so well. My heart was thankful and very relieved that they enjoyed my workshops and project. This is very important to me. I... Continue reading

I am thankful for SIX hours of sleep last night. I didn't wake up once. We spent the day touring Porto and having the most amazing day. We saw the most amazing buildings and the history here goes back centuries. The people truly are wonderful. Our first stop was the library. It actually is a famous book store. (they would not allow photos to be taken inside). I purchased playing cards for my kids, postcards for my scrapbook and magnets.... Continue reading

It is Friday morning here and I'm blogging from my hotel room. I am having some serious jet lag. I think the fact that I could not sleep on the 9.5 flight from DFW to Madrid did the trick. Normally I sleep, but I just tried everything and could not sleep. The flight was fine, but going without sleep for me is really hard with the time difference. We landed in Spain. My flight was 1.5 hours leaving and was... Continue reading

Well, It's almost time to board my flight. I am the gate. My heart is always a little (lot) heavy to leave my family. I am going to even miss two baseball games. I hate missing the games so my husband will be skyping with me to keep me all updated. I am so lucky to be going back to Portugal again. I love Patricia. She is the kindest woman and friend. This was my trip there ONE year ago... Continue reading

I'm so excited. I fly to Madrid Spain and then Porto Portugal tomorrow. I will be teaching at the most amazing event again. I am so blessed to be asked to come back. My heart is full and thankful. If you have never been to Portugal- GO!!!!! It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Today is super busy for me and I'm just going to check things off one at a time. I have meetings... Continue reading

Today is my daughter Gentry's 21st birthday!!! It is also one month until the wedding. So we had a family party at our house yesterday to celebrate. It is a tradition that we take lots of photos each year. I think it's so important to document every birthday. The kids were all home yesterday and I actually got a photo of all of them together. Gentry and McKay are taking finals this week at BYU. They all helped Gentry celebrate... Continue reading

*Laura posted a great blog post on Italy today and I thought I would share the latest news about the event I will be teaching at in June 2013. I am so excited. Here is her post- Hello everyone, I am in the THICK of planning a VERY EXCITING week in Lake Como this June! I feel really BLESSED right now and everything is coming together so perfectly. Little surprises and ideas I had hoped and dreamed would happen are... Continue reading

I am at my office. I am working on TWO new collections. I love feeling inspired by life and moments that I want to remember. TODAY after all the tragedy this past week, it makes me even more grateful that I scrapbook. I tell my classes... I am my family Historian. I really feel that what I do is important. I hope those of you who craft do too. That is why I loved my new stitched notebooks. They come... Continue reading

I'm a little obsessed at the moment with gold and my stamps. I love the look of gold in my crafting projects. So I wanted to share these "FABULOUS" cards designed by Keisha Campbell. They are designed with my brand new TC/Fiskars stamps. I designed a line of stamps with my brand for Fiskars. I have had so many people ask who can buy them- any retailer or consumer. They are rubber cling mount stamps and they are so beautiful... Continue reading

My heart is truly heavy over the horrible attack and tragedy yesterday in Boston. I did not hear about the attack until I was driving home from my office. I just started crying. I am angry that someone did this. I am angry that someone or group would want to hurt innocent people. I have been praying for all the victims and their families. I pray that we will find out who did this and justice will be served. I... Continue reading