NOTE: This is my first of two posts today! Be sure to scroll up to see my Day 5 Papertrey Countdown post! Hi-ya! I've got a fun little card to share with you and a giveaway too! Today, the Studio Calico Design Team girls are having a blog hop, featuring the Field Guide Kit from October...

Underneath the mistletoe last night She didn't see me creep Down the stairs to have a peep She thought that I was tucked up In my bedroom, fast asleep OK everyone @!@ .... you better not be sleeping or kissing!! otherwise you will miss out on commen...

All is calm, all is bright except that it wasn't this morning which is why this post is going up so late. I had to go to the Post Office to get some parcels off to New Zealand so thought I would be up and at 'em and beat the rush. Only thing was - about 5 bazillion other people had the same i...

i am going to be starting a new monthly ATC (Artist Trading Card) club at the studio beginning January 11, 2011. each month we will create 4 ATC's. you can choose to trade them, display them (i just ordered the cutest atc mats to frame them, love!), or keep them all to yourself! i will be addi...

Our December Guest DT is Sasha Halloway! Visit Sasha's gallery to see her inspiring projects. Plus here is a tutorial she created to show how to make these fun paper stars. *Giveaway* Leave a comment below to be entered to win some fun Hambly products!

*This giveaway is now closed* The Giveaway: A red ''today'' mini art journal from Evalicious Eve's handmade album kits are *so* gorgeous!! :) How to Enter: Visit Shop Evalicious & choose your favorite item, and come back here to tell us with a comment! Please leave your e-mail address. Th...

Hello Crate Paper followers! Thank-you for participating in this latest blog hop with Crate Paper!! There are a couple of items you'll want to take away from my contribution in accordance with the hop. First and foremost - the official first letter located conveniently in my sidebar. Downl...

there was a little boy and there was a little girl. They met each other on May 8 1980, then on May 8 1982 the boy asked the girl to marry him and she said yes. The following year on 22 October 1983 - they got married in Christchurch, New Zealand. ...

Today I have a very special giveaway for you: a chance to win a spot in Shimelle's newest class, "True Stories" Shimelle's classes are amazing and I am so super excited about this one in particular. With a focus on journaling, this is sure to be an ultra inspiring class. Read below for Shimell...

Hiya everyone, Today I have an awesome giveaway for you! I was fortunate enough to have been asked to contribute to Shimelle's newest class, True Stories. Please leave me a comment and I will randomly choose a winner to win a free spot. I'll choose a winner Saturday morning. Good luck!

I have been promising since April that at sometime we would give you a tour of our building and today's the day! * warning this video may include explicit details about Cosmo Crickets restrooms and hawks eating mice. Also it may make you a little dizzy. We started building last November and we m...

Guess who? If you guess Kay, you guessed right! I’m writing a blog post! AND have a giveaway! This is so exciting :) Still having a good week. I think it’s all those crazy theater people that I’m spending four hours a day with, or maybe the awesome people I get to see after... but it’s just anot...

The winners for Little Black Dress Kit Club's giveaways are...... Grand Prize Winner is #49 - Nora Anne Giveaway #2 Winner is #74 - Robin Gibson Giveaway #3 Winner is #168 - Donna VanWert Please email me at [email protected] with your information and we will get your giveaways out to you...

i'm home and have my computer back. yay! (and lots of unpacking to do but i'll just ignore that part for now :P). i also have peeks and a giveaway. studio calico summer camp: [summer camp kit + sugar woods stamp set + embellies from elk lake] I loooove this month's exclusive papers and ha...

So, it is Thursday, yup. I heard on talk radio this a.m. that research shows that people are in bad moods more on Thursday than any other day of the week. For me I usually get into a bad mood on Sunday evening and it stays that way until 6:01p.m. Friday, but that's just me. Yesterday, m...

I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my newest blog sponsors. Simon Says Stamp Scrapbook Chicks & Goshery. They all have such great things to offer. Check them out!! We have a GREAT giveaway today from Simon Says Stamp Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 and offers over 100,000 paper art...

Good morning everyone. Hope you had a nice weekend! I'll tell you more about mine tomorrow, but today we have a kit club giveaway and it's super cute! This one comes to us from our good friend, Lisa Faduto. Lisa is just launching a kit club called Paper Fashions and what's unique about it is tha...

Welcome to the Studio Calico Documentary Blog Hop! We are celebrating the release of our newest release, Documentary. It's a wonderful collection full of creative, graphic prints, and it's travel themed to boot! But since I won't be traveling for quuuiiiiite some time, HEE! I decided to show...

we're celebrating the release of Studio Calico's newest line, Documentary. I have this frame in our living room that I like changing according to the season. it started as a mother's day gift from julian and it now looks like this. clean. fresh. colorful. it's super simple but i love ...

Studio Calico's latest release - Documentary - should be hitting stores right about now.................. and to celebrate we are doing a blog hop! As scrapbookers, we are definitely all about documenting.... our lives, our people, our memories, our stories.... and on and on.... I persona...

Did you know that next week is our birthday? We are turning one! And we have some celebrating to do! So we thought maybe we would get the party started a tiny bit early, with not just one, but two giveaways today. Put your hands together for who comes to us with two amazing options for you...

Since I got back from the Retreat I have been SUPER busy. Catching up on emails and snail mail. Tidying up the house and doing washing. Getting out orders that came in while I was away. Catching up with my kids and husband and family back in NZ etc etc. Then of course, I had to unpac...

A little early warning for my lovely blog readers and twitter followers we are almost all hooked up and ready to go :) You can sneak in through this link if you like ;) http://tarisota.typepad.com/collections Here is a peek at what you will find ready to ship right now and this.. our b...