Thursday, September 6, 2007

*AMM* Wednesday RAK


As if all those other contests and calls weren't enough we also have our Wednesday RAK up this morning! Just click on the link and sign in to win this fab RAK. To sign up all you have to do is tell us what your favorite idea book is (or one you jsut can't wiat to get your hands on!)

Don't forget... you have to sign in here for the RAK, not on this blog! But feel free to tell me your fav book here too once you get done signing up. I love hearing about new books and people's reviews of them!

{Hugs}

*AMM* Contest: Crazy for Pirates


Don't forget... Everyone still has until this Saturday to enter our Crazy for Pirates Contest at *A Million Memories*. Check out this awesome prize pack that will be going to the winner!

Here's all the info:

This month we are: Crazy for Pirates!

We love it all: pirate ships, the beach, hidden treasure, skulls & crossbones, the list goes on and on!

To enter our August Contest create a *NEW* project (LO, mini album, altered project, anything goes!) using anything that has to do with ROCKIN’ PIRATES! Your theme doesn’t have to be all pirates but please do include something that uses them as a design element.

Go to the Crazy For Pirates Contest thread to get information on where to upload your entry. You can ask questions there and also see the other entries.

Good Luck!

*A Million Memories* Design Team Call

Due to the growth at A Million Memories - we are looking for three new design team members!

If you're interested in designing for AMM, please read the information below. We are accepting applications now through September 30, 2007. We will announce the three new designers once they have been contacted and have accepted their posts.

The design team position is a commitment through March 31, 2008.



GENERAL INFORMATION:

We are looking for three energetic, outgoing, talented, versatile and creative individuals who are team players for the term October, 2007 through March 31, 2008. Strong photography, digital scrapbooking and class experience is a plus, but not required. 



Interested applicants must register and post on the message boards at AMM during the DT call. We want to get to know you and we want you to get to know us and our community. Your design team experience at AMM will require daily activity on our boards. 



We keep our Design Team Members busy with all sorts of activities, i.e., monthly kits, manufacturer kits, newsletter, message boards, chats, classes, etc., so when considering whether you would like to apply for the DT position, please take into consideration the amount of time that will be required to fulfill your DT requirements.



Submit 2 new (not previously posted or published) original LO's and at least one altered item. LO's can be 8.5x11 or 12x12. Altered items are considered anything that is not a page.

All submissions should be emailed to info@amillionmemories.com.

The commitment to A Million Memories’ design team is exclusive. Our designers cannot hold design team positions with any competing kit club. Manufacturer design team appointments and teaching at your LSS are acceptable.



*Consistent and frequent message board participation is required.

*DT members are required to post at least four items per kit - 2-4 layouts, the altered item included in the kit (if there is one), and a card.

*Complete manufacturer sponsorship projects

*Part of your job will be to advertise the kit club and store and not competing businesses.

*Actively participate in a monthly newsletter and blog posts.

*Actively participate in challenges, organizing contests and vendor advertising.

*Promote AMM whenever possible. Example, if you have a blog, there should be a link to AMM. We will in turn post your blog on our blog.



WHAT DO OUR DESIGNERS RECEIVE?


*Our designers are given a free kit every other month containing the industry's latest and greatest products, plus extra supplemental products as compensation.

*Special sponsored manufacturer's kits every 3-6 weeks. A link to your projects is sent directly to the sponsored manufacturers by AMM. This will give you exposure directly to manufacturers.

*Product discounts (more detail will be provided to those who are selected for the team).

*Free product for special limited edition kits that you may (on occasion) design yourself from items in our store.

*Free product for special class kits that you will design yourself.

*Miscellaneous perks - free passes to CHA, opportunity to design with our kits, etc.

We have some exciting plans for 2007 and 2008 which will bring a lot of exposure to AMM and consequently, to our designers.



IF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU NEED TO:



E-mail the following information to info@amillionmemories.com with:


• Name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address (if different than the one you are sending the email from)

• Links to other online galleries that show your work (as well as your screen name)

• Link to your blog, if you have one

• A bio of yourself

• 2 new (not previously posted or published) original LO's and at least one altered item. LO's can be 8.5x11 or 12x12. Altered items are considered anything that is not a page.



Include the answers to the following questions in your email:



1) Why are you interested in a DT position with AMM?


2) Site commitment and participation: We'd like to know your thoughts regarding the message board and site participation. We are looking for designers who are team players and are committed to being involved and posting daily on our message board. We'd love to see how you would go about increasing general participation on our message board.


3) Have you ever designed for another website/company? If so, who?


4) Are you currently designing for another website/Company? If so, who?


5) Are you active on any message boards? Which ones? (please provide a few links to your posts and your user name)


6) How long have you been scrapbooking?



Note: None of the answers to the above questions will effect your chances of being on the Design Team . . .we are just curious. ; )



If you have any comments or questions, please email us at info@amillionmemories.com or check out the DT Callout thread at the AMM Message Board: here!

Good Luck to everyone who applies. I can't wait to see who joins out team!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

I've Been Tagged!

I never get tagged so I was so excited to see that my good friend Mia from the AMM Message Board Tagged me! Mia is an amazing scrapper and writes a column for Scrapbytes an online Filipino Scrapbooking Publication. You can check out Mia's blog at The Adventures of Mia McScrappy!

So, on to who I'm tagging! All you AMM Bloggers watch out - I'm tagging you ALL! That includes our lovely Design Team and you too Alison & the AMM Blog!

But let's make this fun! No only are you "tagged" but I want to know what is on your current scrapping wishlist? Give me a Top 5 of newly released or coming soon products that you just can't wait to get your hands on!

Here is mine:

1. Love, Elsie ZOE!
2. Basic Grey Obscure (technically I'm wanting to stock up on everything BG right now!)
3. Journal Revolution (this book is going to ROCK check out the blog here)
4. New Elsie Book!
5. PurlSoho ... Retro Fabrics.

So the last one may not count but I'm so ready to be in NYC and hit up PurlSoho. I have some friends wanting me to design some projects for them (shh it's a secret right now) and I can't want to get to this store! They have the best Japanese Imports and awesome retro fabrics. I am so excited to start finding my little places in NYC to get a TON of goodies!

So what is everyone else wanting these days? Consider yourself tagged if you are reading this!

Monday, September 3, 2007

AMM September Kit Projects

I was so excited to get this month's kit from A Million Memories. It is so packed! Right away I wanted to used the Rusty Pickle chipboard to create a cool transparency frame. This is a project I have been wanting to do for awhile! (Especially with my one year anniversary coming up next weekend!)




I had also been wanting to start a mini-book that would, for me, really highlight my favorite parts of living in our first home together. The Scallop Coasters and Box (Maya Road) were so perfect for this.






Since this book is still a work in progress (I still have some coasters that I want special pictures for) I keep looking through the book and lately the page of my bathroom is like my favorite page. I can look at that picture forever it seems! I think I'm silently missing my perfect bathroom already. My bathroom is totally one of my favorite things about 751 and I doubt I'll find one just like it in NYC. For me this photo of my bathroom just totally captures the essence of that room. But I'm still so excited about the new rooms I'll have once we move and new experiences in a new space!

Last week I had to take a break from working with the AMM Kit to have my Moving Sale so I haven't made a DENT in all the awesome papers in it. I'm getting to work tonight to finish some layouts and I'll have more up soon!

I'm also planning the A Million Memories Anniversary Crop and information should be released soon. You won't want to miss this fun weekend Sept. 14th - 16 and all the awesome prizes up for grabs. Come celebrate with us !!

{Hugs!}

Long Time No Blog!

Well things have been crazy in the Taylor home. We had our Moving Sale this weekend. I was so busy I didn't even remember to post it here! Saturday went really well. We made some good money right away and were still selling up until 3pm when we were scheduled to stop. Sunday wasn't good AT ALL! We got a few browsers but didn't sell anything. I was happy with Saturday though so on to Ebay for the rest of the stuff!

I have actually started selling some things on ebay. Check them out here. Right now I only have two printers and some speakers up, the fun stuff will hopefully all be added by this week. I'm cleaning out my ScrapStash so be sure to keep looking!

I'm so glad the actual sale and everything is over. We did have so much fun though being outside all weekend, playing with our little Crystal, and just relaxing. Joe was such a huge help to me and this weekend really allowed us to stop, and do something together. It was a fun way to forget about the stress of moving and just reconnect.

Sorry no pics this post - I'm going to post up my September Projects with the A Million Memories Kit in just a few minutes!

Happy Labor Day!

Friday, August 24, 2007

Yummy Martha Patterns.

Hello Friday.


I wanted to share some yummy *discount* Martha that I discovered at Michael's the other day. I was so lucky to find this cute pack of three patterned notbooks for $1 !! I also got a pack of her Picnic papers for $2. They will make super cute invitations I thought, so to all of my friends (ahem ... Jeanne & Nicole) who are thinking about getting married, I'm already starting to come up with ideas for you!

I have so much going on today and this weekend but it's going to be creative, fun, and exciting! I am starting the plans for my Pageframes 6x6 Album. I'm really wanting it to come out perfect so I'm doing a lot of planning and stock-piling goodies to go in it! I also want to work more with the August Kit from A Million Memories before I get the September one. I got August late coming back from NYC but I love it so much. The patterns and colors in it are so awesome ... I think there may be a few left if you are interested, check here!

Here's the pic of the August Kit!


I'm also doing a lot to get ready for my garage sale next weekend (ahhh two weeks to be ready!) I'll be going through my scrap-stash to see if there's anything I know I won't use. I may be putting together a RAK or two!

Off to get back to work, I may post more later! Have a great weekend!

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Music.

Since coming back from NYC I've been totally into music again. Music has been such a huge part of my life. My parents have always been really into music - especially my dad who has introduced me to so much great music and normally knows what's hot before I do! Plus, I trained in music for so long. I starting with grade school band (yup I'm a band geek), then vocal training, musical theatre, and dance in high school. Then I went to Columbia College of Chicago for musical theatre and then even after transferring from there to Purdue I never planned to stop being involved with music.

For so long I wasn't listening to anything at all new, which is actually kind of scary when I think about it! Since owning my own business I have retreated into my comfy playlists and old CD's, and kind of isolated myself from anything new.

So MUSIC is one of the big reasons why I am so stoked to move back to the city. I don't know how involved in music I will become again. I do know that hearing how music is growing, how all of the styles of music are constantly being revived and evolve, really makes me sing more than I have in a long time (and dance too). And anyone who has ever been close to me knows - when I'm singing I'm happy! So I'm going with the flow and won't assume anything about my life right now.

What this does mean is that I'm now on the constant lookout for NEW music!

Joe showed me this video today by Justice and I think it rocks. Justice is a French electro/house band and won the MTV Europe Best Video Award (you know when Kayne West got all upset! LOL.) Anyway, I'm a huge notebook doodler & T-Shirt fan so this video is like crazy inspiring...

Enjoy!


This the latest layout I've done and it pretty much sums up my feelings over the past few weeks. I'm all over the place! I have really no clue how I am going to get this garage sale organized (it's Sept. 1st & 2nd for any of you in the SW FL area, I'll put more info up later!), and pack the house, and do all the crazy projects & designing I've been planning! But I would have it any other way! Our life is moving in a totally new direction and we are going to have so much and adventure.

There are a TON of fun things going on at A Million Memories. So if you know me and haven't checked out my favorite online scrapping community, do it now!

I'll have more fun stuff to share later today... {HUGS}

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Some Tuesday Inspiration.


I got a fun surprise in the mail this weekend! My mom and dad visited my sister in Oakland and sent Joe and I a box of some ChinaTown Goodies! We each also got a really cool T-Shirt. I love all the stuff we got, beautiful placemats and formal chopsticks, a sake set, and a calligraphy set too!

I also was surfing around my favorite new blog Apartment Therapy: New York and found this fun chair idea! Check them out and visit the blog for project instructions!



I'm off to scrap and will have more later! Happy Tuesday!

Thursday, August 16, 2007

A Portrait. A Plan.

Hello Thursday.

I hadn't posted any pictures or portraits of my Joe for a really long time so I thought I'd share this hottie!



This is one of the portraits I took of him at PS1 while we were in NYC. The old school had a thousand awesome nooks and crannies to sneak into for awesome portraits. I didn't keep him from the party for too long though!

It's almost the weekend and I have so much to get done all over the house and some projects I want to get done as well. So - here is my weekend goal list (we'll see how much I do!)



Most of my work this weekend is going to be getting our yard sale ready. I want to firm up the date and be able to go get the permit Monday!

Have a great night!

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Friday Night Scrap*Star Chat!



Isn't this butterfly book beautiful? This is just one of the gorgeous projects that Cheryl Mezzetti created using the *A Million Memories* August Kit. We were so lucky to have her as our Guest Designer this month!

We are also super lucky to be able to CHAT with Cheryl this Friday, August 17th at 6:00pm PST! Plus Ali & Michelle will be giving away some goodies throughout the evening!

Be sure to check out Cheryl's blog and her other creations with the AMM Monthly Kit - and we'll chit chat on Friday!!

Monday, August 13, 2007

Reuse.


This weekend I began the task of cleaning out our garage. It isn't horribly cluttered, but with the SW FLorida humidity it basically means I have to clean everything that was in there if I want to be able to sell it in a yard sale!

Besides all of the fun inspiration of seeing some "old" things in a *new* way I was really excited to see all of the fun re-usable stuff we had down there! As I was rolling up yards and yards of kraft packing paper and plastic bubble wrap I got so excited thinking about using these to pack with and then using them in art projects when we unpacked.

From the beginning I have told Joey that I want to move in the most efficient, cost-effective, and GREEN way possible ... and beginning the task got me thinking about so many new ways to reuse and recycle! I love when life breeds inspiration!

I have some fun Rivercity Rubberwork Stamps that I'm working on right now and a TON of fun projects I came up with while working in the garage yesterday, including a "Moving Out" Journal which I hope to start tonight.

Happy GREEN Monday!

Thursday, August 9, 2007

*24 by 25* Challenge!




I hope I got this posted in time!

This is the fun LO/*BIG* To Do List that I did for Elsie Flannigan's BlogParty Challenge. This was a ton of fun to do today and it really got me excited about how much is happening in the next few months!

TFL!

Busy. Busy. Busy.


So I am a huge believer in "To Do" Lists. They help me focus and I tend to spend just as much time perfecting my to do list as I do getting the things on it finished so that helps me get into a creative groove! I have so many things in the "idea" phase right now that I am really looking forward to organizing my thoughts and getting some of these projects into the Creation! phase. My studio is insane right now but I am so many exciting things on the horizon that I'm bursting at the seams to get stuff done!

Right now I'm finishing up an challenge that Elsie put on her blog yesterday. 24 things I want to do by 25! Since this is such a huge transitional period for me I think that this challenge is really going to motivate me to push myself where I want to go physically, creatively, and professionally.

Oh and I have some exciting news on the horizon that involves a move and a *new* project but that's all I'm saying for right now!

*Smooches*

Monday, August 6, 2007

ADD Monday.

Yes I am having a ADD attack this fine Monday Morning. Or maybe it was all weekend...

Joe and I are home and settled again after our amazing trip up North. NYC was so incredible. I had forgotten just how alive I become in the city. So much action and inspiration!

I came home with a totally new outlook on my life and art. There are so many ideas running around in my head, so many things I want to do, but now I have to settle down and actually create!

There is a HUGE to do list I have running right now, a lot of scrapping I need to get done, and I want to totally re-vamp my blog ~ so hopefully today will be productive for me.

Michelle turned me onto this awesome blog called Print & Pattern which is totally inspiring and is a great way to check out new trends and goodies! Check it out!

These are my two favorite ladies right now ... I LOVE the style the new TLC LA Ink ads were done and I can't wait for the new show to start. And I finally got a bunch more Amy Winehouse music and am currently addicted to her!


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Saturday, July 14, 2007

*Bobby Jack* Goodies


I had to run to Target this afternoon to get some supplies and stuff for our big trip next week and of course I had to hit the $1 section! I found all of these super cute Bobby Jack goodies. I'm hoping I can use these tattoos on paper... there's just something I can't resist about a monkey blowing bubble-gum bubbles and eating chocolate!

*Junkitz* flower⋅ful Spotlight



Junkitz was so generous to sponsor the *A Million Memories* They sent us a TON of awesome product! These are all of the projects I did with the Junkitz "flower⋅ful" line.

The Accordian Album is a Junkitz "Accordian Envelope Bookz" by Teresa Collins.

Thanks Junkitz !!

For more information on the details or techniques used in any of these please visit my gallery at *A Million Memories*!

Friday, July 13, 2007

sneek peek time already ?!?

The fab ladies at A Million Memories have already released a sneek peak of their August Kit! I have seen these new Daisy D papers IRL and I love them so much. So Yummy! I can't wait to get the kit and see all the extra goodies in it.

Hello. Friday.

I can't believe how long it has been since I blogged last! Things have been too crazy for me lately and they aren't about to slow down yet ... YAY! Indian Rocks for the 4th of July was so much fun. Now Joe and I have about five days to get a TON of stuff done before we leave for Chicago on Wednesday morning. I am so excited for this trip I can barely contain myself. CHA, seeing my family, seeing my AMM family (!!), seeing my best friends back home, then I'm off to NYC to party with Joe's friends and check out the scene there. I have no idea what opportunties this trip will bring me and Joey but we are so optimistic and excited to see what life has in store for us next!

Work. Work. Work. though before we leave. I just finished a fun Junkitz Envelope Album and am working on the rest of the product they sent me. But after that I have some fun fun projects brewing for after CHA. Oh I am so stoked!

I took a minute out this afternoon to take a couple of photos. Wow it's so hot outside. I took like five and was sweating. Uck - I think inside with my ice tea, scrapping stuff, Fergie, and air conditioning will do just fine! I am hoping to get to the beach on Sunday to relax a bit before all the drama starts on Monday.

Well, I hope everyone has a rockin' weekend.

*Ciao*