tongue in chic journalings

I really wish

that I had hoarded more Cadbury Creme eggs. If anyone wants to send me some, I will send you a package of scrapbook goodies.

Also, if you have any questions about my online class, please shoot me an email! You can email me through the "connect with me" section of the site. I'm so happy that y'all are interested and I'm so excited to be teaching this class. I remember being new to digital scrapbooking and wishing I had someone to walk me through the steps, so it's very cool to be able to offer this with the video!

The love of my Scrap In Style Life is Wilna Furstenburg. I seriously adore her. She just posted this little video from Scrap ETC this weekend. So you can see what my weekend looked like, and also, you can see at the end of the video how I was wearing a LOT of makeup on Saturday night. Like, a LOT. And yet someone still told Jeanette they thought I was 12 years old.

Digital Scrapbooking 101 * On Sale Now!

Our newest Design School class focuses on the basics of digital scrapbooking. It's the perfect class for anyone wanting to try their hand at digital scrapbooking, but not sure where to begin! The 10 day class includes a free mini kit, as well as discounts on SIStv digital products, daily step-by-step lessons, screen capture videos, two live chats, access to a private class message board, and a PDF full color instructional booklet so that you can refer to what you learn in class long after it's over!
A few of the topics covered in Digi Scrapping 101:
*An overview of "tools" and how to use them
*Layers and layer styles
*Creating a basic layout from a kit
*Using filters and masks
*Creating your own elements
*Creating a digital photo book

Class begins May 5 at 12pm CDT!
Register Today!

 

Congratulations Aimee! You have a free spot! Please email me your contact info!

* Leave any questions in the comments and I'll answer them all!
1) We will be using Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS2.

G.L.A.M.O.R.O.U.S.

I spent this past weekend working for SIStv at the Scrap ETC event in Nashville. It was held in the Opryland Hotel, which turns out is just about the coolest place ever. It has a rainforest inside. With like, waterfalls and stuff.

Amy Tangerine took this picture of me working.

I thought I'd post it because it makes my job look really glamorous, staying at posh hotels and scrapbooking for a living. What you don't see is the 7 lattes, 8 cans of Pepsi, and 2 energy bars I consumed in an effort to stay awake for 7394 straight hours to make 600 class kits and film 258 hours of footage. It was a lot of work. I fell into bed last night at 2am and Jeff woke me today 2 in the afternoon. Then I fell asleep twice more in my desk chair while I was editing the newsletter today. Either those 7394 hours of being awake took a toll on me, or Jeanette's narcolepsy is contagious.

Speaking of my job, starting May 5th, I'll be teaching an online class at SIStv. The class is called "Digital Scrapbooking 101." I'm very clever at naming things. It's going to be an introductory class to digital scrapbooking. If you are new to digital scrapping, or if you want to learn some more foundational aspects of it, this is a great class for you. I'll post some more details throughout this week, but here are some things you can expect:

The class is 10 days long and includes access to a private classroom and private forum on the SIStv message board. Each day I will have a new lesson. Each lesson will include either step by step screenshots or a video. The video lessons are really cool- you can see every single thing I do while I'm in the photo editing program and hear my voiceover instructions. I'll also be doing two live chats so we can work through lessons together if you have any questions. If you sign up for the class, you'll receive a free mini-kit as well as a discount on any other recommended supplies. At the end of the class, you will receive a PDF booklet with full color instructions and photos so that you can revisit the information at any time!

A few of the topics we will cover:

• An overview of "tools" and how to use them
• Layers and layer styles
• Creating a basic layout from a kit
• Creating your own elements
• Using filters and masks
• Creating a digital photo book

The class goes on sale Tuesday, April 22. The first person to leave a comment here gets free admission! If you have any other questions, leave me a comment and I'll be sure to answer them all!

This Day In KA's History: two years ago I was frolicking in a Target Cabana

File Under: KA Is Illogical

Wednesday Night.

10:45pm.

I just switched over my second load of laundry for the night, only to discover that apparently I've forgotten how to do laundry. I washed two loads of laundry without ever putting in any laundry detergent.

Other KA moments from this week:

A) Our car insurance payment was returned to us marked "return to sender." Turns out, if you just stick a check in the bill envelope with no ADDRESS to send said check to, the post office just sends it back to you. I have no idea what possessed me to just stick a check in the payment enveloped without the payment stub in there. I pay all of our bills. It's not like I don't know the routine. The only logical explanation for this is....there is no logical explanation for this. Also, no one tell my husband about this.

B) We discovered the alarm clock in our bedroom was 15 minutes slow. For the next two days I would wake up and think to myself "Self, don't forget your clock is 15 minutes slow." And on the third day I walked into the bathroom and said "Jeff, I don't know WHY I can't get ready on time. It's like I always need an extra 15 minutes." To which Jeff replied, "What time are you setting the alarm for?" And I told him 8 o clock. And he busted out laughing. Because  I was just thinking that remembering that the clock was slow was enough. It never occurred to me that if I wasn't going to change the clock to the correct time, I would need to set the alarm 15 minutes earlier. I just thought that 8:00 was always 8:00, even though I made the connection that 8:45 was really 9:00. And that is the story of how I was late to work all week.

C) All week I signed my last name as "Terell." I've been married for one year and 3.75 months. My last name is spelled Terrell.

creative people

who have creative jobs
do things
like this

there's a glimpse
at my workday
last weekend
visiting amy tangerine to see her new line
and finding inspiration at vintage clothing stores
i really love my job

and also
i stopped and asked for directions in this getup

Prank Wars

I made this page with the April Style Phyle collection from SIStv. I'm really excited about this collection because it is based on The Office and The Office is one of my favorite television shows of all time. I'm also excited about it because I hand screen printed one of the papers in it. And also, I feel kind of badly telling you how excited I am because it already sold out.

But I have to share the page anyways because it is one of my favorite memories. In the summer of 2002 I was 19 and dating this guy who lived with some of our guy friends from church. Our church used to have weekend retreats. Weekend retreats were really just a code word for "prank wars." I can't think of a single retreat where we didn't do something silly, like put all of our youth pastor's clothes on the roof of the church.

We woke up one morning to find that the boys had saran wrapped all of our cars. Obviously the boys underestimated us. The last time the prank warred us, we blew up a picture of the 4 of us, took it to Kinkos, xeroxed it about 750 times, and then wallpapered their bedrooms with it. Saran wrapping our cars? That was an amateur move.

We were the queens of prank wars.

We snagged a key to their apartment and re-arranged their bedrooms. And hung all their clothes in the shower.

They tp-ed our lawn.

We faux-egged their cars.

They pancaked ours.

We gave them a ride to dinner 45 minutes away. Then we all pretended we had to go to the bathroom and left them there.

They floured our yards.

We stole their lawn gnome, blindfolded him, and drove all around town taking polaroids of our hostage. We had some great pictures, like the one of the cops holding the kidnapped gnome, or the one with the gnome sticking out of a cannon. Then we mailed the whole package of pictures to the boys with a ransom note.

I can't remember where it ended. I just remember lots of late nights plotting our next attack. I remember keeping watch at our sleepovers, but falling asleep before we could catch the guys in the act. I remember going to get in my car after church and finding butter smeared under the door handle.

I remember that those were good times.

Overheard*

The setting: KA and Jeff are driving home from lunch
The time: Sunday afternoon

KA: Honey, see those apartments up on that hill? Did we ever look at those when we were apartment hunting?

Jeff: Seriously? Kay? That is where we live.

(insert long silence here)

*Alternate title: Proof that I have zero sense of direction. Also proof that no one should let me drive anywhere, ever.

Show and Tell

I want to show off this fabulousness

Because it is the reason that I worked from 9am to 2am straight. Yes. I started working in the morning on one day and ended working in the morning the next day.

Nurses and doctors, they do this all the time.

By 2am I was so tired, I put my glass of milk in the medicine cabinet before I went to bed.

Thank the Lord I never wanted to be a doctor. I'd be putting people's spleens in their thighs or something.*

*Spleens aren't in your thighs, right?