Heidi Swapp at Scrapbook Island in San Jose

I can't believe that Heidi Swapp actually came to Northern California and taught classes atScrapbook Island in San Jose. I went with Michelle and Jenn. Great friends, scrapbooking and Heidi.... what more can you ask for. All I can say was.... So inspirational. I love her stories and personal introduction right before she begins teaching the class. We got down and messy last Saturday using Tattered Angels Glimmer mist to make an album. Then later that afternoon we created a mini album from House of 3. Check out Heidi's blog. A picture of us is on there. Heehee! Yay! Here are some pictures.

Wendy from Tattered Angels demonstrating how to use Tattered angels new products. Fun!

I created a canvas/ hybrid project for her to sign using Tattered Angels glimmer mist, HOF 3 new Garden Bliss 5x7 digital kit. I used their digital brush and printed the first page on transparency. I also printed some of the pages onto canvas too and hooked them all together using from my stash from long, long ago with a binding clip. (don't know what it's called). Funny.... I had won the House of 3 housewarming book contest grand prize when they first started last year. She actually remembered me. Haha! So giddy. blush. I'm such a nerd. I know, I know. Can you tell she's my scrappy "idol"? It's nice to be recognized especially from someone you admire and who inspires you. Hope I'll be able to take more classes from her soon. I leave you with more pictures.

Scrapbook Island adorned each class with treats decorated with flowers.

Heidi Swapp teaching in San Jose

Heidi Swapp teaching in San Jose

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So excited!

This coming Saturday I will be taking classes from the one and only Heidi Swapp! Yay! I've been wanting her to come to Northern California to teach forever. She will be teaching at Scrapbook Island in San Jose. Two of my friends will be going too. Will have pictures later.

Sneak peek family photo shoot with StoryBox Art

I'm so in love with photography and how family photos have changed over the years. Last weekend we had a photo shoot in San Francisco. It was actually our first time at Baker Beach. Since we love going to the beach and Santa Cruz (where we always go every summer)was too far for a photo shoot, we decided to our next favorite spot- SF. We thought it was going to be a cloudy day but it ended up to be sunny and temperature in the 70's. We did some beach shots and some urban shots which were so much fun. Check out StoryBox Art's blog where she posted a few snapshots of our day in the city. There's more pictures so stay tuned. Love them!

Here's just a few snapshots I took while waiting before our photo shoot.

Winner of iphone custom design case from Super Kimagery

Here's a picture of the custom iphone case that I won from Super Kimagery iphone contest. She's the same photographer that took our photos last December. Love this! I also asked her to put a quote and it says "Remember this moment.... Cherish this life" I want another design. So fun!

Scrapbook canvas finished

Back in a previous post, I posted some sneeks of my scrapbook canvas I was working on. Late last week I finally glued them together. I was finished with everything just had to glue it on. Anyways, here are some pictures. Hope you like it. Enjoy!

Memory Works spring/summer catalog 2010 is here...

Memory Works new catalog is here. Check it out! New products from CHA winter 2010 release such as Teresa Collins, Bo Bunny, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket and American crafts Dear Lizzy etc.

Essentials 1

Essentials 2

Basic essentials

If interested email me at mdettec@me.com.

A beautiful day in the city

What a beautiful day in the city! Finally, we see sunlight after all that rain we've been having.

We decided to head to the city early before the Manny Pacquiao fight at our cousin's house. We stopped over our favorite gourmet ice cream shop called Bi-Rite. Yummm! Once we got there, there was a line around the corner. Yup... it's that good. My favorite flavors are salted caramel, malted vanilla and I just tried honey lavender. Ahhhh.... such a treat. I also got some great snapshots from our day.

My other passion is PhoTogRaphy...

Photography is my other passion and strive to capture those moments as best as I could. There's so many different styles of photographers out there and my favorite is Jasmine Starr who is located in Southern California. I love her work, what she stands for, her philosophy in life, work and just down right down to earth. Check out her blog where she has a video that talks about who she is.

An itch to go to a scrapbook store....

Well, since I couldn't go to The Girlfriend's Garage grand opening... I had the urge to check out the new stuff from CHA winter and be inspired. So, along with my family we took a trip to Scrapbook Territory in Berkeley. Never a disappointment. Love shopping at a scrapbook store and getting that inspiration to create.

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New scrapbook store opened up in my hometown....

As we all know, local scrapbook stores are very rare these days. Sad. It's even more important for them to keep up with the trends, have classes that are of the scrapbookers interest, have a supply of essentials on hand such as cardstock, adhesives etc. Along with all this is great customer service. I'm happy to say that my dear friends from Scrap for a Cure Kit Club opened a scrapbook store in my home town. Yeah!! It's called The Girlfriend's Garage because it's located at one of the owner's Patti's garage. They have it all decked out with scrapbook supplies and tables for crops. They had a Grand Opening event last weekend but unfortunately I couldn't go because I worked. If you're in town stop by and say hello. Tell them I sent you there. These gals will be at the Scrapbook Expo the weekend of March 19th in Pleasanton. So come on by and check them out! They're also teaching some classes there.