Grand opening sale with a freebie!!

Hi!!

It's the grand opening day at http://heavenlytaggerz.com today!!

All my kits are -40% off!!

And you can find my Trick or Treat bag... What's inside?
You have to download and you will find out!!
Check out all designers Trick or Treat bags and you will collect a beautiful freebie! Today only!!

Sale will go through all weekend long :)

Click on the banners to see them full size.

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Don't forget I've also all my kits on sale at www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com (-40%) and at www.taggersscraps.com (-50%)

Have a great weekend :)

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Another sale!

Startin' tomorrow!

www.taggersscraps.com

Last Sneak Peek

Hello, hello! I have moved into the "photo room" of my house. For this project ,this room is my front living room. The room that I decorate in my favorite style.

Why have I moved into this room!? I am taking photos of THREE new Christmas building styles to offer to you!
I am presenting them a tiny bit differently this year. I am going to offer pre-orders (limited quantity) for now. These beauties take a bit of time to make as each is made by me ^o^. We will see how it goes, if time allows for more to be made I would love to make more for your Christmas and winter homes.

Ok, ok. The three buildings are:
: a beautiful European style church
: a brownstone home
: a beautiful welcoming home

I am trying to post them no later than this Saturday, Nov.1st. First come first served, by stating which building(s) you would like in the comment forum of that post.
As you may have guessed from my two sneak peeks, I am very, very excited about these pieces. I feel that you will all love to add these to your homes beautiful and loving decorations.
~~~~~~~~ I have even more surprises coming for the holidays!~~~~~~~~~

Thank You oh so much for your patience!
Hugs,
Mary

Last Sneak Peek

Hello, hello! I have moved into the "photo room" of my house. For this project ,this room is my front living room. The room that I decorate in my favorite style.

Why have I moved into this room!? I am taking photos of THREE new Christmas building styles to offer to you!
I am presenting them a tiny bit differently this year. I am going to offer pre-orders (limited quantity) for now. These beauties take a bit of time to make as each is made by me ^o^. We will see how it goes, if time allows for more to be made I would love to make more for your Christmas and winter homes.

Ok, ok. The three buildings are:
: a beautiful European style church
: a brownstone home
: a beautiful welcoming home

I am trying to post them no later than this Saturday, Nov.1st. First come first served, by stating which building(s) you would like in the comment forum of that post.
As you may have guessed from my two sneak peeks, I am very, very excited about these pieces. I feel that you will all love to add these to your homes beautiful and loving decorations.
~~~~~~~~ I have even more surprises coming for the holidays!~~~~~~~~~

Thank You oh so much for your patience!
Hugs,
Mary

Halloween Sale and a freeebie!!

Hi,
I'm back with a Halloween sale and a freebie!

This sale starts tomorrow :)

Please, visit www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com



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And this is a little freebie for you, hope you like it :)
It's called "Love never melts" and you can download it from here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/68714160/5ce5867b/CS_lovenevermelts.html



Have a nice day :)

Dollar day at Taggers Scraps!

Hi there!!

I have 5 of my kits on sale for just $1.00 at www.taggersscraps.com!!

- Enchanted
- Simple pleasures
- Cheeky
- Barnyard friends
and
_ Flower power

ONLY FOR TODAY!!

Depending on the time zone, they may take a while to show :)

Hugz!!

Contest time at Livin' Large!!

Click on the banner to see it full size :)

Wassup 2008

Hats off to Mike Hughes for spotting this brilliant YouTube update of the Bud "Wassup" boys. True? You betcha!


"Its been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other. Even with the effects of a down economy and imminent change in the White House, the boys are still able to come together and stay true to what really matters."

new taggers kit and a sale!!

Hi,
I'm releasing this new kit called "A girly Xmas". It's available in taggers size only and you can purchase it from:

www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com and
http://heavenlytaggerz.com today
or
www.taggersscraps.com starting friday.

Previews:

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Also, all my kits are on sale at Heavenly Taggerz!! Go and check :)

Have a great weekend!

The View from My Room...

This is my view for a few weeks now. When I was helping Caitlin I at least was able to get out of doors! I have been VERY busy, working very diligently on Christmas items. I am behind... well, I would be making Christmas collections now no matter what. I have been known to make them up until Christmas eve, when they are for my own family! Christmas is so very special!
While getting the mail yesterday a friend was driving by and she stopped for a moment to laugh about various projects around our homes. She also informed me that NEXT WEEK is HALLOWEEN!!! "NO" I responded, "you MUST be wrong!" "Please!" As much as she wished I were right, she informed me that it was true! Cute little Trick~or Treaters will be arriving at my door step next Friday.
We moved here, to Chicago, quit a number of year ago now. Our Children were thrilled to move. One reason was that it was
Halloween weekend and this area had a potential for a long and prosperous trick~or~treat evening. But come the day, while we were out getting some necessities, we noticed "strange" little people out roaming around the streets! Now mind you this was at 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon! What was going on? It could not be time to send out the munchkins, could it!!!? It WAS! They start early here. We were used to 6p.m. until 7~8p.m. We hurried up into our new home and you should see how fast kids can change when needed!!! They were off with their Dad to conquer new territory!
Now my young people help to hand out the treats... well, we all rush to the door to see which cute little gobblin we can recognize!
I will be back before Halloween. I wll have wonderful things to share with you too! :)

Hugs,
Mary

The View from My Room...

This is my view for a few weeks now. When I was helping Caitlin I at least was able to get out of doors! I have been VERY busy, working very diligently on Christmas items. I am behind... well, I would be making Christmas collections now no matter what. I have been known to make them up until Christmas eve, when they are for my own family! Christmas is so very special!
While getting the mail yesterday a friend was driving by and she stopped for a moment to laugh about various projects around our homes. She also informed me that NEXT WEEK is HALLOWEEN!!! "NO" I responded, "you MUST be wrong!" "Please!" As much as she wished I were right, she informed me that it was true! Cute little Trick~or Treaters will be arriving at my door step next Friday.
We moved here, to Chicago, quit a number of year ago now. Our Children were thrilled to move. One reason was that it was
Halloween weekend and this area had a potential for a long and prosperous trick~or~treat evening. But come the day, while we were out getting some necessities, we noticed "strange" little people out roaming around the streets! Now mind you this was at 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon! What was going on? It could not be time to send out the munchkins, could it!!!? It WAS! They start early here. We were used to 6p.m. until 7~8p.m. We hurried up into our new home and you should see how fast kids can change when needed!!! They were off with their Dad to conquer new territory!
Now my young people help to hand out the treats... well, we all rush to the door to see which cute little gobblin we can recognize!
I will be back before Halloween. I wll have wonderful things to share with you too! :)

Hugs,
Mary

New taggers kit

Hi,
I have a new kit ready, taggers size only. It's called "Enchanted" and you can purchase it from:

http://www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com/ and
http://heavenlytaggerz.com/ immediately and from
http://www.taggersscraps.com/ starting friday.

Previews:








Have a nice day :)

Dollar Days at Taggers Scraps!!

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All my kits for $1.00 - only for today!!!!!

http://www.taggersscraps.com/

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I've also posted bunches of new tags on my showcase blog:

http://cinnamonscrapstagsshowcase.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking :)

Freebie!!

So, you asked for this color palette and here's the kit ready for you :)
Hope you like it!

It's called "Precious Love".

Previews:

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You can get it from here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/67389229/d1b0cdd1/CS_preciouslove_freebie.html

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And a little reminder for you: all my kits are -25& off at Livin' Large and at Heavenly Taggerz until tomorrow :)

Have a great weekend!

Hugs

New taggers kit

I started this kit about two weeks ago :(
Wasn't able to find a way to finish it. Now it's ready.
It's called "Simple pleasures" and it's available in taggers size only.

You can purchase it from http://heavenlytaggerz.com/ right now
or from www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com later today
or from www.taggersscraps.com starting tomorrow.
Plenty of choices!!

Previews:

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I'm also working on the freebie you choose.

It will be ready when my counter will hit 100,000 visits!! (less than 4 days left!).

WOOOOHOOOO, never thought I would reach this number!!

I thank you for being such loyal visitors :)

Hugz

New store!!

I've been contacted by Chantal of Cha Designz.
She asked me to join her new store and I've proudly accepted :)

Thank you very much Chantal for givin' me this opportunity!!


You can visit the store here:

http://heavenlytaggerz.com/

She's looking for designers and tut writers to join the CT :)

I've been tagged and awarded :)

I was tagged by Kirsty (http://harryandtatesmum.blogspot.com/) and had to answer these questions:



1.How long have you been using PSP? For about 3 years now



2. How did you get into making tags, scrapkits? Well, I first started with my glittered name - it took me about 4 hours to have a decent result with the animation.. lol



3. Who`s your fave artist? Garvey, Chatzoudis, Janesko, Zindy, Woolcott mainly but there are many others



4.Who`s your faveourite Scrap Designer? ehehe, so many to chose from!! I would say Lisa (Sophisticated Scraps), Kay Miller and Mary Fran (Nit Wit) - they were my first idols but I love many many others!



5. Which three blogs do you visit everyday? Unfortunately I haven't much time to go through blogs :( but there are a few I visit from time to time: Krista, Teresa (boundless bliss) and Missy's and Yvette's Misfit Scraps.








Passing this on to the following:





http://chadesignz.blogspot.com/
http://butterflyflutterbycreations.blogspot.com/
http://babesdesignz.blogspot.com/

Kirsty also gave me this award:

Thank you for thinking of me!! :)



I'm passing this award to the same blogs I've tagged:

http://chadesignz.blogspot.com/
http://butterflyflutterbycreations.blogspot.com/
http://babesdesignz.blogspot.com/

Jingle Bells

Yes, this is another SNEEK PEEK. I am very excited to show off TWO new Christmas homes. ummm, but not quit yet. :) The one above may be called ~ The Little Cottage Around The Corner. This would be after a favorite movie The Shop Around the Corner
If you go to You Tube you can see some clips of this movie. I was not able to show them here. Clip 10/11 is very nice Besides a nice scene,it has snow falling beautifully.

Hugs,
Mary

Jingle Bells

Yes, this is another SNEEK PEEK. I am very excited to show off TWO new Christmas homes. ummm, but not quit yet. :) The one above may be called ~ The Little Cottage Around The Corner. This would be after a favorite movie The Shop Around the Corner
If you go to You Tube you can see some clips of this movie. I was not able to show them here. Clip 10/11 is very nice Besides a nice scene,it has snow falling beautifully.

Hugs,
Mary

As Good As It Gets

"Are you gonna get any better, or is this it?"
- Former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver's riposte to bad umpires

Over the weekend, my friend helped me convert audiotapes of the bands I used to play in - Thee Katatonix (1979-1980) and Little Toot & The Boatniks (1981-1982) - to mp3s so I could burn them to CD. Mission accomplished, I was playing a newly digitized Katatonix demo CD for my girlfiend while she skimmed through the latest issue of the Dundalk Eagle.


The Beat Goes On: Thee Katatonix, 1979

Looking up from her paper while listening to the Kats plod through a practice take of "(You Grow On Me Like a) Fungus", she suddenly asked, "Did your drumming get any better between the Katatonix and your other bands?" Ouch!

"Um, no," I replied, crestfallen. "It consistently sucked."

Death, where is thy sting?

3 new kits - 2 taggers, 1 full size

I'm back with my 3 new kits ready...
Yes, I'm already in a Christmas mood :)


The first one is called "Kinda vintage Christmas" and it's full sized only.
You can find it later today at http://www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com/ only (-25% off)

Preview:


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These are both in taggers size and you can find them later today at http://www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com/ (-25% off) and, starting friday, at http://www.taggersscraps.com/

Previews:





Also, don't forget that 4 of my latest kits (Passionate, Cheeky, Autumn Splendor and Snow Princess) are on sale for $1.00 just for today at Taggers Scraps.


I've also posted a few new tags in my "showcase" blog - see link on the left.
Thanks for looking :)


Have a nice day!

manic monday sale + and the winner is...

Hi!
Hope you all had a great weekend!!

There is a Manic Monday sale at www.taggersscraps.com!!

4 of my latest kits for only $1.00 - go and check (under Cinnamon Scraps)!




... and the winner is... color palette #2!
Will work on it this week, hope to have it finished for the weekend :)

Thank you everyone for voting, really appreciated!! :)

Not sure about the name of the kit, yet :) Any suggestions? LOL



I'm working on another kit at the moment and I have 2 already finished, all Christmas/winter themed. They will be available later today for sale, will post the previews as soon as I have the last one finished :)

See you later!

new PTU taggers kit

It's called "Waiting for Santa" and you can find it later today at www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com and, starting next friday, at www.taggersscraps.com

Don't forget that all my kits are still -25% in both stores :)

Preview:


Have a great weekend :)

Petit Ballerina

The fall weather is quit beautiful today! The sun is out against a beautiful blue sky and the leaves are showing a blush of pink, orange and yellow. Lovely. I also enjoy fall for the cozy reflective quality it gives to me.

The above petit ballerina I actually made a number of years ago! Hmm, like perhaps 1995 ish!!! I had another one but it is not wiht me any longer. She was a kind of "hobble skirt" gal with a cute hat also from that era. I hope to get some little figures made yet this fall.

For now, I am finalizing two great, if I may say so myself, new Christmas houses! I was at the "I hate it" stage a few days ago, but thankfully, have now moved onto the "I love it" portion of the project. I will show photos as soon as I can.



So I will keep you "posted" hehehe.

Hugs,
Mary

Petit Ballerina

The fall weather is quit beautiful today! The sun is out against a beautiful blue sky and the leaves are showing a blush of pink, orange and yellow. Lovely. I also enjoy fall for the cozy reflective quality it gives to me.

The above petit ballerina I actually made a number of years ago! Hmm, like perhaps 1995 ish!!! I had another one but it is not wiht me any longer. She was a kind of "hobble skirt" gal with a cute hat also from that era. I hope to get some little figures made yet this fall.

For now, I am finalizing two great, if I may say so myself, new Christmas houses! I was at the "I hate it" stage a few days ago, but thankfully, have now moved onto the "I love it" portion of the project. I will show photos as soon as I can.



So I will keep you "posted" hehehe.

Hugs,
Mary

BCA - freebie!!

Hi,
while the poll is still up, I have this little freebie for you to enjoy :)

It's my little contribution to Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Hope you like it!!

You can download it from here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/96348396/a122f0c0/_2__CS_BCA_freebie.html

Preview:


Have a nice day :)

The Great Slate Debate

Sarah Palin Minces Words


Forgot to wear her diagram

Remember grammar diagrams? (Non-Baby Boomers are probably scratching their heads at this point.) No? Well, check out these grammar diagrams from Slate.com that deconstruct Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's public speaking solicisms from her televised debate and Katie Couric interview (thanks go to my friend Reggie Harris's blog for posting this first!).

Read: "Diagramming Sarah" by Kitty Burns Florey at Slate.com



(Ms. Florey is the author of the wonderful Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, 2006.)

Idiotic Pentameter

See also Hart Seely transformation of Sarah-speak into free-form poetry: "The Poetry of Sarah Palin". It becomes obvious that Palin is fluent in Fargo-ese.

Some highlights:

"On Good and Evil"

It is obvious to me
Who the good guys are in this one
And who the bad guys are.
The bad guys are the ones
Who say Israel is a stinking corpse,
And should be wiped off
The face of the earth.

That's not a good guy.

(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)

"Haiku"

These corporations.
Today it was AIG,
Important call, there.

(To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 18, 2008)

"On Reporters"

It's funny that
A comment like that
Was kinda made to,
I don't know,
You know ...

Reporters.

(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)

Related Links:
Drill, Baby, Drill: Palin's Grammar Hurts My Ears

CT call at Taggers Scraps, reminders and a new blog!

Hi there :)

Taggers Scraps is having a CT call, both for taggers and scrappers.
If you are interested in becoming part of this CT go here:

http://taggersscraps.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2#p2

and you will find all info needed :)





And a little reminder for you: all my kits are discounted -25% in both my stores:

http://www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com/
http://www.taggersscraps.com/


I've also opened a new blog just to post tags made with my kits. So, from now on, this blog will only be used to announce new kits released, sales and what else!

You can find Cinnamon Scraps tags showcase here:
http://cinnamonscrapstagsshowcase.blogspot.com/



Also: don't forget to vote on my poll!!! :)

Have a nice day!

Sale and a poll!

Hi there!!

There is a sale going on at Livin' Large.
Go and check! :)

www.designerscrapslivinlarge.com




And I have a poll for you. I have to chose the color palette for my next freebie.
Which one would you like?
Please, take a moment to vote (on the left).
Thank you :)


Color palette #1



Color palette #2



Have a beautiful day!

StoryTelling Mini Conference

Date: 2 - 9 November 2008
Duration: 60 minutes
Facilitators: Cristina Costa, Tom Wambeke, Nellie Deutsch, and Richard Green (Guest)

Venue: WiZi and Connecting Online

Description:

Do you think of stories when you look at a photo, a video, or listen to music? Does the topic interest you as a tool for instruction and learning or are you just curious? In any case, for whatever reason you may have, you are invited to join this storytelling mini conference.

We will have a live storytelling event on WiZiQ or Elluminate. Please refer to the main page of Connecting Online for further discussions on the topic.

Please add your name if you are interested in joining and , ask questions and/or add comments here.

The Jeffersons Meet The Gong Show

Sherman Helmsley a Gong Fan? Who Knew?



In the late '70s, I was a fan of all things Gong - be it Chuck Barris' The Gong Show or Daevid Allen's trippy-hippy-dippy musical troupe called Gong - during my "progressive" phase. Gong was an Anglo-French space-rock ensemble that dabbled in Far Eastern mysticism while creating a stoner mythology on vinyl about Zero the Hero and his pothead pixie pals zooming around the cosmos in their flying teapots (aka, The Radio Gnome Trilogy: Flying Teapot, Angel Egg and You). Back in 1978, a bunch of us drove up to New York to see Daevid Allen at the avant-rock-experimental Zu Manifestival, and in 1979 I saw Gong perform at Johns Hopkins University, a gig at which my old bandmate Adolf Kowalski promoted our group by canvasing the campus with Thee Katatonix graffitti - promptly getting us banned from JHU! After the show, my ex-wife and I even got our photo taken with Allen (a founding member of UK prog-rockers Soft Machine) and his missus, Gilli Smith (aka Shakti Yoni). Anyway...Gong came up because a friend forwarded me this bizarre story about the group that I initially thought was some urban legend. But it looks to be true. This tale proves that you can't judge a book by its cover.

WORLD’S BIGGEST GONG FAN
By Mitch Myers (June 10, 2008)

I once interviewed musician Daevid Allen at a recording studio in San Francisco. Back in the 1960s, he was (briefly) a member of the wonderfully creative British band Soft Machine, but Daevid ended up forming his own strange psychedelic group called Gong.

During his life, Daevid Allen has hung out with everybody from William Burroughs and Jimi Hendrix to Bud Powell, Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, Keith Richards, Richard Branson and a whole bunch of other famous people that he can’t remember.

One famous person Daevid does recall spending time with is Sherman Hemsley AKA George Jefferson of the 70s sitcom “The Jeffersons.” Sherman had been a jazz keyboardist long before portraying George Jefferson on television, and his progressive sensibilities led him to appreciate the offbeat sounds of Daevid Allen and Planet Gong. Apparently, cosmic Gong compositions like “Flying Teapot” and “Pot Head Pixies” really resonated with the TV star’s psyche.

Years after David’s brief encounter with Sherman Hemsley, the actor would go on collaborate with Jon Anderson, lead singer of the prog-rock group Yes. Their joint musical production was entitled “Festival of Dreams” and supposedly described the spiritual qualities of the number 7.

Anyway, here is Daevid Allen’s verbatim account of his sole meeting with certified Gong fanatic, Sherman Hemsley:

“It was 1978 or 1979 and Sherman Hemsley kept ringing me up, I didn’t know him from a bar of soap because we didn’t have television in Spain. He called me from Hollywood saying, ‘I’m one of your biggest fans and I’m going to fly you here and put flying teapots all up and down the Sunset Strip.’ I thought, ‘This guy is a lunatic.’ He kept it up so I said, ‘Listen, can you get us tickets to LA via Jamaica? I want to go there to make a reggae track and have a honeymoon with my new girlfriend.’ He said, ‘Sure! I’ll get you two tickets.’

I thought, ‘Well, even if he’s a nut case at least he’s coming up with the goodies.’ The tickets arrived and we had this great honeymoon in Jamaica. Then we caught the plane across to LA. We had heard Sherman was a big star, but we didn’t know the details. Coming down the corridor from the plane, I see this black guy with a whole bunch of people running after him trying to get autographs. Anyway, we get into this stretch limousine with Sherman and immediately there’s a big joint being passed around. I say, ‘Sorry man, I don’t smoke.’ Sherman says, ‘You don’t smoke and you’re from Gong?’

Inside the front door of Sherman’s house was a sign saying, ‘Don’t answer the door because it might be the man.’ There were two Puerto Ricans that had a LSD laboratory in his basement, so they were really paranoid. They also had little crack/freebase depots on every floor. Then Sherman says, ‘C’mon upstairs and I’ll show you the Flying Teapot room.’ Sherman was very sweet, but was surrounded by these really crazy people.

We went up to the top floor and there was this big room with darkened windows and “Flying Teapot” is playing on a tape loop over and over again. There were also three really dumb looking, very voluptuous Southern gals stoned and wobbling around naked. They were obviously there for the guys to play around with.

[My girlfriend] Maggie and I were really tired and went to our room to go to bed. The room had one mattress with an electric blanket and that was it. No bed covering, no pillow, nothing. The next day we came down and Sherman showed us a couple of [The Jeffersons] episodes.

One of our fans came and rescued us, but not before Sherman took us to see these Hollywood PR people. They said, ‘Well, Mr. Hemsley wants us to get the information we need in order to do these Flying Teapot billboards on Sunset Strip.’ I looked at them and thought they were the cheesiest, most nasty people that I had ever seen in my life and I gave them the runaround. I just wanted out of there.”

I liked Sherman a lot,’ He was a very personable, charming guy. I just had a lot of trouble with the people around him.”

After completing this essay, I ran the text through a computerized spell check. Upon encountering Daevid Allen’s first name, the “(Word Services) Apple Events Spellswell7” instructed me to replace "Daevid" with the word "teapot." Somewhere in Silicone Valley, a very clever Gong fan is laughing.

Grand opening :)

Banner talks for itself soooo.... go and check!



http://taggersscraps.com


Have a great weekend :)

Sale!! - store closing

Magical Scraps Store is now closing.
You can find all my oldest kits over there!

www.magical-scraps.com

Extra,Extra!!!

Just out today!!! The Autumn 2008 edition of Somerset Life! Meet up with old friends and get to know new ones in this beautiful fall issue!

If you love strolloing thru beautiful gardens you MUST visit Clarice Fox-Hughes. Viewing her garden, in this issue, is as if you are there, soaking up the warm sun and all of the beautiful aromas of her garden. As you turn the pages there are paper dolls, beautiful packaging... Every page brings new feasts for your eyes. How do they do it in every single issue!!! Instead of linking you to these web sites today, I am going to let you discover these talented women for yourself. You will "ooo" and "Ahhh" as your mind swirls with the beauty and talent in this issue and behind the scenes of Somerset Life.
Well, here is one gal who sends Thanksgiving thanks early to the Stampington Team, especially Jenny Doh. Thank you for finding me and OH THANK YOU for bring us this wonderful publication, Somerset LIfe.

This is a special project I was thrilled to be involved with!!! I decided upon a tote bag and combined my love of embroidery.



And to be green, I used vintage material for the handles and edging fabric :)



Jenny, thank you so very much for encouraging us all to challenge ourselves, not just in projects that are feasts for our eyes, but also those projects that feed the hearts of those in need! Cheers to you and Maurine!!!

With Love,
Mary