Weekend Fun!

Hope you had a good week and that your weekend is even better!  Today I am off to meet some fellow Houston Bloggers, excited!  I created a simple card for them and a tag, included a little miracles window card from www.liveinspired.com and although I wanted to do more I simply ran out of time!  Will do my best to take photos and post later, see you back here later this weekend!  

p.s. Incase you are wondering I am still taking photos daily for project 365 so I will also do my best to upload a few for you this weekend ;)

For now here is a photo of my nieces Alexa and Kathleen, taken last weekend.  Aren't they adorable!

Paper Coterie

How about a FREE $40 to spend on something fun that will hold your memories and all you have to pay is the shipping? Well, one of the newest Spark the Event bloggers is Paper Coterie and they are having an Open House next Wednesday and so you don't want to miss this! Go check out the Spark Blog for all the details!! Leave them some love ;)

Just click  paper coterie

And be sure to check out their Blog too and LIKE them on FB and follow their tweets :) I promise you won't be sorry!

Easter Sack

Just a quick post to share with you the Easter Sacks I created this afternoon to hand out to my nieces and nephews.  I knew I didn't want to spend too much on the gift bags themselves because lets face it, kids don't care about what the candy and eggs come in ;)  Am I right or what?!

So, I had some small sacks that I had purchased some time back and simply stamped them with an "egg hunt" stamp that I had from the $1 of Michael's.  I then punched a hole on each side and threaded some ribbon that I had on hand.  To finish them off I printed out these cute little free printable pennants from  Spark Girl Alisa that can be found HERE cut them out and attached them with my Tim Holtz tiny attacher.  I think they turned out precious and they were super easy and cheap to make.

Head on over to the Spark site because Margie is having a giveaway of her papers from her new lines.

Ohhh, I'm also including a photo of the card I made for my little sister, today is her birthday and we are all headed out to dinner and some Karaoke yikes! LOL  NO, I am not singing!!

Birthday card

Little pocket in the back holds her charm ;)

Fun

Just a quick hello and wanted to wish you all a great weekend! Leaving you with a photo I took a couple of weekends ago and I simply decorated with some digital brushes from http://www.houseof3.com/ If you are interested in buying your own hurry on over there as they are closing up shop soon.  You can get anything from their shop for 50% off!

Happy Easter Weekend Friends!

What is this Spark you speak of?

Hi there friends!

I wanted to take a little of your time to talk about Spark the Event with you in case you were wondering what it is that I am going on and on about :)

Spark the Event is a two day event just outside of Salt Lake City Utah, I attended #2 last year and LOVED it! I had no idea what I was going to be taking as far as classes go but to be honest it didn't matter one bit! I knew that the women who were hosting were amazing, talented and big hearted women so I was sure I would have a wonderful time! And I did, so much that I knew that I would be returning again for #3 no matter what!

The first thing that appealed to me was the cost of the event, $350 for two days worth of classes and lunch and dinner included. And they did not disappoint! There was something for everyone and I learned some new things when I was there. Last year there was a Photography class, Digital Class, Mixed Media class, Wool felting class, mini scrapbook class, we made an adorable flower pin and more and more.  The Spark Girls are the teachers and they are all very talented and so we will learn so much not to mention the others they will bring in to teach :)

Do I need to be a Scrapbooker to attend?
NO, this event is for anyone who loves creativity and inspiration from others.

But I don't know anyone going!
No worries, we have a couple of group pages and the Facebook group page that you can join and get to know fellow attendees.

Do I need to bring a lot of supplies?
Not really, I learned last year that I could have shared some supplies with my fellow Spark sisters so to not have to pack too much as far as tools go. As the event grows near they will call out what you need and you can always coordinate with your friends on who is bringing what to share.

Do I need to bring a lot of extra spending money?
No, well not if you don't want to, lol. They will have some on site artisans there that you can shop from an assortment of handmade items but it's not a must. They are not there to get you to spend a lot of money, they want you to enjoy yourselves! The artisans that will be there are icing on the cake and I know I will end up doing some shopping but I don't feel pressured at all!

Why are you, Nancy, promoting this event so frequently?
First and foremost because I loved attending last year and secondly because I would love to meet as many of my friends there as possible and they are only able to sell 300 seats so hope you don't miss out! Yes, I am helping out on the social side of the event. How? Well just spreading the word and hosting the yahoo group so that we can all get to know each other :)

This event is about US enjoying ourselves and learning, Margie does a great job of making us all feel special and one of the gang! You will enjoy the experience!

Feel free to ask any questions you may have and visit their site often HERE
Thanks for stopping in :)

Happy Easter, Hello Spring!

Stop on over at the following link for a great recipe and some fun freebies you can use this Easter. All courtesy of fellow Spark Girl Alisa, gotta love those Spark girls huh!

Happy Easter, Hello Spring!

A Fun New Kit Club -Front Porch Kits

Hello friends! I bet you were wondering if I fell off the blog wagon huh ;)  Well, just busy and I finally got to the point in my blogging life that I know it's ok to take a few days off for my family, friends, work and ME.

Any who, I'm here today to share an awesome Kit Club that my friend Lolly Chops has started up with her LSS The Little Blue House.  If you don't know Lolly Chops, I'm sorry ;)  But, you really should because she is totally Fabulous, Talented and Sweet!  And if that wasn't enough she is on many incredible design teams and is teaching at Donna Downey's Inspired event this May!!

Look at this delish peek of the kit from Front Porch Kits

You won't want to miss out so hurry on over HERE to get all the details, their March Kit sold out within a couple of days!  

They have an incredible design team so be sure to drop by their blog too HERE and if you are in the Dallas area stop on in and see them.  They are in Keller Texas to be exact ;)

Hope you have a Fabulous weekend, I know we will, our niece Kimberly is coming to visit :)

Getting on a Jet Plane...

Wait, no that isn't right, ha! Getting in my sporty car 'Birdie' and driving me, myself and I to Austin Texas to see my beautiful niece Brianna!! Can't wait and then I'm going to head over to Georgetown to see my gal pal Leslie, can't wait! It's going to be a full day and lots of driving and I am so excited and holy smokes I better get to bed!

But first! I wanted to share with you some digital goodness I just created inside of 20+ minutes!! Bought a Spring Mix digital kit by Rhonna Farrer HERE and then used some House of 3 for the background pattern and then last but certainly not least I used a frame from an adorable kit by Kitchydigitals + Paislee Press Collaboration called Curated. It was an actual layout page and I cropped out the frame you can go HERE for that.

This is a photo that Melanie and I took when we were together a couple of weeks ago in Ft. Worth, love it! I will be back on Sunday with more about that trip!  

Have a great Saturday!!

Another Look at Spark 2010

Hi there! I am taking us back to September 2010 when I attended Spark the Event in Lindon, UT which is just outside of Salt Lake City.  I will be going back this October for Spark No. 3 and I guess you could say I'm trying to entice you in coming along!  They will be posting info over the next few weeks so keep checking as last year they sold out and I'm sure they will this year too!

And I'm also excited to share with you that I will be helping out the Spark Gals by moderating the online Spark the Event Yahoo group for those attending.  We are going to have a blast even before Spark arrives and once you get there it will be like you have known your fellow Spark girls for evah!

Go check out Spark the Event HERE and you will always find a button on my left sidebar so you can click there to go to the site as well. Hope you enjoy my little video ;)

Spark the Event 2010 from Nancy Wyatt on Vimeo.

Photos taken at Spark 2010 by myself and fellow Spark Sisters, Jennifer Stanley, Erin Bassett, and  Michelle Hill
This was truly an incredible experience!
Music playing is Mindy Gledhill www.mindygledhill.com

Day of Treasure Hunting

OK, Here is a video that I created for you guys to see a little of what our day was like when Leslie and I went "junking" in Warrenton, Texas during Antique week go HERE for info on that as it happens twice a year.

The song used in the video is Whole Wide World by Mindy Gledhill

2011 Warrenton from Nancy Wyatt on Vimeo.

Photos taken on my day trip to Warrenton Texas for some fun treasure hunting aka junking ;) Starring my friend Leslie :) The music playing during the video is by Mindy Gledhill song is Whole Wide World www.mindygledhill.com