THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!

Please change your bookmarks...my new blog addy is at:
www.laurenreiddesigns.com/blog

Be sure to pop in I have lots of exciting news coming up!!!!
xoxo
Lauren

New Goodies!

I have a brand new series out, called 365 Remembered!!!!

In a nutshell...it's a monthly template series that will help you record your year quickly!

This whole idea really came out of a personal need... each year, around NOVEMBER, I realize that I need to whip up Holiday presents for my family, but I never have enough time to get my act together in time!

This year I thought, "Well maybe if I start scrapping these pages throughout the year, it would make life easier come Holiday time!"

And 365 Remembered was born!

Here is the first installment! Don't forget to check the shop on March 1st too..that's when February's kit will be released! :)

STORE LINK

oxoxox

Audacious Designs Contest!

OMG!!! THE amazing Aud Neal is hosting a contest to win CUSTOM goods!

You definately don't want to miss out on this contest!

Aud is HOT HOT HOT and every inch of her is filled w/ creativity! So read on and enter NOW!

ox

Did someone say FREE CHOCOLATE?!?!?!

I do believe when i started my reign as Queen ...er...Designer of the Month at Oscraps, that there was some sort of rumor started that I would be handing out some chocolate!

Well, sadly, I will be forced to pass along the crown to the next great O Designer....*sniffle*.... so here you go!

OH and the best part....they are FAT FREE!!!!!



::DOWNLOAD HERE::
(if that link dies, just shout and i'll get a new one!)
Enjoy!
ooxoox

CONTEST

psst...i'm running a little quick contest over in the Oscraps forums to win Queen of Whatever FREE! run over and peek at the details...it's under the "Oscraps Announcements" section!
xooxox

NEW!!!! Queen of Whatever

I PROMISE to do a calm colored kit soon! hahahhahah

Queen of Whatever is officially in the Oscraps store NOW!!!!!!!
LINK TO KIT

OH! AND...you get a bonus 12x12 swirly overlay too....i couldnt for the life of me figure out how to get it on the previews, but i promise that it's HOT! ;)

Hope you love it!

xo

Save the Date! :)

4 Days...

TIL MY BIRTHDAY! woohoo!

There is a sale and a chat in the works for my Birthday on Saturday, so stay tuned!

NEW on the home front....yesterday we had our first snowfall! (the pictures are still in the camera, but I'll try to post those later on) The kiddies were SO excited! They are just beside themselves w/ anticipation waiting on Christmas!

NEW in the Shoppe:

Seal It {dates} and Brush It {paint} at TheDigiShoppe.com

Happy Belated Turkey Day!

Well I did TRY to post on Thanksgiving, but blogger was giving me a hard time! So alas, I'm belated! Hope you all (who celebrate) had a wonderful holiday!

I'm now in full swing Christmas mode....today I'm planning to start decorating the house and then we'll get our tree on my Birthday next weekend! :)

Lo share...so this lo is mostly all Catscrap products (the alpha and the blk dots are by me)....those girls just RAWK so much, I love their artisty style and creativity! If you don't know who they are, be sure to check them out at www.catscrap.com

This is a pic of my brother and my daughter last year after her Baptism. :) xo

Stylin'

Is she the cutest thing ever or what?!!?

This layout was made with my new kits, Bring it! {Lola} & Bring It! {Hannah}, both available NOW at The Digi Shoppe!!! ox

Vendor Night

Thank you to everyone to popped over to my booth at Vendor Night last nice at PPOTC!

Someone requested that I post the holiday cards here, so here they are!

xo

A Little Freebie..

So this was sitting in a folder on the ol' laptop, wishing for a new home... so i dirtied her up and I'm sendin her packin! Enjoy!
Also, if you haven't seen The Digi Shoppe Team Sampler, you MUST go check it out! All the designers got together and threw together a bunch of mini kits so you can get a taste of what TDS has to offer...and it's only $6 something!
xo
Download Link (sorry the link is dead now, but I'm putting this kit up in my shoppe at The Digi Shoppe for $1.50, so you can still snag it there if you want it! :) Thanks for visiting!)

The boys getting ready for their Halloween Party at school - 10/30/06

 

Happy Halloween!!!

Wishing everyone a super spooky day! Our day will be filled with swimming lessons, then some pumpkin carving and who knows what before trick or treating time tonight! The boys are just excited beyond words!!!

A couple Halloween goodies for you at the digi shoppe!

the Spookiest

Spooky Doodles

New Product: Seattle Sunset

Now Available at The Digi Shoppe! Seattle Sunset

Here are some lo's using Seattle Sunset by my Creative Team:
Created by [in order going down] Haley(HaleyW), Jenny (jorgies5), Kristin (wywomankristin), Stephanie

LO Share

Geez, I haven't updated the ol' bloggity in a while! Sorry 'bout that!

Here are a couple of layouts I've done for my Creative Teams recently....

Supplies: "Justin" and "Baby Sam" - all supplies from Catscrap.com, "My Boys" - all from the Licorice Boy kit by Shannon Lee Designs.

Disheartened

I am completely shocked right now....it appears that someone w/in the digi community dupped everyone into thinking her son was very sick w/ Cancer. Fundraisers were put together to raise money for her family....people said prayers...people sent her well wishes and beyond..... Now to find out that it was all false is so disturbing.

Not only did she rip us off financially, she has jaded a whole community. What about all of us who do charity kits to honestly raise funds?! Will people look at us as frauds as well? Will people stop supporting these projects?

Shame on you....thats all I can say. I truely hope this ends up being some big mistake and that I can pop back over and delete this post, because I'm just so appauled right now.

What steps can we take to make sure something like this doesnt happen again?

xo

ScrapArtist Apprentice Challenge - Round 2: Texture

Well first I want to say that I was so excited to be picked to move onto Round 2 in the SA contest! The talent just oozes from the contestants! Such a great challenge regardless of how far I make it! :)
Here is my Round 2 entry, we had to make 2 papers showing off texture....
And since I had a bunch of people ask me if these papers would be available, I decided to offer them as a freebie for a while! So snag em up while you can! ;) DOWNLOAD LINK
Thanks for all the support and encouragement in the contest, I completely appreciate all the kind words!
xoxoox
Lauren

Tagged x 4! geez chicks!

So i got hit not only w/ the 5 wierd things tag, but all the what are you listening to now tag! so here's an all in one list for ya'll!

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether or not they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.
My Songs:
1. My Wish - Rascall Flatts
2. What Hurts the Most - Rascall Flatts
3. Cool Thing - Rascall Flatts (yeah, so, I *heart* Rascall Flatts!)
4. Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
5. Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
6. Wasted - Carrie Underwood
7. September - GreenDay

Okay, next, list five weird things about me.
1. I twirl my hair when i'm anxious
2. I have to be the one to load the dishwasher cuz i get annoyed when it's loaded "wrong"
3. I refuse to eat any food that's in the form of a "loaf" (other than bread)
4. I get skeved out by dirty dishes and sinks
5. I can't "sleep in" in the morning or nap (unless i'm super sick and by some miracle DH lets me! ahhah)

5 people I'm gonna tag...hmmm....kristin (wyowoman), renee, danielle, michelle m., terra (justterra)

First Day of School!

The boys were very excited for their first day back to Preschool this week! And of course the Princess had to get into the action too! hee hee xo