3.1.2008 - TWO FREEBIES! March Desktop Wallpaper & Grateful Word Art

AND...

Bet you didn't see THAT one coming did you!!??

So.... you thought with everything going on this week that I would forget didn't you?? Well i DIDN'T! Ha!

Here is March's Desktop Wallpaper for your computer... I used the papers and elements that I contributed to the Digital Candy Charity Kit "Have a Heart". If you haven't picked it up yet, you really should. It has A LOT of great stuff in there for A LITTLE bit of money...and it goes to a great charity; the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF...get it?? LOL)

The movers are gone and our house is empty :( I've come to realize that there are two kinds of stuff in life. There is "stuff" and there is "stuff to put stuff in or on" Now I am left with an empty house and all kinds of little "stuff" that dh, the kids and I just "can't do without" for the next 5-6 months or so until we're finally settled and get all of our other "stuff" back. (You know, laptops, iPods, Gameboys, makeup, clothes, tv's, the Wii, school supplies...the list goes on...) BUT, I've quickly realized that the movers have taken all of our "stuff to put that stuff in or on!" and now I'm left with too much "stuff" and no where to put it!!! (we can't exactly keep it in the bathroom where we had it safe from the packers (who WILL by the way pack anything and everything - including garbage - lol) I mean my kids WILL have to take a bath eventually! LOL

So I'm busy coming up with some creative storage solutions to hold our "stuff" that won't look to trashy to prospective home buyers! LOL I'm ALSO busy working on a new TUT for you guys for tomorrow's post! It should be a good one so don't miss it! I'm going to show you guys how to do a super quick and easy way to place your photos into cluster frames (or whatever) and you'll be placing them into a QP made with my new Tiptoe kit!

BTW, I love all the comments you guys have been sending my way. I think it's kind of funny that designers post "I wonder" questions into forums for other designers ("I wonder what my customers think of..." "I wonder what will happen to my business if I..." and me? I just ask you guys and quit wondering! LOL)

Enjoy your "double freebie Friday", I'm heading to the beach for an evening of relaxation and a bit of a cool down!! password? twofreebies

Click HERE to download your not ONE, but TWO (did you say TWO freebies Shauna?) Yes TWO freebies!

Click HERE to vist me at Digital Candy... I just LOVE visitors!! (especially if I don' t have to clean before they come!!)

ooh! P.S. Pick up your Grateful Kit freebies quickly! I'll be taking down the links on Monday to put the kit in the store!

2.29.08 Grateful Stitches & A bit of calm...

I'm out of the bathroom! LOL one of you commented yesterday that the next time I hide out there I needed to remember to bring chocolate... you gave me a good laugh (and a good idea!) LOL thanks for that!

One of my sickies is back in school today (leave it to an 8 year old to get the same flu that put me down for nearly 2 weeks and be over it in 2 days!) and the other is sleeping off of the tail end of it (but no vomit yet today, yippeeee!) Kea (the dog) is secured upstairs with the remaining sickie, the upstairs of our house is packed and in shipping crates and I am downstairs with the movers sitting on my couch (in hopes that it deters them from taking it for at least one more day!). The new fridge is here and GORGEOUS (why did we wait to replace that old ugly one until we were getting ready to sell the house??) and I managed to find a pair of shoes!!

All in all a better day for certain!

Today's freebie are a few stitches for Grateful. I love having my elements "sewn" onto my pages! Enjoy!

Also, for all of you who keep telling me to stop posting during this chaotic mess, I say "Thank you!" you are so sweet to think of me! BUT, I also say this; I LOVE doing this! I really do! It keeps me a bit more sane to take a few quiet moments, design something and write you all a quick note! So as long as I have the time, energy and desire, I'll keep posting!

I do have a quick question for you all though - leave a comment and let me know what you think ok? (I expect to hear from fellow designers as well as my blog readers now!) There is some discussion in a designer forum of which I skim occasionally, although rarely post, (some of you may know which one I speak of) about whether or not freebies hurt or help our industry. The consensus seems to be that new designers (not currently selling at a store) are helped by giving out freebies so that they get their work out there to be seen by store owners etc. but that "working" designers hurt their business by giving out a lot of freebies because it takes away the need for people to buy their designs if they can scrap for free with your freebies.

I see both sides of the discussion and I'm a bit curious to hear what y'all have to say about it (honest answers now...LOL)

oops! Almost forgot! Today's password is lovetoshare

Click HERE to download your stitches

Click HERE to check out my new kit Tiptoe at Digital Candy (still haven't reached my "spa day goal" LOL!!)