Winter's here......Winter's here..........

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see by my new header, I am so ready for winter and all the cute, cuddly things that go with it. I know, I know, it seems like I just passed right by Thanksgiving, but I've been working on a new kit - yes, the header is pieces parts of it and no, it's not available just yet - and couldn't resist using it for a new look on the blog. So before I launch into winter, let me just say a few words about Thanksgiving so that no one is offended that the day is not given its due. Thanksgiving in our family is a day to get together and enjoy a great turkey (one deep fried and one BBQ'd - yum!) dinner and spend some time catching up on what's going on in each others lives. It's a day we count our blessings, not the least of which, we all made it through another year. But most importantly - it's followed by a 3-day weekend and shop-till-you-drop Friday!!! I know, I'm not being very "thankful" sounding and if I sit back and really think about it I know that there are a lot of things in my thankful column. Through Tallula Moon Designs I have met a lot of new people and made new friends. I guess there's something about scraping that brings together the nicest people, who share interesting ideas and projects that inspire others. Personally, I think there's a lot of crappy stuff going on out in the world and taking the time to sit down and enjoy my family scrap book is the best way to relive some of our families best moments. Sounds awfully simplistic, but it's true. Take a couple of minutes and think "thankful" and see what you come up with. Then scrap it and enjoy it later.

OK - now on to WINTER!!!! Our weather has finally started turning after a long Indian Summer and I'm so glad. Who can resist furry boots and colorful scarves wrapped around little ones out in the snow -or big ones out in the snow, for that matter!!! There's just something so inviting about snugglying up in front of the fire with a cup of something hot and a really good book. Tallula Mom lives up in the Sierra Nevada Foothills and is counting the days until it snows. All over the house are little signs that read "Let It Snow". She and Nephew Jake have spent every winter for the last six years - he's six - sitting on the back deck, wrapped in a warm blanket, watching it snow. If I could take a picture, that would be a moment I'd scrap and remember. Do you take advantage of the small things and then remember later how good it felt to have that moment? Isn't that what scraping is all about - having the moment and scraping to remember? Maybe that should be the goal for this winter season, search out the good times, whether Thanksgiving, Christmas, days in the snow or baking holiday treats, scrap them and have it all to remember when the temp reaches 100°. Nothing makes you feel better than to relive memories that make you smile or laugh out loud, and nothing does that better than scrapping.

Later, TM

Tricky or Treat..........

It is my second favorite time of the year - HALLOWEEN!!!!! - and I have a new kit that you are going to love called Happliy Haunted. It's the best for scrapping those little gobblins that are going to be scaring up some Halloween hijinks around your house this year. This kit contains everything you need for scrapping the perfect pages, or making some really cute decorations for a great party.

Check it out.

Also, over at ScrapProfessor I've started a "Hybrid Kit of the Month Club" and, of course, what could be more appropriate than a Halloween kit for October...

This one can also be used for any autum project...........

You can see from the pictures below that there are many, many ways to use this kit and the decorating embellishments would be limitless.
These kits can be found by clicking here so check them out.

And to add to the fun.....................

This one matches the new kit and they both can be used for some super party favors!

This is such a fun time of year - I still remember how it took weeks to decide what I wanted to be for Halloween - one year I was a lumberjack with a beard!! - it was the same with my kids and it's the same with nephew, Jake, the T-ball player. Kids love Halloween, adults love Halloween!!! So why not scrap the best Halloween yet so that all your little, or not so little, ninjas and princesses always remember what it was like to dress up in that one special costume for one scary night and yell "Trick or Treat".

Later TM

It's time to settle in......

Fall is finally in the air and I am so glad. I love this time of year when the weather turns cool and you feel like settling in and doing some serious scrapping. Having a daughter who is a senior this year, we embarked to find the perfect setting for some senior pictures. We ended up at a beautiful park that had been a power house during the Sierra Nevada gold rush and the pictures we took were outstanding. I have already used a couple of my fall kits to put together a collagé of pictures for her school year book - and for her to show friends. (And wouldn't you know, I'm now being approached to take senior pictures for them!!!) Then I started thinking of all the kits I have designed that could be used for so much more than the single purpose I had in mind - Halloween pumpkins, snowflakes, etc. There are so many things in our day-to-day lives that should be taken note of and not just enjoyed and forgotten. Bet you have some of those moments in your lives too.....Anyway, I've decided to slow down (just a bit) and take note of some of those rare moments, hold them in a picture and scrap a page that will always remind me what made that one special moment so precious. So take a breath, take a long look around and find that special something to scrap. The enjoyment and relaxation will make it all worthwhile.
Later, TM

Blog Party Starts NOW!

Let the games begin...oh...wait. That's not right. Hmmm....OH, I know.....

Let's get this party STARTED!!!!

Fall Splendor Blog Party

Welcome to the Fall Splendor blog party! A collaboration of 70 digital scrapbook designers! All skill levels, all styles! Get some coffee, clear out your hard drive and let's start blog hopping!!

This is such a fun thing to be involved in!

Here is my contribution:

This little freebie would be great for a trip to the pumpkin patch. You can download this kit HERE

Make sure that you visit the Blog Party Blog and check out ALL the great stuff from all the other designers.

And just in case you don't have enough to look at with the blog party, check this out:

My products will stay on Sale at ScrapProfessor until Monday. 36% off is a pretty good deal. Check out my STORE and see what you can find.

ScrapProfessor also has this GREAT kit out for
Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

So many of us have lost someone close to us from breast cancer. So ScrapProfessor has joined together to help. We have done what we do best and brought you a fantastic kit!

This kit contains 24 different papers and 87 unique elements and one alpha from four different designers.

Help show your support by purchasing this kit today. 100% of ALL sales for this kit will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

You can also 'sport' this blinkie during the month of October. Your time and help is appreciated as ScrapProfessor asks you to help us FIGHT for a cure!

This sale will be going on through the entire month of October. Thanks from the designers at ScrapProfessor!

Featured Designers Are:

Susan Robinson Designs

ScrapProfessor

Stacey Crossley Designs

Blind Sight Designs

Happy Blog Hopping!

It's a Girl - and her name is Baby Zoe!!!

Yep - it's a girl and she's ready for you to take her home! Baby Zoe is as cute as it gets for scrapping pages for that very special baby girl. You can find Baby Zoe in her delivery room and at scrapping stores where you find Tallula Moon Designs.

This kit has everything you need to make some serious cute! Pair this with "Baby Nate" and you have the perfect combo to make scrapping projects or baby books for your cutie-patootie or little Buckeroo. Oh, and yes, I will be getting together a Baby Zoe baby book scrap kit too with everything from first picture - you know, the one shaped like a windshield wiper to school days to family trees.

Also in the delivery room is an additional kit that has a few extra excessories - and even the newest fashionista needs her accessories!!! - so take a look. I hope you'll find Baby Zoe as cute as I do - and that you have a sweet bundle that you can scrap the best memories for.

Later, TM

School Zone is here!!!

Yep, "School Zone" is up and ready to scrap great memories of those first - or second or third...... - school happenings that you just don't want to forget. So many things in our kids school days pass us by (although Tallula Mom still has the a picture of me on the first day of kindergarten with my arm in a cast, in my new sun dress and snazzy shoes!) and as the years pile up, we can't remember what each special event was.

"School Zone" is perfect for making the best scrapping pages to add to any memory or even baby book. You can find "School Zone" at Scrap Professor under "Products". After Seeing "School Zone", Tallula Mom has decided to scrap the special things she has saved from my brother and my school experiences. She said maybe getting them into an album will get rid of the box in the top of the closet and she'll be able to enjoy all the wonderful things we brought to her with bright smiley faces. So, think of a bright smiley face you always want to remember and take a look at "School Zone". Who knows, maybe YOU'LL figure a way to get that ceramic dish/ashtray/thingie memorialized.

Later, TM

Did you miss me............

IIII''''''''mmmmmmm bbbbaaaaaccccckkkkkk!!! I really wish I could tell you that I've been vaca-ing in some exotic local, have a golden tan and am wearing a delicate ankle bracelet of small seashells - ha! so not true!!! Unfortunately, I was overrun this past month with painting - the interior house kind that has to been done but doesn't really do much for you until your Mom comes over and comments that you've finally covered the slobber marks on the wall that Daisy (our American Bulldog) has left behind. There's still more to do - isn't there always - but I was reminded by Tallula Mom that I hadn't been blogging like I should so I thought I'd hop on and fill you all in on what's going on. Between painting jags I have managed to design three new kits that are so cute you'll be looking for something or someone to scrap these for. The first is called "Baby Nate" and is for that adorable baby boy.

Not only does Baby Nate have all the requisite papers, tags, frames, etc.....it also has everything you need for the best baby book ever - from that before birth picture to family tree to school days. There are a total of six kits for the very best baby book that will keep memories alive for a life time.



Elements -

Photo frames -


AND, not to be left out, I am now working on "Baby Zoe" for that cute-as-a-bug baby girl. "Baby Zoe" isn't available just yet, but I'll let you know the minute it's ready. Also, coming up in the next day or so is - and just in time for back to school - "School Zone". This is the perfect kit for scrapping those school days memories so nice to look back on.

And hasn't the summer flown??? It's so hard to believe that Fall is just around the corner - of course, we have to get rid of the 100 degree weather! - with Halloween coming up. I can't wait to get started on a new Halloween kit to scrap the scariest collection of gobblins ever....but that's another blog.

Anyway, check out "Baby Nate" and let me know what you think. And keep an eye open for "School Zone" and "Baby Zoe" at a store near you. Later, TM