HA! 2 Days in a ROW!

I actually made it two days in a row. Aren't you shocked??? Yeah, me too.

I even managed to upload 2 new products in my ETSY store. I'm on a roll now.



Anyway, I created one book with the idea of "It's all about us!" in mind. There are several different sizes and shapes for the pages and lots of places for notes and journaling. It was created from a book I purchased from Kaiser Craft. They use a different medium than chipboard, so the book is much more sturdy. The edges have been painted and sanded to give it a very finished feel. If you are interested in the book, you can get it HERE.

I also uploaded a book for Friendship that I took a TON of pictures of. ETSY only allows for 5 photos, so I wanted to make sure and list extra photos and closeups here. If you are interested in this book, you can find it HERE.

It's Handmade....and it's WONDERFUL!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again....I'm a bad, bad blogger! But this time, I think I might have a reason....

I've been working hard on a ton of awesome new products for my ETSY store. It was kind of slow going at first. I had so many ideas I felt like my head was just swimming. But then I sat down and started to get myself together. I started gathering papers and digital kits and elements that would all mesh together and found books that I liked to start making. Today is just the tip of the iceburg. I was going to participate in a Craft Fair on Labor Day weekend, but there have been some family issues that have come up so I have decided to push that aside and list everything in my ETSY store. It's going to take a while, so stick with me. I'll make sure to get at least a couple of new things up everyday and I'll make sure to post here about them too!

Today I've posted a brand new 6x6 Disney album. Here are some pictures of my mini masterpiece:


So if you enjoyed checking out my little book, you can go see it in my store HERE.

Facebook Block Party!!!

Well, I'm really falling down on the "Blogger" job aren't I? Guess I need to really step it up here.

First things first. Divine Digital is hosting a "Facebook Block Party" which includes several of the designers, me being one of them.

If you have a Facebook account, you can check it out here. Everyday there is something new and different from the designers. Today I have my "Sock Monkey Love" kit on sale for $2.00 which you can find here.



I have absolutely no idea what I will be doing for tomorrow. I'm always open to suggestions though.

My how the time flys....

So, it's official! I'm a bad blogger!!!

We've had some upheaval in my house. Nothing serious, but enough to cause some adjustments that have taken some time. Enough about that!

I've had some new kits in my stores and I've started creating scrapbook albums in several different styles and selling them in my Etsy store. I kind of started this store as an experiment not only to see if my stuff would sell, but to see how interested in doing these things I could stay...I tend to stray occasionally....ok, often. So yesterday I got to work, checked my email and I had made my first sale. It was a really cute Disney Vacation album. I was incredibly excited! So I have uploaded 2 more albums to my store along with an album that I uploaded when I set the store up. If your at all interested in this kind of thing, please check out my etsy store at www.talllulamoon.etsy.com

Here are the pictures of the new albums I've posted (there are some extras here because etsy doesn't give you nearly enough room):


I also have an album listed that was created more toward little girls, but I didn't add any word art or anything like that, so you can kind of use it for whatever you want too. This one has 6 pages on the inside.




This is basically what I have been up to lately.

OH! Wait!! This probably keeps slipping my mind because it started at the beginning of March and it took a little while to come out, but I am now a Contributing Editor for Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine! It's pretty cool and a challenge to say the least!!

Creating these books has brought up an interesting question for me. As a digital scrapbook designer, I would be fine with someone using my products to create something like this and sell it in their own Etsy store. So I started sending out emails to designers that have products that I love. I received an email back from one designer that doesn't allow use of her products for anything that is sold on the internet. Hmmm.... Ok, obviously, that's her decision but wouldn't it make more sense to allow use of your products for these types of things if you already allow Scrap for hire use? I guess it just confused me because to me, the designer is making the sale which means money in their pockets, and I also offer to put a direct link to their digital store in my etsy description. To me, even is someone doesn't buy my album (or whatever it is) they may still like the design and go purchase the kit from that designer. It's like free advertising for the designer AND they make the money from the purchase of the kit. If anyone has any idea why you wouldn't want someone to use a product that way, please let me know. Maybe there is a reason that I just havent' managed to come up with on my own. I understand that some designers in this industry or very much about the "competetion" but really, people need the competetion or they will never need to work any harder to get any further. It's just my opinion.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~TM

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