Sunday, January 3, 2010

2009 housecleaning and whats to come in 2010!

WOW! I can not believe that 2009 and over! That went by so fast! I just wanted to touch base and see how everyone made out over the holidays - did you get lots of pictures? Did you pick up your paper at the store yet? I know Kari still has some Christmas stuff there - not a lot but there is some left :)

So, a bit of housekeeping and some new stuff for the new year.

12 Challenge
How did you do on this?
Did you follow along?
Did you get through each month?
Did you step outside your comfort zone with the topics posted?
Did you get your album done or are you still working on it?

Remember, we would love to see your albums and your interpretation of the topics through the year! Let Kari know if it is ok to post some pictures of your album on the blog, or take your own and email her at the store for us to upload. Inspire others!

Kits
We are total revamping our kits! Have you noticed by Tammy's post yeaterday?

Each month a Design Team member is going to be bringing you their kit. It will be a layout, a project - something new, fun and different. There will be a very limited number of these kits available at the store. You do not want to miss out!

The kits will include detailed step by step instructions, colour photos of the projects and everything required to finish (except adhesive and inks). Some will be more elaborate, some will be simpler. We want to have a kit for everyone.

Let us know what you think once you have checked them out. Email Kari at the store or stop by to chat. We hope that you are as excited about this change as we are!

2010 - A Year of 52 Challenges
We are so excited to bring you another year of challenges.

The Design Team is going to post every Monday morning with a new challenge for you. Each week we will post a challenge and try to post a sample for you as well on how we interpreted the challenge. Some will be more indepth, some will be easier.

*deep breath* they are not hard ;) They are to help you jump off and do a layout or card. They are to maybe make you say "hey, I can do that..." or "hey, that is new..." or "hey, I have been meaning to try that..."

It may be something simple that helps you finish a layout that you have been staring at (I am the queen of staring at a layout forever!). It may be something that gives you an idea on a layout and you get it done start to finish off the one challenge.

We are hoping that you will find something new and exciting in our challenges. We hope that you will try something new!

With that, I think I am done. There will be a few more minor things going on this year. Keep your eye on the blog for more deets!

~~Melanie

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