… are in and this is what I got for this month from the Sweetshoppe. This time it had to be a lot of Christmas products for all the cards, etc. I need to make. Will try to post some Christmas card tutorials as I get to create the cards.
Today is the day everyone has been waiting for: heater day! At last, the heat has been turned on in China. For those lucky enough to be connected to the public heating system, the freezing is finally over – or will be soon, once the radiators are actually warming up the buildings and rooms. For many ordinary Chinese, though, the long and dreadful winter is just beginning. Around here – even though it can get very cold in the winter – most households don’t have any kind of sufficient heating, which means bundling up as best as one can, going outside to have the exercise warm up the body, or simply just this: freezing! As for me, I’m glad it’s November 15! Heater day!
I did the first layout last week for one of the iDSD challenges and finished the second one later for one of this month’s portfolio challenges at SSD. Am really behind with the challenges this month, though. Credits: Remember This by Kristin Cronin-Barrow & Meghan Mullens Font: DJB Gabbi Scraplift of Mi Monteiro’s “The Way You Are”
It always takes a while for autumn to settle in around here. And over all, it seems that as soon as the leaves start to change their color, they fall off. So, instead of being able to enjoy an Indian Summer here with the full palette of fall colors, the only variety we get is green leaves, brown leaves, and no leaves. Occasionally, there are those beautiful shades of red and yellow, but you have to look for them. Last Sunday I did just that: I went in search for autumn. And look what I found … Check out the photo gallery for more of my finds …
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb
International Digital Scrapbook Day was just a week ago, and of course I couldn’t let that chance pass to get some extra goodies, some of which I had an eye on for a while … Will be posting layouts when I have time to work with these new kits …
May I introduce my recent best friend: He is called “Little Space Heater”. Little, because he actually is really small. But he plays a big role in my life recently. He keeps me warm. Every year in spring and autumn I can’t imagine living without him. The heating system is controlled centrally in the entire nation. So, no matter where you live or how warm or cold it actually is at the time, the heat is turned on each year on Nov. 15, and turned off on Mar. 15. As the temperatures have dropped quite low recently, especially at night, it has gotten pretty cold outside and even more inside, since the buildings don’t warm up as easily during the day. So Little Space Heater has become quite an indispensable companion of mine and he does a great job at making my home nice and comfy.
Italian Square Art Exhibition (Fri & Sa, Nov 12-13, 2010).
… I’m in the customer spotlight this month over at Zoe Pearn’s blog who designs scrapbook products for Sweetshoppe Designs. http://zoepearndesigns.com/blog/?p=998 They highlighted two of my layouts which recently both have been featured in the gallery standouts of myscrapbookart.com, and “Crocs” has also received some attention over at logyourmemory.com! Seems like they are a lucky bunch!
