Day 2 of my Reach Out And Touch Someone campaign. :o)

Before I forget, I wanted you to know the previews are smaller than the actual postcards. Just takes up less room that way! Each postcard also has a light texture added to look more like fine paper.
I will leave the links up for one week only! After that they come down so I can delete the files from my 4shared account. One week should be long enough, don't you think? If you miss one you really like, send me a note and maybe I will be nice and send you the file! :o)

I was thinking about the people you could send these to or things you could do with them. They could easily be downsized and you could put them in a lunch bag/box just to let someone know you are thinking of them. You could leave one on someones desk at work. Have kids in college? What about putting stamps on them and sending them a whole pack of cards so THEY can keep in touch with others? Got any more ideas? Let me hear them!

Today's postcard was a photo I took at a vacation park we stayed at one year. I just loved the look of this wagon. I will have another view of this wagon on another postcard some other time for you. I hope you like the card! Reach out and touch someone with it! :o)

Here is today's preview and link to the next postcard.


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Since I am posting this a day early and setting it to be there in the morning, I will update my post later in the day with my Day 2 layouts!

Have a great day!

Reach Out And Touch Someone

Hello and Happy New Year!
I hope everyone made it home safe and sound after last night's festivities!

I am joining in on the 365 day scrap where you scrap a layout a day. I am just making a small badge album though so at the end of the year, I can send it to my family back in the States. At least they can see what we do all year since I am terrible about sending pictures! :o)

This is what I created for Day 1:

The front and back of Day 1. I used a beautiful kit called "Feerie de Noel" by NewLifeDreams.

I figure I will make 2 small layouts/pages a day so that maybe I can use one page and actually do some journaling! We'll see how it goes!

While I was working on these, I wanted to make something to give away every day but at the same time, something that would make someone smile and not just the person downloading it! I got to thinking how since the internet has come into my life, I don't send so many actual letters anymore! How about you? Have you stopped writing actual letters to people?
I decided to give you all a postcard a day. The deal is, you have to pass it on! Download it, print it out, and one day, when you suddenly find yourself thinking about someone you haven't seen or talked to in awhile, write on the back a little note like "Just thinking of you", address it and send it! If you live close enough, just drop it through their mail slot or slip it under the door! *Gasp* You could even knock on the door and actually spend 5 minutes talking to that person! :o)
5 minutes maybe to get back that personal touch in our lives. Perhaps you have a nursing home near you where someone could use a little pick-me-up. Maybe a homeless shelter. Maybe a child, maybe an adult. It doesn't matter who it is and it doesn't necessarily have to be someone you know! Just pass it on somehow!
Perhaps you would like to use them all to make a nice little set of cards for someone who does keep in touch, personally. Go right ahead! Give a set for Mother's day, Grandparent's day, Christmas, whatever! They are meant to be used to bring a little bit of joy to someone. Who knows? That card you send to that friend you haven't talked to in awhile may be just the thing she/he needs at that moment in their life. Will you join me in this campaign to "reach out and touch someone"? Perhaps just try it a time or two? Who knows, it might be contagious!

Each day (hopefully!) for all of 2009, I will have one postcard here on my blog for you to download. No particular theme, rhyme or reason, just photos I take and I think look nice as a postcard. They are all sized 4"x6"/6"x4", the same as a normal postcard, I believe. Stamps for postcards are cheaper then real stamps, too! :o) What have you got to lose? Download a postcard and then reach out and touch someone with it! Deal?

Here is the postcard for Jan 1:

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If you decide to join me, let me know! Leave me a message! Pass my blog address on and get others to join in this "Reach Out And Touch Someone Campaign"! Let's take back just a little bit of our personal lives, even if only for 5 minutes a day!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Happy New Years Everyone!



This is Holland, 5 minutes after midnight on New Year's Eve!
This video was taken from my back yard and of just the fireworks that go up in the sky. I tried to get as much as I could but in every direction, fireworks were going off so I tried to catch whatever was showing the best. I wish I had sound on my camera for video because the noise from the fireworks is just awesome! The lights you see that look like lightning in the sky are fireworks in the streets. The type that flash and bang but don't go up! The streets are just lined with them and after everyone is done, they pile them all up and build a fire. It's so cool but probably a little dangerous!
The red ball you see later in the video is a ship flare. You see a lot of those going up on New Years Eve too and I just love the way they look!
It is crazy but oh so wonderful! It is by far, my favorite day of the year!
My neighbors and son thought it was quiet this year but I thought it was wonderful! I guess when I think back on other years, it was pretty quiet actually but still great! I suppose maybe the -8C might have kept a lot of people in this year?
It is 2:00am now and the fireworks are still going strong! lol

Have a safe New Years Eve everyone! Please remember, if you drink, don't drive!!!

Store Closing - 65% off EVERYTHING!

I am closing my store Dec 31 and retiring from designing, at least for awhile!

If you have had your eye on anything in my store, now is the time to grab it because I can’t guarantee if I come back, if I will have the same products or not!

All kits, brag books, hybrid albums, quick pages,

EVERYTHING is 65% off

through Dec 31 and then it’s gone!

You can find my store here:

http://digitalscrapbookpages.com/digitals/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=158

Trick Or Treat!

No tricks here, just treats!
Everything in my store is 50% off through October 31!
This includes my quality control services as well as my newest kit, Monster Mash!







You can grab Monster Mash HERE

This kit is packed!
40 papers, 134 elements and a full alphabet all for just $3.00 until Oct 31!!!
Bunches of adorable little goblins to accent the pages of your little goblins!
Check out the other preview in the store for more pieces in this kit!

Why not check out my Monster Mash Kate album, too?
8 pages and 8 backs for all of those adorable photos you will be taking in just a few days!
Just $2.50 while the sale lasts!


Grab the Monster Mash Kate album HERE

Run, don't walk! This sale only lasts a few days!

Don't forget, I also offer quality control services for designers at an affordable price, and now 50% off!
If you've never tried my services, why not try them now?

Check out my store at Digitals!

Thanks for looking!
Spellweaver

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 8!

Well, we have come to the end of the line. It is Day 8 and the train ride has ended.
I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!

Thank you all so very much for all of the wonderful comments about the album, my health, the fires and everything else! You have no idea how nice it is to come here and to 4shared and read all of your comments! They really make my day and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

Update on health: The dr has no idea what is wrong. Since the blood work is fine, she thinks it may be more related to my thyroid problems than to the bites. She could be right, of course, but it just seems weird that this all started after I got bit! Pretty big coincidence but hey, after all of the blood tests I had done, at least I know there is nothing "wrong" with me so for that I am very grateful!

Ok, a few more things and we will get to the last download.

First, since this album may be a little "dark" or "scary" for younger children, I worked all day on a child-friendly album. I finally got it done at 2am and loaded into my store. You can click on the photo for a larger view than what you see here! Here is what it looks like:


It has 8 photo pages and 8 matching backs for journaling or to create your own pages.
It is 30% off and can be found HERE
I hope you like it! :o)

Second, I have decided to post ALL of the links one last time so if you missed any of them, you can grab them for the next 24 hours!
Here are links to Days 1-7

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And Day 8 is all of the matching backs.

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I have enjoyed riding the train with all of you and I hope you will come back and check my blog once in awhile! Remember, you can also join my Yahoo group! (Button is in upper right corner of the blog) This is my group for posting my new products so you won't get too many emails!

Thank you all for joining me every day! It's been great!

Remember to check out the other designer blogs for the last day of goodies, too!

Alessandra

Amanda

Beth

Cristina

Dea

DeDe

Diana

Georgia

Glenda

Jen

Juliana

Karla

Kathryn

Katie

Lynne

Sarah

Sharon

Shawn

Silvia

Spellweaver (You are here!)

Tink

Birthday Blog Blowout - Day 7!

One of those bummer days today. Our grocery store and several other shops in that same area burned down last night. Or I should say, were torched. Why do people do that???
The grocery store, tobacco shop, drug store, snack bar, Chinese restaurant, a dentist and a gym were all burned down. The gym is at least there but from the looks of it, they will end up tearing it down. The snack bar and grocery store are nothing but broken glass, melted steel and rubble. The rest of them are just completely gone. Nothing but piles of rubble and smoldering ashes. It broke my heart to see it. Now to find another grocery store until they rebuild. Arrrgggg

They also came to paint the house again today since the weather cleared up finally. Every time they come to paint, I have to either leave the house or go upstairs and not come down for most of the day. I am allergic to paint so it's not a good thing to stick around! While we have 3 computers upstairs, none of them have my work materials so I got nothing done all day! *groan*

Tomorrow I see the dr again. I doubt she will have any answers but I am going back just the same. That is if someone doesn't torch that center as well!
Can you tell I'm upset about the fire? It really bothers me that people do things like that. Sometimes I really hate this world we live in these days. I just don't get it. I moved to Holland 8 years ago to get away from all the crime and crap back home in Wisconsin and now it is starting here as well. Nothing ever stays good, does it?

Ok, enough of the bummer today. I have one last page for you today. Tomorrow will be all of the backs that match the pages so you can make more pages if you want. If I get lucky, and the painters don't come back yet again, maybe I will actually get the kit done that I made this album from! Keep your fingers crossed! :o)

(Jody, I doubt this will be a good page for the kids' albums! I may try and come up with another album, more child appropriate!)

Here is today's page:

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Don't forget to check the other designer blogs for more goodies!
See you tomorrow!

Alessandra: http://www.alessandradesigns.blogspot.com/

Amanda: http://flamingo-amanda.blogspot.com/

Beth: http://www.bethscreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Cristina: http://scrap4brains.blogspot.com/

Dea: http://deaspina.blogspot.com/

DeDe: http://designsbydede.blogspot.com /

Diana: http://www.dbdesigns.digitalscrapbookpages.com/

Georgia: http://dreamsinkdesigns.blogspot.com/

Glenda: http://scrapville.blogspot.com/

Jen: http://jenscroppingcreations.blogspot.com/

Juliana: http://www.thejulianablog.com/

Karla: http://karlas-digi-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathryn: http://kathrynsdigitaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Katie: http://katiemann.blogspot.com/

Lynne: http://digidigs.blogspot.com/

Sarah: http://sarahbscraps.blogspot.com/

Sharon: http://ninisnews.blogspot.com/

Shawn: http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/

Silvia: http://www.silviaromeo.blogspot.com/

Spellweaver: http://dizzyb13.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)

Tink: www.andikadesigns.blogspot.com/