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I know the Design Team is very excited...can't wait to see what fun Chiara has in store for us all. We always have the best time on the Message Boards with the online crops and contests and just are daily chatting...I always start my day off with my coffee in hand the my House Roomies!

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UGH!

Well, I am still in a slump as far as my creativity goes...could it be because my scrap space looks like a tornado came through ?!?! I just saw a quote yesterday though that read "Creative minds are seldom tidy" -- so maybe that isn't it. I really need to get on the ball...especially since I have some design team projects to get completed.

I posted a challenge today to the House of Paper's Get Your Groove Back Forum...would love to see what you can come up with. I have an idea brewing in my head for mine...hoping to get that done by the end of the week. If you do a LO and link it back here or post it to the Gallery at House of Paper I will enter your name in for a RAK from me.

Speaking of the House of Paper...you have to see what Chiara just stocked in the store today...the new Sassafrass Lass Me Likey Collection...just too cute and yummy for words!!

Well, I am going to see if maybe picking up a little after that said tornado might help me get the creative juices flowing...keep your fingers crossed for me and I will keep you posted! ;)

Just call me STELLA!

So far the summer has been pretty busy for me between working full-time, a 10 day road trip to SC, & VA, 4th of July and just trying to keep up with things on a daily basis...just seems to have sapped all my energy. It seems to have put me in a creative slump as well...and it has left me frustrated. I know that I am not the only one as it has been a popular saying amongst the gals over at the House of Paper. So we have started a Get Your Groove Back Challenge Forum and I am determined to get my groove on! It is not too late to join in....all the challenges will fun through until September 8th, 2009 since "not enough time" is also a common frustration as well.

I forced myself to tackle my first challenge last night which was to do a LO using a popular and trendy technique of clustering elements together. I made this Snow White LO using pictures from our visit to WDW with the kids -- it was our first time taking them and we flew down from Seattle. I remember how excited I was to be able to share my love of Disney with them both and Alyson has definitely followed in my footsteps over the years since then! The photos are from her very first princess encounter. Snow White was so sweet with Alyson and I wish I had photos of them talking and interacting but the boys were off somewhere else and the lady behind me was kind enough to take these 2 photos for me and I happy to at least have those. I used older stuff from my stash for this LO along with one of the new Say What Journaling Pieces from Little Yellow Bicycle - so very cool!

Well, I am off to see if I can work on my creative groove some more...amongst laundry, chores and getting ready for our Families Game Night that we are hosting tonight...should prove to be an enjoyable day despite the housework! ;)