Monday Giveaway : Studio Calico

I love that this is so much FUN...! I really love the endless possibilities and I love that I can combine time for myself, to relax and create - with something that brings my family joy. I love the scrapping itself, the process of creating, and I love how my children enjoys looking in the albums!

Love this kit! Thanks for sharing! I love being creative! It's a stress-release to go into my scrap area and play with paper! I love all the colors and textures and designs. I'm too impatient to quilt...I like quick results and so scrapbooking is like quilting to me, but with immediate gratification! :)

Right now I am really enjoying the digi scrapping. Nothing to clear up and something I can squeeze bits of time in and get a nice layout.

What I love most is simply capturing our regular everyday moments as they happen. THANKS TO YOU - I no longer make this hobby way harder than it needs to be.
Thanks, Ali.
Kristi Sikora-Blankenship

My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is what I learn about myself through the process. Lately I’ve learned that my feelings about life and family are important enough to be recorded, and that someday my kids will be able to look back and understand that mom and dad are more than just mom and dad.

I "memory keep" because life goes by so fast, and I want to remember the little stuff. I scrapbook because I love + need the creativity in order to keep going with the mundanes of life!
I don't comment often, so I want to say thank you today for the blog you have - it is this wonderful combination of instruction and inspiration, while also being personal. I love coming to visit you weekly!

I love the fact that when I engage in scrapbooking it allows me to see things with a new perspective. Everyday observances that I would not have given a second thought to now have significance in my life. This reinforces the thought that in the greater scheme of things every moment counts.

Wow! That's a lot of comments. You are popular girly!
First I have to tell you how nice you were at CHA! Thanks for signing my Life Artist book when they ran out of your new one!
Second my favorite thing about memor keeping right now is the picture taking. My daughter has learned to just act natural when I have the camera and i can get such better candid shots of her rather than posed. I'm really getting those everyday pictures that are so fun to scrap. Thanks for your inspiration.

Right now I love there travel paper.
My Baby Girl joined the Navy in May, she wants to travel.Her first stop boot camp in Chicago, she is done with that July 11. Next stop she is in Dam neck Virginia for her MA TRAINING (MASTER OF ARMS) SHE WILL BE THERE FOR 50 DAYS 10 WEEKS WHEN SHE STARTS SO IT WILL BE AWHILE BEFORE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COME HOME.BUT I TOOK A BUCKET LOAD OF PICTURES IN CHICAGO AND SHE IS TAKING ALOT IN VIRGINIA SO I HAVE ALOT SHE WANTS ME TO SCRAP ALL THE PLACES SHE GOES AND SHE IS DOING THE WRITING. SORRY FOR THE LONG POST, JUST REALY PROUD OF HER. BUT I LOVE THERE NEW TRAVEL LINE OF PAPER, I WOULD LOVE TO WIN IT . THANKS ALI AND MM
XOXOXOXXX BOBBIE IN TENN.

My absolute fav is watching my chilren enjoy the albums over and over.
I also love the community it builds between scrappers, a common bond to build many new friendships and watch them grow.

I love being able to look back and cherish my memories. I never seem to take a lot of time to remember .. but when I scapbook, then I force myself to do so and am so grateful I do.

The thing I like best is knowing my children will have the stories of their lives. My mom was a struggling single mother who unfortunately did not have time to document my childhood and I greatly wish that I had a baby book or a journal of her thoughts on raising me. I feel good knowing my children will have these someday.

Its important to me to get down the little moments in my grandchildrens lives. So many times I have wished that I could remember my kids and the things they have said at a certain point in their lives.

My favorite thing about memory keeping is writing down the little things my kids say. You forget so quickly and they change so fast. A snippet or a story matched with a photo of their age is my favorite kind of layout these days. Thanks for doing the giveaway!

Right NOW and ALWAYS, it's a craft that everyone enjoys looking at. So many craft projects I did prior to scrapbooking seem so lame now.

My favorite thing right now is capturing the memories that aren't taken on film- the words, the 'pictures' in my mind that I have that didn't make it on a camera- I write down the everyday things and also the things that my 2 daughters have said- music we love- etc.... The important stuff I wish I had about myself or mom or grandma!
Thanks for the chance to win Ali! Have a great Monday!

I love the process-I get lost and forget about the stresses of life. I also love the opportunity to document thoughts, feelings and things said-which would be lost if I didn't record them.

Watching my son Alex (6) pick up the albums again and again to look at and admire :)

I love the process-I get lost and forget about the stresses of life. I also love the opportunity to document thoughts, feelings and things said-which would be lost if I didn't record them.

Right now, I am trying to record memories with my step daughter. I want her to understand that our time together is special and she is so excited about scrapbooking. Though she doesn't live with us, recording these special memories allows for our relationship to grow.