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I am now officially Mrs. Representative Chris Edwards. What a day! We were up super early to make it here for the morning session. Simon kept his j...

From Issue Eleven of the AEzine: This week your challenge is to create something, anything, that celebrates your chosen word for 2007. Maybe a layo...

those 7gypsies self-inking stamps. I set up a stool and some paper for him across from my table (I am a stand-up scrapper) and he went to town. The...

Everyday stuff is so cool. Been taking lots of photos this week as I document a week in my life for my CKU class. I am finding that I am taking som...

After I said the prayer tonight I asked him if he wanted to say anything else. His response: "Thank you God for golden butterfly. Thank you for bab...

The AEzine is back up and running for 2007. For those of you that may be new to the site, the AEzine is a weekly newsletter that I started last fal...

are now available here. You can also get an autographed copy of my book A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper from Cocoa Daisy her...

Working on a redesign for my CKU Week In The Life class. Design-wise I am focusing on trying to keep it simple but cool and flexible at the same ti...

from Jason. He set up a "prom" photo-shoot area and took pics of all the couples. Love that guy.

Happy 2007! We spent the night in Portland last night with our friends the Locken's. This was the second year of their kid-friendly party and again...

From a great junk/antique/flea market between Tampa & Orlando. Got the last few things from the old place today. Simon was a serious trooper. N...

I was able to make a large donation this evening to Cure Autism Now. Read below: Sitting here at my computer I am overcome with emotion once again ...

As he heard the truck coming down the street he ran from the dining room to the living room yelling, "I love garbage trucks." It is good to be a ma...

You can see the full kit here. Kits go on sale Jan 3 at 12am Eastern.

at the January Cocoa Daisy kit. It's called "Ali's Favorite Products" with lots of the goodies I love all together in one place. I will be posting ...

see. And they capture what they see in the most amazing ways. Sabrina Ward Harrison, one of my favorite artists, now has a photography site up. Che...

One of the things we really wanted Simon to have this year was a snow globe. He sees things on videos (this idea and love for snow globes came from...

of all time is RUDY. Chris and I watched it tonight - Santa left it in Chris' stocking this year. So awesome. So much about going after your dreams...