MOONLIT MADNESS!!!

Cat got into the "Moonlit" collection from Authentique

and has created some fabulous layouts for

the Costume Crop on Halloween.

Love the cut out webbing across the top of this layout.

These will look great with photos

of everyone in their costumes.

I love how she has the photos angled

over the photo mats.

 

Another layout from the Monnlit collection.

LOVE how she tied the strings around the

circle elements.  FUN!

The ghost walk photos will 

look fabulous on these layouts!

BOO!!!

PHOTO A DAY WEEK 36 PROMPTS

Above are the prompts for Week 36

of the Photo A Day Challenge.

LOVE that beautiful

blackboard art.

How to play on Instagram

 check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt

use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration

 upload the photo to Instagram, 

add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption},

 add the hashtag #FMSphotoaday and then publish.
check out the #fmsphotoaday hashtag to see all the other photos. 

Like them.

 Comment on them.

 Be part of the community.
Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared on Instagram for the challenge.

 It’s four photos that have captured Chantal's attention from each prompt. 

Check the feed {@littlemomentsapp} to see the photos.

How to play on Facebook

check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt 

 use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration
upload the photo to Facebook – 

you can either share on your personal page, 

on your business page {if you have one} 

or in the Facebook Photo A Day group {you’ll be added within 12 hours of requesting},

 add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption} and then publish.
check out the photos shared in the group, or among your friends. 

Comment, like and be part of the photo-taking community.
  Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared in our Facebook group 

for the challenge by our lovely admin team.

 It’s four {or more} photos that have captured Chantal's attention from each prompt. 

The photos are made into a collage, shared and pinned to the top of the group.

Once again, Chantal has provided some help with the prompts:

And in case you are feeling a bit stuck, here’s a bit more about the prompts:

Monday 31: Warm
Ah, warm. It could be hot where you are, so show us what warm is like there.

 Or if it’s cold, show us how you’re keeping warming up.

Tuesday 1: In my wardrobe
Take a picture of inside your wardrobe. 

Or maybe your favourite item from in your wardrobe.

Wednesday 2: Happiness is…
What is happiness to you? 

Share it in a photo.

Thursday 3: Bedtime
What’s the bedtime routine at your house? 

Share bedtime in a photo.

Friday 4: My passion
What are you passionate about?

 Share it in a photo.

Saturday 5: Sparkle
Sparkle! Glitter! Sequins!

 Play around with light and capture sparkle.

Sunday 6: In the air
What’s in the air?

Butterflies? 

Bugs? 

Or maybe make a paper plane and take a photo of that soaring through the air.

Most of all,

HAVE FUN!

BURSTING PUMPKINS

 

How would you like to have this

beautiful piece of 

art to decorate your home during

the fall holidays?

Join us on Saturday, September 26th

at 2:00 p.m.

and learn how to watercolor using 

Ken Oliver's wonderful Color Burst watercolor powders. 

They are awesome and oh so easy to use. 

They will make you look like a pro in no time. 

 You will be hooked on them instantly! 

 

 You will complete an 8x10 watercolor painting of

 pumpkins that will be a wonderful home decor addition for your fall decor.

Cost: $25
All supplies included. 

 Please call 940-327-0713 to register.

FUN TIMES

Have you checked out all of the 

fun things that are coming up?

 

 September 5th is

the First Saturday Crop.

There is always fun to be had at a crop!

 Remember that mystery envelope Cat gave you?

Septemer 8-12 is the week

to bring it to the store to see what is inside!!!

 September 12th is 

Nanci's tag class.

These classes are now from

11:00-5:00p.m.

and are so much fun!

Call and reserve your spot

so Nanci can get your kit ready.

 At 6:00 p.m.,

after the tag class,

it will be time for our

SECOND

Bible Journaling Class.

This is such a fun class.

Call and reserve your spot now!

 September 17-19th

is 

RETREAT 

TIME!

SO MUCH FUN!!!!

All of this fun and 

September isn't over yet.

Check back tomorrow to see what else

is in store for you.

FABER CASTELL IS IN THE HOUSE!!!

Take a look at all of these beautiful pens!

Glorious colors to mix and match!

Whole sets of the Big Brush Stamper's pens

for coloring fun.

Gelatos....oh how we love you!

28 colors of fun!

You gotta have these!

These water brushes are fabulous for 

so many of our mediums that we use

in mixed media!

If you just want to try out the Stamper's

Big Brush Pen, you can grab some of

these mix and match sets.

Be still my heart!

Faber Castell has stencils now!

Plus they have texture tools.

WOW!

Bible Journaling students, if you pre-ordered

some of the Faber Castell products,

Cat has pulled them for you

 and your name is on your goodies!

Everyone else....

READY...

SET...

GO!

I think it is going to be a race

to pick up these wonderful goodies!

HURRY!!!

DEVOTED LAYOUTS

 

I knew I loved the "Devoted" collection from Authentique.

Now I know why!

Check out this AMAZING layout that Cat created.

I don't think I've ever seen a pet layout as beautiful as this!

Authentique knocked it out of the park with this collection.

 

 Here is the other page of the two page layout.

WOW!  Cat's layouts are amazing!

 

Of course, the cute kittens had to get in on the act.

Cat gathered up some photos of the cuties along

with the cat papers of the "Devoted" collection.

Just love this page!

 

 These pictures are so amazing it is 

hard to distinguish them from the paper!

WOW...that is all there is to say.

Just WOW!

I think you will agree that both Cat and

Authentique knocked the ball out of the park!

BURSTING WITH FUN!!!!

 

This group of ladies 

(plus me-I had to leave early)

had a BLAST learning all about

Ken Oliver's Color Burst inks.

 

A TINY bit of color burst

mixed with water and you have

MAGIC!!!!

Ken showed everyone the proper technique

for getting the ink pigments out of

the little bottles.

Big smiles all around 

as Ken demonstrates the

fabulous techniques!

A captive audience

surrounded Ken as he

explained all of the things

we were doing during the class.

Look at those happy girls!!!

We learned so much from Ken.

He is a great teacher and we cannot

wait for him to visit again!

These lovely little bottles are what

all of the fuss is about!

The ladies loved them, so

Cat has ordered more!

 

JUNKSPIRATION CREATIVE FUN

 

Saturday was our very first

JUNKSPIRATION

class.

What is Junkspiration?

It is when you turn "junk" into art!

 

Cat gave us the kits and

turned us loose with 

a few instructions.

 

Nanci speedily got her shutters painted

and ready for the next step.

She is going to use hers standing up like this.

Love her chalkboard art

with the Marvy Uchida bistro chalk markers!

 

LaRue created this beauty.

Love how she did the Tim Holtz alcohol inks on the metal!

This is Selena's.

She used some great chunky twine on her letters.

LOVED how she put the knob in the middle of the "o".
 

This is Steph's and she is adding some ribbon.
Steph also used a couple of Canvas Corp's
burlap flowers in coordinating colors
to embellish her project.

 

This is mine.

Obviously, I'm going to

use it in the kitchen!
I used a cow and chicken
from Ray's Lazer and he is
working on the rooster for me!

We all had a blast and

most of us were anxious for

Ken Oliver's class on Sunday.

Check back tomorrow

for pictures from that fun day!

PHOTO A DAY WEEK 35 PROMPTS

 

Here are the prompts for the

THIRTY-FIFTH WEEK OF 2015.

Time flies when you are having fun!

These prompts look like they will be lots of fun!

Once again, Chantal has provided you with some help:

 

And in case you are feeling a bit stuck, here’s a bit more about the prompts:

Monday 24: On my desk
What’s on your desk today? Take a photo. 

{Don’t have a desk? Share where you do your work or chores}.

Tuesday 25: Two things
Find two things, any two things. Put them in a photo.

Wednesday 26: Charming
Charming means ‘very pleasant or attractive’. 

Show charming in a photo.

Thursday 27: Communicate
How do you communicate? 

Through speaking? 

Sign language?

 The written letter? 

Email? 

Your phone?

Share communication in a photo.

Friday 28: Daily life
Forget special for a moment, and think about your everyday life. 

Take a photo of something that’s really normal in your life.

Saturday 29: Handwriting
Show us your handwriting! 

Share it in a photo.

Sunday 30: I do this on weekends
What do you do on weekends? 

Share it in a photo.

So, grab your camera and have 

fun taking photos for the prompts this week.

If you want to share the photos with Chantal 

(the creator of this challenge and the prompts),

here is how:

How to play on Instagram

+ check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt
+ use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration+ upload the photo to Instagram, add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption}, add the hashtag #FMSphotoaday and then publish.
+ check out the #fmsphotoaday hashtag to see all the other photos. Like them. Comment on them. Be part of the community.
+ Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared on Instagram for the challenge. It’s four photos that have captured my attention from each prompt. Check the feed {@littlemomentsapp} to see the photos.

How to play on Facebook

+ check out the photo a day list for the daily prompt + use your phone or camera to take a photo using the prompt as inspiration
+ upload the photo to Facebook – you can either share on your personal page, on your business page {if you have one} or in our Facebook Photo A Day group {you’ll be added within 12 hours of requesting}, add a caption {you could mention the day and the prompt in the caption} and then publish.
+ check out the photos shared in the group, or among your friends. Comment, like and be part of the photo-taking community.
+ Each day a Fab Four is picked from the photos shared in our Facebook group for the challenge by our lovely admin team. It’s four {or more} photos that have captured my attention from each prompt. The photos are made into a collage, shared and pinned to the top of the group.

 

IT'S SPOOKY FUN!!!!

 It's Halloween,

 It's Saturday Nite, 

Let's Dress Up in Costume &

 Act Like Kids Again!
 

 Yes ladies, we are having a special 

Halloween Crop

on Saturday, October 31,

 complete with a costume contest and a 

GHOST WALK!
 

The Ghost Walk people are doing one that night.

 It starts at The Baker and goes 10 blocks 

winding thru town giving the history of the buildings

 and the past in Mineral Wells. 

Cost for the Ghost Walk is $15

 and it lasts about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

 This part of the day is optional. 

Those that want to do this can all trek over

 and go for it--Cat is!

 She love ghosts and history!!

 Be sure to bring your favorite ghoul dish to share 

and we will Trick or Treat all day with the Ghosts!

CROPPING OUT TYPE 1 DIABETES!!!

Saturday, 

October 3rd,

will be the

 

BENEFIT CROP FOR

THOMAS TROOPERS!

Pictured above is the two year old grandson of Cat's long time friend.

He was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes about 6 months ago. 

This child has stolen Cat's heart as he is so much 

like his grandmother was when they were kids.

 He is always smiling and happy and so full of joy. 

The family is doing a walk in San Antonio on October 18

 to raise money and awareness about Type 1 Diabetes. 

Our October 3rd crop will be a total Benefit Crop. 

Cat's will donate crop fee money to the foundation under Thomas Troopers. 

We will also have all kinds of fun goodies for you to bid 

on with all of those funds going to the foundation as well.

 It will be a crop for a good cause.

Before Cat could post this info to Facebook, 

she discovered that our favorite vendor, Authentique, 

was also recently connected to this not so nice disease.

 Bret Cornell's beautiful daughter, Maddi,

 has also been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. 

We will also be doing this Benefit in her name as well

 as she learns at an older age how to rearrange her lifestyle to accommodate Type 1.

 Dad says she has been quite the trooper herself showing 

the family true courage at such a young age.

Join us for 12 hours of some great fun and scrapping as

 we give our hearts and money to help eradicate this 

disease for all the other youngsters out there.

CHRISTMAS TIDINGS IS HERE!!!

Check out this gorgeous Christmas collection

from Authentique, "Tidings"

It is kraft, red, bright green, black and white.

It is extremely versatile and can easily be mixed and

matched with other lines!

A closer look at the pages.  

There are plaids, stars, and stripes 

that can be used for any occasion.

Some of the kraft and black prints will

interchange with some of the Halloween

collection.

Of course, this beautiful collection

will also look great with your

Christmas photos!

 A close up of the rest of the papers.

On the right hand side there is a gorgeous 

holly print that you have to see in person to really appreciate!

If you go on a trip at Christmas, this 

paper is PERFECT with its black,

green, and red passport stamps.

Just perfect!!!

You need to hurry in for this beautiful

collection.  I don't think it will last long!

IT'S BOO-TIFUL!!!

Look what arrived at the store yesterday!

This is the most beautiful line of 

Halloween paper from Authentique.

It is very vintage and has some of the best patterns.

This will give you a closer look of these papers.

Love the Halloween/cobweb paper.

Plus there is a page filled with vintage 

children in Halloween costumes.

On this side there is a fabulous spooky cemetery page.

Plus there is a spiderweb page that would

be perfect for any photos you have of a beautiful

spider web.

In addition there is a vintage handwriting page that

isn't about Halloween at all.

These photos include the fronts as well as the

backs of the pages.

You might want to hustle on down to the store

and pick up some of this

BOO-TIFUL paper!