I've gone Etsy!

I am venturing out into the world of Etsy with 2 super-creative friends Katie and Virginia. I really like them because they make me look good and I am excited to be a part of this with them!

So check it out: Paper and Hanger

I am also excited to be a part of this team: My Little Shoebox

I got some fun goodies in the mail the other day and I will post come creations soon!

You can check out the MLS blog and leave a comment on the 2nd post down for a chance to win some products.

Wow, it has been a big week!

Hope your weekend is going well.

gretchen

SISiversary!

I spent the weekend in Nashville at the oh-so-fun SISiversary event.

It is always so fun to actually put faces to avatars and meet (in real life) so many people who share my love for scrapbooking!!

I took about 200 pictures while I was there and I thought I would share a few of my favorites!

JJ and team pulled off a great weekend! Here are Jo-Anne, Diane, and Traci actually getting some scrapbooking done.

This is the fabulous Paintinkchick whose name I know but cannot spell (but it starts with an "S")! Forgive me...I am from Mississippi originally & you know where MS is on the literacy chart!

Heather and Angie were working hard during Kerry Lynn's class.

I was so glad to see this girl there! Anybody named Gretchen is tops in my book!

I busted Courtney sitting down on the job!

Gigi and Stacey are so cute!

There were definitely good times had by all this weekend.

Sasha, Jayne, Kerry Lynn, and Diana here are proof of that!

Ashley's class was awsome!

Check out these cute Fashionista shirts from Amy Tangerine.

Rebecca and Stacey wear them well!

Here are Kimmie and Debbie enjoying Sarah's class.

Speaking of Sarah...her class was the coolest!

Queen Diane and Traci did finally look up from their hard work long enough for me to get this picture of them.

Here is the fabulous Amy Tan (maker of the previously mentioned cute shirts)!

And last but not least, here are some of my favorites: Amber & Sasha!

I will require a few days to recover from the weekend.

Little sleep + lots of socializing + laughing like crazy + long talks = tired Gretchen

But it is always worth it!

Hope your weekend was great too!

gretchen

Seriously

Because in my warning above I promise "possibly funny stories", I thought I should share one.

So here goes...

Coming back from lunch today (& running late as usual I might add), I stop to do my good deed for the day. There was a lady trying to open a door while carrying a case of Dr. Pepper in what looked like a crummy box top. Not only was she just carrying lots of my favorite beverage in that box top but also there were several other things stacked on top. I had to go in that same door anyway, so I open the door for her. Well as she goes to walk through the door, the box (for the most part) just crumbles and down goes many, many cans of Dr. Pepper. If any of you have dropped a can of a carbonated beverage you know what happened as these cans hit the ground.

Seriously, it was like a Dr. Pepper fountain! Yummy soda was spraying everywhere!

By everywhere I also mean on myself. Yeah, I didn't get to enjoy Dr. Pepper like I usually like to. There was not a drop in my mouth but I did have a lot of it on my face, in my hair, all over my shirt, & soaking my pants and shoes.

Seriously, when I walked into my clinic (late, of course, by now) my co-worker asked, "Did it just start raining?" I proceeded to explain (not so nicely) to her the weirdness that had just happened and somehow clean the stickiness off my person. Then I had to gather myself to be able to treat a poor lady high on painkillers who had her ACL reconstructed yesterday and also somehow convince her that her Dr. Pepper-covered therapist was not completely a fool.

Seriously, did that just happen??

Happy hump day people!

gretchen

Wanna play??

Because if you do, I've got 1 class kit left! I taught this layout class at Scrap Etc. a couple of weekends ago. These layouts are made with Cosmo Cricket papers & embellishments as well as some brads, ribbon, & chipboard shapes. I think the colors here are perfect for boy layouts as well as summer, travel, & nature layouts.

The kit contains everything you need to make the 1-page layout above, the

2-page layout below...

...and this 1-page layout below.

All you need to add is adhesive and a little red paint!
The kit costs $20 (plus shipping if needed) and it comes complete with instructions & pictures of these example layouts.
If you want it, email me at gretchenmcelveen@yahoo.com
(first come, first serve)


Happy Monday folks!
gretchen

Virginia is the coolest!

and I am not talking about the state!

I am talking about this Virginia.

I was about to pull my hair out.

But now it is working!

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(the slide show that is)

Thanks for your help my friend!

Please note: 3 posts in 1 day. I am on a roll!

Happy Friday friends!

gretchen

Hmmmm

Now i have to figure out how to make that little slideshow be over on the side somewhere and not be its own post.

I should have paid more attention during my "basic computer skills" class in college.

Hope your week is going well.

gretchen

Check out my Slide Show!