Treasured Memories

Our Crop Night Get Away!

2008-08-03T18:17:00.000-07:00

We had an employee crop Saturday night and we had so much fun! This was the first time I was able to crop my family! Here are some of our creations!

This was made with paper from Little Yellow Bicycle and Sandylion! The letters are chipboard letters from Little Davis Designs. I also added flourishes with my favorite stamps from FancyPants Designs.

Stickles added the perfect touch to this layout! This was one of my favorite pictures of Cassidy taken at Disney 2 years ago.

My favorite layout was Cassidy's First Communion. I used black velvet paper and Hambly Screen prints to create this awesome look!

Monica created this awesome layout using Little Yellow Bicycle & Carolee's creations paper, Bobunny rubons and Bazzill's cardstock with an edge.

Connie's working on Derrick's wedding album. She has completed over 30 pages and the pages are awesome!

Amy worked on her a layout of her trip to Italy! She loves using Jenni Bowlin products!

Wendy's layout was one of my favorites of the night! She used the new Jenni Bowlin paper, the new Bobunny paper, then new Prima flowers and the new Prima Bling! The picture doesn't do it justice!

Kids Camp!

2008-07-18T17:56:00.000-07:00

The kids camp was so much fun! Wendy did an awesome job creating the projects and teaching the class! The students were also awesome! Thanks for sharing your week with us!!!

A week in Destin

2008-06-09T07:48:00.000-07:00

For those of you who didn't know, we spent a whole week in Destin, Florida! We had such a wonderful time! It was beautiful weather from the moment we got there to the moment we left! My son Dakota had to work so Mike and I took Cassidy and a friend of hers with us.

Our favorite thing to do was taking a party barge out into the bay and looking at all the local sights. It was so exciting when Dolphins actually swam up to your boat! They are everywhere! They seem to love hanging out with people.

If you look at this picture closer, you can see 5 dolphins surfacing by the jet ski!

Cassidy and Janea The water and scenery were so beautiful! We stayed at Destin West, which is a favorite of ours! It has become a yearly tradition!

New York, New York!

2008-03-27T04:26:00.000-07:00

Trumph Ice Skating Rink in Central Park

Happy Easter....Goodbye kiss!

Me in Central Park

My handsom son Dakota!

Everyone has been asking me why I went to New York. I went to New York to see my son play at Carnegie Hall. The Lafayette High School Band played there. Selected bands from around the country were selected to go. Carnegie Hall was an amazing experience! The Band was amazing too!

I loved New York! It has so much history. It is a mixture between Paris and New Orleans. It is definitely a place to go and visit....or shop!

Central Park is nothing like I thought it would be. It needs to have a better name then Central Park. It is huge! It is a New York get away....to escape from all the traffic and the cluster of people. You can see people running, ice skating, kissing, eating, artist drawing and people taking tours on horse drawn carriages. The whole thing is like a dream place! It is so beautiful!

I went to China Town and got this really cool $1,500 purse for only $30. Of course, it's not real, but it sure looks real! The best part about it is it's Pink and White!!! China Town is the place to go to get Designer stuff (Sunglasses, purses, watches, jewelry, ties, belts) for a fraction of the price. These products are made using the same quality of materials, but manufactured by different company's........and much cheaper. I guess I can use the word "Imitation". I'm one of those people that would "Never" pay $1,500 for a purse.....It's not practical. And besides.....just think of all the scrapbooking stuff you can buy with all that money??????

The last place I went was to Times Square. Vicki Elliot told me to go to Sephora's. I took her advice...and was there for over 2 hours. It's this awesome place where you can find any kind of make-up available in names like "Smashbox", "Two-Faced", "Clinique", "Sephora". ......and many, many more! The fun part about the store is that you can try anything they sell! From Mascara to eye shadows to face powders....you can try it all! I have to say...I looked like a clown leaving that place....but it was alot of fun!

Also, I stayed at the Blakely Hotel. It was the nicest place! Everyone there was so wonderful! The hotel is so quiet and cozy. The rooms are very nice with big flat screen tv's. It is in an awesome location....and I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone traveling there!

On the way to CHA!

2008-02-08T01:42:00.000-08:00

I'm packing my bags and our cat Miley got in my suitcase yesterday afternoon and hasn't got out yet! It's like she knows I'm leaving! Isn't that the sweetest thing??? Last year I was leaving for CHA and it was my daughter who wanted to be in my suitcase!

I'm really nervous about leaving. A special thank you to Paula for keeping Cassidy the whole week for me!

I'm bringing my laptop with me to California. I'll try and post a few pictures everyday on the website of some of the layouts and new products.

Notice the new Membership shirts? They came in today! It was so exciting! The shirts are white with 3 different color bling rhinestones! This year we put the date on them. That was really a last minute addition because the shirts were designed with the two intertwining rings around TM. I then thought it would be cool to put a 2 and an 8 on each side! I was pretty proud of myself!

Make sure you come by the store and get your shirt if your a 2008 member! Make sure you bring your membership packet with you to claim your shirt. If your not a member, it's not too late! As of right now we have plenty of shirts in lots of sizes! It's the perfect time to join!

We're Headed to CHA this Friday!

2008-02-03T11:46:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited! We're leaving for CHA this Friday! It's always so exciting seeing and ordering all those new products! The internet is full of CHA "sneak peeks"! My favorite line so far is Cosmo Cricket! Look how cool all these new products are! The Blackboard Chipboard looks so awesome! It is suppose to be black all the way through! The new "boy" line is so cool...love the gear paper!

On the other hand, look how cool this distressed line is! Awesome colors!!!!

Of course Heidi Swapp has an awesome new line of products. And Little Davis, who was going out of business was bought out by Fiskars! I can't wait to see all their new stuff! Basic Grey hasn't revealed their new releases yet. I think they have at least 4 new paper lines. We always come back with lots of pictures. When I get back from CHA I'll make sure I put on my blog our favorite lines!

Treasured Memories Loves our customers!

2008-01-20T06:37:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun with our photo shoot! A special thanks to Connie for creating these awesome images!

Treasured Memories New Years Eve Crop Party!

2007-12-30T17:24:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun Saturday night bringing in the new year with all our friends! Thanks so much for coming and bringing all the food! Here's some pictures for you to enjoy if you were there, or not there...they are sure to bring a smile to your face!

I took a Class!

2007-12-26T21:12:00.000-08:00

I took Wendy's Heidi Swapp Calendar Class! I was so excited to finally sit down a take a class! I really enjoyed it! Wendy is such an awesome teacher and she does so much prep work that the class seems effortless! We did all twelve months and a cover page. I added a decorative paper to the cover and I cut the year out with the Cricut machine. I ended up giving the calendar to my Dad for Christmas. I noted birthdays and important dates that had happened in the past in that month. He loved it! I enjoyed creating it! Thanks Wendy for coming up with all those wonderful page ideas!

Elf Fun!

2007-12-21T21:03:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun taking our Christmas pictures! A special thanks to Emily for making our vests! I brought the material to the store, Emily drew the pattern, cut the material, then sewed the vest! Me and Monica helped her finish them up! Missing from our elf pictures are Jeanne Hebert and Mandi Green.

Also, if you want to get a good laugh, check out this "I got Elfed" dance! Connie and I sat and created this! You can create one too! Click on this link and then wait for about a minute for it to download. Enjoy! http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1662819000

Time to create a Blog!

2007-11-27T12:55:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! It's my new Blog! I'm so excited. Monica and I have been playing around creating our blogs! It's time for everyone to create a blog!

Most of my employees and Design Team members will eventually have blogs! Treasured Memories has some of the best Designers out there! I can't wait for them to use their creativity to create and share their own blog that will match their personality!

Posting layouts is only half the fun. This is the designers chance to describe the memory behind the layout while telling people some creative tips and "how to's"!

My Layouts!

2007-11-25T15:08:00.000-08:00

I finally got a chance to scrapbook!

This is my layout that I completed for Cassidy's Dance book. I always title the page the name of the song they danced to. I used the Technique Tuesday Fundamentals of chipboard to complete this layout!

First of all, my son hates to take pictures! I'm so happy he posed for these! Lafayette High won first place at showcase. Dakota decided to pose for a picture like James Bond. I had fun with this one....noticed the year "2007" for 007 and Band...LHS Band, instead of Bond....James Bond. Last of all, "Gold Fingers" the band with the Midas touch represents the awesome "Lafayette High Band" who won 1st place at Cajun Field at showcase!