February 2025 Highlights

Here's what we were up to in February, it was a calm month before the storm :) We have big plans for March through the end of the year.

The weather is either like 6 degrees or 62 degrees. Even when it's just 6 degrees, the sun makes it feel much warmer. I love Colorado.

We got a big enough snow storm to cancel school, Fox was thrilled.

We went to The Spaghetti Factory in Westminster for dinner one Saturday. Mmmm meat sauce + mizithra! 

Driving past Denver.

Fox & Jane baked brownies.

I took a bath for the first time in our new tub. It was nice!

Our contractor that has done so many projects in our home hired a photographer to take pics which they shared on the gram. Kitchen.

Main floor bathroom.

Laundry room.

Entryway. I love color :)

Lunch date with Jane to Kneaders and enjoying the pistachio flavor of spumoni ice cream.

I chopped off about 10" of hair! Feeling fresh for turning 40 in May!

I've worked my way up to using 12 pound dumbbells during my exercise videos.

Not a whole lot happened in February which is so nice sometimes, especially as we gear up for busy months.

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Time for Amy & Sandy pics! Oh to be a cat. Can you see them both in the photo below?

Amy has snuggled with me every single night since I got this Minky Couture blanket in Utah in November. It really is the best blanket in the world.

She loves the chin rubs, "helping" me with whatever I've doing, and exploring places she shouldn't :)

Sandy Mandy (or her newest nickname is Scamandy after that Hulu show Scamanda) is just such a cute floof.

She always seems to be everywhere and loves each of us equally.

I want to get 17 more cats :)

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Onto the scrappiness! I shared 2 mini albums and nine 12x12 layouts in February. Click the links to see them in more detail:

Suitcase Mini Albums / Back to School Layout / Dandelions Layout
Choose Happy Layout / Squares Grid Layout / Adventure Layout / Flowers & Frames Layout
Circle Accordion Mini Album / Stitched Adventure Layout / Fringed Paper Strips Layout / Mountains Layout

I announced an Alaskan Cruise & Crop taking place in July 2026! Over half the spots have sold so sign up quickly!!!

I got Happy Haven samples in the mail! I still don't know if I'll receive my order after American Crafts announced they were bought by Notions earlier this week, but if I do receive it I'll put full collections in MY SHOP and you'll be the first to know!

Sneaks of upcoming layouts made with Happy Haven.

On February 1st I taught a virtual class from home showing how to fill miniature suitcases with mini albums. The class is still available HERE.

Some snapshots from my class.

The next few weeks were spent making my February kit & class with Woodland Grove! I love seeing all the pretty threads & trims.

Kitting day!

I spent a few days filming the Woodland Grove Mini Album Class which ended up being 3.5 hours long.

Lots going on here in preparation for release day.

The kits sold out in less than a week - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I love scrapbooking and enjoy sharing my processes with you and hope to continue for a loooong loooong time!!

I mailed my dad a thank you card.

I finally did another Make With Me Monday showing how to create a Circle Accordion Mini Album.

Make With Me Monday typically lasts around an hour (since this was a whole mini album it took an hour and a half :), is free to watch, anyone in the world can join in the fun, and the videos are saved in my MWMM Playlist so if you can't join the live you can watch it later and/or watch it again!

An electronic cutting machine is not needed to create this mini album, however I have provided cut files as well as templates for printing to be able to make it by hand which I showed how to do during the live and those are all linked in the YouTube description of this Circle Accordion Mini Album. 

I popped in to JoAnn to purchase some of my Adventurous Card Making Kits.

So very sad and surreal that this might be the last time I'm ever in a JoAnn since all the stores are closing.

I've started on my March kit & class! It'll be a camera-shaped mini album in a handmade camera-shaped box and 12x12 layouts!

Pre-orders will open soon for these super duper freaking cute sequin albums handmade by Gi DeMello - my bestie in Brazil!

Now through March 8th 2025 enjoy 50% off all 110 single cut files AND all 28 cut file bundles in MY ONLINE SHOP!

Here's to an awesome March!! I'm flying to Omaha to teach at Spring Fling Weekend then we're going to Hawaii for Spring Break!!!