Do you like this blog?

Since I just started the blog a couple of weeks ago - I have seen a lot of traffic and even had quite a few new subscriptions but what I don't understand is why very few comments have been left here?

Do you like the blog?

Do you like the ideas I am sharing?

Would you like to see more?

If so, please take 1 minute out of your day / evening - click on the "Leave Your Comments" link just below this post and let me know that you are here, you are paying attention and that you do like what I am doing. It would mean a lot to me. And will help keep me motivated to keep this blog going.

Thank you so much...Cijaye

How would you change Scrapbooking?

So, Stacy Julian is on a mission to hear some feedback on the Scrapbooking Industry and how you would change it to encourage more people to get involved with it...her question is:

"If you could change one thing about scrapbooking (and/or our industry in general) that would allow more people to embrace and enjoy this amazing hobby, what would it be?"

And I would love to give you the chance to anonymously answer it here on this blog as well.

For 3 reasons:

1) You may be one of the people who lost faith in Stacy Julian and the Big Picture Scrapbooking program earlier this month - but do have some insight on what you might do

2) By leaving your comments here - you let me know that you like what I have to share here and that you are excited to be a supporter

3) I can learn more about how to support you - the scrapbooking community - and provide ongoing value through this blog, through my scrapbooking website, through my scrapbooking newsletter and all other arena's I have devoted to sharing through.

So, please do leave your comments here.


The question again is:

"If you could change one thing about scrapbooking (and/or our industry in general) that would allow more people to embrace and enjoy this amazing hobby, what would it be?"

Free Halloween Party Invitations

Well we are quickly coming up to that time of year again.

Halloween, Hallow's Eve, The Day of The Dead - whatever you wish to call it; it is on its way.

We just came home from a birthday party today where the Goody Bag (which was a trick or treat bag of course) included a Halloween Mask ("a cow" to be specific).

My daughter immediately put it on and walked around the house Mooo'ing to all of us. It was very cute.

But...it got me thinking about my son's upcoming birthday party (in late October).

It will be a Halloween Themed Party I am sure (he asks for that every year); where I suspect we will play more of our "proprietary" Halloween Games, we will have our own supply of Halloween Treats in the Goody Bags and we will use Halloween Cake Decorations.

But it all starts with the Halloween Invitations.

*I would love to take advantage of Michael's 40% off sale to get a Xyron Wishblade - or a CuttleBug Machine to make the cards...but I am not sure if I want to buy all of the associated Halloween Stencils or Dies - just for this (plus will I reuse the same ones again next year??? - probably not). Anyhow...

I may want to just want to keep it easy and stick with my traditional method of digitally designing the Halloween Party Invitations designs and then printing them.

I create them every year myself. And they get rave reviews. But they do take longer to make.

You can get them for free if you purchase this "Ultimate Halloween Party Games" eBook and it's accompanying bonuses.

But anyhow... I really can not decide this year.

These new desktop and digital die cut systems have great templates and they are so quick to turn out a project!

Both digital and hand made invitations give me a lot of joy and are quite fun to do...but what do you think? Can you help me out here?

Should I make Halloween Party Invitations with die cut systems or make another digital design this year?