AND SO IT CONTINUES...

our very own, scrap-inspiring week!

Sure we have to share this week with the airlines, the grocery store owners and the FTD delivery guys. And we will, but on Thursday.

The rest of the week is ours.

Lots of good comments yesterday - thanks for starting the week off with a big turnout!

But today I want to know what little thing are you thankful for? Silly, goofy, maybe even selfish? You're allowed, no one is going to judge. As long as the silly balances out the serious - you're doing great!

Today - I'm grateful for frequent flyer miles. YEP - goofy and trivial, but true. My husband travels a lot. A LOT! And sometimes, the only thing that gets me through one of his trips is knowing that he's getting us another bunch of miles closer to our next tickets. And we like tickets! Most recently my boys went to Nebraska for the Homecoming football game. It was a great "guys weekend" - made possible by frequent flyer miles.

So call me silly, call me selfish - but today I'm grateful for lots and lots of miles!

I made this page, using the same die as yesterday...

to showcase this picture of my son. {Who was so nervous to be standing this close to two University of Nebraska cheerleaders, that he forgot to stand up straight. He's practically bent at the waist!} Too funny - I added a few editorial comments on the back of this layout. You know - mom notes! I love doing that!

Seriously - if you don't have this die in your stash yet...grab it now. I am lovin' it and am going to keep using it all week long!

We received a few more Design Team submissions today. WOW you girls sure aren't procrastinators like I am! The deadline is still 3 and a half weeks away and we already have six entries! I LOVE IT! I knew you would jump at the chance to be a part of this...I just knew it. I get excited just thinking about it!

If you didn't get the email from Dani - Scrapy Land LIVE! On the Air is tonight. November 24th, 6pm MST (5pm California, 6pm Colorado, 7pm Illinois and 8pm Florida). It's "Letterpress 101". Those of you who saw the LIVE! show during the virtual crop know how it will work. I have some new plates, we'll open them up and do some experimenting.

I have learned a few tricks that I'd like to share and some tips for when you get your own Letterpress kits in your hands. GOOD STUFF.

No password tonight - just follow the link to UStream from the side-bar, here on the blog!

Hope to see you in the studio. Until then, leave a comment and share something you're thankful for that is a bit less serious than yesterday. Come on - you know you want to!

I'm here for your habit...

IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEK FOR ME...

and for lots of you as well.

But yes, I do realize that not everyone who visits the Scrapy Land blog will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week. I'm good like that - I do realize that we're not all the same.

At least I try to be.

But even though some of you are not celebrating Thanksgiving, I'm wondering if you'd like to still stop and think about the things that you're thankful for.

In the hopes that you would like to play along, I've decided that this week on the blog I'm going to share a little attitude with you! {hah - cuz I have never done that before! LOL}

A good attitude though, in a week I'm going to call...

This week's posts are going to be shorter-and-sweet-and-to-the-point.

There will be some ideas, and some tips and quite possibly a video. But short-and-sweet will be the theme all week long. But so will gratitude!

Because I truly believe that we all have a multitude of things to be thankful for. {Along with a lot of things to get accomplished before Thursday!}

Right now {I'm writing this Sunday night}, I'm grateful for a couple of things. A couple of things that I was able to translate into shareable projects.

I'm thankful for my daughter's hard work, and stick-to-it-iveness. Because the sweat and the tears and the sunburns and the sore muscles all paid off.

I can't think of a better lesson to teach our teenagers now-a-days. But I'm doubly thankful that she was able to do it surrounded by good friends, great musicians and with a smile on her face.

supplies used: QK Nesting Stars (frames), QK Nesting Stars (shapes) and QK Cookie Cutter Give Thanks. The first time I've used the "Give Thanks" die and I love it. It cut oh-so-beautifully and it's going to work for me all week long!

I'm also grateful for health this season. Other than a nasty cold, caught by yours-truly, we've been pretty healthy. But I don't want to take that for granted, so I came up with a fun idea this weekend - a goofy play on words!

I started with this...

{I used this brand because the front label peels off easily and cleanly...I bought it at Wal-Mart}

and turned it into this...

Excuse me, but is this the cutest dang thing you've seen all week long? {I figure I'm pretty safe in asking since it's only Monday!} Took me all of 10 minutes to put this together. Easy-peasie.

supplies used: QK Chicken Noodle font, QK Nesting Rectangles (for the red "suit"), QK Nesting Squares (for the silver belt buckle), QK Wintergreen Scalloped Page Insert (for the scalloped edge) and Silhouette Vinyl in black, red, white and silver. LOVE IT!

So those are my gratitude items for today. What are yours? Doesn't an attitude of gratitude sound good? What if everyone spent time being grateful, instead of critical. Instead of undermining. Rather than anything else.

Try it, just for today. Or better yet, for this week. Be grateful for those around you. Say thanks for assistance. Return a simple favor. Remember to smile.

EDITED TO ADD: Looks like an attitude of gratitude is all around us. Check out my friend's awesome little project idea over on her blog. Of course, WE would use a few die-cut embellies for our albums...but I'll forgive her for leaving them out. This time!

What can you do today - to show off an attitude of gratitude? Attitudes are contagious, I truly believe that. See if you can influence those around you. Because wouldn't it be wonderful if, come Wednesday, more people were sharing gratitudes, instead of gripes?

What do you think? I'd love to hear! Leave a comment and commit, right here, right now. You're accountable once you type it - Dani and I have our ways you know!

I'm GRATEFUL to be here for your habit...