I spent sometime tonight answering questions while our new Glee DVD has played in the background. I didn't have a photo to put in this post so here's a layout I made the other night because I thought this was a great idea.
So I just asked Sean to tell me three numbers between 1 and 50 and he picked #16, #23 and #32.
#16 mary m said...
I need some motivation. Our local scrapbooking store closed last month. I'm so sad. So now we don't really have anyone close by to buy scrapping stuff from, and that's where I drew alot of inspiration from! Sigh. But cards I could do. Quick, doesn't take a full attention span, and super cute!
January 04, 2010 at 09:43 AM
#23 Terri Emmons said...
Nora,
Pick Me...
I want to say how much I LOVE reading your blog. So thank you for doing that....
You are so organized and I love it when you share things you are doing...
My question is when you make cards and stamp because i dont stamp yet but would love to.. Do you use a colored stamp pad, do you use a pen to color it in? Maybe if you just showed a video of you making some of your cards that would get me and others more into making them.
They are all so cute...
Again thank..
Enjoy this week off still and alone get tons done...
Terri E
Ventura Ca
January 04, 2010 at 11:36 AM
#32 Tineke Blokzijl-Haar said...
Oooh, I completely missed that you were giving away stuff in this post. I´m glad you metioned it again in your layout post.
I love giveaways, not that I actually ever win anything, but it´s always fun to participate. So, I´m keeping my fingers crossed here :-)
January 05, 2010 at 01:56 AM
Mary, Terri and Tineke please e-mail me so I can send you the gift certificates.
Okay here are some of the answers...I'll post the rest tomorrow...
Terri Emmons said...
Nora,
Pick Me...
I want to say how much I LOVE reading your blog. So thank you for doing that....
You are so organized and I love it when you share things you are doing...
My question is when you make cards and stamp because i dont stamp yet but would love to.. Do you use a colored stamp pad, do you use a pen to color it in? Maybe if you just showed a video of you making some of your cards that would get me and others more into making them.
They are all so cute...
Again thank..
Enjoy this week off still and alone get tons done...
I just use colored stamp pads...I would never be good enough to color images in. The videos are a good idea...maybe I can set something up with our new Flip camera.
mary w said...
what a sweet birdie card! My question is..how do you find time to do all that you do? Do you sleep at all? I am home all day and still can't find time be creative and believe my house is not spotless-just doing the bare minimum leaves me very little time for creativity.
I don't really do that much. I don’t work right now. I’m only at school a couple of days a week. I only have one child who is increasingly self-sufficient (and goes to his Dad’s house every other weekend) and the biggest thing is I have a husband who contributes an enormous amount of help around the house. Truly it is Sean that makes me seem like a capable person.
rhonda said...
oooh - i love the little "its the little things" stamp! Is that Cat's Life?? Happy New Year!
Yes it is.
erika said...
Would love to win, I was wondering about meal planning, you seem so organized, do you plan out weekly family meals as well? Its one of the things I would like to do this year any advice would be appreciated.
Oh I am not that organized. Meal planning is one of those things that I always want to do well (and consistently) but when I plan I usually change my mind and don’t want to eat the planned meal so I usually play it by ear and just try to keep the fridge and freezer stocked well enough to be able to cook several different things.
Beth said...
I have a quick question for you... Will you be adding anything to your etsy site soon?
Hopefully...I have a couple of ideas for Valentine’s Day...please let me know though if you have any requests.
Gale said...
Do you stamp the stamp onto the pad or the pad onto the stamp???
Stamp onto the pad unless the stamp is larger than the ink pad and then I tap the pad onto the stamp.
Kristen D. said...
OK...pick me!!! lolol :-)
But here's a question......how do you deal with "scrappers block", if you ever get it? What helps you to get back your creative energy?
Congrats on the guest designer spot!!!
I totally get it...often times I just walk away from whatever I’m trying to make...or I start poking around the internet to get inspired.
Kristen said...
oh pick me pick me! ok Question... what are your favorite blogs for inspiration?
Oh I have numerous favorites...some of them are Jennifer Johner, Oh Hello Friend, Amanda Johnson and Rachel Denbow
Kim Stewart said...
My question is....how do you organize all your digital photos? You seem so super-organized. Do you use a site to store/back them up? I have 1500+ on my computer and my 2010 resolution is to get them off there and backed up elsewhere. It's overwhelming and I don't even know where to start. Any advice, Nora? I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
I store everything on our external hard drive which has two drives that mirror each other in case one goes out. I use files to organize my photos. One for me, Mac, Sean, Our Family and then Family. Our family are the little things the three of us do together and Family usually has all the holidays and other things we do with my whole family. Inside my folder I have a folder for my blog for the year with each month getting a folder. I am all about the computers folders.
MichelleG said...
Love that card...very cute (especially the twine). My question (ok, I have 2): How many punches do you own? Do you have an electronic cutter? Your cards and tags are always embellished with punched shapes and always inspire me to dig mine out and play.
I own way too many punches...several dozen at least (thank goodness for 40% coupons). No electronic cutter though, I don’t know too much about them at this point.
mel said...
I would love to know how you use your iphone for scrapbooking and are can you share your favourite apps that have to do with organising :)
thanks
I don’t really use my iPhone for scrapbooking and haven’t found any organizational apps that I totally love but Awesome Note and I recently discovered 2Do which looks kind of promising
Brandi P said...
Are you still making the cool lunches for Mac each day? I would love to see more pics of them! (In your spare time of course! LOL!)
Yes, I am but haven’t really done anything terribly creative with them lately. I think I don’t take too many photos because we usually pack lunches at night and the light in our kitchen is pretty lousy.
Kim said...
That is a great site! My question is nosy, but why do you want to be a Women's Studies teacher? What prompted you to want to teach this?
This isn’t nosy at all. I think the appeal in teaching Women’s Studies (besides really enjoying the subject) is to present it in a good humored, disarming way. There are numerous assumptions made about Women’s Studies, but ultimately it is about deconstructing gender stereotypes.
