23 March 2006

hopeful friday

today's dare is brought to you by the wonderful ranjini @ scrapologie. i've had the pleasure of knowing ranjini for my whole scrapping life - just over one year now. she has an amazing heart and beautiful personality. she is building a business on her own in an effort to be able to stay home and not return to the 9-5 work force. you go girl! thank you so much for sponsoring us this month, r. you put together a pretty awesome product :)

as for this week's dare theme...hope.
the four of us decided over a week ago to dedicate this dare to two amazing people many of us know. they suffered a great loss...two great losses, in fact, in a very short period of time. despite adversity, these two women persevere, giving and sharing and continuing on. able to see the silver lining. i especially appreciate having a friend when i was having a hard time...even when she was suffering so much.

we love you. thank you for your strength of spirit and infectious goodness.



oh and also some shopping because i promised missy i would have a photo for her in the morning...

patterened paper (lots of dots!)
heidi swapp (did i mention 50% off???)
paper salon monogram builder stamps
technique tuesdays functuation and lil alphas
puffy paint stuff
a new pen
glue lines
sei iron-ons
super cute making memories itty bitty alpha stickers.
fun!
new product inspires me so.
i go through stages...
sometimes it's photos...
sometimes a quote.
but lately, the new goodies are making me feel like creating.

10 comments:

Michelle W. said...

love the dare! As always.

Amazing layout!

Michelle

Missy said...

HOOORAYYY!!! hooray for pics of shopping... OMG THAT HS stuff is EXPLODING- MULTIPLYING even :)

And hooray for good friends who need good friends. Love those girls.

And you :)
xoxoxox

gabbyfek said...

so, first of all, i adore you, geeeeetoooooooo. you know this, right? and your words. and your WORK and every little single thing you create....
so touches my heart. you get me. and i love that about you.

but those goodies?
yeah. i'm coming to see you, baby, cuz i wanna play w/ 'em...
love you so.
xoxo,
g

e said...

awww...gen....what a lovely thing to wake up to...
love from some of my favorite people...thank you. xxe

kristina contes said...

Love it.

And wtf w/ all this scrap shopping?? I am so damn jealous!!

Mara said...

new goodies...
mmmmmm...
love the dare.
love your page.
love those girls.
lots.
50% off?! not fair.
;)

Anonymous said...

your whole scrapping life of ONE FREAKING YEAR!
you're just bursting with talent, you know that!?!?!
i need to run up w/ my bucket and catch some overflow.
seriously.
i love this dare and i love that you guys thought of gabby and erika.
you guys are the best!

My Christmas Atelier said...

Love the page. love the challenge.

And you know I love all the shopping!!

caroline said...

ooooh
i can't wait to see what you create!!

Anonymous said...

Great layout- and look at all your new stuff! Have fun!