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Season’s Greetings
and Happy Holidays
A special greeting at Christmas time to express to you our sincere appreciation for your confidence and loyalty. We are deeply thankful and extend to you our best wishes for a happy and healthy Holiday Season.
A Tribute to All Workers on this 130th Labor Day
We celebrate Labor Day 2012 by honoring our country’s workforce. As we celebrate this Labor Day with family, friends, and co-workers, we view our jobs with a renewed gratefulness.
Let’s continue to grow together during the remaining months of 2012 and look forward to an even more prosperous 2013.
Renee Pearson: 40 Secret iPhone Features and Shortcuts
I love blog posts that are chock full of awesome tips and techniques. This post, shared by iShot That student Teresa Xanthos in the class forum, definitely qualifies. I couldn’t wait to share it with you!
Whether you’re an iPhone newbie or a veteran, you’ll find lots of juicy tidbits to add to your arsenal. For example, did you know you can put in typing shortcuts similar to Text Expander? That alone will certainly make responding to emails and text messaging faster and easier.
Check out 40 Secret iPhone Features and Shortcuts now, and let us know what you think.
Write. Click. Scrapbook: Energy and Creativity
April is such a lovely time of transition. I often find myself with bursts of energy and creativity. How about you? Do longer days, bluer skies, and signs of a new season help you, too?
Let’s use some of our newfound energy to put together some layouts! Such fun! Let’s do three layouts each starting with a different prompt. (more…)
Renee Pearson: 40 Secret iPhone Features and Shortcuts
I love blog posts that are chock full of awesome tips and techniques. This post, shared by iShot That student Teresa Xanthos in the class forum, definitely qualifies. I couldn’t wait to share it with you!
Whether you’re an iPhone newbie or a veteran, you’ll find lots of juicy tidbits to add to your arsenal. For example, did you know you can put in typing shortcuts similar to Text Expander? That alone will certainly make responding to emails and text messaging faster and easier.
Check out 40 Secret iPhone Features and Shortcuts now!
Tales of a Scrapbooking Groupie: The Great Adventure Part 2.1
It’s kind of odd to tell the story of this adventure in parts. However, in this case it feels better that way. As I mentioned in part 1 of my story of this great adventure, there was just too much that took place to tell the story in one post. For me traveling to Africa for the first time and visiting the continent from which the human race evolved was an amazing opportunity. Added to that was the powerful thought of setting foot on the continent from which so many of my ancestors were spirited away into slavery centuries ago. I knew that questions would be answered for me, but I wasn’t sure of what those questions were.
I must put the picture above at the beginning of this part of the story. Our very first tour in S. Africa was to Robben Island. During the tour we took a moment to speak one on one with the guide leading our group. His name was Thabo. His question to us was very simple … Is this your first trip to Africa? When we responded that it was, he looked at us, smiled, and simply said ‘Welcome Home.’ Whew!! Words cannot express my feelings at that moment. The cork was off of the champagne. Now for the rest of the story. (more…)
Season’s Greetings
and Happy Holidays
A special greeting at Christmas time to express to you our sincere appreciation for your confidence and loyalty. We are deeply thankful and extend to you our best wishes for a happy and healthy Holiday Season.
Tales of a Scrapbooking Groupie: The First Big Adventure
By the time 2006 arrived, scrapbooking related activities were almost non-stop. I’d been fortunate enough to travel around the country to many exciting events with Renee. During that time I’d gotten to meet and spend time with many talented industry personalities. It seemed that scrapbooking was booming everywhere. Imagine my feeling of total amazement and glee when Renee was invited to demonstrate digital techniques at the Scrapbook Expo during the Scrapbook Convention in Johannesburg, South Africa. From what I could gather, Scrapbook Convention was one of the most high energy shows anywhere, but for sure on the African continent. We would certainly find out, but for me what kept running through my mind was that “Renee was going international.” (more…)
Tales of a Scrapbooking Groupie: Sorting Things Out
In the last installment of Scrapbooking Groupie, Renee had begun working as a contributing Editor for Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, and discussions were underway for a ‘How To’ book on digital scrapbooking, I was extremely pumped. Stacy Julian and the staff at Simple were totally supportive and very encouraging. The vibes were off the chart. The future was looking very bright.
Just when I thought it could not get any better, Renee was invited to go to Minneapolis be a part of something called Creating Keepsakes University (CKU). I was told that these events were a lot of fun, but I had no idea what we were in for. Once we entered the event hotel, it was clear that CKU took the spirit and passion I had observed at CHA to a totally new level. (more…)
Tales of a Scrapbooking Groupie: After Shock
My first CHA was nothing short of amazing, and quite exciting. There I was at a business show that felt more like a religious revival than a business show. I guess from a sensory perspective, I had nothing to compare this experience to. (more…)