Seven posts from January 2007 in ONE Enormous Blog Post!

editorial note: here is a big group post containing lots of posts from January 2007! The comments aren't clickable or visible...this just shows how many comments were made to each post. Just a little blast from the past, folks! Now THAT'S Funny We're in the final round of judging for our Funnest Scrapbooker Ever (for 2007) Contest, first announced in our Scrapbook Play issue. And no, staff editor Rachel is NOT the winner. She's just trying on the goods. But take a closer look at those goods.   The sash says "Funniest Scrapbook Ever," a far cry from what we wrote on the order form. Needless to say, we're having the sashes reprinted. We can't have The Funnest Scrapbooker Ever and her two attendants walking around looking like fools, can we? And just for the record, the tiara Rachel is wearing is just a prop. The real tiara, which is also fake, looks much more real than this fake one. (You weren't expecting actual diamonds, I hope.) We're hoping to crown our winner by the end of next week, and the rest of the reading public will get to meet her in our May/June issue! Here's hoping the new sashes arrive on time. Comments (15)   Photo Freedom Goes To... I asked my trusty friend Rachel Gainer to pick two random numbers between 1 and 238. And she chose #61 and #172. So I counted down through the comments and stopped at... #61 aka MO Scrapper aka Kyla in Missouri #172 aka kissyj aka Christine in Utah Congrats ladies! Two signed books are on the way. And may I say that by the sound of your comments, you ALL need some serious help! Wow. And so do I. (But at least I don't have 37,000 photos or 10 children. That would put me right over the edge. I admire your stamina!) I can personally attest to the fact that the ideas in this book DO work! As I edited and proofread this book, I definitely learned a ton of helpful tricks that I'm using today. Stacy's words pop into my head all the time as I browse through my photos and sit down to scrapbook. I'm a believer. Hopefully you will be too. Comments (4)  Win This I have in my little hands a very small handful of ADVANCE COPIES of Stacy Julian's latest book, Photo Freedom: A Big Picture approach to organizing and scrapbooking your photographs. Wanna win one? Just leave me a comment here (make sure your username is listed) that mentions your biggest photo organization challenge (just because I'm curious), and I'll pick TWO random winners who will receive an autographed, advance copy of Stacy's book. (The winners will get their copies LONG before anyone else has it in their hands! The main shipment isn't due to arrive for another couple of weeks.) Can't stand the suspense? Just order your own preorder copy. Our online team is holding a contest whereby a total of FIVE people who place a preorder will get their copy for free. So reserve yours today! Click here for fun sneak peeks from Stacy's book, a new one each day for the next 10 days, and here to preorder. Click here to congratulate Stacy herself.  Comments (240) Snow Day Surprise, we woke up to 12 inches of light, fluffy, powdery snow this morning. I wouldn't have wanted to brave the drifts to drive to work, even if the office wasn't closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Ruby the Wonder Dog had to tromp through chest-deep snow to go to the bathroom. Man, it would be a great day to hit the slopes! But I'm going to be busy lying around the house, doing as little as possible. Anyone have any big plans for MLKJR day? Jan. 21, 2008 | Comments (6)   And Now for the Solution Thanks for all the helpful advice! I ended up carefully pulling off the white backing, totally mangling the patterned paper in the process. But, as you all predicted, the orange frame covered up all the mess! Thanks ladies. There's nothing like scrapbooking by committee. Here's how it looks now, and there's no danger of the orange frame popping off, thanks to Making Memories liquid glue.   Comments (4) Ever Done This? I didn't realize this cute chipboard frame by Love, Elsie was self-adhesive. So I applied plenty of liquid adhesive and slapped it onto my layout. (Yep that's me, age 8, the tall girl in the purple Cabbage Patch nightgown.) Well, what I really adhered was the adhesive BACKING, and it's permanent. Yet the chipboard peels off free and easy. Short of resorting to the magic of Un-Du (which I don't have on hand), any advice from ya'll about what to do? :-)   Comments (14)   Kicking off the New Year with a Contest! Well, it looks like it's back to real life again, which is no easy task after two luxurious 5-day weekends right in a row. The holidays were wonderful this year! I slept in almost every day, watched a movie-a-day, baked some stuff just for fun, went to the gym so I could EAT the stuff I baked, played Rock Band with the husband and the teenager, finished craft projects I started months ago, made four scrapbook layouts, did a bit of shopping and hardly any returning. Hope yours was wonderful too! Good luck getting back into the swing of things! To help you out, I'd like to kick off the new year with a little contest. You see, I'm woefully behind on my "Jan/Feb Behind the Scenes" post (it is coming, I promise), so I thought I'd do a little teaser contest in advance of the "Behind the Scenes" post. Hunt down the following three objects in your Jan/Feb issue and correctly tell me what page number each is on. I'll draw five random winners (to win, your page numbers must be correct) and send out the prizes! Tell me the page numbers where I can find: a cowboy hat a comb over a chocolate-covered strawberry Have fun! Winners. That WAS fun. Thanks everyone! The lucky randomly-drawn winners are: scarlett79 Karen F. Leanne S. ~Steph~ kristenb Awesome prizes are coming! January 2, 2008 | Comments (40)