Why, thanks for asking! I actually spent last weekend and part of this week in lovely (and warm!) Los Gatos, California, hanging out with my buddy Lain Ehmann (who, by the way, has an adorable new website!). As such, I fell way behind on my official Simple Scrapbooks duties and have been madly trying to catch up! Here are a few fun highlights from the week:
- For only the second time in my flying career, I missed my flight! (For the record, my first missed flight wasn't really my fault. I blame it on my little sister and In-N-Out Burger, but that's another story.) You see, on Delta, you can only check bags if you check in 30 minutes before scheduled departure. I reached the kiosk exactly 28 minutes before my flight, and I had an important bag to check. Those measly 2 minutes cost me $221. I keep thinking of ways I could have saved those two minutes: perhaps pushing past the family of five on the shuttle, instead of waiting patiently as they corralled their kids, strollers, and luggage. But courtesy counts for something, right?
- I had an amazing time with Lain. I was there on official but top secret Simple Scrapbooks business, and the creative energy was just staggering. I am bursting at the seams with ideas and plans for future cool things. As soon as I'm at liberty to spill the beans, you'll hear it here first! The scenery and weather were great, Lain's kids were adorable and well-behaved, and Lain introduced me to my favorite new bakery: Icing on the Cake. Mmmmmm.
- This week we worked on our design review for the lovely January/February issue. Here's one little itty bitty sneak peek for ya. It's one of our section openers, designed by Mi'Chelle Larsen:
4. My team has been working long and hard on a marketing plan for our newest special issue, which will be on newsstands November 11. It's called Quick&Easy Photo Albums. It's only $6.99, and it's AWESOME:
Note: the cover project is from inside the issue (but we did doctor it a bit for the cover, because above all, the cover is a sales tool). The original project was by Nicole Harper, who we discovered through her many project submissions through our website.
5. I'm busily writing my Behind the Scenes post for the November/December issue. Coming soon!
Can't wait for the special issue. I want it NOW!
Posted by: LillianS | October 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM
You editorial folks actually look at the things posted on the website as potential material for the magazines and books? I'm impressed! :)
Posted by: Nicky H | October 17, 2008 at 12:52 PM
That idea book totally rocks! Darn you Simple editors for coming up with great books that I keep buying and buying, even though I don't have any time to create all the projects on the pages I dog-ear! I'm going to have to find another shelf to store all the special issues of Simple I keep buying.
Posted by: Barb | October 18, 2008 at 07:10 PM
are you KIDDING me Angie?!! HOLY WOW!!! i can't believe this!!! WOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!
(i'm kind of excited!!)
Posted by: Nicole Harper | October 19, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Wow, that's so cool! Thanks for sharing. My random share: I'm really excited about CKC Seattle - looking forward to being around all that creative energy!
Posted by: young c-m | October 21, 2008 at 04:53 PM
Loving the special issue and can't wait for it.
I'm so excited to hear what's up with the fabulous Lain Ehmann!
Posted by: JenMc | October 22, 2008 at 08:13 AM