Lynda's Den

I love being a part of the Creative Paperclay design team - so many amazing people on the team, as well as our leader - Terri Sproul!  You know me enough to know I love recycling - and today's post for the design team is no different!  So - if you are wanting to create fun, one of a kind containers for gifts...made out of paper, and Creative Paperclay - check out today's post...and in two weeks you will be ready to create your own item!!!   Lynda Jeffs Memories in Tyme and Creative Paperclay Design Team

Okay - where on earth did February go???  I feel like this whole year has just flown by, I'm not sure if you feel the same!!!  Either way it goes, this month - I didn't accomplished as much as I wanted to - but did end up creating a few things to go to the Farmers Markets - and my website redesigned a bit more, so for what I did get done, I am happy!  Blogging ends up taking a back seat to a lot of different things...hopefully changing this month coming up!  Other than those "back seat" kind of things, the changes happening - are all good for me - therefore good for you too!  More contests, more challenges, and more ideas for sure!   I am hoping this month will find you coming back for more!  Not only do we have National Craft Month which will be a fun thing to talk about - but we also have Women's History Month as well!  I hope you join me all month long while we plan out our projects - and get things ready for upcoming events in our lives!!! ...

I love being apart of the Creative Paperclay Design Team - not just for the supplies I get, but also for the idea's I get from other members!  Today's project - oh my heavens...so cute!!!  If you like altered projects - one of a kind - and to use your scrapbook supplies on what you are doing - then this project is for you!  Check it out here ! Lynda Jeffs Memories in Tyme and Creative Paperclay Design Team 

Okay - truth be told - this challenge is more for me than for you, I just hope it helps you in some capacity as well!  I'm great at planning things, but horrible at getting things done! I promised myself this year I would get better...and in some aspects I am, and in some aspects I am not!  That said - I hope to start doing better - and posting a bit more.... because I'm sure going to be creating a bit more too!!!  So, grab a calendar, pen/pencil, notebook, or whatever your favorite way of organizing yourself is and lets get started in planning:   Start by looking at the next 6 weeks - at least until the end of March!  Do you have any events in which you need to make or purchase something for?   What about the next 3 months...  Do you have holiday's, events, birthdays, anniversaries, or anything else you need to purchase something for - get it on a list! Also look at the next 6 months - bringing you to August!!!  Get things on a list to p...

Happy Valentines Day!!!  Okay ya'll should know by now, I procrastinate...I am so much like my mother and that is one trait she has that I ended up with...  I have a project 75% completed...why haven't I spent the time to get it finished up???  LOL, simple - I'm more like my mom than I want to be!  This year - is all about finishing up those past projects - and showcase them!   I have been with my husband for 15 years this May - married for 11 years now!  He has been my "knight in shining armor", my rock, the love of my life.  He is the person who makes me into a better person...and the one who makes me want to tear my hair out at times (and me him for sure)!!!   This is my mostly finished up - He Said/She Said album...  All I need to do is finish it up with the journaling and put it together!  Then I think of the journaling that will finish up the album - thoughts to the music we listen to - our families...movies we like, what we ...

Being a mom...probably the hardest "job" I have ever had in my life , and the one I failed the most at!!!  Don't get me wrong, I love my kids more than anything in the world...and blending kids - well, don't even get me started on that subject...it's a touchy one for me! So, like everything I end up doing - I created an album with my favorite photos and journaling of my kids - and my darling step-daughter and her family, more to get my thoughts out about being a mom in the first place!  The photos are great, but it's the journaling that truly makes this album perfect! My oldest son was born 3.5 weeks early, his lungs weren't fully developed when he was born.  Being a single mom, this was hard to watch your baby struggle - spending 9 more days in the hospital after he was born.   After that, I met and married my first husband, and had 2 more kids with him... My only daughter, and another son, this time born almost 6 weeks early but okay health wise.  Afte...

Being a single mom is not easy...trying to play mom and dad to a son, who truly needed a father in his life, not a mom trying to play both roles!  I will never forget finding out I was pregnant right before my 21st birthday...  No partying with my friends...I would then be stuck at home with a baby by the time I was 21.5, NOT FUN!  Wild, oh boy was I wild...  I worked 2 jobs, then I got pregnant with Ry guy!   Ryan calmed me down at the time, which most kids of single moms do!  Recently, he told me how jealous of his brother and sister he was...because THEY have scrapbooks and HE doesn't!  So, in the next few months, I am going to work more on Ryan's album - though some of the memories will simply have to come from him - since I have blocked so much stuff from his childhood! So, since I am way behind in making his project...I figured there was a few of you who needed a jumpstart in creating past projects too!   Look at your projects you have...

This week on the Creative Paperclay Design Team blog - the first in a series of beginner related posts when you start to use the product!  Tools you already have available to you, no need to rush out and purchase anything except the Creative Paperclay product itself!   A few tips as well, and more added down the road!  I am excited to start to work on a whole beginner section to get you started in creating!  You can check out my post here ! Lynda Jeffs Creative Paperclay Design Team and Memories in Tyme