Lynda's Den

I really hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (if you celebrate) - taking lots of pictures, eating way too much, and spending time with family and friends!  We always spend the day with my husband cooking dinner, and me cleaning it all up when we are done!  My husband and son play video games, and I usually create the day away!  This year - pretty much the same!   Yet coming right up is Christmas - yes, I will say Merry Christmas - but if you are a Happy Holiday's person, I wish each of us the same no matter what holiday you celebrate!  I don't want THIS year to be like the past few years have been, so I am starting now to get things finished up and ready to go in the mai l!   Classes will be starting u p in January - online for you r convenience !  Each class wi ll have a supply list that will be easy enough for you to get things ready with your own sup plies UP FRONT - or for an extra charge, I can ge t things together for you - and i...

Are you a day to day scrapbooker, where you create your scrapbooks based on events every day (such as Project Life) - or are you an event scrapbooker where you document birthdays, holidays and things like that?  Or are you a bit of both?       Yet, through all of your pages, where are YOU at in all of this?  Are you behind the camera, fixing the meals, taking care of the event - than to be INSIDE the pictures too?  What about your thoughts, your memories, your feelings - really documenting who you are and what you are all about?  Our ancestors didn't have this type of thing, where you could create beautiful scrapbook pages and pass down to our loved ones when we die about what we are about in life.  We have to research their lives, and even then, you have no idea other than what is on paper!   So, next year - we are going to work on US....  With technology today, you can easily take pictures with your phone, and send them t...

When you guys create something, what do you do with the leftover papers and things you have from that first project?  For me, it all starts after I have finished up a project - I then take the papers left over, and create until I can't create anymore!!!  The papers are then put in my bin for use later on when I need them for paper piecing patterns, die cut shapes, punch shapes, stamped images or just little details on tags or cards!  I save even the smallest of pieces, because they do come in handy!  If - after I have created just about everything I can out of the scraps, I can't use the smaller pieces anymore, I simply throw them away.   Today's idea, is using up the papers I had from another project - a file folder mini album which will be shared another day!  The papers I used from the cards on this post , were also from that same album!  I created 2 different sets of corner bookmarks, and 3 different long bookmarks (all for sale if you are ...

For me personally, November has always been a month of giving thanks for what you have!  It is also a time to spend as a family on Thanksgiving - eating way too much turkey, and dealing with too many family members' attitudes (LOL)!!!  I have been gone for 8 years this December, I can't believe it has been that long, let me tell you!  On one hand, it is nice to be gone - on the other hand, I hate not having the interactivity between friends and family that I really want, especially on Thanksgiving!   So, grab your favorite items for keeping track of your life - your phone, a notebook, pen/pencil, and lets get started in YOUR calendar!  Now, if you have been following me long enough, you know I try to do this as consistently as possible - though it is more for me than you!  Also, keep in mind this challenge is not just for holiday's - it is for you to look at your calendar for things you need to get done, or get made!  Let's get started! Lo...

I really love using the Delight product and molds - because each time I use the mold, the item created is different each and every time!  Today up on the design team blog (link below) - is an awesome, one of a kind key chain made out of Delight product, a flower mold and paints to match!  Go check that project out for sure - great for any beginner just starting out for sure!  Before you go there, let me show you another quick project I made, using molds and the same Delight product! I made a mini album to sell the other day, using the same papers as what I am using here!  I take what is left over, and create cards, bookmarks, tags, embellishments - anything that I can to go use up all the supplies of the project!  Since I have a few flowers that are already molded, it made this project go a lot quicker from beginning to end!   Supplies used: Scraps of paper from another project Die cuts in coordinating papers Card bases w/envelopes D...

I remember being a little girl, and waiting for my grandma and grandpa to show up on Christmas Day - they had 4 kids and each famil y received a visit that special day!  They lived in a small town down south in Utah ab out an hour from us , so it was a treat to see them!  After a few years (I am the 4 th youngest grand child ) we would spend Christmas Eve with the whole family a t the Senior Citizens Center by grandpa and grandma 's house in Santaquin !!!  I miss those times in my life when family meant everything to me, and people actually spent the time giving gifts and cards that were from the heart.    Times have changed - and really so did I!  There came a time in my life where Christmas was more of a chore and a hassle, than fun and exciting!  Gifts didn't mean as much as they did before, because you always had the next year, or the next gift giving event to deal with.  Making thin gs for people was even worse!   Then even ...

Today is one of those kind of days - where I am not sure if the words coming out will express all I need to.  Be patient with me...and kind - I am sure there will be a reason and a challenge by then end! When you see this picture, you see two women...I see my world being ripped away from me - with the death of my niece Stephanie.  We had a bond nobody else understood or got.  She let me be an aunt to her...and before she died, told me she would always be my guardian angel no matter what.  She left behind 2 kids...and people who loved her more than anything.  She left a void in my life that only she can fill!   So, today would have been her 35th birthday and today I celebrate her!!!  Funny how you never think life is THAT short - until someone you love dies.... someone who has been in your life since you were 16!  You look at things in a whole different manor when someone dies that you were close to.   In true fashion - we have a few chal...

I really had a lot of fun creating my Halloween scene with my husband, and can't wait to start the holiday scene I have now in my head!  I have a few tips up on my Creative Paperclay Design Team blo g that will help you to start to create your own holiday scene!  Check out the link above and join me this month in creating a fun holiday scene for your family to enjoy!   As far as creating handmade paper-craft's for people, I don't just make them for everyone in my life...I am very picky about who gets a handmade creation from me!  In order to get things done when they should be done , I have found it is easier to keep track of the ideas I want to make for the people I want to make them for - with a bit more information as well!  It is what I have learned so far I share with you here, in hopes it will help even a few of you!    I will tell you (and my kids will as well) that I procrastinate with the best of them - and creatively, I do my best work cr...