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Us wom en are remarkable creatures...  I'm not sure why we have simply a "month" to talk about other women...seems to me, we would rather bash and be little women than to empower them!  Us women could do so much - instead we do SO MUCH to others...  This album - and this month...a bit differently than before....and excited to actually start this album RIGHT NOW!!!    A few years ago, I started a n album (hey I at least found the perfect stuff for the album in my stash of stuff ) for Women's History Month!!!  Mine includes women (good and bad) who have shaped me into the woman I am today!   To get things started - you can go to this link , and get caught up with what you need!! !   For me and my album : I have the album select ed that I am using.....(shop ping at home first) Thoughts from the past blog posts ready on a sheet of paper for each person Pictures ready to print this month on Shutterfly (my MOST favorite place to print out p...

Everyone in life has their own book of "rules" - those things in life you just simply do because they are right, or because you were taught that way!  I see n the above qu ote on Facebook (of course), and like usual - a new project came in to play....  Those Lynda's Book of Life Rules!!! With this project -you will want to get some paper to make some notes with!  The album will be more journaling and some pictures - more of a way to document and keep documenting!  Rules end up changing - or adding on to ...  Things you put up with when you are in your 20's - I  will almost tell you, you won't when you are a bit older!  Those little life rules that are YOURS!   6 x 6 mini album for sale For my project - I am thinking I will do a 6 x 6 al bum (like this one I have for sale), with this graphic for the cover!  Something with a bit of hidden aspects and tags for sure!  For me - I want something in my own handwriting ... ...

I was watching "The Talk" today, a talk show in CBS (if you have never watched it)!  It isn't my normal thing to watch on a daily basis, though I would if I could or sure!  Anyway - back to the task at hand (LOL) - they asked a question, I thought would be perfect for a project!!!!      Who in your life has influenced you the MOST? I have to tell you - I have a lot of people who have influenced me...  I am not sure I WANT to go in to a lot of the bad things here - even though they HAVE shaped me in to who I am today...  That would have to be done using hidden aspects in a project instead of a page all their own!   That one person for me- if I simply had to choose only one - is my husband!   Del has not had it easy in life - from one thing to another, and even another...  He has shown me that you put one foot in front of the other, and do what you need to - NOT what the masses tell you to do!  He has taught me how to love - a...

Okay folks, it is my first weekend challenge - Memories in Tyme style!!!  One of those features I will probably do quite often, though I am not sure every weekend !!!  I have a ton of things that needs to get done - and nothing GETTING done!!!  So - this weekend, in between blogging, I am going to be creating as well!!!  With this album, I used paper supplies I have had fo r a LONG time, and then added the flowers (recent purchase) and the corner punch (also recent purchase) to the mix!  I buy more "supplies" than I do things like stickers and die cuts - I get stuff I ca n use for more than one thing!  This album is for sale if you are interested, simply send me a message to get things started!       Lets get started with the challenges: In your list of things that needs to get done, find your oldest item - and get it done! Using supplies that you have had a long time - decorative edge scissors, templates, stamps - find a way to use ...

I usually do these posts at the middle of the month, today - changed now to the beginning of each month to help you (or me shall we say) get more done for the month ahead!  I will be having plenty of challenges through the month, and every Friday - we will have a mini post to talk about your plans for the upcoming weekend creative wise!!!  So, lets get started, grab your calendars, smart phones, tablets, pens/pencils, papers to write notes on....and lets get started in all of this "planning"!!!   Take a look at your calendar for the next 6 weeks, until the middle of July for anything that you need to plan out, make cards or gifts for, schedule on your calendar, make phone calls for or what have you!   Take a look at the next 3 months - until the end of August for anything else you need to get things done for!   Take a look at the next 6 months - until end of November - for any events, holiday's, birthdays, baby/bridal showers that you need to plan things ...

Can we just say I am a bit behind the times!  I just recently got my first smartphone, and am learning all the fun things you can do with these fun devices, both business wise AND personal!  The fun little games to keep you occupied, the money saving apps, reading apps, and time saving apps too!  Yet I am old school too you might say, where a good ole' pen and paper helps me just fine when it comes to keeping track of things that needs to get done!  Today's post - is all about getting things planned out for the upcoming events and things in your life!   Now - as you look at this post, please do not think it is all about getting ready for the holiday's - it's not!  If you don't celebrate them, then great, your list will be a bit different than other people's will be (and less stressful when it comes to making things)!!!   Okay - grab your favorite items to organize yourself with - your smartphone, calendar, pen and pencil, notebook, sticky notes - a...

I have to tell you - when my "personal life" starts to go strange, this is the first thing to go...  I also have been getting ready to go to the Farmers Markets in my local area, and hopefully one in Lake Tahoe before the season ends!!!  I have a bunch of things to share with you in the next few weeks - make sure you check back often!   Now, it's also that time of the month again - time to go through our calendar for the next 6 months!!!  Since I didn't do this last month - I hope you checked it out on your own, but if you are like me and need a little push - here you go!  I also want to get more done - and time for me is limited with things going on!     T his helps me to look at my calendar, see what needs to be done in the next few months!  So, grab your calendar, your smartphone, a notebook, pen/pencil - or whatever your favorite tools are - and lets get started! What do you have going on for the next 6 weeks - until the end of Septembe...

Okay - I have really had a lot of stuff on my mind...this post is a bit late...of which I apologize for!  I just have had a bit going on in my personal life...of which I had to take a break from everything because of!  Well...I am back, after a few shutting of doors so to speak - and ready to rock and roll with fun projects and ideas!   So, lets get started in the next 6 weeks of your calendar, until the end of July!  Grab your smartphone/tablet/computer, your calendar, a notebook with a pen/pencil...or whatever your favorite organizing tools are....and lets get started! Check out the next 6 weeks - at least until the end of July or early August.  Do you have any events that you need to make something for, purchase something for, or plan out?   Next take a look at the next 3 months - until the end of September.  Do you have any events during this time period that you need to start planning, purchasing things for, or make?   Also take a look...

As I was doing my morning routine today, I stumbled upon this quote and simply loved it for many reasons.  Both personally and business wise - this quote really hit home for me, especially today!  So, a challenge or two we must do!!!   Take your favorite quote, song, poem or whatever - and scrapbook it!!!!   Use a part of a quote, song, poem or whatever in a title, with the rest of it in the journaling.   Create a wall hanging with your favorite quote on it. Create a mini album with all of your favorite quotes...if you have done one, create another one!   I will be sharing my creation in a week or so, and would love you to share your creation as well!  I love the quote above...I gave up on things, now I realize how some things I just can't give up on!  There will be a bit of changing coming to Memories in Tyme - watch for it!  I have been happy to bring you fun projects up until now...new ones in the process! Farmers...

Hello everyone - it's that time of the month again - where we take a look at our calendar's for the next few weeks and months!  I am spending the day getting organized, and ready for the next few months!!!  I am behind in a few things - and will hopefully be on time with a few others!  So, grab your favorite organizing item - mine happens to still be a pen, piece of paper and my calendar...  (I recently discovered that Google has a lot of awesome organizing tools that help me be more portable...now if I can just figure it all out!) and lets get started in planning!   Look at the next 6 weeks - or up to the end of June!  What events are in YOUR life that you need to think about?   What about the next 3 months - to the middle of August, what is happening in your life that you need to look at?   Finally look at things until the end of November, or 6 months out!  What events or things in your life will be going on that you need to plan fo...

As we all know, I procrastinate...  I wait until the last possible moment to get anything done!  I hope this month, to start doing better - and get things made a bit earlier!  This month - well, we have plenty of things to create, April is one of my biggest months for birthday's on both sides of the family!  So grab your pen/pencil, smartphone, organizer, or whatever you use to keep you organized, and lets get started!  Start by looking at your calendar for the next 6 weeks, about to the end of May!  Do you have any specific events you need to add to the calendar, things to plan out, create, shop for, or anything else?   What about the next 3 months - up until the middle of July or so, do you have anything you need to look more at, create for, sketch out, purchase, plan out, or anything else?   Look at the next 6 months - middle of October, do you have anything else you need to start looking at?  End of summer, beginning of school, bi...

It is Women's History Month this month (thanks Lisa Marie for that info) - so I thought it would be good to create a project or two (or more) about the women in our lives, or those that have influenced us in some capacity or another!  Today's post, I want to honor an incredible person, who ended up changing my life in such ways - a simple thank you to her and 2 others, wouldn't be enough!  The only thing I personally can do, is continue to be a better person than I was then, and hopefully one day she will understand what she helped me to do!!!   Today - I honor Lisa Bearnson!!!   I will never forget the day I met Lisa - at the scrapbook expo we have in Utah twice a year!  My dad had just passed away on 8/5/04 (long story short - my ex-husband committed suicide 8/5/99 - 5 years to the day earlier), so my mindset after my dad died - was not as it should have been!  I was depressed, sad, wanted to die as it is...had so much stuff going on from an ex-from...

Well, I got my Stampin' Up kit the other day, and have had so much fun looking at the new catalog, getting my web site up, and reading a lot of new demonstrator information to help me begin this new endeavor!!!  I am excited to say the least, and can't wait to start sharing with you some of the fun things I have planned to create both with Stampin' Up products and without!  And with my Creative Paperclay design team project, you will see a whole page on the blog with nothing but beginner tips for you to start using the Creative Paperclay product on your scrapbook pages and paper craft projects!!!   Since I am working on a few things myself - I thought I would give you a couple of challenges to get you kick started into the holiday season!   Now, if you don't celebrate holiday's, there will be GREAT challenges just for you, so don't stop reading quite yet!  For you holiday buff's - here's a few challenges just for you: Start to design your holiday...

Today's Friday Challenge is one I hope you will join me in, a No Shopping Allowed challenge!  I love challenges like this that help you get stuff done - without spending a bunch of money while you are at it!  So, spend some time looking at what you have already, and what you can make with what you have at home right now!  A few ideas to get you started:   Make handmade cards out of scraps of paper.  You can always get the base later on, and just get the decorative part done!   Look through all those layouts you have put aside, and find at least 1 photo you can scrapbook with the supplies you have right now!     Do a framed page you can put on your desk - where you can add the frame later on! ' The key here is to not spend money creating something paper craft related!  I have a few things I will be working on the next few weeks - and will show you what I have done!  No spending money for me - I work on what I have at home, spending...

Today is National Scrapbook Day...what are YOUR plans?  Well, since I am recuperating from recent knee replacement surgery, I am home and playing on the internet - versus going out to a store for a crop!  Next year though - I've got a whole day retreat in the planning stages - including great classes, food and inspiration planned that should be a lot of fun!!!   Today though - here are a few things I have planned that I need/want to work on (though I am not sure what all will get done...):   Handmade card packs to sell Mini notebook for my purse Altered Telephone/Address book for my purse Altered box to hold cat treats Altered box to hold all my stupid medicine Stephanie's purple notebooks to give to Jessie and Heather Ideas for the pictures of our trip through Utah June/2012 Ideas for the pictures of Del's birthday visit to Old Sacramento City Ideas for the pictures of Del and Ryan's graduation  Ideas for the pictures of Casey through the years ...

This is my "baby girl", when she was a baby that is!  She's now 23 - and absolutely the best daughter I could ask for.  Oh it wasn't me who changed HER life...it was her that changed mine and why I am the way I am!  My first project ever in paper crafting was her birth announcements, made out of a Disney stamp and cardstock!  My love for paper crafting started with this one little project!   Since then, I have scrapbooked who knows how many mini albums, scrapbooks and individual pages for not only my kids, but also for plenty of others!  I learned - through creating - how to heal my emotions, using it for therapy instead of a therapist!  Now I know enough to know when to say "I need a therapist"!   Honestly, I haven't created...or been able to create for months now.  Between drama going on with "family", and trying to finish up rebuilding our lives...I think creatively I am at enough...   So, bear with me while I get...

I am a creative person - wake up with layouts and projects in my head from things I want to make...until lately.  Now, I just can't create for anything....t here is way too much going on in my life, making it so that I can't create in the first place - which seriously - I don't need right now!  So, how do you struggle through those times in your life when you aren't as creative as you normally are?  Here are just a few tips that have helped me out: Pinterest is a great place to start if you need some fun inspiration for all aspects of your life!  I have all kinds of different boards for scrapbooking, card making, decorating my house, colors I want to work with...you get the idea!  You can follow me by clicking on the link!   Magazines and idea books that you have, but you never actually use them - or go to the library to check out some fun books there if you are on a budget!  Make sure to check with your friends who live by you that scrapbook ...

Hello peeps, It's been a rather interesting few days where a health scare could have turned UGLY...and though we still are dealing with issues, it's not that bad YET...  So - after a few days of not accomplishing much of anything (except self pity that is) - I am back to my routine of sorts!  Much will be changing in the next few weeks for me personally - so for now I enjoy the ride of life and give you some fun weekend challenges!   Stamping is the technique of the month, either create a card using your favorite saying stamp as the main emphasis or use stamps with the title somehow!   In the challenges page, create one of the All About Me challenges listed.  You can create any of the 10 week challenges listed!   Create a project of your choice using one of your favorite poem, sayings, title or quote.   Challenges are meant to get you to think outside of the box when you create, do something you haven't for a while!  As you are creating th...

Aqua, tan and green Today's challenge is to go to Better Homes and Gardens Color Combo's Using Blue article and check out all the fun color combo's they have!  The above scheme is my absolute favorite, though I am not sure if it would be for a card or a scrapbook layout!  I am sure I will end up playing with a few things for sure - with a few of the schemes they have!  Or - will you choose the baby blue, grass green and camel scheme, or blue red and yellow, or blue and orange, or for a more classy look - the steel blue, silver and pearl scheme!!!  I know or me, I am having a hard time choosing which one I want to play with first!    **Update 5/4 - 1:38pm MST** Due date is 5/18 - please make sure you send me your link to your blog, or your favorite gallery where you have uploaded it to!!!  I will be asking my favorite designer to be a guest blogger in June!!!   Lynda Jeffs Memories in Tyme