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Alrighteee..
We are finally ready to unveil the very first “club heidi” kit, at the brand new “club heidi” website…

Here is the story:
When you go to www.clubheidi.com, you will see a button that says “july”…when you click on that button, you will then see a photo of everything included in the july kit, along with an itemized list. Along the top, you will see 2 buttons: registration and ideas…
The registration for the kit will open on July 2nd… but between now and then you can check out the inspiration and ideas that go along with the items included in the kit.
The ideas section will have 4 sections:
1.    project idea: this will have a downloadable pdf w/ instructions and stuff…
2.    a focus on the JUST FOR LOOKS book… where we pull out layouts featured in the book, that have items offered in that month’s kit.
3.    Technique feature: this will change each month…but this is a more how-to section
4.    Gallery… these are just fun  random projects that are sure to excite and inspire!

You don’t have to buy the kit to get in on the ideas and how-to info! So if you already have this stuff in your stash, still check out the ideas for a little new insight!

Registration for the JULY kit will open at 9am Pacific time on MONDAY, JULY 2nd.

the DIET from h*ll

wow.
i am being inundated with emails and comments about em's diet! 

here is a little note from em:

Thank you so much for all your nice comments. I am feeling so great and am
so glad that I did it.

I will tell you it was really hard, and you have to be really committed and
ready in order to stick to it.

I found the doctor through our hairdresser who has done the diet twice,
having a baby in between.

Click on the link below for more info. She is local so you may need to call
them and ask if there is anyone similar in your area,

Thanks again for all the nice comments

Emily

here is the link:
http://www.chiro-medcenters.com

The doctor and program are local, and you have to qualify to sign up for the program. Before you even start, you have a consultation with the dr. and attend a seminar about the program. Then you have to get a series of tests and a physical to make sure it’s safe for you to be on the diet. I remember this felt like a lot of hoops to jump through.  I remember that Emily was really really READY to do WHATEVER it took to lose the weight. She thought about it for awhile, and knew what it entailed. But I think it got to the point that nothing fit, she was miserable, and just made the decision and commitment in her own mind. I can remember telling her… hey, it’s 120 days. You can do anything for 120 days!  120 days will come and go whether you do it or not. … em is pretty private in general, but she told everyone around her what she was doing, and had tons of supportive people.  The first little bit was SO HARD for her. I remember her just being so hungry, and just having to go to sleep cause she couldn’t’ eat!  But after just a couple of weeks,  she had adjusted, totally knew exactly how to deal with the limitations, and just totally stuck with it.  (although she did tell me everyday what day it was). She lost 12 lbs in the first 2 weeks of the diet.  I would guess there are similar programs elsewhere.
She had to weigh all her food- so it wasn’t a calorie counting deal, and once she was going, it was so easy for her to stick with it! I wish it were a more readily available program. I remember when she went to get her physical and stuff from her normal dr., his nurse totally knew about the program, and they referred people over there all the time.
Anyway, check out the link! Good luck!

so CUTE... (the t-shrirts too!)

Sorry, these are just TOO CUTE to not show them off! I am sooo excited…
We are so much further ahead this year on CE stuff! This morning, Emily brought the ‘official’ t-shirt and visor that we will be offering for sale via pre-orders on the CE site… I had to photograph them so we can post them. the printer just made 2 t-shirts up for us, the crew and the v-neck, so that we could see how they would look, with the art going down the side and positioning and all that… I love how they turned out! we also got the visors in already, and I am taking over Lisa’s even though she already sweated in it!!! (wink wink!) so cute.

Emily didn’t know that she was going to get to be the model, but taking photos of them just laying on the table, just didn’t do them justice… so she was a good sport….
Plus, she looks absolutely FANTASTIC… (and don’t you love before and afters)???
Anyway, about 120 days ago, minus one week… em started on this really serious diet. Our hair dresser was on it, and we couldn’t belive how amazing the results were. The diet is 120 days, and you are ‘guranteed’ to loose 60 lbs in that amount of time… well, em has almost hit that…and she is now moving to the second phase…adding foods back into her diet. While on the diet, it’s literally only protein and veggies. It’s been so HARD! But the pounds have been peeling off…it’s a dr. supervised deal, and she has had to get blood work done bi-weekly to watch the levels of calcium and potassium and all that good stuff…anyway…she was totally hard core. Not even ONE cheat, the whole time. she was absolutely serious! (she now has a sis-in-law that is rocking it as well! 6 weeks- 30lbs down).  Anyway… obviously it’s not for the faint of heart, or casual dieter…but she looks great, and feels great! get this… the V neck is a medium and the Crew neck a Small!  Way to go em.. so proud of her…

this photo was taken in balboa last september...
what a diff. 120 days can make!

impressed... really impressed

i am in love.

i love the wall color.
i love the curtain...
i so love the chandelier... and
i will officially NEVER get over that huge amazing frame that is making my products look even YUMMIER and more beautiful to behold!!!
i can't stand how fabulous!

this is a little peek into the amazingly tasteful store in Houston TX called "by design scrapbook boutique"...
so cute. it's her GRAND opening tomorrow... and serioulsy, if i weren't DAYS away from giving birth, and not willing to do so on a plane, i would come and buy my own stuff!
Tracy Keith... you have OUTDONE yourself...
i can't wait to come and see you in real life!

just totally fantastic!!!!

if you are in TX... go there... enjoy it for me!!
check out her blog... more delightful pictures!

Oh the curls.

It’s so late, and I should be in bed. I am going to be so mad when the alarm goes off in the morning to get ready for church, but I am cherishing my alone time so much, I just don’t want to sleep it away. The boys have had cub scout day camp the past 3 days… they have the afternoon session. They leave here at 1o’clock and get home at 11pm. So the last 3 days, it’s just been us girls! we’ve watched princess movies, gone shopping and lots of scrapbooking! Capri has been content just to wander around picking up whatever she finds and waving it around! She is so cute, and her walking is just the funnest thing to watch. I love just watching her hang on to her balance, find stuff… discover her world! She is an absolute delight. I think that all the walking wears her out more. She has been sleeping and napping so well! I am loving it. and I never (ever) thought I would say this, but I love that she is totally a schedule girl. She eats, sleeps and poops all right on schedule. SO not like her mommy. But I love knowing I can count on just what she needs/wants. 2 weeks from today, it’s back to the drawing board!
So I snapped these shots this evening after Capri’s bath… just look at these curls. I mean, they could not be any cuter.  People keep saying ‘where did she get the curls?’, and I am not really sure… it’s not like any of the other kids are really curly… colton has a nice wave. But nothing like this girl! It was a real trick to get any non-blurry shots of her, as she is just in constant motion.  excuse me now, while i indulge the  out of town family members that just don't get to enjoy this baby enough, and are missing these cutest days! she is just growing up right before my eyes... don't get me wrong, at this point, her walking is a huge blessing... i can barley bend over and pick her up!

catch up!

So much has happened since I last posted, where does that time go? Actually … I know! Ha ha… it’s been SO nuts around here… and after the last 5 or so days, I can’t seem to convince myself to get up off the couch. I just feel so tired. I think that the 115degree temps are not helping!
Preview day was an awesome experience and a huge success!!! It was so fun for me to watch the teachers in action, see their personalities match up to their projects and teaching style. We are each so different, and  it’s a really cool mix! I am happy about it! it’s so great as a teacher to  get a chance to go through a class, see how long things are really going to take, what things are going to be problems, and develop solutions before hand! Everyone is going to love the projects… and NOT TO WORRY… those of you who will not be attending the event this year…  you will be able to purchase the book… we are in the throws of working on that now… but it’s like, oh I don’t know… 130 pages or so- full color- fully stepped out projects, supply list and how to instructions… many of the projects will make beautiful holiday giflts… I am already planning! Of course, the book won’t be available until after the event… and we are really encouraging scrapbook store owners to PRE-ORDER through Bazzill. We are planning on having them organized for delivery that week after the event! Last year we sold through the show book in less than a week.  We had a great group of ladies serving as volunteers… when they got there Friday morning, we had everyone sign a CONFIDENTIALITY agreement. Then they were each assigned a box that held all the kits. After each class and project was completed… it had to go back into the box, labeled with their name, not to be re-opened until CE, when they can reclaim them! I even had to stash mine back in…  not taking  ANY chances! LOL

Here is a quick pic of the girls that are teaching… such a great mix! I love them all, and I am SO GRATEFUL that they have been willing to jump through all the hoops that is involved with teaching at our event! They have been awesome to work with!  Originally Rebecca Sower was teaching as well, but due to  some health problems, she will not be joining us… so sad! But, we have added Jennifer Wagner to the group! She is super-talented, high-energy girl who we roped in, and she put together such a fun project we are all loving! She teaches here locally at Mistic paper…
Here is the cute shot I snapped of all the volunteers! Course these ladies are so excited, gave us awesome feedback, and are totally up for making CE even more amazing than last year! we can’t pull it off w/ out them!

So my dear friend heather (she is in the volunteer photo on the front row, all the way to the right…) she drove over from Calif.  to be a volunteer, and brought her 4 kids that are all almost the same ages as my kids. The kids have a blast together… but it’s a LOT of kids! We had 2 babysitters for both days, and everything went great (other than a small BB gun incident). Then we had a low key father’s day, and then Monday morning, I woke up  early, did the whirlwind clean up in order to get ready for the cleaning lady to come! I even cleaned out some drawers and straightened my SHOES. Got laundry going…and then spent Monday afternoon at BIG SURF with lots of kids!… by Tuesday I was in full swing ‘catch up’, and yesterday I just kind of bonked. I feel like that low-energy poop-out has even overflowed into today.  I am tired. I went to the dr. today, and i’m still pregnant!  My sister-in-law Cassie and I both have our due dates the first week of JULY! Well, she went and had her baby 2 nights ago! A baby boy!  So cute… I went to the hospital (the nurses kept asking me if I wanted a wheel chair-LOL)… anyway… it was so amazing to hold a newborn again. Of course I am an emotional time bomb… and anytime something strikes, it’s a flood-gate! But he is so beautiful and perfect. it’s all just almost more than I can believe! Feeling like I was just there, and Capri still seems so tiny, but compared to this new little life, she is HUGE! Sitting in that room, the same place I will find myself in just over 2 weeks… giving birth again, WOW. Just very humbling, a little overwhelming and just plain joyful!  I have an induction date of July 7.  Such a cool birthday for a baby boy! 7-7-07! 2 weeks from Saturday. I went to target today and bought newborn diapers, boy-onesies and sleepers… I mean, seriously… can this really be here?

While there, I just couldn’t resist these tiny sandals. Capri only has a size 2 foot, so these are really probably not ‘walking’ shoes, but cute indeed…

lucky girl.

Nothing like little unexpected surprises that just kinda make your day…. you know?
The UPS truck just drove up, and … of course HONKED… which bugged me cause Capri is just trying to lay down for her afternoon nap, and that sets the dog off… etc etc. and I wasn’t expecting anything, so I wasn’t sure what the story was… a minute later, quincy came up the stairs and handed me a very unassuming package, that was for me… and from my dad. I thought that was totally weird… opened it up, and he sent me PINK SUNGLASSES… ! fast ones!
Actually, I have been admiring his pink sunglasses for some time… I am thinking they are just like these… ones he uses when he’s riding his bike.  I know that I always make comments when I see him wearing them… he’s always been the type to have cool sunglasses for various activities…and to be quite honest, I am not checked out on nice sunglasses… I either loose them or break, scratch, smash any pair of sunglasses! I so don’t deserve these!!!! I was so surprised, and excited…what a great dad I have! Thanks dad… you rock!  I am feeling like I am not fast enough to wear these! give me a couple months… (I promise to take extra special care of them!) you made my daY!

club heidi

This is why I am getting the LOOKS from people! “that is a crazy lady” is what it looks like! And, in truth, not far off!  It’s hard to believe it’s the middle of june, time is FLYING by which is a good and bad thing! this weekend is our Creative Escape PREVIEW day! what that means is that all the individuals that will be serving as volunteers at the actual event, will be coming… as well as all the teachers… and we’ll be presenting all the classes… kind of like a dry run I guess.  Last year it was so helpful to make sure there were no glitches with the kits, power points, instructions and overall flow of the classes… as a teacher, it’s so awesome to have the chance to run through it once (like a dress rehearsal) to a very forgiving audience. Everyone in attendance will be signing a ‘non-disclosure’ and ‘confidentiality agreement’ so that we don’t have any leaks about what the projects are… you know how I feel about them being a secret. I love that. everything is looking good and I am excited to see how things play out!  I have been in the thick of photographing all the projects in detail, and they are so fun, so different and well done. it’s so FUN! And exciting to see things coming together beautifully! We just are finalizing the t-shirt design and exclusive paper designs… still lots to do!

I have been working on another fun project… I am not ready to share all the little details yet, but since we had such a great response to the little kits we threw together a couple months ago…we thought it would b fun to create a MONTHLY kit… we are in the midst of designing a support site for it… where you can see the kit, and ideas, tips and techniques that use the included product as well as purchase it! i will be providing more details as well as a photo of the july kit that will be available for purchase on July 1. Each month there will be a limited number of kits available, and when they are gone, they’re gone… (the kits are so cute...)  should be ready to unveil sometime next week!

i just spilled about a gallon of water all over my desk... that's it... i guess i  am only allowed to have sippy cups from now on. sheesh.

change is good!

I don’t talk about my “year to remember” class that I am teaching at big picture scrapbooking much… I guess it’s cause while I am teaching, the stuff I am actually doing is weeks and weeks ahead of what I am showing the class… so I get all excited about something I am working on, and then I can’t  show it to anyone for 2 months, cause then it would ruin the surprise, or throw the whole timeline out of whack…
But this month has been a really powerful subject…for me, and I think also for students in the class… each month there is a different “life challenge” that we start out with. And then all the projects and stuff I teach are related in some way to that message. this month, the message is about CHANGE.  After all, change is really the ONLY constant in our lives. It happens all the time. it’s the only thing we can really count on! and for most of us… maybe we resist change a little. Maybe it’s nice to get into a routine that you don’t have to think about, you don’t have to make adjustments or alterations… you just can go with it! so, then when change comes about, it’s a bump in the road, throws us off…  etc.
Anyway… I have been contemplating change a lot. I thought that having Capri would be a major change, after not having a baby for so long… and well, I was right!  And TWO babies… In one year…will require MORE change. More adaptation. And with that change comes necessary re-evaluation of what is most important, what is highest on the priority list…I admit to being one that is somewhat resistant to change. 
Anyway,  this page represents the ART challenge for this month… and is a precious reminder to me…that ‘change is good’… I used my butterfly stuff… as a reminder that “if it weren’t for change, we wouldn’t have butterflies”… course, if you think about all that stuff metaphorically    … it’s good stuff!

if you are in my Y2R class, and you have completed your layout, and posted it on your blog... i would love you to post your link in my comments so that everyone can see your interpretation!

walking!

Well, she’s doing it!
Capri is walking… dang, it’s the cutest thing! I love it…
And she is so excited, and proud of herself! It’s fun to see… it’s harder to photograph that I thought! The light was low as I was trying to take some shots of her, so they are a little blurry, but these still seem to capture those sweet little steps… with the arms up in the air and that excited little expression!
So we are 30 days out from a new baby…
And 90 days until creative escape!
Time is ticking! Wow…
So I am all set up to start work on the creative escape book… look at my ‘serious’ set up here… right in my scrapbook studio! I need to figure out a way to hinge the table to the wall, and put the lights on a pulley system, so I can have an instant photo studio when I need it… rather than traipsing downstairs every time I need to take a photo. I am going to try to get the book all done by the time the baby comes! He is going to be here before I know it!! it gets down to these last few weeks, and it’s just so uncomfortable! Eric said something to me about how he has only seen me in pajamas all week… and I had to explain to him that is because it’s the ONLY thing that fits me!  I need to start thinking about what I need to dig back out for a new baby! I am getting so excited to see the little guy! … see what he is going to look like. I am pretty sure he is going to have curly hair too, if the heart burn really has anything to indicate about it. man, I was up for hours last night because of the fire roasted tomato soup I ate for dinner last night!  Alright, I am tired. Good night.