Being very visual, I love all the ways we can put our words up pretty and styled using all things Heidi Swapp. And now, Letterboard! Truly a fun way to put those positive images right there before our eyeballs. Because I don't know about you,...
The new Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane Collection has returned an oldie but a goodie...
Creative play is something I consider a necessity to the creative in general. As paper crafters we have the beautiful opportunity to play with a hobby that is not really expensive. We can make mistakes and happy accidents and explore the possibilities of paper, ink,...
They say the unexamined life is a life not worth living. And perhaps that is why I am inundated with journals of all sorts of size and purpose that I am constantly reflecting in. This may have been Socrates statement regarding death, but I think...
What I love about Valentines beginning to make it's appearance is all the soft colors that come back into our view. Here we are (well, some of us anyway) sitting in our cozy homes looking out to grey and white snowy landscapes. Wishing for color....
Last year was another great year as found in my 2016 Memory Planner. I found myself faithful to the weeks almost completely. And why I wish there was 100% compliance in my planner, I’m not complaining. Because it was still a great capture of the...
Stephen Covey is quoted as saying, "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." I appreciate his words and am always in the process of refining them in my own life. Hello, my name is Jamie Pate, and I...
With the new year, and all the Christmas decorations coming down, I am always in need of changing the place up a bit. During the Christmas season the main wall in my front room was decked out with Heidi Swapp Holiday Wall Word plus that...
It would not be a normal Christmas for me if I was not giving away photo gifts of some sort or another. And as the week before Christmas is quickly coming to it's fruition, I am still whipping up a few of those album gifts. Like...
Fifty years. Fifty years of marriage. Of life. Of kids. Of multiplicity of cars. Of the every day. Fifty years of marriage is no little thing. As a matter of fact, it's a very beautiful thing. These two...