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Okay, so I really love Ali Edwards. I have thoroughly enjoyed her latest book, Life Artist. If you like her too, or want to learn more about her, here are two video clips for you to check out:

Interview with Ali with Scrap n Style at a Memory Trends Convention, where she talks a little bit about Life Artist and about her son, Simon, who has autism, and how she got started with scrapbooking.

Ali's Favorite Crafting Tools - check out to see whether you're using one or more of the 4 tools she says are her favorite crafting tools.

Happy crafting!

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
~Steve Jobs

Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart -- the people who truly love you want you to love yourself. And as you become clearer about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you -- the first time around.
~Oprah Winfrey

A Zest for Life

If you did not get a chance to see Gustavo Dudamel on 60 Minutes
this past Sunday, go to this site and watch! Gustavo Dudamel

His enthusiasm is infectious!

Just a thought. . . . .

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...
let it be something good."
~Author Unknown

Papers. . .but not the scrapbooking kind

This week I am lucky enough to have the week off from school. (My district combines the President's birthdays together with a few other days and we get a whole week in February!) But instead of getting the chance to play with my scrapbooking papers and other fun embellishments, I'll be slaving over a different set of papers. . . . . . writing papers for my Master's class and to become a National Board Certified teacher. Here are a couple of pictures of the piles of papers I have to work with this week. . . . . .

Wish me luck!

Inspiration

I was dropping off some supplies at Cool Scrapbook Stuff for Operation Replenish, and, of course, I had to look around the store a bit afterwards. I was adamant that I would NOT buy anything, just look. Then I saw this great paper ---- loved the colors! ---- and since it was the LAST one, I decided I needed to get it. Don't know what I'll do with it (besides look at it) but I thought it was too special to pass up. I think it is very artistic and will help remind me to create.