A Million Little Things

Fall Photo Inspiration - Wednesday

My family and I look forward to our first fall harvest trip to the farmstand with great anticipation, and I always make sure I bring my camera.  I make sure to get a few shots of the beautiful produce on display - the colors are always so lovely, and inspired the following page...

I picked up the yellow, red and green from the fruits and veggies, and created this page with Jillibean Soup's "Cheddar Cheese Soup" collection...

The next time you head off to shop for seasonal fruits and veggies, be sure to pack your camera!  You never know where inspiration will strike!

Fall Photo Inspiration Week - Monday

Good morning!  It is an absolutely GORGEOUS day here in New Hampshire - this is the kind of day that reminds me exactly why I live in New England!   We've had Halloween on our mind all month, and this Saturday is our annual Halloween party.  The kids have been planning for ages, and I hope that we have a day just like today for the event.

No Halloween celebration is complete without pumpkins, so last week we made our annual trip to the farmstand to pick out some jolly jacks to carve for the party.  I took a ton of photos, as I usually do, and was inspired by this shot of the sunlight shining on a group of pumpkins to create the layout that follows.

and my layout:

Pink Paislee "Phantom" product throughout, including the awesome stamps!

Hope you "fall" into some seasonal scrappiness this week.  I'll be back on Wednesday with another photo and another autumnal layout.

Have a great day!

PS  There are still many Halloween-themed items in the store - all over 50% off!  Use code MUSTGO at checkout to receive 50% off already discounted items in the store!

An Apple a Day...

Autumn is my favorite season, and I find that I create at least twice as many fall layouts as I do spring-themed pages!  Here are a few pages that I have created in the past week or two now that we are deep into apple season here in New Hampshire...

What's your favorite season? 

How do you and your family celebrate the beginning of autumn?

 

 

Scrapping With Themed Collections - Friday

Good morning!  The last page that I am going to share with you this week uses the sweet "Mix and Mend" collection from Sassafras.  My Mom is an accomplished seamstress, so this "vintage stitching" inspired collection was perfect for my appreciation page. 

There was an announcement from Sassafras this week saying that they were following in the footsteps of companies like Collage Press and would no longer be producing their own scrapbooking supplies, but rather licencing their designs to another scrapbook manufacturer (Studio Calico) as well as pursuing other licensing opportunities.  So my page today is also an appreciation page from a big Sassafras fan who wishes Tim and Beck and all the creative folks in that company all the best in their future endeavors.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Scrapping With Themed Collections - Wednesday

Good morning!  Today's page is all about my Dad, but to tell my story, I picked a collection that isn't traditionally "Dad-themed".  My Dad is very outspoken on the subject of politics, and some of the best conversations we have generally deal with politics and patriotism, so the "American Made" collection by My Mind's Eye was just perfect for this appreciation page!

Make sure to come on back on Friday when I'll have another themed collection page to share!

Scrapping With Themed Collections - Monday

Scrapbook companies have made it easy for scrappers, both casual and advanced, by creating themed collections.  Holidays, birthday, new baby, pets - it is easy to find numerous collections in a variety of styles sure to appeal.  I am a sucker for holiday-themed collections, and every year find myself filling my cart with Easter, 4th of July, Beach, Back to School, Fall, Halloween and Christmas themed collections! 

Today I'm sharing a themed collection page that I decided to switch up a bit.  The papers and some of the embellishments are from My Mind's Eye's birthday-themed collection, "Hip Hooray".  I've tossed in some fun Cosmo Cricket "Matilda" Halloween-themed embellishments and created a sweet page that captures our late-September planning for our annual Halloween party.

Join us Wednesday when I'll share a brand new page using MME's 4th of July collection, "American Made".

Color inspiration.

Here is some more fall color inspiration for you! I love this shelf in my kitchen. It reminds me of my past (the Iittala votives, the tiny Erzgebirge girl that you can't see ), my present (living close to nature, thus bringing a beautiful twig in) and my future (next summer I'm going to eat tons of blueberries, photo by my very talented sister-in-law, and wise words from another great sister-in-law). I hope you get inspired!

Don't despair...

Jill's post earlier today was sad, but it had a hopeful tone to it. As I took a walk a couple of days ago I thought about the upcoming, dark months. Winter here in Sweden gets really dark and I know a lot of people who dread the darkness and the cold. No matter how yucky the weather gets, we all know that things will, eventually, get better. I hope that A Million Little Things will get to the other side of the darkness.  I wish that the store will get some kind of re-birth, the kind we experience every spring.

I guess that a lot of you have a bunch of new supplies by your desk! Don't worry. We'll keep posting inspiration for you here in the blog. I'll start with this photo. Please feel free to interpret it in some kind of paper crafting project. Good luck!

Uncertain times mean everything must go....

Hi Blog Friends,

This is most likely old news to may of you, a couple of weeks ago I sent out a newletter to my email list about the very uncertain future and our plans going forward at AMLT.  Today I realized I never posted a link to that as well as sale information on the blog.  I apologize, my mind and heart are very full right now and I admit to being a little out of focus!

In case you have not seen it, we have made the decision the liquidate the entire store of inventory.  We will not be carrying any of the new items from CHA Summer as many of you may have already guessed.  As to the future of the store we are still unsure, I plan to get rid of everything and maybe in 6 months it will be possible for me to jump back in for CHA winter, only time will tell.  This was a very hard decison that has been over a year in the making.  This store was my dream, my career, and part of my family for the last 7 years.  It is very difficult to watch what is happening to it, the industry and the economy as a whole, but with the good we also get the bad and we have to learn to roll with the punches and survive. 

We still have lots of great stock left, and I'm sure even more will be popping up as I go through everything left in my basement and realize things that are on the shelves and not listed!  Please keep checking back stock will be updating and changing daily.  Use the code MUSTGO on your orders to save and additonal 50%!  Remember NOTHING is marked full price itnhe store, so with this coupon you will be getting everything for less than what we paid for it!! This discount will be valid until further notice.  Because this is a loss sale and liquidation we will not longer be honoring the free and reduced shipping over $75.  I will however only charge you actual shipping on your order, and that may be much less than the quote you see when you checkout, in most cases it it is. 

If you would like to read the email newletter sent a couple of weeks ago, here is the link.  Please be warned in advance it is raw and emotional, as it was very fresh on my mind and very hard to send. 

I would like to thank you each personally for your years of loyal business.  Getting to know you as my customers and friends has been the most rewarding experience of my whole adventure with A Million Little Things.  I am so grateful of each of you that has taken the time to email me over the past couple of weeks.  Your words of encouragement and love have meant so much to me.  I hope for good things for the future for all of us.  Please take a minute to hop on over to the store and checkout what you can get an amazing deal on!

Much love and appreciation,

Jill

 

Friday already?!

Anyone else feel like time is just flying by?! We survived our first week of school over here, and I think because of the 4 day school week, Friday just sprung up on me. I just finished a simple layout of some pictures I took back in December. Glad to add another layout to the album, always feels good.

 
Can I just say that I am so happy all of our boys fell in love with cars. For the first 4-5 years, cars and trains are their life. What better way to spend their time?!? Love it! Have an awesome weekend.