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Design Team: Meet Katie

Posted on March 9, 2010 by crazydaisy

Let me introduce you to another member of our 2010 Design Team, Katie Turner. Katie is cool. Way cool. Like hipster cool. Just ask my husband! She listens to very cool indie music (much like my hubby) and she has a fresh funky scrapping style (think Elsie Flannigan). I can’t wait to see what Katie does with our kits!

 

 

“Katie was born in Berlin, Germany in 1987. She lives and works in the Midwest and is a wayward Graphic Design student currently pursuing artistic endeavors on her own.

She is largely self-taught in areas from web design to scrapbooking and doesn’t believe in mistakes.

Some of her favorite things include, but are not limited to: Chicago, indie music, food, art of all kinds, 80s pop culture, the Internet, graphic design, her Zune & mobile device, book & record stores, shows, and constantly learning & evolving.

She likes watching British talk shows, prime time on the CW and AMC, and comedies without laugh tracks. She listens to anything catchy but has a particular fondness for Brand New. She prefers reading Bret Easton Ellis’s works, yet is open to whatever strikes her fancy.

A former assistant to the librarian, she judges books by their covers. Currently, she visits pets while their owners are away and spoils them with treats. She endorses spreading the love and general vibes of well-being.”

 

  

  1. I can’t imagine my life without … My family! They have been such an influential part of my life and have helped to make me who I am today.

2. My least favorite chore is … Scooping litter boxes. Yikes!

3. I would love to win a shopping spree to …Any scrapbooking establishment, of course, and Urban Outfitters! Now that would be awesome. Anthropologie, too, maybe? Barnes & Noble? The possibilities are endless.

4. My must have treat and music when scrapbooking is … Chocolate and anything mellow! Think Bat for Lashes, Duncan Sheik, Fleet Foxes, David Gray, etc.

5. When scrapbooking, I love to use …My imagination, first and foremost. I always try to ask myself how I can create a particular embellishment myself, or how I can alter an existing embellishment to better suit my needs. I’m also fond of kraft paper/cardstock, bright colors and earth tones, funky/retro patterns, animals, lace and other fibers, and smaller photos.

6. My favorite creative project is …Besides scrapbooking? I am really into embroidery and sewing in general lately, whether that’s on paper or on fabric. I like to re-fashion old T-shirts and use them in new ways — for example, headbands!

7. I thought I would never …Try calamari. I did, and I liked it!

8. My worst habit is … My indecisiveness. It can take me forever to make a choice… About anything! On the rare occasion that I do know what I want (when it comes to food, for example), others rarely agree. Woe is me!

9. My favorite scrappy or crafty web site is ….I have spent many hours browsing the jr__nal community on LiveJournal: http://community.livejournal.com/jr__nal

10. You would never guess it, but I …am kind of a romantic comedy nerd. As someone who is not overly girly (a tomboy at heart, even at 22!), I have probably seen way too many rom-coms for my own good. I love Sleepless in Seattle, One Fine Day, and The Wedding Date.



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Check back next week to meet another member of our team. Also, make sure you visit the blog on Fridays to see special guest posts from our design team members. Be inspired by their work!



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Eating through our pantry

Posted on March 8, 2010 by crazydaisy

My VERY messy pantry


This last week my husband and I decided we’re going to eat through our pantry. We have a huge, unruly pantry. There is probably enough food in there to feed a small village for months. And on top of that, I also have a huge extra freezer in my garage … also packed with food. So, we’re going to stop buying no essential foods (milk, bread, cheese … etc) and eat through our pantry and freezer. This is going to be a challenge for me. I have issues with pantries and food. Some people feel like they are a success or life is good if they drive a fancy  car or carry an expensive purse. Me? I feel like all is well if I have a full pantry and a stocked refrigerator. I’m not sure why this is, but I’m always buying “stuff” to add to my pantry. I rarely leave the grocery store without buying at least a few canned goods. It’s a sickness. I know. But it’s also a money drainer. I don’t need to spend all this money on food we don’t need, right?

So, now it’s time to be creative with what we have in our house. Yesterday Mike made some yummy beans and rice, from the pantry of course. And on Friday night we have Parmesan Orzo with mixed veggies and fish … made with all things we had on hand. I’m pretty confident and excited about this little project of ours.

I can see a mini book coming out of this grand adventure!

Now, if I can just find some recipes for all the varieties of beans I have in my pantry, I’ll be set!



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Giveaway Winner (s)

Posted on February 15, 2010 by crazydaisy

We love our Crazy Daisy blog readers.

It was so much fun to read about the things that you ladies love. It definitely reminded me of how full and blessed our lives are. You ladies rock!

Without further ado, our giveaway winner is …

Heather Innusa who said,

“I love my husband, 2 babies (1 & 4 and a half).
I looooove being crafty!! I love scrapbooking & making mini books and gifts/invitations for friends & family.
I love God, Jesus and my Church. I love my bible study group (5 couples like us) – just learning to follow the Lord.
I also think I love scrapbook ‘blog surfing’… I may actually have a problem at this point!! I love life, even though it’s so unpredictable and trying sometimes.”

We also have another winner. When we read all the comments ant went through all the mails you ladies sent us, we saw a bit of a theme. Sophia Allison did an amazing job getting people to our site. Sophia, you’re awesome. We appreciate your blog and getting lots of people to ours. As a thanks you, we’re going to send you some goodies as well.

Heather and Shopia, can both you ladies send me an email with your address so we can ship all this crafty goodness to you?

Have a wonderful Monday. Check back tomorrow for our Design Team announcement!

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February Projects

Posted on February 12, 2010 by crazydaisy

Since the February Kits are somewhere between us and you … I thought I’d share some fun layouts created using the February 2010 Main Kit.

A big thanks to Grace Tolman for helping us out and creating some awesome layouts this month. I’ll be posting her mini-book (as well as more layouts) some time next week, so make sure you check back. If you haven’t been to Grace’s blog, check it out. She is super talented. And don’t be surprised when you see her layouts in tons of magazines (Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbooking Trends to name a few). This girl is all over and so worth checking out.


"Bowling Baby" by Grace Tolman

"Bowling Baby" by Grace Tolman


Bowling Baby

I love the combos of green and pink. It screams girl to me so that’s what I used to make this page about my daughter in her first bowling experience.

I had a few pictures to scrap but I still made room for the title, enough journaling spot and spot embellishments.

I used the Pink Paislee stickers as part of my title and hand wrote the rest. I also created a visual triangle between the white on the journaling block, the sticker embellishment and rub-on butterfly.







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Curly Q

I love this picture of my daughter. It just so happened to fit the bill of the theme of my page which is all about her curly hair.

I used the lovely shaped paper from Fancy pants. I added some subtle hearts on the paper by using the heart lace cardstock as a mask and spraying glimmer mist on the paper. It’s subtle but I love the added effect of it.

I used the flowers from one of the pattern papers and used them as accents. I added the flower trims here too. One as a trim and another cut out to make separate accents. The ticket stub was added here too.






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See Becky’s Layout

Posted on January 7, 2010 by crazydaisy

Better late than never, right?! I wanted to share another layout from our fabulous December guest designer, Becky Novacek.

When Becky sent the layout in she mentioned, “I can’t believe how much of the kit I have left after doing 3 layouts! Especially with all the paper I used on the one of Mia!”

Our kits really are crammed packed with tons of goodies. Every month when we pack up the kits we have trouble stopping ourselves from adding more product. You get so much for the price. I truly believe this kit is the best value out there. We aim to never, ever disappoint you.


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November Mini-books! Hooray!

Posted on November 25, 2009 by crazydaisy

In my opinion, one of the best things about the Crazy Daisy Kit Co. is that there is a mini book in every kit. I know that it’s tough getting all your scrapping done month after month … life keeps us all busy, doesn’t it.

I’ve found that if I bite off little bits at a time, I am more likely to keep up-to-date on my scrapping and actually get real, meanigful projects done. That’s why we wanted to have a mini book in every kit. It would give you a chance to start and finish at least one project a month. You could pat yourself on the back each month and feel great about committing your story to a mini book month after month. And then at the end of the year, you could look back and admire, not one, but 12 different mini books and their distinct perspective on your life.

For November, our design team did amazing things with the Bazzill Accordion Album from this month’s kit. I love how each of them had the same tools and supplies … but the end result is so distinct, so personal.

So, here’s a little inspiration on just what you could do with the November mini book. To let this month end without taking a little time to craft away and tell you story.


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 Grace Tolman and her Family Fave Mini book:


Family Fave Album by Grace Tolman

“I used all the leftover products from my making my five layouts to make this mini book. I love that Crazy Daisy kits are chock full of items that there’s no limit to how many projects you can finish with the kit.

Being a scrapbooker, I’ve accumulated a TONof pictures over the years. Most of them of course go into scrapbooks but there are certain ones that are my favorites that doesn’t go into any scrapbook category so I’m filing them here in this minibook.

I chose pictures from one year and will print them as regular 4×6 sized photos so I can slap them quickly into this book.

I’m intending to give this to my mother in law for Christmas but you can also keep this project to yourself as a brag book. I love that the Bazzill mini book is easily adaptable to any project theme.

The fun embellishments included in the kit made this project easy and full of great details.”






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Kim Whitten:

A page from Kim's mini-book

A page from Kim's mini-book






“This mini is for our great family friend Nancy who hosts an old fashioned hayride, bonfire fall party each year.  I used photos from years past up through this year which I thought coordinated so well with this month’s selection of papers and embellishments.  I used the Autumn Harvest Clear Cuts throughout the book and actually cut them into to use across two of the panels. 

The Jenni Bowlin library cards were perfect for the bulk of my journaling throughout the mini.

This Bazzill mini accordian book has so many possibilities!  I love that you can spread this out and display the entire thing. ”



 


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Trace Geworsky:


Trace's mini-book

Trace's mini-book


“I had a lot of fun working with the mini album included in the kit. The title of it is ’40 reasons to be thankful in these 8 days.’

I decided to take a picture every day for 8 days, and for each day to write 5 things that I was thankful for on that day. I find that its so easy to take every day things for granted, so if I take a step back and concentrate on these little things that I am thankful for, then maybe I will be more appreciative of things.

For the cover, I cut the flower/plant design from the ribbon, and adhered to the patterned paper. I used the “to” sticker as part of my title.

For the inside pages: When you open the book, on the left hand side of each page there will be a picture of something from that day, and then on the right hand side, I have my journaling of the 5 things I was thankful for on those days I have only journaled yesterday & today (because I just started my list yesterday). So I will add the pictures to the album as I go along.”



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A little deal

Posted on November 21, 2009 by crazydaisy

Welcome all you Donna Downey readers.

Since only one of you can win the giveaway over on Donna’s site, we wanted to offer each of you a little something for coming on over to visit our site.

If you place an order for a 6 month subscription before Thanksgiving, we’ll give you $10 off your first month.

Enter the code “jointheclub” to get your discount.

Hope you’re having a great weekend!

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I’m obsessed …

Posted on October 13, 2009 by crazydaisy

collagewith Claudine Hellmuth and her collage book, “Collage Discovery Workshop – Beyond the Unexpected: New Techniques Using Color, Personal Imagery and Creative Surfaces.” Seriously, I’ve been carrying the book around in my purse. I read it whenever I get a chance and when I’m not reading the book I’m thinking about it. I’ve dreamt about the book and all the things I can do with the ideas Claudine shares. I’ve come up with a bunch of different collages I want to create and I can’t wait to get to work. For the most part, I own everything I need to try out all the different techniques Claudine teaches in her book, but yesterday I picked up a few last supplies and I’m ready to go.


Today I’m going to create my first project, it is inspired by the Beatles, since there has been a lot of Beatles Rock Band playing going on in my house! I was listening to the lyrics of one particular song last night and I was stuck by how much the words mean to me right now. It heard exactly what I needed to hear … which is interesting ’cause I’ve heard this song about a million times and have never been so moved, inspired or buoyed by it. Don’t you love how things speak to you in different ways, at different times in your life?


I can’t wait to show you what I create. After this particuly collage, I have another one planned (also inpsired by a Beatles song), and I’m going to be using items from the current Crazy Daisy Kit to make it! There are so many cool ways you can use your kit … it doesn’t just have to be on a scrapbook page.

Are you doing anything cool today? What’s inspiring you? Do you any fall projects planned? Do tell, we want to hear and share!


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What a kit!

Posted on September 11, 2009 by crazydaisy

The September kits have shipped (yesterday) and let me tell you … they are super great and super packed. You’ll be able to get tons of layouts out of this kit, along with one cool mini-book.

Dont believe me? Here’s a look at the eight different layouts Trace created with the September Main Kit. Eight. That’s right EIGHT! And she still had enough supplies to transform her Making Memories album into a work of art.

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The title of this layout is “early pancake breakfast traditions.” I wasn’t exactly sure where to fit in my journaling, so I added it to one of the tags from the kit, and slide it behind the picture. To read the journaling, you can just slide it out, and slide it back in to hide the journaling. I wrote the rest of the title “pancake breakfast traditions” on one of the 7 Gypsy’s stickers. I also added stickles to the white design around the paper.

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The title of this layout is simply “feb.” I love that your kits include more patterned paper then cardstock, because 85% of the time I prefer to use patterned paper as the base of my layout. I used stickles to decorate the flourishes on the journaling tag. I used my treading water border punch for my lower strip of patterned paper

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The title of the layout is “09.” I chose this for my title because the layout is about my new years eve together with my son. I cut the owl out from the little card (included in the kit) added a staple to each wing (strictly for decorative purposes) and then adhered to the layout using a pop dot for dimension. I used the treading water punch for the side edge of the cardstock, and then used 7 gypsies circle stickers to decorate the holes in the design.

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The title of this layout is “lunch time….” I don’t often place my pictures and other elements at a slant on my cardstock, but wanted to try something different with this one. I used an edge punch for the top patterned paper strip. I used the mini-card envelope to store my journaling in, so that I could tuck it in beside the pictures.

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The title of this layout is “genius batman.” This was the last layout I made using the kit, so my goal with this layout was to use up a lot of the patterned paper I had leftover. I layered 6 different pieces of paper (patterned, cardstock, and bingo card). With the large rub on, I trimmed it in half so that I could use the one rub on to create 2 identical flowers on my page.

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The title of this layout is “kiss me.” I used a scrap piece of cardstock(leftover from the kit) to create a long tag along the right hand side of the layout…to create a layered look with it, I adhered a tag from the kit, and stapled it all together. I added 3 of the chipboard pieces to the patterned paper and covered it with stickles.

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The title of this layout is “oh……” I wanted to keep the picture the focus of the layout, so I kept it rather bare and simple. I added a few rub ons to fit into the design of the patterned paper, and worked the chipboard pieces into the design as well.

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Used stickles to highlight around the letter “m.” I dug out my sons watercolor paints and colored in the design on the patterned paper (the paper held up surprisingly well to the paint and water).



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September kits are up!

Posted on September 1, 2009 by crazydaisy
This month's album is from Making Memories

This month's album is from Making Memories

I am so loving the September kits. I will admit that I’m a little biased, but I can still love them, right? One of the coolest things are this kits is how really hip all the contents are. Jennifer and I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Creative Escape this last weekend. We took classes from some of the top names in scrapbooking (Heidi Swapp, Marah Johnson, Tim Holtz … just to name a few), and tons of the September kit items were used in the classes we took. The 7 Gypsies paper is by far my favorite in this kit and I learned to do something cool with flocked paper while at Creative Escape (I’ll tell you more about that later).

So here’s a quick look at the September Kits. Make sure you order yours quickly, since we’re already almost sold out. These puppies won’t last!


Paper from the September 2009 Scrapbooking Kit.

Paper from the September 2009 Scrapbooking Kit.


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To see more photos from this month’s main kit, as well as the add-on kit for this month, visit our Gallery.



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