Summer has finally arrived...

   

     Summer took it's time to arrive to Utah this year...It has been raining on and off the entire month...Rain is good, don't get me wrong...But...I am a sunshine girl! I live for Summer, it is my favorite time of year! I am so happy happy that the sun is out and the sky is blue...It's going to be in the 90's today! LOVE that...
    What fun things do you have planned for the Summer? The Aslett's will be doing the "staycation" this Summer...Max is working in Idaho this Summer for his Grandpa, he's all grown up living in an apartment with his cousin Todd! Meg, Brooke and I are busy with the Girl's Loft, heading to CHA Summer in Florida the end of July and Griffin, well he and Grant Aslett are in Wyoming right now riding the River for a week...The Aslett's are going to have to figure out some fun stuff to do! I saw on Lizzy's blog she is doing a fun Sunglass Summer give-away! Sounds fun Check it out...Having lunch with her tomorrow...I want in!     I'm going to think of something fun for us all to do together...I have an idea, I need to work it out of my head...LOL Check back Monday...I would like to take a little "road trip" maybe to the beach...hmmmmm or Sit in the sun by the pool drink lemonade...Go up to the mountains and have a little campout...All good things...What are you doing for FUN this Summer?
    The girl's and I are getting ready to ship our first Girl's Loft kit! My house is filled to the brim...I can't wait to get July out and  August's kit products in!! I know I have said it over and over just how excited we are, but the kit looks awesome, the waiting list is almost FULL and we are ready to ROCK it! If you're not on the waiting list do it today!
    Happy Happy Summer...Let's all make FUN memories weather it's at home or on vacation!
kiss kiss
m

So close...So excited!

Hey girls...
 Well, I can't believe it but a week has past and I have not blogged! What the H? I have been so busy getting ready for our first Girl's Loft kit...Hand dying ribbon,IMG_0614 wrapping ribbon cards, Photo bagging goodies and making sure this kit is Rock Star! I have to say I do LOVE it...This first kit is so about Girls! Stuff as girls we love...Pink, glitter, buttons,IMG_0615 gems ribbons & trim all sorts of delicious treasures! DSC_0156 The website gave me some angst, and it will be a work in progress, but it is up and I am happy with it! This whole adventure will be a learning experience! So...If you are on the waiting list YEAH! In less than a week we are almost full! Seriously...
If you want on e-mail:  Brooke.thegirlsloft@gmail.com and get your name on that list!
Next months kit is coming along...All about Summer...I even have some great treasures found for next month!
    Yesterday was Father's Day...I hope you all had a great day celebrating with family and friends...We had a little BBQ at my Mom & Dads...It was great to see family, spend time with my Dad, share stories, share what's going on in each others lives, take some photos and eat some amazing food! It was a fabulous day...
    Here's to a busy week...Here's to some sunshine! Here's to Summer...
Here's to being a better blogger! ( i always say that) LOL
Kiss kiss
m

CK's Guest blogger...Girl's Loft news!

   

Wow! I can't believe that on Monday the Girl's and I will be previewing our first Girl's Loft kit! Wow...I can't believe that it has only been 3 month since I was at MM...And now here we are ready to go with the Girl's Loft...What an exciting, crazy, busy, insane few months! March feels like forever ago...Like I said then that when one door closes others will open...I am grateful, amazed, excited and hopeful for the future!
Monday, June 15th on our website you will be able to see July's kit...I LOVE it...I should it's all over my house! LOL We will not be selling kit's  until July 1st...But...You will be able to put your name on a waiting list for our premier kit! The response has been crazy...We want everyone to join us, be one of the "girls."
    So to get you excited here is a little peak at some of what we have for July! Creating Keepsakes has asked me to be their "guest blogger" so I thought how fun to share a little peak before Monday! I loved working with the product, colors and "stuff" I hope you do to! Go over to the CK blog and see the stepped out instructions!DSC02735
Here's to a busy weekend...Happy Friday! See you Monday over at The Girl's Loft!
Kiss kiss
m

I am pleased to introduce you to the Girl's Loft Design Team!


Jen Fox:
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Wow! I am super excited about pretty much everything most of the time! I'm nearly 28, and, of course, I'm super excited about this time in my life... a great husband, silly kids, lots of new friends, very little sleep (the latter seems to be a recurring theme for me).  I love history and science (I have a degree in each). I spend a week each year with WWII veterans, and I am always collecting rocks, fossils, and soil samples for no reason other than my own enjoyment. I also get very excited over different species of pinecones.

I opened a scrapbook store in December 2007, and my mother has just added a fabric section!!! For me, sewing is where my craftiness really started. I made my Barbie clothes when I was a little girl... so that might explain my attention to detail! I get most creative when someone has picked up the kids, and dropped off a Snappy Turtle from Bop's Frozen Custard... see, I told you I have a great husband! That's a typical Friday night at the shop, when the regular crowd shuffles in and we crop til the wee hours of the morning. When it's time to get some serious crafting done I've got to have... a needle and thread, fabri-tac, and some micro-tip scissors.

I love paper crafting! I love mini books, 12x12 layouts, and any off-the-page project! I've been cranking out banners and party hats lately, they seem to be a huge hit! I especially loving finding little fancies to add to each project. You know... for me, it's all in the details!

Oh, and Pearl Jam rocks!



 Leslie Ashe:
LesliePPguest3 A little diddy....by Leslie:
 
Hi!  'm Leslie. I live in Texas with my cute husband and our 2 fabulous teenagers.
Hands down, my fave people in the entire world...my fam.  Lucky girl I am...lucky, blessed, and soooo in love.
 
I've got a few faves...want to hear them? 
--fave day of the week:  Wednesday. (it reminds me it's getting close to the end of the week.)
--fave food:  mexican.  (it makes my heart happy and my tummy too!)
--fave color:  pink. (no explanation needed. pink rocks.)
--fave music - anything playing on my Ipod (can't live without it...)
--fave animal:   dog.  (I have 4 myself...they think they're human and I let them..hee hee! which brings up another fave - puppy breath)
--fave season:  fall. (the smell rocks. the brisk wind rocks. fall...it just rocks)
--fave scrappy thing I just can't live without:  bling. it's sparkley, shiney and all things fabulous.  I use it on almost everything I do!
--fave place to be:  anywhere my family is.  I love to hang with them, watching movies, shopping, anything. 
--fave place to scrap:  my desk in my little studio.  I just love being in there listening to Itunes or watching a fave movie....
 
I have to tell you how estatic I am to be one of the "Girls!" - I hope to inspire & be inspired by ALL of YOU!

Check Leslie's work here: www.leslieashe.blogspot.com
 
Stephanie Ackerman:
 
Fav_wedding_photo  I am Stephanie...

a self proclaimed “Simply Complicated” girl….I love the simple things and most of the time complicate them…in a good way.  I am an ordinary girl living an extraordinary life where I get to do what I love for a living.

I am a regular girl who love’s GOD, my family, my friends, my neighbors, my kids school & the teachers who teach there & the volunteers who volunteer there.

I am a simple girl. 

I love Chips & Salsa, ice from a bag and Fuji Apples from Costco. 

I used to drive a mini van & am not to proud to say I would go back to a mini van any day!  (it is easy to haul around bikes, skateboards, boogie boards & skate ramps )

I LOVE paper, batter, fabric, dough (as in cookie dough) & paint..A LOT... probably more than the average person.  

When someone asks me how long I have been "creating", I explain that I started at birth.  My very first project was when the nurses stamped my lil tiny baby foot in ink and stamped it on something official.  As I grew up,  I made Barbie Clothes, Barbie forts, pot holders, sit-upons..baked cookies, cakes…pretty much you name it, I have made it at one time or the other.

at any given moment I might be. . .praying, doodling, running, baking chocolate chip cookies, watching my boys skate, surf, boogie board, play soccer, baseball…helping with homework, doing laundry, coordinating fabrics with paper,  re-tying Ben's shoes, doing more laundry, REALLY loving paper, sitting at the local skate park, volunteering at the kids school, try to pretend like I am organizing my piles, turning trash into treasures, sewing, did I mention laundry???

I love being a mom, a wife, a neighbor, a sister, a daughter…and I love paper (did I mention that???)...solids & prints, florals & stripe...ditto for fabric, I love the movies "The Notebook" & Serendipity. I love to scrap, sew, bake, paint...I am a regular ol' suzy homemaker...and just about 2 years ago…I married the boy that I fell head over heels in love with when I was 15! 

I like straight lines & crooked bangs, flowers in the garden and on fabric, just not on my clothes.

I love the color red, just not on me, and prefer the color baby blue, camouflage & leopard prints over the color pink, stripes and solids ( but only sometimes) 

I like fake fingernails but never fake diamonds, I love brides and new babies and love to plan parties around them, but really don’t like to go the parties…I am SIMPLY COMPLICATED and I am…happy.

Check out Stephanie's work here: www.homegrownhospitality.typepad.com

Anna Bess Simmons:

Ab4 Anna Bess Simmons traded crayons and finger paints for adhesive and 12x12 paper three years ago and started scrapbooking to save her sanity.  She is a wife and a stay-at-home mom (but doesn't stay at home much) who loves that her hobby is something her family is enthusiastic about.  Anna Bess is a Mississippi girl who never met a cute t-shirt or bag she didn't like, loves a burger with bleu cheese, a glass of sweet tea, and never goes anywhere without mascara (curse those white eyelashes!). Also, you better watch out, you can never tell when she will use her wicked sense of  humor on you, OH so sarcastic;)! She enjoys scrapbooking the everyday moments in her crazy life with her easy going husband, two sassy girls, dogs, cats, and whatever else shows up at her house in the woods!  Anna Bess has a degree in Interior Design and has always had a passion for the arts. One of her main desires is that people see a reflection of her faith through her work. Her style can best be summed up as whimsical and eclectic, using lots of elements in fun and unexpected ways.  

Check Anna Bess' blog: www.thislittlebirdie.blogspot.com

 

Megan, Brooke and I are so excited to have these amazing talented girls on our team! I met Jen while I was in Atlanta teaching! She is a doll...Kind and an amazing artist! Can't wait to see what she has to share with all of us!

Leslie, is a designer I didn't know, the girls were looking through some blogs and magazines and picked her work out as one of their faves! We are thrilled she said YES to being one of the Girls! Stephanie is a dear dear friend of mine, I have known her and her work for several years...She is not only a huge talent, she is one of the kindest and genuine girls I know! LOVE this Girl! Last but not least is Anna Bess...A Southern girl with a ton of Sass! (it's the red hair) I met her at an event I was teaching at and LOVED her work! So excited to have her on the team! So these are the Girls! They are all talented designers and FUN girls! 

Welcome to the Girl's Loft Design Team! Thank you thank you!

kiss kiss

m

CKU Nashville 09

DSC_0417 Home from CKU...LOVED it! I can't even say just how great it was! I have been teaching at CKU's now for 6 years! I feel so at home there...It is the first place I started teaching after Scrapbooks etc...I LOVE the women, LOVE their excitement...LOVE their passion for Scrapbooking! I was lucky enough to go early teach for CK Media and then do an Album track for my dear friend Sarah from Scenic Route papers...What a great time! LOVED hanging out with my dear friends Tim6a00d83451ac6369e2011570b648b5970b-300wi & Mario, Teresa & Jamie, Debby,6a00d83451ac6369e2011570b64855970b-600wi Lizzie and all the other teachers and CK staff! DSC_0452 Thank you all for making it a great event!6a00e39827d9ad883301156fc0bcba970c-800wi  My students were awesome! No stress...All FUN! Thank you all for the treats, gifts and goodies! YOU girl's ROCKED!

It's good to be home...Feels good knowing I am home for a while...The girl's and I are busy getting ready to launch the Girl's Loft...Product is rolling in every day...It's like Scrapbooking Christmas! We are thrilled about your excitement and appreciate all your e-mails wanting to make sure you get kits! We are going to be taking a waiting list on the 15th of June! 
I hope you are all enjoying the start of Summer! I know this is my favorite time of year! School's out, sunshine and being together....It's all good! 
Happy Wednesday!
kiss kiss
m
 

And the winners are...

Jennifer Mattix
Jamie Sjoholm Hardiman
Jen White


Please e-mail the Girl's and I your home address! We are so excited to be giving away 6 months of the Girl's Loft to these ladies!
Big huge CONGRATS to the three of YOU!
Thank YOU all for playing! The girls and I were out all day gathering fun stuff for our kits...Sneak peak will be soon...Preview of the July kit will be
JUNE 15th!

Keep checking my blog, facebook, twitter and the Girl's Loft fan club!

KISS KISS
M

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CKU...Gaylord...The Girl's Loft...

Long time no blog...I have been busy...I can't believe it's been well over a week that I blogged! Wink wink! I have to say the last week was a roller coaster in many ways... For me personally, for our family and in my "career." That still feels so odd to say...Laugh!

I am sitting in Nashville at the Gaylord hotel...It is HUGE...It is a city! I am amazed every time I come here and this is my 3rd or 4th time, can't remember...But man I get lost...LOL And I have no one to lead me around like the puppy I am! I carry a map...Whatever...Last night after having dinner with my dear darling friend Candice we parted and it took me like 20 minutes to find my way...Helllllp! (what a dork walking in circles) lol
I love CKU! I love the women who have taken the time and money and all the effort it takes to come to this event! I love love love the women who run this show! I have been working with them for 6 years now and have loved every event, every CKU I have attended! 
The Gaylord is special...I know I have said this before, but I LOVE southern women...I secretly wish I was a women of the south...Sweet and SAssy!
I loved the Yayas and want to be one...I am excited to see old friends and make some new ones! Another great thing about teaching at CKU is I get to teach with some of my very favorite people! Tim & Mario will be here today! Teresa too...So love the idea of spending time with them...I am so grateful and pinch myself every time I "get" to do this! I LOVE teaching...It's the frosting ladies...(and like 2 men who read my blog)
So I said roller coaster...Whew! When I say roller coaster I am talking slowly climbing up hearing the click clack of the wooden slats, heart pumping and sweaty palms kind of pee your pants  antisipation...Then there is the ride down...The hands in the air, screaming anxiety, whip lash around the curves and back up to the top again...That is what kind of week I have had...I am so excited about the response to the Girl's Loft...Wow! Really? Thank YOU all...I have to say starting my own business has always been a dream...You know like a romantic idea? A handsome prince, winning the lottery, 6 carat diamond ring type of dream...I have my prince (Grant Aslett) knowing that I am starting my own business and being able to do it with my 2 best friends, my daughters and all of YOU is better than all that other stuff...Diamonds, money, romance...That's what it's all about for me...A Girl with a dream sharing it with other girls who love what they do with paper and "stuff" I am happy...I am excited...I am nervous...I am scared...I am in that pee your pants mode, for all these reasons...
So what I thought while Mom's away...The "girls" can play...Let's do another give-away! I know we all love FREE stuff...I do! Because the last give-away was so fun I think I will do it again! When you are the boss you get to do stuff like this! Wink wink!
Here's the deal...I will be at CKU Nashville until Sunday...I want this to be big! Do you blog? Do you face book or twitter, are you a fan of the girl's loft? Let's get all our girls together...Girl's Loft power! If you post on your blog and link it to my blog I will go to the back end of my blog and collect all those links...If you facebook it or tweet it I will take those links too...Leave us a message on our Girl's Loft fan page...If you don't do any of the above. Start! or...Leave a comment on my blog I will take all those names and add them to the pile! NO ONE will be excluded! All girls are welcome at the Girl's Loft! Sunday when I get home...I will gather, then Give...I will have Megan and Brooke gather while I am away!  So what do YOU win? How about I give away another 6 months free membership to not one girl...but tomore girls! Sounds fun! It's like spreading good gossip! Like sharing a fabulous find with girlfriends...
Check back Monday June 1st...We will have your winners!
Here's to spreading good gossip...Fabulous finds with girlfriends...Southern Women, Teaching at CKU, pee your pants excitement and to FUN...It's what i'm all about...Doing what you love, sharing it with others and finding joy in life...
KISS KISS
m

CKU...Gaylord...The Girl's Loft...

Long time no blog...I have been busy...I can't believe it's been well over a week that I blogged! Wink wink! I have to say the last week was a roller coaster in many ways... For me personally, for our family and in my "career." That still feels so odd to say...Laugh!

I am sitting in Nashville at the Gaylord hotel...It is HUGE...It is a city! I am amazed every time I come here and this is my 3rd or 4th time, can't remember...But man I get lost...LOL And I have no one to lead me around like the puppy I am! I carry a map...Whatever...Last night after having dinner with my dear darling friend Candice we parted and it took me like 20 minutes to find my way...Helllllp! (what a dork walking in circles) lol
I love CKU! I love the women who have taken the time and money and all the effort it takes to come to this event! I love love love the women who run this show! I have been working with them for 6 years now and have loved every event, every CKU I have attended! 
The Gaylord is special...I know I have said this before, but I LOVE southern women...I secretly wish I was a women of the south...Sweet and SAssy!
I loved the Yayas and want to be one...I am excited to see old friends and make some new ones! Another great thing about teaching at CKU is I get to teach with some of my very favorite people! Tim & Mario will be here today! Teresa too...So love the idea of spending time with them...I am so grateful and pinch myself every time I "get" to do this! I LOVE teaching...It's the frosting ladies...(and like 2 men who read my blog)
So I said roller coaster...Whew! When I say roller coaster I am talking slowly climbing up hearing the click clack of the wooden slats, heart pumping and sweaty palms kind of pee your pants  antisipation...Then there is the ride down...The hands in the air, screaming anxiety, whip lash around the curves and back up to the top again...That is what kind of week I have had...I am so excited about the response to the Girl's Loft...Wow! Really? Thank YOU all...I have to say starting my own business has always been a dream...You know like a romantic idea? A handsome prince, winning the lottery, 6 carat diamond ring type of dream...I have my prince (Grant Aslett) knowing that I am starting my own business and being able to do it with my 2 best friends, my daughters and all of YOU is better than all that other stuff...Diamonds, money, romance...That's what it's all about for me...A Girl with a dream sharing it with other girls who love what they do with paper and "stuff" I am happy...I am excited...I am nervous...I am scared...I am in that pee your pants mode, for all these reasons...
So what I thought while Mom's away...The "girls" can play...Let's do another give-away! I know we all love FREE stuff...I do! Because the last give-away was so fun I think I will do it again! When you are the boss you get to do stuff like this! Wink wink!
Here's the deal...I will be at CKU Nashville until Sunday...I want this to be big! Do you blog? Do you face book or twitter, are you a fan of the girl's loft? Let's get all our girls together...Girl's Loft power! If you post on your blog and link it to my blog I will go to the back end of my blog and collect all those links...If you facebook it or tweet it I will take those links too...Leave us a message on our Girl's Loft fan page...If you don't do any of the above. Start! or...Leave a comment on my blog I will take all those names and add them to the pile! NO ONE will be excluded! All girls are welcome at the Girl's Loft! Sunday when I get home...I will gather, then Give...I will have Megan and Brooke gather while I am away!  So what do YOU win? How about I give away another 6 months free membership to not one girl...but to 3 more girls! Sounds fun! It's like spreading good gossip! Like sharing a fabulous find with girlfriends...
Check back Monday June 1st...We will have your winners!
Here's to spreading good gossip...Fabulous finds with girlfriends...Southern Women, Teaching at CKU, pee your pants excitement and to FUN...It's what i'm all about...Doing what you love, sharing it with others and finding joy in life...
KISS KISS
m

Welcome to The Girl's Loft...and Winner winner winner!

Thegirrrlssm Megan, Brooke and I want to invite you to become a member of the Girl's Loft!
I am so excited to be doing an on-line kit club with my daughters! We are hoping to do a few fun and exciting things on our website, besides being just a kit of the month club! We want the Girl's Loft to be a place for everyone! Everyone who loves to create, weather it be scrapbooking or all types of paper arts!
We are excited to be creating beautifully designed kits each month, down-loadable tips and techniques as well as create a community where we share our ideas, our designers ideas and all of YOU girls who create with the Girl's Loft kits!
June 15th will be the date of our first Girl's Loft kit!
As promised...and Thank YOU all for leaving comments! Our first giveaway for a 6 month membership to the Girl's Loft goes to...

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HEATHER B..

E-mail me Girl!!

Thanks for hanging in there! We has some major issues getting this up today! Right in the middle of posting Rocco decided to go on a walk about...devil!
We have him! The website is up so you can see a bit of what we are all about!
Happy Happy Friday!
kiss kiss
m

We will be choosing our winner this evening!

Keep the comments a coming!
Happy Thursday!
Is anyone else out there
 soooooooo excited for Greys tonight?

kiss kiss
m