Archive for January, 2012

Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Ah change – for some of us change is a very stressful thing.  Of course we like to keep our routines and what we are used to but change can be very exciting as well.  If you ever get the chance to read a little book called Who Moved my cheese it is a quick read but very wise indeed.

I made a drastic decision for change in my life.  I have decided that I no longer want to dye my hair.  Those of you that know me, know me as a red head.  I like to compare myself to Lucille Ball, I’m silly like she was, I like to have fun and more importantly I don’t want to grow old or have people guessing how old I am so I have hidden behind the red hair for a very long time.  I have been a red head for so long that I don’t even see the red when I look in the mirror.  One time a man referred to me as a red head and I just looked at him and then kind of went “Oh yeah” he is referring to me.  Silly isn’t it.

So today I spent almost 4 hours at the hairdresser as they stripped my hair of all it’s red color and then for a temporary appearance they then had to hide the orange that was left with an Ash Brown color – do you see where I’m going with this?????  Over the next 4 months that color will be removed and all that will be left is -ta da – grey or white hair.  I’m so scared but I don’t want to be doing this to my hair for the rest of my life.  I will see what I look like after the whole process and if I’m really not good with the change – then we will cross that bridge when I get to it.

So my hair has changed – BIG TIME and I’m going to embrace the new me :) ….I’ll try really hard

We have some changes with some of our suppliers at Younique.  We have some great kits that we want to incorporate into the online shop.  Kits designed by Virginia Nebel (formerly of Scrapalicious) ,kits from Quick Quotes and Kits by Basic Grey.  We have had these kits in our store but not in the online store and we want to be able to offer them to everyone.  They are all gorgeous and our prices are just right (our in store shoppers already know that)

Over the next 2 weeks all of Virginia’s kits will be in the store as well we will be rollign out the new Basic Grey Page of the month (this runs from March 1 to February 28 2013) – one kit per month.  Basic Grey is introducing a Kit of the month as well and Younique will be participating in that program as well

If you have not see a BG page of the month here is one of the current kits…..

 

 

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You’re my cup of tea

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Wow – where did the last week go.  I swear the older you get the days get shorter don’t you think.  I can remember everything that has happened in the last year, two years, five years, etc and it just seems like yesterday.  I have decided that I do not want any more birthdays – not going to happen.  Jeff turns 25 this year and I still remember giving birth, mind you do we ever forget that experience LOL.

We are in the planning stages already for the November 10th crop and also what we will be featuring at Scrapfest this year and I hope you can make it out to both events.  I will be officially announcing today that registration for our November crop will open up on Valentine’s Day and again the first 50 will be our VIP’s.

Here are some more photos of our Victorian crop

It was so much fun and I hope you can make it out to the next one in November.

H

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“There’s no rest for the wicked, and the righteous don’t need any!”

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

I have to say that I am alittle tired today after our large Younique Country Retreat Mega Crop on Saturday.  Wow – I am overwhelmed by the emails and facebook comments we are getting through our Younique facebook and also on the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine facebook page.  I’m so glad you all had a good time.

Doing an event like this is much like giving birth – you feel the pain while going through the process but you quickly forget it and are ready to go again.  We have picked the date of November 11 2012 and someone (Lori) pointed out to me that it is “10,11,12″ – get it.

Here are some photos of the events and I do wish someone would have told me that I looked like a drag queen LOL – I would have taken the costume off sooner.  Mr. Clean did a great job taking all the photos and my sistahs and brother in law were the best – as always.  This is really turning into a family event.

 

And I’ll share more tomorrow.

 

H

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Another day in the life

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Where have I been hiding?

I have been sitting in the studio working away at prepping all the items for our large Day crop.  All I can say is I’m actually glad that I’m not going to CHA in California this year because I would probably be going out of my mind with adding that to the list of items to take care of.

I can actually check out all my suppliers on line and see who has what to offer as far as specials and new products are concerned.  It’s just really nice to be able to play touchy feely if you know what I mean.  If only I could clone myself then I could take care of everything.  Imagine 2 of me roaming around out there YIKES

I have had my head to the grindstone prepping 175 of everything possible for this crop of ours and I finally completed the fans that will be on the tables.  I will give you a glimpse of the fan so you can see what I have been doing and why I have been hiding

 

Our theme is Victorian and in Victorian days fans were very popular.  Feathers were also popular and therefore that is how I came up with this idea – this really was a no brainer.

The process for this fan has been unbelievable.  First we cut the fan using the Sizzix die and glued to cardstock pieces together then cut out the paper and glued that to the front and back.  Then we inked the edges of the fans.  I misted with Glimmer Mists,  a piece of doily (that I cut) and glued that on.  I printed off the photo of Queen Victorian and ran that through the Spellbinder (one at a time) then added a few pearls and a couple of ribbons – whew

So now I’m on to the next project and I still have alot of work to do.  Maybe I’ll tease you with that one too :)

Ta

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Hunger finds no fault with the cooking.

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

A new year and some new bods (well maybe).  We have decided to eat healthier and start to take care of us.  I know – it’s us and everybody else in the world that made some new year’s resolutions and I know 99% will not keep this resolution much beyond this month.

I like to look at it as making goals for the year as opposed to a resolution (is there really a difference) and that way I can break it down into small steps.  Goals are more achievable when we break them down into smaller steps.  It makes us feel better when we can reach to the next rung on the ladder and then actually make it to the rung and start to reach for the next one.

I’m finding that the busier I get with Younique business and with my personal life the more I start to hyperventilate when I think of everything I have to do and how in the world am I ever going to get everything done.  All of you out there that are juggling jobs, home life, kids and kids activities know exactly what I’m talking about.  So…..deep breath and one step at a time – complete one small task and try not to look at the big picture – just look at one piece of the puzzle at a time.  It really does make a difference and if we have to remind ourselves of that every hour, then we remind ourselves of it every hour.

So enough of the pep talk.  Mr. Clean just completed 2 days of a cleanse program and is now entering into 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet Phase 2.  If you aren’t familiar with the South Beach Diet it means 2 weeks of no carbs, no fruits just lots of veggies and protein.  I’m a Weight Watchers girl through and through (having lectured for them for 7 years) but I do like the South Beach as a good start to losing weight, it’s a good way to clean out your body and really helps you get rid of cravings for sweets and sugars.

Next week I’m back on program with Weight Watchers but I’m starting to watch what I’m eating this week (watch as I eat the cake and the muffins, etc LOL) and I’ll cut back big time in prep for next week and the reality check on the scale.

For dinner tonight I did a really nice shrimp stir fry for us with lots of veggies.

Cleaned the shrimp

Chopped up some veggies – celery, broccolli and onions

chop and add some carrots

What’s a stir fry without some garlic

 

 

Start with some olive oil and I also used some Epicure Asian stir fry seasoning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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