Prima Winner

The Winner of the awesome Prima Holiday Box is....


Kristie Arens
Thanks for your business! Happy Holidays and we will get this to you right away!

The New Stickles are Here !!

Glitz and Distress stickles have arrived! They are In Stock and Ready to Ship and they are going fast! More are already on order! Visit One Life Memories Online Store to order yours now!



The Glitz Stickles have more bling than original Stickles and are available in 6 colors: Mermaid, Tiara, Sequins, Ruby Slippers, Champagne and Grape (from left to right).

Distress Stickles add a touch of glitter along with a distressed look. So much fun to use on chipboard, layouts and cards. The possibilities are endless! Distress Stickles come in 12 colors:

Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Milled Lavender, Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.

Prima Embellishment Giveaway

We are giving away an entire box of Prima Holiday embellishments this holiday season!

Simply make any purchase from our web store between now and December 1st and your name will be entered into a drawing. Winner will be selected and notified by email and the package will be shipped out to you right away!

This box is a limited edition! It contains:

Keepsake Storage Tray
Red paper poinsettia flowers/glitter accents in crystal plastic ornament bottle
Mauve paper poinsettia flowers/glitter accents in like bottle
Cream paper poinsettia flowers/glitter accents in like bottle
Triple leaf paper holly sprigs in like bottle
Rickrack variety in like bottle

Visit our online store at http://www.onelifememories.com/ to make your purchase and qualify today!

New Products and More New Products

I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted!
We have a lot of new items in but here is just a sample:

New Baby Boy and Girl from Imaginisce:

New Items for Fall from K and Company:

Lil Davis Spooky Halloween line:

The invisible borders are so cool! Transparent and a great border or overlay to any project!

New Products are Here!!

We've added over 100 new items in the past week! Here's a breakdown of what is now available for purchase in the store:
Cosmo Cricket:
Mr. Campy Line
Haunted Halloween Line
These two lines are incredible! The papers are fabulous! The strip tease and Journal cards are great ways to add your own touches to the papers! The stamps and rub ons are very very cute as well!

Rusty Pickle:
Bottle Rockets Line - 4th of July
Outdoor Camping Line
Both of these lines come with sticker and tag sheets with fabulous and funny quotes and saying about these events!

Kaiser Craft:
This is our first order with this company from Australia and I must say that the papers are absolutely gorgeous! We also received a lot of self-adhesive rhinestones and pearls from this company and I believe these will make great embellishments on cards, scrapbook pages and more!

Imaginisce:
Snowy Jo - Christmas/ Winter Line
This line is so cute! The papers are gorgeous -every side of paper has some sort of glitter accent on the paper. The stickers and stamps are cute and reasonably priced!

Go to www.onelifememories.com and click on "newly listed" to see these products!
More on the way - I'll keep you posted on new arrivals!

Scrapbook Giveaway Winners

The winners from my Giveaway Contest are:
1. Tami
2. Stacers
3. Queen of Nostalgia

Congrats and Thanks for posting your comments!!! Please contact me at onelifememories@comcast.net with your name and address so I can ship you your goodies!

Rusty Pickle CHA New Release

I really love this unique line from Rusty Pickle. It is called Chocolate Covered Cherries and will be released in December. I think these papers would make great valentine layouts without being the traditional pink, white and red. I also thought they'd be great for wedding layouts, and many other ideas. The papers with the cut edges are really great in person. These pictures don't do the papers justice! It will be hard to wait 4 months or so to get these!

More New Products!

I ordered 2 lines of paper from Dream Street Paper Company.

Their Wonderland line is 6 sheets of double-sided paper with a winter and Christmas theme. The papers are gorgeous and the little snowmen are very cute!

I also ordered the Cookies -n- Cream line. I love the rich browns, rust and greens in this line. A couple of the sheets and the cut outs are for cooking pages. I thought this was a great line to carry to scrapbook your kitchen memories.

Creative Imaginations Birthday New Release

I purchased this Birthday line from Creative Imaginations. I love the papers, tags and stickers for the line but I fell in LOVE with the transparency pictured below: In case you can't read it, it says:

Dear You,

Your story is one which starts at home in the hearts that love you. On this

special day, you entered the world - the beginning of the first chapter in which your

novel begins. All the paths of your future and your past began on this day.

This day is dedicated to you and your life. On this day, we reminisce and

relive the special moments along the way as part of who you are. We loved

you instantly yet more strongly with every minute that passes. So it is with joy and

celebration that we embrace this day and celebrate the journey of who you are and

who you dream to become. Most of all we are thankful for the gift of you.

Happy Birthday!

Accompanying Papers:
Tags and Stickers:

More New Items and Contest !!

Here are 2 more previews of items I ordered at the CHA show from Cosmo Cricket:

The Haunted Line - Great Halloween line! This is a preview of the papers but it also comes with great stamps, ribbons, rub ons and black board. The blackboard shapes match the rup on and sticker shapes so that you may place them directly on the blackboard for a 3-D little embellishment. There is a Strip Tease sheet with a little skeleton that says "I've got a bone to pick with you." LOVE IT!

I also ordered the Mr. Campy Line. There is the CUTEST little marshmallow guy on the papers, rub ons, stickers and so on. In the Strip Tease sheet of this collection - he says, "I Love you S'More." I really, really, really love this little guy!!!! Same type of blackboard as described in the Haunted collection is coming with this one too. I absolutely can't wait to get it! This collection is also not just for camping - it includes other outdoor activities like being in the lake, campfires and making s'mores -with adorable little Mr. Campy guy. Did I say that I loved him?????!

CONTEST:

I received many goodies and samples during the show and would like to share my special goodies. I will be posting new items for the next week or so. On August 10th, I will randomly choose 3 winners to receive free gifts from me! Simply post a comment, or two, or three... in any of the posts regarding New Products from the CHA and I will contact you for shipping information.

Look for pre-orders for these and more items coming to my website soon!

Summer CHA 2008 !

Well, we just returned home from the Summer CHA Show in Chicago. My sister-in-law and I went and it was a fabulous time! Thank you Kristie for all the walking, scrapbook talk and laughs! You're the best!

To sum up the show, it consisted of : TONS of amazing new scrapbook products, tired legs and feet, lots of laughs and amazing people and companies.

I will be posting lots of sneak peeks here of the products that I ordered. All incoming items will be posted to the website as soon as possible, including pre-orders.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me through http://www.onelifememories.com/

For all you Stickles fans (if you haven't tried Stickles, it is one of my favorite addictions!), Ranger has released 2 new types of Stickles:

Glitz Stickles - 6 New colors of Stickles with EXTRA Bling - lots and lots of glitter! Colors are: Champage, Mermaid, Grape, Ruby Slippers, Tiara and Sequins.

Distressed Stickles - by Tim Holtz. A way to add the distressed look to very small spaces. There are 12 colors of these little lovelies! Antique Linen, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, Frayed Burlap, Milled Lavender, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade,Vintage Photo,Walnut Stain and Worn Lipstick.

Both of these Stickles will be shipping in September!

I also placed an order with Kaiser Craft this year. This is a company based out of Australia with a warehouse here in the US. Their papers are to die for and the people that work there are absolutely amazing! They were kind and funny and they called me "mate" the whole time I was in their booth. LOVE them!! Here are some peeks at the paper lines I have coming from them:

If you check out their website - www.kaisercraft.net - you can see TONS of amazing projects done with their products!

I'll update more soon!

CHA Summer 2008

The CHA show is approaching fast and I am sooooo excited to be attending this trade show. CHA stands for Craft and Hobby Association and is held in Chicago during the summer. This year, the show will be held mid-July. Hundreds of scrapbook companies will be their to showcase their newest releases!!!

If there are any scrapbooking items you would like me to keep an eye out for at the show to carry in my store, feel free to let me know here by posting a comment. Any particular scrapbooking themes, products or specific companies who's new releases you can't wait to see??

I will post some pictures here after the event and also let you in on any of the new release products that I think are fabulous!

Kids Are Funny!

I try to take time to write down in my journals some of the funny things my kids say and do. I then refer to those journals when I'm scrapbooking - usually because I am so far behind and can't remember dates, locations or milestones.

Here's a glimpse of a few funny moments recently:
I was talking to my two boys about what they want to be when they grow up. My 3 year old said he wanted to be a policeman. I asked him what he thought his younger sister, who is 9 months old, was going to be. He said "She is going to be a Mom." I was so touched! He actually thought that what I do everyday is a JOB! My heart was swelling with such love and pride. Then he added, "She'll still be bald too. She'll be a bald mom when she grows up." A sweet, tender moment became a pretty funny one.

My oldest, who is six, was talking about when he will be seven and eight... I told him that when his younger sister turns 2, he will almost be 8. Then I thought, gosh ... 8 years old???? What happened to my baby??? I said to him, "Part of me doesn't want you to grow up." He replied, "Who's Partofme?" He thought I was naming someone that wants him to stay young!! Too darn cute!

Enjoy those moments, write them down if you can and soak it in. The days go so fast in this journey called motherhood and there are so many simple pleasures in every day. Sure, I could write about all the tantrums, time-outs, eye rolls and tears that have occurred in the past week or so BUT I don't write about those things in my journals! Only the things that make me smile and that I always want to remember.

Happy Belated Mother's Day

I hope all of us mommy's had a fantastic mother's day. Is there anything better than the sweet little homemade cards, pictures and other treats we get when our children are young? To see their creations and the pride in their faces when they give us our gift is worth so much more than fancy things!!!

My 3 year old has been saying "Happy Mother's Day" to me for the last four days -every morning that is what he greets me with. I haven't corrected him yet. I just say thank you and treasure his innocence!! I figure if he wants Mother's Day to go on for weeks - who am I to stop him????

Happy Belated Mother's Day to you all!

Ok, I'll admit it... I'm addicted

After just receiving ANOTHER new order with lots and lots of paper, I must admit that I am truly addicted to scrapbooking paper.

There are soooo many colors and patterns that I just love and I MUST buy so many coordinating patterns and sheets from the same collection.

I LOVE to have tons of it and shamefully, I do not even like to cut some to put in the scrapbook. They are just too pretty!! I know, definately not right!

So, are there others out there?? Am I alone in this strange addiction?? Are there other supplies that people buy and buy yet must have the latest releases and more colors and styles of the same item???

Will Spring Ever Arrive?

Tis the season for cute Easter Dresses, Happy Spring Signs and nothing but cold and snow here in Michigan. I think I do this to myself every year - March arrives and I think - yea! spring is coming. And now, it is April and still, very few signs of Spring and I keep watching the weather forecast, waiting for the temperature to rise above 50 degrees!

The warmer weather does wonders for my spirit and energy level. I've so missed the feeling of the warm sunshine, the birds singing, the sight of flower and leaves on the trees. I also have two young boys who DESPERATELY need to get outside and RUN!!! I feel it is much easier to raise young boys in the warmer weather!!! Hurry Spring!

So, I've decided to immerse myself in Spring Scrapbooking products! Lots of bright, colorful papers filled with flowers and pictures of my children in the sunshine! That should tide me over until the warmer weather decides to appear!