i haven't had much time to create lately, although i feel like i've been doing a lot of "collecting" to compensate for that.

collecting scrap goods...

*one of the local scrapbook stores went out of business :( and i made several trips there to collect some goodies.
*grams came up this week and treated my mom, me, and herself ;) to some fun stuff from michael's (i got those somewhat new anna griffin 8x8 papers- they are so cute and i cannot wait to do some creating with them!!)
*ordered the designing with 2005 calendar (i know i know i'm about 6 months late, but i'd heard so much good stuff about this i figured i'd go ahead and get it for the ideas...)

collecting ideas...

*spending lots of time on two peas in a bucket getting new ideas and adding to my book of scraps
*checking out scrapping magazines from my library (woohoo! we have an awesome library here!)
*browsing lots of inspiring blogs

my goal: to create SOMETHING before the weekend is out! i'll burst if i don't!

also, i want to create a banner for this blog, especially since i found some great instructions on lindsay teague's blog