The random number generator picked my winner, and she is…
Congratulations! Adele, please send me your address, and I’ll get it to the right people at October Afternoon so you’ll get your prize. 
Well, I have to tell you that I feel pretty fancy with this cool image on my blog…but I didn’t make it – Wilna did! Isn’t she cool?
Welcome to my Cakewalk Blog Hop post! I have two things for you today: a birthday card and a giveaway!
Here’s the birthday card:
I used Cakewalk papers, Cakewalk Miscellany, and an adorable Cakewalk Tin Pin…and YES, this card is a direct lift of my “happiness is…” card from a year ago. I inspired myself.
Now for the giveaway here on my blog! October Afternoon is giving away one package of Cakewalk buttons to one lucky commenter on my blog!
For your chance to win, just leave a comment!
Also, don’t forget to leave a comment at the October Afternoon blog, too – the grand prize is a Cakewalk Collection Kit!
Here’s the list of all of the blogs in the hop:
Lexi Bridges at Night Owl
Vivian Masket at Right Side Up
Danni Reid at Danni Reid.
Stacey Kingman at Still The Same Girl and Yet… <- -you are here
Marcy Penner at Hello Forever
Wilna Furstenberg at he{art}
Becky Novacek at beckynovacekphotography
Now, hop on over to Marcy Penner’s blog!
Well, after all of that creating last week, CHA has finally started and now I can share what I’ve been working on!
You probably saw the teaser that October Afternoon shared last week of the new 9 to 5 collection but, if not, here you go:
Let me just say that it is above and beyond anything I could have expected! I love the papers in this collection. For the booth I made this layout:
If you look closely at the banners, you can see a pretty good representation of the papers in the 9 to 5 collection. What you can’t see is the Washi Tape, mostly because I didn’t get any to work with before the show (!!). Does that tape look cool or what?
I also made a little card:
Isn’t that little lady cute?
The second collection is called Cakewalk, and it looks like this:
I love, love, love this one…it has some really fun papers that I will be reaching for again and again! For the CHA booth I made a tag and a layout:
The little retro invitation art is adorable…
Those banners are so easy to do because I cut them out from one of the 12X12 papers!
October Afternoon’s third collection is called Woodland Park, and it has some way-cool papers in it – unique florals, rich colors, and beautiful vintage images. When I first flipped through the papers, I was SO excited. Here’s the preview that OA shared last week:
I made two layouts for the booth with Woodland Park – they are really quick and simple because I had a very small amount of time with the paper!
So. That’s what I have to show. I also got to work on a mini album that is so cool. It goes with the 9 to 5 collection, and I wishwishWISH I had remembered to snap some photos of it before I shipped it… Oh, well.
There are lots and lots of other projects made with the new collections on the October Afternoon blog AND on the other design team member’s blogs. If you visit the OA blog, you can click on individual DT members’ blog links in the side bar to see more!
Well, hmm. It has been a while! Hello, I’m Stacey, owner of this blog. I used to be a blogger. Now I just own a blog. I am making no promises, but wouldn’t it be fun to just start over?
For now, I’m just sharing some scrappy stuff: October Afternoon has three new collections that are being released at CHA tomorrow. As usual, OA has come up with some fantastic, gotta-have-it designs!
Here are some sneak peeks of the projects I have been working on this week for October Afternoon’s CHA booth:
I also worked on a mini-album…and shipped it without taking any pictures! Duh. I can’t believe I forgot…actually, I can because I was cutting it pretty close for making it to the shipping place before closing time. I kept reminding myself to GO PUT ON REAL PANTS because I like to be crafty in pajama pants and I didn’t want to show up at FedEx in my PJ’s like I did that one time when I got to the post office in pajamas. That was in 2003, so it has been a while, and I’d like to keep it that way! So, anyway, I did remember to change clothes before zooming off to FedEx, but I forgot to take pictures of my little book. (insert sad face)
Here’s a photo I used in the mini – since it’s all I have to share:
Hey, look, there we are…
I hope you have a great weekend. We have some little-boy basketball planned for tomorrow and maybe some house cleaning.
So if you know me at all, you probably remember that I scrapped these photos several months ago. I used them on this layout because I thought they were just perfect for this new October Afternoon Sasparilla paper. It’s kind of horsey and western-themed… and because I won’t get the layout back, so it won’t be a duplicate in my album.
Please let me direct your attention to the piece of paper in the center of this layout. I think it’s called “Big Sky,” and I think it is the most beautiful paper ever! I love tiny patterns and leaves and brown with green and blue. I just love this piece of paper…
Here’s a card I made with Sasparilla:
I think that these papers will make adorable Valentines!
One more layout:
Oh, my baby boys have grown so much…
I feel like I have accomplished nothing today. Ugh. On the phone all afternoon. Of course, I was talking to lovely people, but my ear is sore. Please don’t call me today…I am done with talking on the phone for a while.
I’m going to get something done. I just cannot end this day without being productive somehow…
Oh, joy, smiles, and lovely, scrappy happiness. October Afternoon has delighted me again. I SO love working with this company! They consistently WOW me with every new release. I. Adore. Sidewalks.
I did this layout for the OA CHA booth. The photos were taken by the sweetest photographer ever, Michelle Boyd of michelle b. photographie. You can see more of the photos from this session here.
I am going to need a whole lotta this yellow gingham paper. Love.
I’ll post more of my CHA projects tomorrow. Tomorrow.
Because I am a daily blogger.
I’ve just been taking some time off.
Lots of time.
Okay…so for the “discoveries” part of the blog. I have made some discoveries this summer.
Some good discoveries, some not so good.
1. Blue Bell Banana Pudding Ice Cream. Soooo good, sooo bad. Yum.
2. The Clutter Diet. What a great website! I have gotten SO much done this summer because of this program.
3. Hoarders. I think have more in common with some of these people than I’d like to admit.
4. Molly. Our new (old) Yorkie. She is definitely deserves her own blog entry with photos. Not really a “discovery,” just someone new to love.
5. Analytical Grammar. You know I adore grammar. I’m teaching two classes this school year with this program, preparing the next generation of Grammar Police.
Here’s one more project from October Afternoon’s Sidewalks collection:
Corey: Eeeew! There’s a person on TV without a shirt on!
Me: A girl or boy?
Corey: A boy. If it was a girl, I’d be going nuts and not looking!
Me: Whew.
