Holiday Happenings

Okay so I have FINALLY gotten back into my blog, so sorry! It's been a crazy few months with the boys transitioning to school and therapy. All is going well now and everyone is healthy in time for the holiday season. My new year's resolution is to get this blog up and taking off! I am working on lots of fun holiday projects and am trying to figure out how to video, so look for project videos coming hopefully soon! Have a very Happy Holiday season :)

August Events @ Studio A

I've been having so much fun stamping again that I have not done any scrapbooking since March!! So I am taking a little break in August to catch up on albums and get ready to send my boys to preschool!! PLEASE RSVP early if you plan to attend an event, space is limited.


Thursday, August 26th Card Class 6-9pm $7.00/person

Saturday, August 14th Scrapbook Day 1pm-? $10.00/person

Thursday, August 20th Hostess Class 6-9pm

Hostess Class Cards

Hostess Club Class

Last night was our first class for our Hostess Club girls, and I don't know about you, but I had a TON of FUN!!! It was nice to just hang out with friends, food, and of course some type of craft :) I just wanted to say a BIG thank you to all of my Hostess girls for being such a fun group to be a part of!! I love to see how you take my simple designs and turn them into something completely unexpected (an usually way cuter than mine). Looking forward to August class already!

Stamping Goodies

Hi Girls, I just wanted to show you some of the new & fun rubber stamps I got in the mail today! I got them from the website www.thegreetingfarm.com and I am soo excited to try them out


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Oops... and Hauls

So being that I am technically challenged- I am still trying to load videos on to the computer. Hopefully the darling husband will help tonight! In the meantime I forgot to tell you all that I am SOOO excited- I have an order from Scrapbookpal.com and bluemoonscrapbooking.com that should be here today or tomorrow. If you have not checked these sites out- DO SO NOW!! Scrapbook pal is awesome for Cricut cartridges and Glimmer Mist, I just ordered my first couple of Copic markers from them! They also do free shipping for orders over $25.00. Blue moon has the most unique scrapbooking supplies- Graphic 45 paper- LOVE LOVE LOVE!! They also have a lot of vintage finds, primas, etc.. I was also very impressed with this site, I got a personal phone call thanking me for my order (it was nice talking to you Scott) and a hint on what he's getting next! Seriously girls, check these sites out!

July Events @ Studio A

Friday, July 16th 6-9pm Hostess Class

Saturday, July 17th 11-2pm Hannah's Birthday Party

Sunday, July 18th 1-5pm Stamp A Stack $20.00

Saturday, July 31st 1-5pm One Set Wonder Class $20.00


Please RSVP to attend an event to alanamanusos@hotmail.com

Random Thoughts in July

Hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July! We enjoyed a nice quiet weekend at home, a nice change after running so much in May and June! I have been crazy stamper girl trying to get samples for all sorts of classes made. I have also started my very first Shabby Chic mini album and it's so much fun playing with really girly products- can you say LACE!! I will post pictures and hopefully a video once it's done. In the meantime here is my first attempt at a video upload! Looking forward to comments and suggestions, have a great day!

June Cards

June Thoughts

Sorry I have been out of service for a few weeks! Wow, do I need a vacation from our vacation! Anyway, I have been working hard to get the studio organized and re-organized (you crafters know how that goes) and trying to get samples made. I am very excited this month, SU! products are changing and while I love them all, I am excited to get my order of NEW favorites!! I will be posting my first video soon, and hope to post a video once a month once I get going. If anyone has tips or suggestions, they are welcome!! Hope you all are having a great June- I promise to post again soon :)

May Workshop

May Card Class

Here are the cards we will be making this month at my card class. I am pretty proud of myself- I used ink colors that I've never used before and actually liked them (of course they are retiring!) Since I have not had a lot of time to get samples made, this month's cards are pretty simple- but sometimes less is more right?

Lanirose Crafts Studio is Up!

Spent the weekend moving stuff from the spare bedroom upstairs to the studio in the basement, boy was that a workout!! I have realized that I am a paper addict and paper is HEAVY! I still have a lot to do, but the room is functional for the time being. The boys love it too, they have been "helping" me organize and unpack :)

It's Done!!

Hooray, it's better than Christmas- my new craft room is finished!!! I will post pictures soon, first I need to have a few minutes to clean the dust off the floors so I can start MOVING!! I'm so excited to have everyone over- hopefully it will be functional by Tuesday's Card Class. Let me just say that it is definitely an inspiring and happy place to me, I hope you all will feel the same once you see it.

April 2010 Card Class

April 2010

April was a busy month for me, I had my first Card Class and First Album in a Day class! The albums everyone made turned out beautifully, it was really inspiring to see how everyone took my idea and made it their own! Meanwhile, the new craft room renovation is almost complete!! Can't wait to get crafting- will be having an open house once everything is put away.

Welcome!

This is my first attempt at starting a blog so please bear with me! I'm hoping that once I get this figured out, those of you who are interested in my paper crafts will have a home base for samples, class schedules, and news!