Just one of those days...

...where you do not want to sit in an office and do your job. That's how I feel today.

Link Chiropractic

Back in spring, I was hired by my chiropractor to select paint colors for their new office. I was more than happy to do this for them! Their original office was based in the basement of their home. They had their home up for sale and decided to move their office to a shopping center. They were so cool about it. They told me to pick out anything I wanted, they didn't care what it looked liked. No pressure right? Once I got there to see the new office in person, I realized that there were a lot of colors already going on.....the window frames and trim was painted hunter green, the carpet had purple/grey tones in it, the baseboard was a slate blue color.....hmmmm. I was there for awhile trying to decide what to do. Oh, did I mention that I had to decide on my colors that day? Like I said before...no pressure!

So here it is! The finish product:

Entrance/Receptionist Area:

Adjusting Area:
Waiting Area:

There are two more rooms, but unfortunately the pictures didn't get. There is the doctor's office, and also a meeting room. The doctor's are a husband/wife team, and they had decorated the office themselves. They did a good job too!

I was so nervous seeing this in person. This was my first time doing freelance work. And guess what....I am so glad that I did it, because my chiropractor had referred me to one of his customers!

I am going to do the same now too. If you live in the Reading area, or near Oley, and need to see a chiropractor, I would recommend you to see Dr. Wayne and Dr. Dawn Fichter. They are really caring doctors and really look out for your health and making it better. Click here to view their website, and if you go to see them, tell them that I referred you! :)

SCHAEFFER Custom Home

Tomorrow is the settlement day for the Schaeffer custom home. This home was built in the Schuylkill county area. It was a lot of fun doing selections with this couple. She is just like me where everything needs to match...the light fixtures, faucets, door hardware on the cabinets and on the doors, and right down to the toilet handle. Mrs. Schaeffer and I got along just fine! ;)

I just updated the Angelo Corrado Homes, Inc. website to show more pictures of this home. Click here and check it out if your are interested!

A Fling Before the Ring

Labor Day weekend was Kristin's bachlorette party at Penn State. Kristin, and two of the other bridesmaids are Penn State Alumni's, so Kristin wanted to have one more weekend of singlehood at Penn Sate. It definitely was a great time hanging out with the girls, drinking, shopping, eating ice cream from the creamery, dressing up, and of course girl talk. It has been awhile since I have been out with the girls, and it was very much needed. Reminds me of the good old days from middle school sleepovers (without the alcohol of course!).

I have some pictures of our weekend below. There are a few cRaZy ones of course, and I thought I better not show them on here. But there are a few more on my myspace page if you would like to see some more! Here is my link: http://www.myspace.com/beachluvngirl


So, here we all are, all dressed up and ready to go out on the town. This was our first night and it was a luau theme since Kristin's wedding will be a destination wedding in the Dominican Republic.

ICE CREAM! We made a special trip to the Penn State Creamery on Sunday. This was our lunch! I selected Cookies-N-Cream. It was soooo good! :)
After eating all of that ice cream, we decided to walk it off by walking over to the Penn State Nittany Lion. Here we all are (left to right: Devan, top row: Kristin, Heather, Jennifer, Gabrielle; bottom row: Me, and Susan)
Jennifer, Heather and Kristin are all Penn State alumni's. They had graduated from Penn State in 2004. So, here they are 4 years later together again...

I promise to post some scrapbooking layouts and home photos soon! I am going to the Friday night crop at Kinnon Keepsakes this Friday, so I have a goal to get a lot of layouts done, plus work on something that I have been working on for months (it's been hard for me not to show you it!) We also have some settlements coming up in the next couple of weeks, so there will be some posts soon showing some of my work!

Some Sad News

I have been wanting to tell you this news for the longest time, but I swore to my cousin that I wouldn't tell anyone. But, since she sent a newsletter out over the weekend, I am allowed to leave the cat out of the bag....

My cousins scrapbooking store, Kinnon Keepsakes is closing its doors. I know a few of you scrapbook a little (or a lot), and with the way the economy is you haven't been buying as much supplies (I know I haven't), so visit the store and get the great deals on paper, tools, embellishments, and even paper racks! You won't be able to beat it anywhere else!

To all of you that visited us at Kinnon Keepsakes over the years, we appreciated you shopping and supporting your local store rather than at the big chain stores. I have meet some wonderful people working there when the store first opened. Everyone has been so kind and you basically feel like my 2nd family. I will miss everyone!

The good news is that we are still having our largest event of the year. CROP FOR A CURE! We hope you can make it to raise money for breast cancer. This years event will not be held at Kutztown University, but at the Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest Hospital NEW Kasych Education Center.

Please visit www.kinnonkeepsakes.com for more information on the Crop for a Cure and information on upcoming sales that we will be having at the store.

Keep Scrappin'!

A Bridal Shower and One BIG Party!

One of my best friends is getting married! I am so lucky to be a part of this celebration between Kristin and Scott. The festivities began on Saturday with Kristin's bridal shower. It was held at the Hoffman House at Muhlenberg College where Kristin used to work. It was the most beautiful place to hold it, with lots of sunlight coming in, and lots of room for all of her family and friends. Kristin and Scott's wedding is a destination wedding to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, so our theme was a beach/tropical theme with palm trees, seashells, and the bridesmaid dress color of pink coral color, and the groomsmen tux color of tan. Such clean and refreshing colors. We had appetizers and punch set up in one of the front rooms where the guests could mingle and catch-up before Kristin showed up. It wasn't a surprise shower for Kristin since she had to drive to Pennsylvania from Virginia, but she didn't know the details. After Kristin arrived and went around to visit everyone, we sat in the large dining room and played our first game. Then Kristin opened up her gifts from everyone. We then played another game. After that we had a buffet style lunch with yummy tropical foods to go along with theme. We had played one more game after lunch, and then out came dessert. A yummy vanilla cake with a raspberry icing and cool-whipped icing. We also had mini cheesecakes topped with fresh fruit and whipped cream. TO DIE FOR! Everything turned out so well, and everyone was so relaxed and had such a great time.

Next weekend is Kristin's bachlorette party up at Penn State! Can't wait! :)

There was another big party that I had gone to after the shower on Saturday at my Aunt Sharon and Uncle Danny's house. It was my Aunt Sharon's 50th Birthday, my Uncle Danny's 60th Birthday, my Uncle Danny's two son's 35th and 40th Birthday, and my Uncle Danny's mother's 80th birthday year....plus a few other milestone birthdays and anniversaries. So in any event, they held one giant party. They had a local band called the Aardvarks play in their garage later on at night! How cool is that!?!

Here Jenna and I are showing off our Pudding and Jell-O shot pile! hahaha! :)

Creating Keepsakes Convention - Valley Forge

I know, I know! I am a little behind on my blogging and posting my pictures. And...I know I keep saying that I am busy, but I honestly am. This summer has not been very relaxing for me. It's one thing after another. I can't wait for September. You should see my calendar. There is NOTHING scheduled! Whoohoo!

Two weekends ago, Kinnon Keepsakes was a vendor at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Valley Forge Convention Center. The girls set the booth up on Thursday during the day, and then after work I came down to help work the booth on Friday and Saturday. This was the first time that I was able to take a class at the convention. I have no idea what the name of the class was, but the instructor was Stacy Julian, Editor and Creator of Simple Scrapbooks Magazine. What a cool girl! She was so much fun, and her class was so inspiring. She taught us how to get 1 mini album done in about 2 sittings (not 2 years like what I do!) We had about 30 minutes to complete 10 pages of mini album, and each time we completed a page we had to yell "whoohoo!", and she would "whoohoo" back! Haha! So much fun. But like I said, it was so inspiring, and this is something that I am going to have to try.
After the class she gave out some door prizes, and I won her new book, called the Big Picture. She autographed it for me! SWEET!

Here was our large booth at the convention. The main product that we sold is by QuicKutz. It is a personal die-cutting system that we sell at the store and it is a huge it. Look how pretty we made it...all matchy-matchy with pink and brown!

Here is CJ demonstrating the Revolution Tool, and the new 4x8 alphabet set! You go girl!