Hi all!

I’m taking a blog vacation day today.  I know you’ll all understand.  Look for some exciting posts coming in the next few days, as well as a new release this coming Wednesday!

Have a great day!

I am delighted to share with you today a HUGE collab that I was part of.  The We Are Family Collab was put together by Tara at Geek Chic Designs to benefit one of our dear digi friends, and CT member to many of us, Sally.  Sally was recently diagnosed with Cancer, and we are hoping the proceeds from this collab with help to offset her medical expenses.  You can check out Sally’s Blog to hear her story, and read about her progress.  Right now though, let’s check out the kit!!

Nine of the top digi designers, myself included, came together to create this incredible light and bright kit.  I have downloaded it and started playing with it, and let me tell you it’s HUGE and full of fun stuff!  You can pick up the collab HERE at Gotta Pixel.

Check out this incredible layout by my CT member Kristin, I think it showcases how fun the collab kit is.

This sweet layout is by CT Member Laura

By CT Member Alix

By CT Member Sarah

We would really appreciate it if you picked up this collab and helped us help out a dear friend.  Thanks!

This week’s peek is something special for digi designers!

Make sure you check it out, it’s great for digi designers and scrappers alike.  Plus, it will be a great deal, I promise!!

“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”

Today marks the 55th Anniversary of the opening of Disneyland in 1955.  Walt Disney was one of the most imaginative people of modern times, and his imagination and creativity are a constant source of inspiration for me.  Walt isn’t always a creative inspiration for me, though.  Often, I find much more to be inspired by in his quotes.  This is my favorite.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths” - Walt Disney

While Walt may well have been talking about his industry, this quote has often inspired me in difficult times.  Even when times our bad, even when we feel the world is stacked against us, our curious nature keeps us moving forward.  When we feel like we can’t go any further, we know that with a little imagination and work, we will move ahead.  Our pasts are just that, past.  We cannot live in the past, instead we have to grow and change and progress.  So while he may have been talking about the Disney corporation at the time, Walt knew something else.  Walt knew that this idea was not only the key to creating a great organization, but that it was also a key to creating a great life.

Thanks Walt for inspiring me to move forward.

*Special thanks to Disney Dreamer for the picture and quote from opening day.

Today’s episode of the Paperclipping Digi Show is especially exciting.  Designer and owner of Designer Digitals, Katie Pertiet was a guest.  I have long admired Katie’s products, as well as the professional and creative atmosphere of Designer Digitals.  As you can imagine, I was excited seeing as I was a guest on PDS today as well!  The topic was making sure to set aside time for scrapbooking, despite a busy schedule.

You can check out the latest episode at Paperclipping.   I can’t wait for all of you to hear it!

Earlier last week, I tripped on a discussion on Twitter about how designers are writing their product descriptions. Some designers, myself included, have taken to listing all of the elements in the kit, such as I have done with THIS KIT HERE.  Come to find out, many of the customers involved in the discussion indicated that they didn’t really prefer this listing, and in some cases didn’t even read it.  This boggled my mind, especially since I was sure that each of you was pouring over the detailed listing of elements I had been writing.

So, I am looking to you to further this conversation.  When you are purchasing a product, do you prefer there to be a list of the elements in the kit, or would you rather see something like “over 50 elements.”  I put together this quick poll so we could vote on it.

Even if you vote, I would love to further the conversation in the comments below.  Tell me, if you voted for the listing, why did you vote for it?  If you don’t really prefer the listing, why not?  Are you even reading it?  I look forward to hearing what you all think!

I can’t believe it’s already July!  We are past the halfway point of the year…it seems like we were just celebrating Christmas.  I did a little digging and here are 31 ways to celebrate in July…one per day.

All of my information came from either this site, or this one.  Each has other awesome celebrations for you to check out, too!

About a year ago, I bought a Kindle for my wife for her birthday.  She is an avid reader, so the Kindle was a natural decision for her.  Since then, she has fallen in love with it…and I have too.  It’s so easy to use, and lightweight to hold and travel with.  I love reading on books and magazines on it, but today I am here to share another cool thing about the Kindle with you.

Did you know that with the Kindle, you can subscribe to certain blogs?  For a small monthly fee, you can have the content of your favorite blog delivered right to you Kindle.  I had first heard about the option of subscribing to blogs a while back when The Daily Digi started being offered through the Amazon Kindle Store.  You can check out The Daily Digi – Digital Scrapbooking Resource in the Amazon Kindle Store.

Well, as of yesterday, another familiar blog is available for your Kindle – THIS ONE!!  That’s right, Sir Scrapalot Designs is now available to take with you on your Kindle.  For a small monthly fee, you can get all of the Sir Scrapalot Designs post delivered right to your Kindle.  I immediately subscribed to it on my DW’s Kindle, and I can tell you it looks great!  All of the posts are there, along with all of the photos.  I can imagine it would come in handy for those times when I am away from the internet, and still want to keep up with the blogs I subscribe to.

As if all this wasn’t cool enough, this week the price of the Kindle has dropped $70!!

There are also Free Kindle Apps that can be used on other devices such as iPhone and Blackberry. That’s just another way to check all this stuff out!

So, what do you think? Will you try Kindle out? Is the markdown attractive to you? Let’s talk!

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