September 2023 Highlights


Sunday, October 1, 2023

Here's a recap of our September 2023!
Bethany, Evelyn and Ethan flew in from Oregon for a few days and Bethany treated us to a harp concert. She's so talented.
A Johnny Was opened at our mall! I'm so stoked.
All the flower murals on the outside of the store are the perfect photo op.
Can't wait to scrap these :)
Speaking of flowers, the hibiscus that my sister-in-law got me for my birthday in 2022 bloomed again. The blooms only last about 24-48 hours, isn't that interesting?
Just the girls!
Happy fall ya'll! In honor of the season I'm trying all the pumpkin flavored things. I got a pumpkin smoothie from Jamba Juice, pumpkin frosty from Wendy's, a pumpkin spice frap from Starbucks, etc.
So far, the pumpkin cookie from Crumbl wins :)
Jane went to Outdoor Ed! She had a much better time than Fox did last year because the weather was actually nice this year.
I picked her up from school when they got back at lunch time and took her to Mod Pizza. It was fun one-on-one time.
YAS!!! Spooky season is almost here! The decorations are already for sale everywhere! We picked up a new light up tree thing at Home Depot and can't wait to set it up on October 1st!
Jane's natural highlights and curly hair slay me!
Fox had a sleepover at Nana & Papa's and the next day he fell asleep in church.
I went a little fall flower crazy at Home Depot and spruced up the front porch.
A week or two later I added light up pumpkins and put the flowers in pots.
My mom flew in on September 29th!!
We kicked off the night before October with a scary movie to "ring" in the spooktacular season: The Ring.
Fox & Jane weren't even phased. What's with kids these days?! I thought it was soooo scary when I first saw it and I was 17!
Well obviously this all jumped into my cart.
We saw 3 movies in September: Gran Turismo for the second time because it's just that good and then I bought it when it came out on the 26th and have watched it 4 more times since! Haunting of Venice was entertaining and Dumb Money was pretty dumb..
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The kitties are still my furry sidekicks!
This might be my favorite picture of all time.
Long neck Amy lol.
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Onto the scrappy recap!
I spent a good chunk of September on Halloween things and got dressed up to fit the occasion and make intro videos and to go live on my Instagram!
I shared 6 projects in September - click the links to see them in-depth:
I designed 5 free cut files in September! 4 for my Newsletters and 1 for Scrapbook & Cards Today!
I taught my last two PaigePals5 virtual classes in September! First, a Wooden House Mini Album Class.
I hope to have PaigePals6 kits & classes in the early part of 2024!
I released my Halloween kit & class and the kits sold out in 57 minutes - I am forever grateful!!!
The Halloween 4x4 Mini Album Class will always be available and I still have some of the individual products available in MY SHOP.
My first re-order of the Halloween sequin albums custom made by Gi DeMello in Brazil arrived! You can pre-order them again HERE
I got all those orders packed up and shipped out!
Jane took a pic of me and my supervisor cutting out Halloween cut files.
I've also got a Blooming Wild 4x4 Sequin Album up for pre-order HERE.
I joined Andrea & Danielle for their September Scrap & Sip live!
The third weekend in September I flew to Ontario, California to teach 3 classes at Frank Garcia Studio in Upland!
If you haven't been to the Frank Garcia Studio store before, it alone is worth a whole trip to SoCal!
I taught a layouts class, coptic bookbinding class, and 6x8 Christmas album class!
After I wrapped up Halloween projects I dove right into Christmas! Boxes of all things Sugarplum Wishes have been taking over our dining room for months so I finally got it all organized and moved into my scrappy storage room in the basement.
I made my class samples & kits for our upcoming Sugarplum Wishes Weekend!
The event is sold out so to join the waitlist you can email me.
Then I made 3 double-page spreads and a card for the upcoming Crop & Create Holiday event!
Can't stop won't stop adding ribbons to all the edges :)
Throughout October I'll be working on my 6x8 Christmas Album Virtual Class! I'm hoping to release the class on November 3rd. If you'd like to pre-order a kit, email me :)
I didn't take too many personal pics in September, I need to be better about that in October! I'm sure I will since I always document our Octobers in a mini album :) Looking forward to our annual Disney trip and of course HALLOWEEN!!
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