I am back from teaching at The Great American Scrapbook Convention and oh my goodness gracious. Those scrapbookers? They know how to play right into my obsession for neat, orderly and functioning workspaces. Scrapbookers seem to really like efficiency. And they have some toys, inks and supplies. They use punches, gadgets, embossers, and the inks! I felt overwhelmed. I am going to have to see how all I saw and experienced in the vendors center integrates. I wonder how I would use their tools! I am not one to step in feet first. I like to research and walk around back and kick the tire. I need to understand before I can proceed, so I will be looking into one of the things I saw.
I am preparing a post for CreateMixedMedia. I have to say, I really like what they are doing at that site. I think it offers real content and is colorful and open minded in exploring its themes. I am an author of theirs, just for your reference. But they have not asked me, nor are they paying me to say so. I am just putting my two cents in.
AnYway. I am preparing a post for them and it involves a Rumi quote and a certain collar.
In the meantime, I show you one of the latest purses. Leslie Tucker Jennison named it The Bellybutton. Will discuss soon. I have been bitten by the fever to create many of these purses. I want them as accessories. Maybe I need one for my iPod. Hm.
Melanie Testa 
Tee-hee, I love the bellybutton name. I really enjoy your posts on Create and echo your comments about the site. They really try to appeal to a wide audience and I have learned so much about areas new to me. My Sis works with paper and she has fun, fun tools. She brought her Cuttlebug up at Christmas for me to play with and oh my! It will cut fabric as well! Then I played with the embossing dies and the possibilities are endless! The whole time I thought of you and how you would use the papers in your journal. They also have wonderful sprays, some of which can be used on cloth. Find a card maker/scrapbooker near you and invite yourself in for a playdate! LOL! You will have fun!
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