Gone again???

So sorry that I have fallen off the earth again. Things here got rather difficult with Rachel and myself so we are pleased to say we are back on track again. I have been busy designing in the last few weeks. Here is the link to my very first Grag Bag with VDBC!


I am excited to let you know I will also be in the Grab Bag for December too! So be sure to check that out even with your busy schedules.

I also have been learning to etch glass. This is really fun and very easy. Here is a picture of my latest project:

I should be in better contact now. Don't forget to sign up for the VDBC newsletter. The upcoming one is featuring lots of projects/gifts that you can make with your cutters. It will be a great help for all those holiday gifts you need to create.

Remember your life in pictures, scrapbook!
Kitty

Where have I been???

Sorry for the silence. Rachel and I both had the flu. This was so unfun and will take this moment to remind all of you to get your flu shots now.

I have been given a new moniker as a mother of an autistic child. Some of us are now known as "warrior moms" for our unwavioring strength to move our children in the forward direction. Well, it has never been more true as when I am now working with Rachel's therapists to teach her how to cook! We don't eat anything from a can, box, or premade bag, so all cooking is done with fresh foods. This means that Rachel is learning to finely chop veggies like onions, or work with raw meat/fish. You wouldn't think this would be so hard, but each movement is done mostly "hand over hand" meaning my hand is on top of hers at all times. Dinner now takes an hour and a half to prepare. By the end of it, I am nearly too tired to eat! It will get better, as all things do with her, but I just hope I live to tell the tail! Here is a picture of Rachel with on of her dinners: New potatoes with herbs, garlic and oninions, rock fish with a ginger lime butter sauce, fresh green beans and a fresh mozzerlla salad with tomatoes from our garden. She may not look like she is smiling, but that is her "picture taking face" which I would LOVE to change!


Based on all of this, my designing as been left to the back burner. I will get back to business soon as my world gets less crazy. Until then, the ideas are just building up in my head!

Remember your life in pictures; scrapbook!
Kitty
See my new designs at VDBC website here:

What a weekend!

We had a wild weekend spending a lot of time together as a family. On Friday we celebrated the beginning of the holiday weekend by going out to dinner at Roy's one of Rachel's favorite restaurants. We visited the Pasadena location this time and it was nice, but no better than several of the other locations we have visited.

On Saturday we spent the day at the beach. It was a great day, but believe it or not, rather chilly! It was 105 at our house and I wore a sweatshirt the entire time a the beach. Rachel braved the water as usual. We have not had much of any beach weather this year.

On Sunday, as you can see from above we spent a LONG day at the LA County Fair. Rachel loves the rides and we will be back again before it closes. We really like going and enjoy looking at the animals, farming exhibits, and the crafts. Not to mentions the food, seeing as we gave in this year and visited the "fry king" to try a deep fried PB&J. It was pretty good too!

Monday we fell over and rested. I haven't worked on a file all weekend, so I better get hopping if I want to have new things up in the next newsletter. I want to thank everyone for all their purchases this weekend. I am thrilled that you are giving me a try!

Remember your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty

It's FRIDAY

Wow! What a week. I opened the freezer and was greeted with a big splash of water. It didn't get any better so we will have a lovely new refrig next week. Thank goodness, since it is 113 here, that we have an extra one out in the garage.

We will spend the weekend together doing family stuff around here, so it will be a relaxing weekend.

I have all my files loaded and I am working on several new ones. I should have some of them up in the store next week if all goes well.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your families!
Remember your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty

Wow! What a busy weekend. I finally have all my 13 new files loaded into the store. That is a big relief as the newsletter comes out tomorrow. I have a surprise for all of you in the newsletter too! Check back tomorrow to see what it is.

I also have a funny story to share about my daughter Rachel. As many of you know she is pretty autistic and doesn't talk much. Well, this Saturday we had let her know it was about time to get up. Then, oddly, my cell phone rang a little bit later with her ring tone. I wondered if she had left her phone at the social activity she had attended the night before so I picked it up and low and behold it was Rachel on the phone! She was calling from her bedroom to see if she could stay in bed a little longer!!!! My husband and I about busted a gut laughing after we got over the shock of Rachel calling us on the phone at all. Wonders never cease!

Remember your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty

Wow! This week has been a bit harry for me. I updated my KNK softwear and ran into a few problems so I updated my computer to Windows 7. Tomorrow I get to try them all together. I sure hope everything works! I have been very busy designing for Halloween and fall. I can't wait for you to see what I have been up to the last few days. My creative team has been busy helping me out and I should be up and in store in the next few days. I can't wait!!!!

Tell your life in pictures. Scrapbook!
Kitty
Kitty's Cuttings

Wow! I made it through another deadline at VDBC website. I can't tell you how difficult it was for me to complete and load 14 different files in less than 2 weeks. I could never have done it without help from Sandy and my entire creative team. Thank you all very much!

I excited to try my hand at another subject buy right now I don't seem to have much "creative inspiration" coming my way.

Have a great day!
Kitty

OK so I am a bad blogger! Sorry! I have been super busy putting together many new files for the store. I did an entire collection of Alaskan cruise titles that I am very excited about. I also will be showing two extremely cute bridal cards that are somewhat 3D. I am so excited to see what you think about them. They will all be up in my store by the 15th of this month.

My youngest daughter just went today for her senior pictures! I am a bit overwhelmed by all this as I know big changes are in store for her life in the next few years. Having an autistic child drags you kicking and screaming into the next phase of life as you NEVER think they will be ready for the change. She will stay at high school for another 2 years, so she will have 2 "senior" years, but after that we have big decisions to make. This is just the beginning!

Tell your life in pictures, scrapbook!

Happy 4th of July

I am so excited that I will be included in the VDBC news letter this upcoming month. I am giving away my first freebie. How exciting for me!

I have been working very hard to get new files into the store for the 4th of July. I love firework shows, as you can tell by the collection of new files. I hope you will be enjoying one on the 4th of July too. I am not that great at taking pictures of the fireworks but I am getting better.

Rachel, my autistic daughter, is off for her first week of camp this Saturday. There is a lot of get ready and we are all a bit nervous. I am sure she will have a great time at camp. She is really looking forward to it, especially the S'mores!

Have a great 4th of July!

Coming Together

I am so excited to finally announce that I will be going live on Chris' site next week. It has taken me forever. All the designers are very kind and extremely helpful. I just hope I can get the conversions down so everyone can purchase my files with ease.

Things have been a bit crazy these last few weeks. Rachel had 2 seizures in one day so I changed her meds (with a doctor's approval) and she became manic. Big ugly mistake. I felt so sorry to her since she knew she was being difficult, but she couldn't help herself. The lack of sleep really takes a toll on all of us. Thankfully she had a small seizure late last week and seems to be back to normal now.

Kate, my older daugher is now home from school. We are super proud of her as she passed all 3 of her classes this semester! This is a first and we hope that it is a glimps of the future. After all the stress and mis-steps she has had it would be wonderful to see her on a good path now.

Brad, my DH, has been working very hard on the computer. I am so proud of him and he has come a long way. The only issue is downloading. I now have files everywhere. He is doing a great job so far and it has been very helpful for me as I don't have to help him as much. Wonderful!

I am a nervous wreck going "live" with Chris. She has been wonderful and I can't wait to see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Kitty

Happy Day

I am so excited today to be added to Chris Durnam's Visual Design site! I have been working so hard on learning to design on my KNK. I have all these great ideas, but I don't seem to have as much time as I would like to put them into practice. My husband has been home lately as this is his "down" time at work. He is learning to use the computer, from scratch--completely from scratch. It is taking all my time and patience to teach him to use email!

I can't wait to meet everyone who works for Chris and I am so excited to start on this new challenge in my life!

Thanks for listening,
Kitty