Vintage Lady Hatbox Kit!!!! : Now Available for Pre-Order

Hello All!!!  So here is the Vintage Lady Hatbox Kit!  You can sign up to pre-order the kit right now!  Just email me at andreabethke@gmail.com if you are interested and I will email you back with information about how to order it on my etsy shop, the cost of the kit and when it will ship (when you preorder your vintage lady hatbox kit will be available for you to purchase on my etsy shop with your name so that you know its just for you and no one else can purchase it)!  If you do not pre-order there is no guarentee you will get the kit because there aren't very many available, but if there are more available after the pre-orders they will be up for purchase on etsy too.  Thank you and here is my youtube video that shows exactly whats in the kit:


Coming soon to youtube: Video on how to make the vintage lady hatbox!! And an extension kit that will also be available for pre-order!

New Things!

Hi all!  Sorry it's been a while, it's been really busy and also really rough lately.  I don't think I mentioned this before, but I have a serious condition called CRPS, it's a nerve disorder.  Basically it is nerve damage and nerve pain in my legs and it's excruciating.  I have to be on pain meds all the time and I am usually stuck inside, in bed or in a wheelchair because the pain makes it so hard for me to stand, walk, sit normally or go anywhere most of the time.  Anyway, I get through it all with my husband who is incredibly loving and supportive, he is my hero!!! And I also get through it with Scrapbooking which is like my therapy!  And I am currently in the middle of transitioning from scrapbooking as a hobby to scrapbooking as a career since it is something that I am talented at, love to do, and can do from home!  I am very excited and I will be sending out my portfolio to different scrapbooking companies as well as starting my own business selling scrapbooking kits online and doing youtube and ustream tutorials as well as in-class tutorials at scrapbook stores!!!  I am so looking forward to all this and I will keep you all posted on how this adventure goes!  Stay tuned because very soon I will be posting my first youtube video and selling my first scrapbook kit!  And it is beautiful, so make sure to watch and to get the kit when you see it because I'm sure it will go fast!

Here are some clues as to what's going to be in the kit!

Life Mini Book Using GCD Studios Paper!

I've been working on this mini book called "Life" about my new life as Andrea Bethke, a wife to Ryan Bethke, and no longer Andrea Elizarrez, single gal.  I used mainly GCD Studios paper and diecuts mostly from the Debonair collection but also from their Canta and Chic Bebe lines.  I love GCD Studios, their papers are so luxurious just like they say --- really thick, high quality paper that feels almost like fabric or something!  And it's so affordable!  In fact, my husband Ryan was shopping with me for this mini book a while back and it was the first time he touched the GCD paper when he was putting it in my cart and he said "WOW, this is awesome...thats the price?", he was just shocked at how inexpensive it was considering how nice the paper was.  He says he loves the texture!  I love that my hubby is getting into my scrapbooking and all the products and companies that I love!  And I love GCD! I have a few of their paper stacks, like "Cloissone" which is really cute for Valentines Day and "Canta", which I am going to use for a rainyday-sunnyday minibook I'm making because its all blue and yellow and green.  Check out their stuff if you havn't already, I especially love and really want bad their new Homespun Chic and Artsy Urban collections from Melody Ross.  The Homespun Chic is uber cute with vintage/retro gals from the fifties and the Artsy Urban has beautiful butterflie! They are both coming out soon! (and I will be buying them soon :-) !!)  Oh, back to my book, I hope you like it, I had so much fun making it and will try to make a video tutuorial soon on some of the cool layouts and techniques I used for it!

Favorite New Scrapbook Website: Two Peas In A Bucket !!!

Hi all, sorry its been a while, been really busy!  Anyway, wanted to talk to you about my new fave scrapbooking website, http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/ !  I love thier store and online community, both are awesome, but I think the coolest thing about the website is all the wonderful youtube videos that they do each week to let thier customers and community members know all the "latest and greatest at twopeas" as they say as well as thier favorites and the hottest trends and products in scrapbooking!  I especially love the Warehouse Walks with Mellypea!  And other videos like Kristin's picks are always fun too!  So if you havn't checked it out yet, go TODAY and check out this awesome resource for us addicted scrapbookers!

(p.s. I included a pic of a pea necklace because everyone at twopeasinabucket call themselves "peas" and I thought they should all have a necklace like this as a kind of uniform! :-) )

My Minds Eye Sketch #8 Contest

This layout is for a contest that is up on the My Minds Eye Blog.  Check it out at http://mymindseye.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/challenge-8-pink-or-red.html#comments
so you can see the challenge and all the people who have participated and entered their versions of the #8 sketch to try and win the contest.

Here is my layout, it is called "B is for Bride".  I hope you like it!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Before

After

So for Valentines Day, my husband Ryan got me some beautiful tulips AND the coolest gift ever!!---a new scrapbook room!
Ryan has painted the entire room, put up shelves, made me a desk and a paper tower and painted other furniture to go in the room and I have just started moving all my stuff in and organizing and decorating and it is looking fantastic!!! Although, of course it is still a work in progress, its already a huge improvement from what it was (check out the before and after).
I have also begun scrapping in there and that is so wonderful, to have a designated, special place to do my scrapbooking and not all over the couch in the living room or all over the bed in the bedroom. I have my own scrap/craft/sew room and it is so exciting!
To everyone out there, happy Valentines Day and I hope these pics of my room help to inspire you with your scrapbook space and if your hubby hasn't started one for you yet, show him this post and tell him to get on it! hehehe :-)

Video Tutorials Coming Soon!!!

I wanted to let you know that there will soon be video tutorials and live ustream crops coming soon to FairytaleScrapbook (and also on youtube.com and ustream.com)! I will let you know when those are happening exactly. What will be on the video tutorials you ask? Well there will be mini albums, paper bag albums, classic 12x12 layouts (but with fun new twists and techniques), beyond the page paper crafting ideas, as well as tips on how to take the best pics, how to digitally enhance pics on photoshop, and how to make them pop on your projects! As for the ustream crops, well those will be across the nation and hopefully across the world crops where we can get together magically using the wonders of the internet and chat and scrapbook together!!! On those I will give fun tips and new scrapbooking ideas as well! Hope to see you soon!