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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Strawberry Times

I don't know what got into me, but I was really inspired to make a kit with a bunch of strawberries this week! The nice thing is that you don't have to add a single strawberry to your layout, however. =) 20% off till Monday, of course!

And oh wow, the crew have just gone crazy with gorgeous layouts!!

From Jen:

By Julie:

By Petra:

By Sandrine:

By Lisa:

By Romy:

We're having a windy, wet, and wild end of March--no lambs here! But I hope your weekend is just as you like it!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Spring! Sale!

Well! I came home to 4" of snow, the transformer at the end of the street blew up because our poor shore pines are NOT used to having a load of snow to bear and so they were dropping their branches like needles, and KAPOW! there went my hard drive. Ah, the adventures. So two weeks later, here I am, with *another* store-wide sale (30% off) and a special deal for you: Buy $10 of product, and you get my newest A Year of Hope collection, Kit 2, for FREE! This kit coordinates with all the other Year of Hope kits, and I've added a new color to kind of expand things. I hope you like it!

Some lovely pages with the new kit:

By Romy:

By Julie:

By Jen:

By Jen again:

By Trista:

I hope you have a lovely weekend, that you've signed up for the MScraps newsletter so you can get this week's freebie (2 templates, by me) for free, and that your season change has not been as dramatic as mine!!!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Decorated Corners!

I've been inspired by my type challenge for next month, and have come up with some reworked corner typographical inspiration:

And the CT have of course made some stunning pages! Here's one by Romy:

And one by Julie:

And by Jenny:

And now, onto Death Valley--should be home by Tuesday! Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

20% off today... Treasured!

I'm on the road... so more later!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Devil's Churn

About 2 or 3 miles south of my little town, there is a magnificent natural feature called the Devil's Churn. It's a fissure that runs into the flank of one of the highest points along the Oregon Coast, Cape Perpetua. Because the walls are so narrow, the water gains tremendous speed and force as the energy is channeled into a tighter and tighter squeeze, resulting in huge sprays and sea foam accretions that look just like churned butter.

Here are some more photos I took today of this magnificent phenomenon:

Devil's Churn seen from above, at the summit of Cape Perpetua.

Approach to Devil's Churn along the windy (it winds, and there's a lot of wind, too!) trail.

The water rushes into this narrow fissure in the flank of Cape Perpetua and slams into the end of it, creating huge sprays.

As the water gains speed, its energy compressed by the narrow walls, it rises and starts to froth.

The sea foam which accumulates in the trench takes on the consistency of churned butter.

The foam creates amazing patterns as it's pushed about by the ceaselessly rebounding wave energy.

More wonderfully thick patterns.

And finally, it crashes over--the amazing power of water.

Hope you're having a powerful weekend too!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

High Surf Advisory

23-28 foot swells around high tide today. That means: do not stand on the rocks! 2 young people died in our town last year--college students throwing a ball around on the rocks. A wave larger than most--called a "sneaker wave," because it sneaks up on you--hit them mid-thigh. Though the water was not high, the strength of it made them lose their footing, fall in the deeper water, and be smashed against the rocks. Please, please--be a fuddy-duddy, and don't allow your kids so close to the ocean along the Oregon Coast! This morning--3.5 hrs away from high tide--I snapped this picture. Didn't mean to have someone in it, but that's who stirred my despair: a 14 or so year old boy, tossing logs into the surf, while his father or grandfather stood by, filming...

The ocean is beautiful, and wild, and exhilarating, and fills your soul with passion. But it will swallow you up as quickly as you can draw your last breath...