One Little Word: March in Focus OLW Blog Hop

Welcome to to my stop on the One Little Word blog hop for February. If you’ve come from Jen’s blog, welcome! The full list of blogs is at the end of this post.

The Prompt

We were all encouraged to take action on our words this month.

I have absolutely taken lots of action on my Focus areas:

• Eating more healthily (which was a priority last year too!)
• Making my afternoon rest a priority
• Involving Emily in my daily activities
• Spending our evenings together
• Getting my business commitments done this month to allow more time to prepare for Baby number two!

This month has involved a lot more teaching and online Scrapbooking classes than normal, so I know for the month ahead my focus will move more only our growing family especially as Phill has a trip away coming up.

I have loved looking back at my OLW album from April, especially my note to self if quite poignant one year on – so I can’t wait to get going on April’s prompt!

  

More posts about my One Little Word adventure:

February in Focus: OLW Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

One Little Word in Focus OLW Blog Hop: January 2012

One Little Word January Blog Hop

One Little Word September Blog Hop

One Little Word August Blog Hop

One Little Word July Blog Hop

One Little Word June OLW Blog Hop

One Little Word April Self Portrait

One Little Word My album so far

One Little Word 2011 Grow

One Little Word 2011

About the Class

Ali Edwards sends out monthly emails with a prompt for the month and you just complete it as you are inspired to throughout the month. Did you know that the One Little Word class is open all year?

Want more OLW inspiration?

Head over to Kaylea’s blog.

Here’s the rest of the stops in the One Little Word blog hop:

• Margie
• Monica
• Jill
• Jenn
• Kara
• Cheri
• Catherine
• Nikki
• Cindy
• Lisa
• Donna
• Coley
• Naomi
• Stephanie
• Ruth
• Eydie
• Janet
• Orange Gearle
• Amanda
• Jen
• Melissa S
• Kaylea
• Missus Wookie
• Cindy
• Beth
• Tere
• Kelly
• Heidi

Thanks again to Margie for organising this hop!

I hope to see you all at True Scrap 3 – I’ll be there with bells on! (Read my story here)

Melissa

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Scrapbooking with Friends

Over the past few years a lot of forum has become virtual ghost towns in the scrapbooking arena.

Either that, or they are so huge that a new member goes unnoticed.

Don’t you hate that?

I used to check in daily at a couple forums where people actually knew me and commented on my layouts. Now, where have those scrapbookers gone?

Some are over in Flick groups, some just add their scrapbooking friends on Facebook and chat through comments, and some are premium members at Simple Scrapper.

Do you want to join a group of women who love to scrapbook, share stories and tips and are generally all around fun people to hang out with?

I do!

I want to invite you to come and scrapbook with me and my friends with a special discount!

Join us and you’ll be able to:

• Chat and scrap with like-minded scrapbookers in our Facebook group
• Get inspired with easy projects, templates and sketches
• Learn with online courses (included in your membership!)
• Generate new ideas with journalling and photo prompts

I can’t wait to see you inside!

Happy Scrapping!

Melissa

True Scrap GIVEAWAY: Win an all access pass!

So this is the month for giveaways right?

I am so excited to share this great giveaway with you – you can win an all access pass to True Scrap 3 – valued at $147!

Read on over at Digital Scrapbooking HQ to hear why I am so thrilled to be involved this year, and how you can win!

http://www.digitalscrapbookinghq.com/ts3giveaway

Good luck!

Melissa
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Daddy is an Engineer

Phill headed down to Kwinana today for some testing and Emily was intrigued as to what he was doing.

I explained that Daddy was helping them check to see if the big machines worked.
"What are they for?"
"For digging up things out of the ground, like metal, to make things out of."
"I know they can dig something out of the ground!"
"What will they dig up?"
"Some worms!"

Melissa

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Dropbox to the rescue

I've been using Dropbox and thought you might like it. It's a free way to bring all your files anywhere and share them easily.

I've been using it to sync up my phone photos and the audio for all my classes, to get audio into my PC easily.

Interested?

Sign up with this link to get some bonus space: https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEzNDExMDA5OQ

What's coming up for me

So apart from being wife, mum and working hard growing our new baby due in May, what am I up to?

Lots of teaching!

2012 Schedule

Photobook Perfection: Free Webinar!

18th March 8:30pm EST

Register here

Best Photo Forward: Refining Photos of Fine Embroidery

Read more and register here

Scrapbooking Shortcuts: Free Workshop

• Want to scrapbook more quickly?
• Want perfect photobooks every time?
• Tired of resizing to share online?
• Wish you knew all the insider shortcuts?

Join me to learn about shortcuts, scripts and actions that will get you finishing pages in no time!

Date: Sunday, March 25

Time: 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM (Eastern Time) (view and register in your timezone)

Please note due to the fact I’m in Australia, if you don’t change the timezone the event will appear on the 26th March.

Cost – Free!

Finish What You Start: Project Planning and Completion

20-21st April 2012

Find out more and Register today!

Part of the awesome True Scrap event!

 Then in May, June and July I'll be taking a well-earned break, but will hopefully still pop in here with new baby pictures!

Melissa

It’s your lucky day: Ella Publishing Offer

I’m back again with another great deal from Ella Publishing.

Lucky 3-day scrapbook inspiration sale!

Save some green this St. Patrick's Day, why don'tcha?

You've uncovered a Lucky 3-Day sale from Ella Publishing! Here are TWO coupon codes to save you some green this weekend.

The first coupon (LUCKY17) can be used to get 17% off any three* items, inlcuding the Take Twelve Guided Inspiration Kit, the coordinating Take Twelve Templates for digital scrapbooking, and the new Stamping Secrets eBook)
And if you're not already registered for Spring Training, now is definitely the time to register for the best value! Add Spring Training and any eBook (valued up to $5.99) to your cart, then apply the code POTOGOLD to get the $5 pre-registration discount and one free eBook of your choice!
Both offers expire at midnight on Monday, March 19. Note: you must use each coupon code in a separate purchase.
*Excludes Spring Training and gift certificates.
p.s. If you're ALREADY registered for Spring Training 2012, watch your email for a coupon code for a free eBook, too. As always, those who register earliest get the best deal!
p.p.s. And if you're a returning Spring Training or Boot Camp attendee, you'll get an email this weekend explaining how you can save 20% off of Spring Training 2012 registration PLUS get a free eBook.