photo book

Yesterday i decided to try to be creative! i was in a cleaning mode the day before and found a couple outdated Making Memories catalogs...and decided to convert them over to a scrapbook! The inside is a 6-ring binder...perfect for new pages to be put in!
And of course i had to use the new baby boy paper...it matches the first scrapbook i made for little Oliver.

*love* the little embellishments on the black binder!

This is the second i converted...not quite finished with this one. i still need to add a strip or two of ribbon to the edge and also the inside pages.

lots of colour!! lots of pages cut to 7 1/2 X 8 1/2 work perfect! Can't wait to fill the pages with photos of little Oliver!!

a little scrapbook for Oliver...
using the adorable paper that i just *had* to order from Making Memories! and of course there is matching baby girl paper if you don't have a boy!!

i wanted to get a head-start on a scrapbook for the baby before he's here...so this is what i've been working on for the past week!

more to come once he's here and i can scrap photos of him!!
hope you enjoyed!

a little baby book...

i have everything at home just waiting for me to put it together. i am planning on putting together a little baby book! i brought home some of the adorable baby boy paper and stickers and ribbons and now i just have to create the book! sometimes i can really procrastinate on projects!! but i have to get it started before our little baby comes!

so hopefully you will see photos coming soon!

i finished up my honeymoon album, or should i say "albums"...i had tons of photos that i wanted to put in the book, so i filled up three 8 1/2x 8 1/2 albums!! i will take some photos tonight and share!

change is a good thing

hello and happy friday to everyone!! yippee it's friday!! the weekend is here...

Just a little something i wanted to share with you all before the weekend...
Starting on Monday, Scrappy's is going to have a little sale!!
i have lots of paper 1/2 off and lots of little "things" were added to the 50% off table too!!

So make sure you stop in and check all that out!!

This week we've been busy trying to re-arrange the scrapbook store to make room for some greeting cards!! Brandon and i are going to buy out Zitnak's greeting cards!! We're all sad that their store is closing on main street...but we understand why they are choosing to do so.

So...the big move of all the cards is going to take place on Monday (or Tuesday...depending on weather i think!!)...and hopefully shortly after that we will be all organized with the cards! All of the cards are going to remain at only $.99...so the only difference will be the location of the cards!!

{Change...to undergo transformation, or a transition}

precious little ones...

Ohhh...
i was sooo excited when i opened this box of baby paper and embellishments!!
just take a look for yourself at how cute it all is...
all from Making Memories.

baby boy...

baby girl...

matching cardstock stickers, epoxy stickers, chipboard letters, felt pieces, ribbon...

and the most adorable little boxes of embellishments...

a neat little idea...

Thought i would share a few little projects i have been working on for the baby's room. i found this idea to decorate clipboards and hang them on the wall from flickr. Rachel from the blog "i've got bling on my sewing machine" showed off her work space here...and i fell in love with this idea. She used her clipboards to hang her favourite magazine clippings and ideas...but i wanted to decorate the baby's room with 8 clipboards hanging in 2 rows. So off to Office Max i went on a shopping day and bought 8 clipboards. (and i also visited a few scrapbook stores for a few things!! because the adorable baby paper that i ordered hadn't arrived yet...and i was anxious to get started!!) The large space left on the top of each of the clipboards are for photographs. i have plans of hanging up photos of little Oliver once he his here! i will be more apt to change out those photos than the ones i put in frames!!

i have a few more to share...but those photos are on the home computer and i'm at work today...so more to come!!

Where has the time gone??

Today i have been working on inventory...do you know just how time-consuming it can be to count all that paper?? Not to mention all the "little" packages of things that we have!! But, i'm close to being done! Only have the 12x12 cardstock left to count...yippee!!

Counting everything left me lots of time for just thinking and daydreaming...and as i was counting the paper i noticed that i have lots of stuff from my initial order! Themed stickers, sports paper, black-n-white pattern paper, ribbon, albums...i was surprised at what i was noticing! But, that's not to say that everything i have ordered has not been a hit and flown out the door. Lots of papers only had 4 or fewer sheets left...that of course made me smile...i made the right choice when ordering!!
(ordering is lots of fun, but it's hard to decide what everyone is going to like!)

But...now the question for myself is...what to do with all this stuff that is not moving??

i guess that's why they invented the CLEARANCE TABLE!!

over the next couple of days i am going to make some little signs that will be hanging next to the product that i want to move!!

i have some brand new...absolutely adorable...baby girl and boy paper and embellishments coming in soon!

and i really want to make room for this super cute stuff!

so...be on the look-out for some really great SALES!!

i'll let you all know when it's "officially" a sale!!

New Year's Resolution...

Happy New Year to Everyone!!

Okay, here is my new year's resolution:
Post once a week to Scrappy's Blog!
i'm going to try really really hard to keep this blog up to date! i kind of fell off the face of the earth for awhile with it...but i'm back! Life starts to get busy and it's easy to put the scrapbook store on the back burner.

Lots of new stuff is brewing so i'll keep you all up to date!

Hope your Christmas and New Years was great!!

(check back again soon...there will be more posts!!)

A few new things...

Here are a few new things that have entered the shoppe that you might like to feast your eyes on! The most adorable clear stamps...

yes, Christmas things are slowly arriving...i'm planning on ordering lots of Christmas things come October...so if you would like anything special...let me know!!

Little Blossoms...these are going very fast!

Chipboard books...very neat...my goal is to put one together to show off...
we'll see if i get it done!!

a few things shared...

Here is a scrapbook i've been working on...not quite done yet!
Photos from Door County, Wisconsin (where Brandon and i went for our honeymoon!).
A cute little 8 1/2 X 8 1/2 album...all the pages are completely different and have an array of scrapbooking "stuff" all over! Not sure where i have found the paper, embellishments, stickers and more...yes i shop at more places than just my store!!

hope you enjoy looking at a few of these pages...

"Baby Journey"

The new Cosmo Cricket paper {Honey Pie} inspired me to create a little baby book! "Baby Journey"...a little 8x8 book to write down everything during your 9 months of pregnancy! The paper, in beautiful soft tones, reminded me of baby paper. Of course, you don't have to use it only as baby paper...it can blend with lots of different themes!

adorable sayings too!

and the new blackboard chipboard numbers (and letters).

RObotS

Little Robots and Gears and Stripes and little hearts that go Whirrrr!!

Fun little boy paper

and 3 different rub-on styles

Basic Grey

Lots of new stuff has arrived at the store! Three different lines of Basic Grey paper and lots of different rub-ons! Cupcake...Sugared...Two Scoops!

lots of cuteness!

Photos from NSD

Finally...i am posting photos from National Scrapbook Day weekend!

Thank you to everyone that came and put together a make-n-take and sampled Nichole's Tastefully Simple foods!!

Megan put together this make-n-take...very creative...she had a photo of her two girls in her purse and used the Cosmo Cricket Black-board as the frame! i love it!! So i had to share!

Miss Nichole...working hard at putting together a Mother's Day card! During our lulls between customers we were putting cards together! i should have taken a photo of the card Nichole did for her mom...it was really cute!

Thank you, Nichole for coming over to Blue Earth and helping with NSD!!

Miss Liz...putting together a make-n-take. She did a really cute one too...she turned her tag into a Father's Day card! i had *very* creative girls coming in putting together little tags!!

Scrapbook Club

Well, look at what we are going to be trying...

"Scrapbooking Club for Teenagers"
If you are in grades 8-12 and want to learn how to preserve your memories using the latest techniques and hottest new trends...Check out the informational meeting and meeting and make a project that night!

(Parents Welcome!)

Informational Meeting
Thursday, May 22nd
Scrappy's
7pm

Questions contact:
Paula Nuessmeier
Boy Scout Representative
520-1055

Or

Ana Ankeny
526-2407

"eighth street framing"

So sorry i have not posted anything new for awhile...i've been so busy with the new business Brandon and i bought! Barb Pearson is retiring from framing, so Brandon and i bought out Crimson Maple!! So exciting...yet so much to do!! i have been neglecting the scrapbook store... so i had to share why it has been awhile since i have posted anything on the blog. We named the custom frame shoppe...{eighth street framing}...although i am sure it will always be known as "Ankeny's"!! But we had fun choosing a name for the shoppe! We began the "big move" back in the middle of April...it went very well...and since then we have been busy little bees setting everything up, painting, organizing, cleaning, installing new track lights, and preparing for an Open House! Our Open house for the frame shoppe was last Saturday...it went very nicely...well attended!

Here are a couple photos from our new "custom frame shoppe"...enjoy!

Quite literally..."TONS"...of frame mouldings to choose from!
(i've already chosen my favourites!!)

The work area...a little messy...but if it stayed clean that might mean i'm not working hard!!

An "overall" view of the frame shoppe...

Our Open House...
So silly...Rob Hammond wanted to have a ribbon cutting, so we all staged this one! Well, the ribbon was actually cut, so i guess it turned out to be real!!
(Rob Hammond, Wayne, Barb Pearson, me and Brandon)