First off – HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season.  Frankly, I can’t believe how quickly the holiday break went by, (neither can the kids).  Tomorrow is Dylan’s 7th birthday and then Monday school starts back up again.  Back to the everyday routine!

Yesterday I spent my day with Michelle and played with some Glimmer Mist and wrapped up some cards, and of course, had lunch.  Yum.  Heidi Swapp has started doing live feeds on Wednesday nights and this last Wednesday was a feature on Glimmer Mist.  I was really interested to see her work with it because I seem to have issues with “droplets” every time I use it, and really that’s why I haven’t used it a lot lately.  So, watching I found that I’m doing one thing very wrong… it’s all in how I shake the bottle.  After watching Heidi, I’ve come to find out that I don’t need to shake the bottle like I’m trying to kill whatever is trapped inside, lol.  (Who knew?)  I must not be alone in this because she specifically addressed how NOT to shake the bottle.  So yesterday, I went for a more gentle side to side motion while keeping the bottle upright… much better.

Another tip… Heidi uses a brayer.  So after it’s all sprayed on, she puts a paper towel over the project and goes over it with the brayer.  BIG DIFFERENCE in the results.

I’m not sure what the next topic is for the live feed, but if you are available on a Wednesday night, it is certainly worth the watch.  I got a lot out of it.  Hop on over to her blog and see what she has posted.  I know she managed to save the Glimmer Mist episode, so I would think she has a link there.

Today I got some layouts scanned and more importantly, put away.  YOu can check out the gallery for some of the most recent items posted.  It sorts oldest to newest, so the newer stuff is on the last page.  I’m not real sure if I can change that or not.  Seems like a silly way to list it doesn’t it?  Anyway, here are a couple of my favorites:

Starting Monday I’m going to work on being a better blogger.  Things get so busy and I get wrapped up in what is going on around here and then before I know it, well, time just gets away from me.  Call it a new years resolution if you want. 

Happy 2010!
~j