Happy Easter!
04/04/2010 at 8:17 am | Posted in Holidays, Uncategorized | 151 CommentsTags: CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, deocrating Easter eggs, Easter, Easter accents, Easter crafts, Easter eggs, Easter layouts, erin lincoln, holiday, holiday layouts, holiday traditions, Holidays, Lara Penrod, Martha Stewart, Susan Weinroth
Happy Easter, and thanks for stopping by the Creating Keepsakes blog today. We hope the day is bringing you at least some semblance of spring weather.
No matter how old my siblings and I get, we still get together every year to color Easter eggs. For some reason this activity has never lost its appeal for us. Maybe because we’re always a bit goofy while we do it.
One of the (many) great things about the March/April issue of Creating Keepsakes, is the article, “The Good, the Fab, and the Spectacular” in which we show you how to take an event you celebrate every year and mix it up to create some spectacular Easter layouts.
I especially like this layout from Susan Weinroth. I love how she created the grass and highlighted her photos within egg-shaped frames.
"Easter Egg Clean-Up” by Susan Weinroth, as seen in the March/April 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes, page 87.
I also love the various textures Erin Lincoln used for her egg accents on her layout.
“Easter for Grown Ups” by Erin Lincoln, as seen in the March/April 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes, page 86.
Leave us a comment and let us know how you add “egg-tra” special touches to your Easter layouts. I’ll choose two lucky comments to win this great Easter product from Jillibean Soup. Winners will be chosen on Friday, April 9, 2010.
And if you haven’t actually gotten around to coloring those eggs yet, check out this video from Martha Stewart Living on how to use a fun masking technique to create some pretty amazing eggs. (The video will play on the lower-right side of the screen after a quick ad.)
Happy Easter!
Lara Penrod, managing editor
Top ’O the Morning to Ye! And Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
03/17/2010 at 2:15 am | Posted in Holidays, Uncategorized | 267 CommentsTags: CK March/April 2010, Club CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes blog, Creating Keepsakes magazine, font, giveaway, holiday, holiday layouts, holiday traditions, Holidays, Lara Penrod, luck, lucky, page title, Piradee Talvanna, quote of the day, quotes, recipe, scrapbook pages, St. Patrick's Day, Veer
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As part of the holiday, enjoy some St. Paddy’s Day fun in many areas.
Fun Holiday Fact
Today’s Fun Irish Fact (courtesy of History.com): “Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland s St. Patrick’s Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks.”
Fun Page Title You Can Download for Free
You can get your green on with this page title featured in the March/April issue of Creating Keepsakes.
Or download the P22 Kilkenny Swash font, which was used to make the title block above, from Veer for only $19.95.
Fun Scrapbook Page Topic
Even if green isn’t your thing, you can still celebrate the holiday. St. Patrick’s Day is associated with luck, so why not create a layout on why you feel lucky today. Maybe you feel lucky because you’ve learned a new skill, have a great education, have recently seen your life in a new light, or have great friends by your side. Whatever the reason, make a plan to capture those lucky feelings, just as Piradee Talvanna did with her “Thank You” layout.
“Thank You” by Piradee Talvanna, as seen in the March/April 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes, page 41
Fun Luck-Themed Quotes
Speaking of luck, check out Club CK‘s Quote of the Day blog this week for luck-themed quotes you can use on your layouts.
Fun Giveaway
Then try your luck with our great giveaway. Leave a comment on today’s blog post by March 21, 2010, for the chance to be one of five randomly selected lucky winners to receive all of this great St. Patrick’s Day product.
Fun Websites
If you’re in need of even more St. Patrick’s Day fun, check out this website to find a St. Patrick’s Day celebration in your hometown. And for a little Irish fun for the whole family, check out theholidayspot.com.
Fun Recipe
However you spend the day, don’t forget to eat your greens. Here’s a great recipe to get you started.
Corn Beef & Cabbage
1 small can corned beef 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 large head cabbage 1/8 tsp. pepper
2 Tbs. butter 1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 Tbs. flour 1/4 tsp. celery seeds
1 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 1.5-quart casserole dish. Cut cabbage up coarsely, and cook in boiling, salted water until done. Drain. While cabbage is cooking, melt butter in saucepan over low heat, stir in flour until smooth, add milk gradually, and then cool, stirring constantly until sauce is smooth and has thickened. Stir in salt, pepper, and celery seeds. Mix cream sauce and cabbage together, and mix with corned beef. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake 30 minutes.
May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song in your heart, and warmed by the smiles of the people you love.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Lara Penrod, managing editor
Weekly Warm-Up: Holiday Traditions
12/28/2009 at 4:00 am | Posted in weekly warm up | 7 CommentsTags: CK, Creating Keepsakes, Creating Keepsakes magazine, Dorathy Gilchrist, holiday traditions, Jennafer Martin, Joannie McBride, Lara Penrod, Lori Anderson, Lori Fairbanks, Mandy Douglass, Megan Hoeppner, Mou Saha, scrapbook pages, Scrapbooking, weekly warm up
What’s a holiday without its traditions? From blowing out birthday candles to hanging up pretty socks, we all have things we repeat year after year in celebration of an occasion or event. As the following talented ladies have illustrated, designing layouts around traditions is an awesome tradition in its own right. Rather than tackle all your holiday traditions in one year, scrap a single traditions page each year and you’ll eventually have an entire album of family memories to relive. Or, scrapbook the same tradition year after year and watch how the people involved and the activity evolve over time.
Mou Saha makes time to bake with her tiny tots each holiday season. What a sweet way to celebrate time together!
"Sweet Holiday Tradition" by Mou Saha, as seen in the December 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes
It’s a trip to see Santa that makes Mandy Douglass’s jolly list of traditions.
"Meeting St. Nick" by Mandy Douglass, as seen in the December 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes
Wouldn’t a “Traditions” mini album make a great addition to your holiday decor? Simply fill it with pictures and brief descriptions of your favorite holiday activities, and place it on the coffee table for all to enjoy. Soon, flipping through the album will become its own tradition!
One of My Favorite Traditions (and a Little Office Prank)
Now, I’d like to share a favorite tradition of mine at the expense of my wonderful coworkers. (Notice how I slip “wonderful” in there to try and butter them up.) I find this little activity impossible to resist and do it year after year. My holiday tradition: ElfYourself (and your friends)! 😉
Check out my elf-tastic videos below. You won’t be sorry.
Video #1: I join Lori Anderson, Joannie McBride, Dorathy Gilchrist, and Lara Penrod for some holiday caroling.
Video #2: Jennafer Martin, Lori Fairbanks, and Brittany Beattie catch a little disco fever!
Now that you know one of my favorite (and admittedly silly) traditions, I’d love it if you’d share one of your holiday traditions with us. What do you insist on doing year after year? Maybe it’s silly, maybe it’s sentimental, or maybe it’s spiritual. We’re, ahem, all ears! 😉
Cheers!
Megan Hoeppner, creative editor
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