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I've been tagged...

Rules:
1. pass this on to one person who inspires you... Alex Maldonado
2. link back and give recognition to the person who gave the award to you... Jen @ Pieces of Me
3. tell us why this person inspires you or is special to you... An entire continent separates us, yet it can't keep us apart! I absolutely adore Alex. She is a constant source of inspiration and true friendship!
4. you can cut and paste the image and rules...
5. you can't send it back to the person who gave it to you...

Kristin at Artful INKables is having a sale!!! She is releasing four new sets today and as a very special treat, Kristin is offering 10% off your next order at Artful INKables. The 10% discount can also be used towards the four new sets! Look at how cute these new sets are!

Butterfly Blessings

Autumns Flowers

Deer Friends

Critter Country

My Mac is Out of Order...GASP!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! My precious Mac is out of order! Oh dear, Oh my! What does this mean!? No videos. None. Kaput. Nada. Nothing, until it gets fixed. It's dead. Gasp! Where's my paper bag!? I think I'm having a panic attack, seriously! Breathe, Jenn, Breathe! The good news ~ Travis is about 99% sure it's just my battery. This means we just need a new battery and my problem will be solved. Fingers crossed.

We do have another desktop Mac, but it's old and it can't push the iMovie program I use to edit and upload my videos. So over the weekend Travis and I will head to the Apple store to get a replacement battery. Until then just photos of my cards is all I have to give! lol My apologies.

I also just wanted to note that I won't be blurfing as much for the next two weeks. This past month has just been overwhelmingly busy. However, things should slow down the second week of September. I will have a less intense schedule than I had this summer and it will allow me to follow all of your blogs more closely and comment more. I do make an effort to visit as many of my reader's blogs and post comments for them as much as I can. I love to give feedback on all of your projects that I know you worked so hard on. I also did not get a chance to answer emails and field questions like I normally do. This too will change in September as well; I will have more time to respond to all of your emails in a timely manner. As it stands now and for the next two weeks ~ all I have time to do is my cards and then post them. And even that is really stretching it.

Anyhoot, I just wanted to keep all of you in the loop as to why I haven't answered emails or commented on your blogs. AND I wanted some love and positive thoughts for my sick little Mac. I hope we get him well by the end of the weekend; I am lost without him! lol.

Hope all of you have a wonderful Aloha Friday. Hugs, JeNN

Down But Not Out

Where's the Aloha Friday video?  It's already Saturday and soon will be Sunday!!!  Sorry everyone but Jenn is really sick and she has been trying really hard to stand at her desk but can't hang in there.  I'd pinch hit for her but I don't think anyone would care for a close up of my earthy-greasy-dirty-hands (imagine staring at the computer screen watching that for seven minutes).  My card making skills are equal to my balloon animal shaping skills.  I can make a couple things like a snake, an eel, or even a worm if I'm really feeling it - I guess you get my point. 

Here's a shot of her lonely desk.

Get well soon Jenn!

love, Travis 

We Have a Winner...

So I know that I said that there would be a fabulous climatic give away... Burrr burrr burrr. Can you hear the air deflating from the balloon?! You know what that means?! It's gonna be an anti-climactic giveaway! LOL

I don't want to bore you with the details, but it was a less than optimal night at the Muraoka household. Yada, yada, yada.

So Travis devised a way to come up with the winner that would not require the use of twins. He typed out all the names, none duplicated, and then used the computer to find out the number of characters there were total ~ 1927. He used that number in a duck-duck-goose manner. Starting from the first name and going round and round. There were 244 names. 244 x 7 = 1708 So that means we would go through the list 7 times. 1927 - 1708 = 219 So, that means the 219 person is the winner. Understand? Good, neither do I! haha. All you need to know....... Susan Marie Anderson is our winner!

Susan, please contact me for your prize!

And mahalo to all of you for taking the time to comment and leave me your thoughts. There are many of you that visit me on a daily basis and I am very grateful! I am having a blast with this blog and meeting and networking with so many people around the world. I will try my best to fulfill most of your requests as best I can. The biggest request...Copics. Can you see me cringing? Cause I am! This is my weakest point, as I am truly a beginner with this medium. Like I mentioned, I will educate myself and study this medium so that I can bring you an informative tutorial.

Thanks for participating!

JAI-NOR-MOUS Giveaway!!! Revisited...

{This post will stay at the top of my blog until the winner is announced! Good Luck!}

Happy Saturday!!! The old timers will know that I had this giveaway back when I first started this blog. Well, the owner never claimed her prize. I think a few months would have been sufficient time for her to respond??! One of my "words to live by" is... You snooze, you lose! So that loss is YOUR gain!!! Yippeeee!

I will do the same thing I did the first time. To win this giveaway, simply comment to this post. Let me know what YOU want to see. What kind of tutorials would you like? Any special requests for cards?

This package includes a whole bunch of stuff I've "collected" over the years including: Quickutz, CB, stamps, and embellishments. I will, be adding more "stuff" to the loot. So expect a little more than this. If you're not a SU demonstrator I will be adding more Sale-A-Bration items. If you are a SU demonstrator, I have other goodies for you.

I will pick the winner on Friday August 8, 2008. I will be doing it sometime in the evening Hawaii time. So it might be Saturday morning for most of you that I announce the winner. I will not be contacting you. You have to come and see for yourself if you are the winner. I promise, it will be worth it. I always find an interesting way to give the prize away.

So let me know what you want to see! Hope you have a good weekend!