As you know, I showcase my rugs, baskets & other wool projects as well as the salvage wool skeins over at Etsy.com. The artists over at Etsy work hard to promote each other; one of the methods is to create and promote a treasury.

I created this treasury on two of my favorite things about this time of year – Summer & Watermelons. Come see what the beautiful treasures are that I have chosen to display. Leave a comment here and at the treasury. What is your favorite item in the display?

Join the National Scrapbooking Month celebration in May with the exclusive Miracle kit, available at a great retail price of only $19.95 US / $23.50 CAN or even at a discount! This kit contains what you need to craft two gorgeous, interactive two-page layouts that work well with any photos—just add ink to customize the look. You’ll be amazed at how quickly the Miracle kit comes together, and there’s no stamping required!

Just look at what is included:

To order your copy of this kit designed exclusively for National Scrapbooking Month visit my Close To My Heart Website

I hope to have my “Miracle” pages done in a few days so you can see mine.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8 Bundle

I do not have this software yet, but to me this seem like a scrapbookers dream software. I have a friend that uses this for all of her photos and Wow! It’s amazing what she can do.

If you purchase in the next 3 days you can save a full $40 off this bundled product. Drop some hints to your loved ones to put this software in your stocking or under the tree. Go ahead and print this page if you need to as a reminder for them to buy before December 21!

Save $40 on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 Bundle. Only US$109.99! Exp 12/21/09

Photoshop Elements 8 is designed for still photos, and offers all of the same features we’ve seen with past versions of this software. New additions include Adobe Photomerge Exposure, Recompose, and Quick Fix options.

Premiere Elements 8 offers a wealth of video editing options, like the new motion-tracking feature, which allows you to easily add graphics, text and effects that follow your subjects within the scene. This, along with several new automatic editing options, make it possible for amateur videographers to create professional-looking movies.

Adobe also enhanced their Organizer, which unites these powerful photo and video editing solutions together. New features you will see are an Auto-Analyzer function as well as People Recognition technology. With this new organization software, you can easily preview both still images and movies, then quickly export them over to either Photoshop Elements 8 or Premiere Elements 8.

How cool is this, I was invited to be a “Fisk-a-teer” – a what?

We are brand ambassadors. To be a Fisk-a-teer means that you enjoy crafting and you like Fiskars products and that you’re interested in meeting other crafters with similar interests.

I am excited to hang out on the Fiskateers message board and view the gallery of the amazing ideas and art work the fellow Fiskateers create. Come visit and check out the blog. You should see the ideas they’ve been posting! Just click on the banner above.

Julia Cameron of “The Artists Way” says, “Art is a spiritual transaction.  Artists are visionairies. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeling clearly and moving towards a creative goal that shimmers in the distance — often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.”

I love that. My crafting, my art is part of that spiritual essence that must be expressed both in the doing and in the seeing of the beauty created.