Diva Craft Lounge Radio Show...

I just love the outpouring of support I get from my friends. Diva Danielle and Rayme Royale have invited me onto their show today at 12 noon to talk about all the amazing events we have coming up! Especially the Guinness Record attempt on January 23rd. If you have been under a rock and don't know about it.. (just kidding!!) visit the SBR website to get more info and join me for a fun fun fun day! We are trying to set a world record for the largest crop and we will be raising money for Kids In Need Foundation

The Diva Craft Lounge Radio Show reaches over 100 countries and is just the best best bestest! http://www.craftdiva.com/

you can even listen to it after the show is over so just go there and see how funny I sound!! :) I think I sound funny :)

The Lucky 13 pages and snowboarding

I finally got to create in my "crap" room. That is totally not what it is but that is what Eric calls it and since it's his house that is what we are calling it for now.

But it is my studio and I love it.

So I got to create last night and it was awesome! I came home from Snowboarding in Big Bear and made some layouts...

For the lucky 13 we are only posting sneak peeks right now but would love you to become a follower, we will be revealing full pages soon!

This page is for Candice. She is an amazing artist and a wonderful friend. She is holding up a can of my fav drink while we were at CHA last summer. I painted and glimmer misted to my heart's content!


And this one is for Angela Daniels. One of the Lead Fiskateers. She is more into clean lines so I tried my best to do a simple but elegant layout for her.And here I am in all my snowbunny glory at the end of a fun afternoon of solo snowboarding bliss! I am finding a way to be at peace even when I am alone. Its very interesting. Not used to it yet but working on it! Post a few more pics on my facebook page.

New and Fun with Jennifer and Elena!!

Happy New Year! Jennifer and I are at Starbucks and we are Happy People!

Using my new Disney Princess Netbook from my little Brother... SO CUTE!

check out the cool webcam!! CUSTOM BABY!

i used my new STARBUCKS GOLD CARD to buy us tea and get us on the interweb... this was not easy by the way... :( boo Starbucks interweb!!

And using my new crocheted PIGGY COZY cup warmer that Jennifer expertly copied off the interweb! Sooooo cute!!!! Are you jealous? I would be! its soooo cute!!


and the photos of my laptop and the webcam were taken with my new Blackberry Curve 2. So love it! it is lavender and has an optical mouse instead of the rolly ball thingy that always gets dirty. that is why they call it a "black" berry! yuck!


WHOO HOO NEW!!!

Happy Christmas~

Happy Happy Christmas Friends and Family!!

My first Christmas in a long time without a tree and Christmas morning presents. We ended up opening them last night instead which was still fun! and STILL A WONDERFUL TIME WITH MY FAMILY.

Yesterday we spent with a lot of family at my Aunt Nancy's house. Where there was a Christmas Tree. In fact she used a bunch of my ornaments!

Here is the fam. Eric and Wen runied this photo by standing on their tippy toes!! WHATEVER! My one satisfaction is that my super skinny brother looks chubby in this photo! :)
(he said it!)
We do a White Elephant Gift Exchange which is always fun. I tell them every year, unisex gifts! So funny, they just don't listen. There was a giant Hello Kitty stuffed animal in the mix this year! Cute but not unisex!!!Uncle Mike got the gift that was $80 in lotto scratchers!! We helped him scratch for about 1/2 hour! So funny! But only won $18!!

Here is my brother and my nephew Alexander. What hams!


And here I am with Grandma. One of the most rewarding things that came from moving to Taiwan to learn mandarin was coming home and her saying how happy she was that she could talk to me now!

Leaving Taiwan. Hard decisions....

Well, its been a heck of a visit. I am leaving tomorrow afternoon. I have had a lot of time to think about things on this trip and have a lot more to think about now that I have been here. Before I met Jean-Claude my plan was to move to Taiwan and live here for a while. If I did not have Scrapbook Royalty, this is what I would do now. There is a lot of opportunity for me here. I can open a studio and teach scrapbooking, or open a store, or ... well, let's just say skies the limit. and I have resources here and it is where I really would love to be. It's hard. Before I met Jean-Claude I was free, had no commitments and could leave the US without any regrets. Not the same freedom now... For those of you that dont know, I moved to taiwan shortly after i met Jean-Claude and because we became serious I moved back after only 7 months. So, I went home and planted roots and now I have Scrapbook Royalty and it is like my baby. I have worked so hard to grow it and commit my life to it and it has given me purpose. But can it support me? I am just not sure... So right now, I am trying to find a way for me to keep SBR and live. Never in my life have i had to support myself. This is a truly new path for me. But it is one that I insist on walking and I know I will be a better person for it. What does the future hold for the Traveling Princess... who knows. but I know I will be a Happy People no matter what!

Now go read this post by my new wonderful friend Suzi Blu. She is an amazing artist and if you scroll down you will see what amazing thing she painted for me for my bday!!

http://suziblu.typepad.com/a_lovely_dream/2009/12/mermaids-hair-goin-on-the-road.html

Sally B-day, Castle in Taiwan and funny girls!

I found this photo on my camera so decided that this blog needs something handmade on it!! This is a bracelet I made for Sally for her bday. Its one of my new favorite things to do! Make Jewelry! Miss Vicky taught me how! Sally is a "pink" girl and I just love her to pieces!


Today Belle, brought me to Yi Lan yesterday. Her friend Therina came with us and I am so happy to meet her. Definitely a new friend!

this is where we are right now. Yep! a castle in Taiwan! its actually a bed and breakfast and as cool as it is, we have agreed its a one time experience and not one we really need to do again. Unlike some of the other amazing places we have stayed!


And this is our window and view. Yep, we are in the left turett! love it!

And this was day before yesterday in Taiwan at Belle's house.

Even while she has company (me) Shino still has to do homework!


this is Belle's house. Left to right...

yen yen, me, belle, doris, fong mei, shino, jen the wen.





Belle made Beef Noodle soup for dinner and it was so yummy! Then Doris and Jen took me shopping for gifties to take home.

My dad.

Belle took me to an art school to learn how to make fried noodles. Ha! everyone knows I can't cook. What a good friend for trying tho!


Its a lunch time yuppy thing. after the chef shows you how to make the dish you eat it!
Was yum!


got to see my dad again. was a nice afternoon of dragging him through a whole street full of DIY stores!

Santa in Taiwan!

a ha! funny skinny Taiwanese Santa. Seriously he was so skinny! and dragging around a bag with toys. i had a good giggle!
It was Shino's school's 10 year anniversary. and they have a birthday party. complete with carnival games. This game was to blog the ball across the cups full of water. She loved it and insisted on staying till she got it all the way across. even though she was pretty much soaked when she was done. amazing how little it takes to entertain kids! i guess it was entertaining for me too!
this is their dog "littel" she is sooooo cute!!! and tiny!! and soooo cute! Suzi I know you are in love with this little doggie aren't you!

this is our hotel last night. so amazing. all wood and just beautiful! Shino made herself a little bed on the tatami mats and had a party of her own!

this is where we had dinner. super super fancy cute!

Yesterday's lunch was at this beautiful place called the Green Ark. but first... another funny picture. can you tell which is the boy reindeer?


there was a christmas tree looking thing and they asked us to write out wish on an ornament and hang it. super cute!
this was dessert. yummy!

4 days of travel around the east side of the island

This is our room at Bali Bali, a beautiful Bed and Breakfast in Nantou. We drove a long way through some very windy roads to get here!
































and this is a theme park we went to . Yes, a theme park. Complete with a "Star Tours" knock off ride, and a fast pass window! I dont know how the fast pass worked. it was monday and practially empty!

Yes, that is a huge stone ______!!! yes, it is what you think it is! dont ask, i have no idea. The theme park is based on the 9 original aboriginal tribes that lived on the island before the Chinese settled here, Kind of like our American Indians except instead of casinos, they have a theme park...

the rest are pictures from an awesome reastaurant that we went to called JPing. It was very hard to find and there is no sign outside. I just looks like a wooden building. the door didnt even look like a door! the food was amazing tho!

and another restaurant (can you see the pattern?) that we went to with my dad which is all about art and sculptures. it was very cool. had afternoon tea there. Belle has basically made reservations at amazing hotels and restaurants all over the island and we are eating our way through Taiwan!! Yummy but fattening for sure!!

OK Blogger is pissing me off because it wont let me put words where I want to!! so that is all for now.