just can't get my blog posts on!!!

wow! so weird that 10 days passed!

HAHA! NOW ITS BEEN WAY MORE THAN 10 DAYS! I FORGOT TO POST THIS! it says at the top of this post 10 days but today is actually September 29th and in 38 minutes will be September 30th!

I don't know how the time flies like that? What tha? Its been 10 days since my last post (HAHAHA SO MUCH MORE THAN 10 DAYS!! )? Weird...feels like 2!

I did have a creative night tho! (WEEKS AGO!) I spent some time making jewelry.
One was for my friend Wendy who is super crafty. She won a bet and I never welch on a bet! So here is the bracelet I made her...


SHE LIVES IN CANADA, I SHIPPED IT SLOW MAIL AND LAGGED GETTING TO THE POST OFFICE! SHE GOT IT TODAY! THAT IS HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE I WROTE THIS! IM JUST STILL LAUGHING..

I also made these pieces.



I am making stuff to post on the Scrapbook Royalty Etsy Site. I am so excited about this! want to donate?!? I am so glad Miss Vicky has taken this on. She is just one truly truly amazing gal.

We are taking donations for stuff to sell! email MissVicky@charitywings.org for info

Jennifer made this Etsy Store Banner and I just love it!This month we are raising money for A Place to Bark. An amazing no kill animal shelter run by Bernie Berlin.



This is my piece I am putting in the Etsy Store and when I get my butt in gear I am going to open an etsy store of my own!

Ha ha ha! Every day, every other day... every week.. who am i kidding?

I was trying to do more posts. and I have but dang, the days get away from me!!
Anyway, it was a holiday, yeah, that's a good enough excuse right?

So.....Have you been to Glen Ivy?There are a few locations but the one in Corona has the hot springs and Club Mud. A Red Clay mud that makes your skin baby butt soft!

So, I went with some friends and it was awesome. While we were covered in mud. (Some of us more than others....) we were really wishing we had a camera. So I, being the resourceful one, offered to take a photo of some girls taking pics of eachother on a camera phone. And then I said, "Hey! would you take one for us and send it to me?" that being the plan all along of course :) She said no problem and so here is the picture...

We look like we just stepped out of the amazon jungle ... some more than others... Let's just say Albert has some really shiny hair now...(the mud is almost dry so you can't see it that well)

Anyways, it was fun. I recommend it! go during the week. its cheaper and less crowded for sure! Eat lunch there! the salads are amazing.

Scrappin for Ta Tas is fun!

I have had an awesome weekend!

I had some great revelations about myself and what I really need and want as far as my life moving forward goes. I found that I am in a much better place than I thoughtI was and it has helped me with my relationships with some very important people in my life. It takes me a while but sometimes I get it :)

Sheila and I had an affiliate event this weekend at the La Jolla Mariott that was small but really really great!

How cute is Gi Gi? Suzi Blu knows how tasty her little doggy looks to me now!! Suzi was so fabulous to grace us with her presence and teach an adorable petite fairy doll. It was awesome!! I actually got to play and make one. Ill post it tomorrow. (or the day after :))


Here is the awesome group of ladies that supported this event. Together we raised $1200 for Susan G. Komen. Yep! thats what we do!


Jennifer came down from Hesparia to fulfill her role as Scrapbook Royalty's Creative Director and she did not disappoint with her adorable mini book class!


Krystie and Teri from Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks were there to teach a layout class that was yummy and perfect for summer!


Krystie's class was complete with a glitter sundae which I wanted so bad to eat!



and my dear friend Miss Vicky was on hand to teach a stacked button bracelet class! She is always make a room sunnier and more fun! and I just love love love her haircut! She donated to Locks of Love!

Sometimes you gotta go for it!

I was at Laura's Desert Scrappers Retreat event a couple of months ago and it was really fun! They played "musical chairs scavenger hunt" and it was hilarious! Albert caught this photo of me running for the next item and.....

then diving for the chair so I wouldn't be out!! It was so close...hahaha!



But as you can see, I was on the floor in the end...
I had so much fun tho! And you can too!...



There are 2 Scrapbook Royalty options for the next Desert Scrappers Retreat which still has room! Sept 17-19th. Palm Desert!

• The Scrap Yourself Pink one day crop hosted by Jennifer Priest and Sheila the amazing awesome angel to raise money for Susan G. Komen
• The Royal Add On that goes with Laura's retreat. Super awesome feedback from last time so we are doing it again!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

A Stache party and a huge Nessie Burger

How about those young'uns? They are amazing!

Me and Jesse at CHA Scrapbook Royalty Staging Room with our Meat Sticks and Nut Clusters Sheila bought us for snacks! We couldn't stop laughing!!

So there are some amazing girls that volunteer for Scrapbook Royalty/Charity Wings and they are young and so dedicated and I have to tell you about them!

There are more then just these two but here are two of them...
One is my friend Jesse. She has been with me since the very very very beginning for Scrapbook Royalty and has been at almost every event. She goes by King Jesse and she is definitely a King of somethin'!
Our friendship has grown and stretched and been tested and grown some more of the last 7 or so years since we met and I just love love love this girl!She just moved into a new place a few weeks ago and this weekend she has a mustache housewarming party. Jesse is obsessed with mustaches... I took this picture of her friend Chris and I love it! It was so much fun! I swear it is so weird to be the oldest person at a party but hey! I somehow fit right in!!!

And then there is Lauren, She just started volunteering and I can't even believe how awesome she is. She also just got engaged and I am so happy for her! She has taken Club Royalty by storm and made a huge impact on what I do. I can definitely count on her and that is just such a gift. Today we met for me to give her some stuffs and we had Nessie Burgers... We couldn't event slightly put a dent in them but dang they were good!!

ok. every other day then!!

looks like I will change my plan to an every other day post! haha!

This is where I was yesterday ...


went to Camp Pendleton. One of my besties, Brooke promised Albert a tour and he was amazed that they would let him on base since he is from Spain! or as he says, Barcelona.


and I played with her kids... I had actually been avoiding them for a few months after the divorce started. I think because I have such mixed feelings about kids now. I never doubted that I would be a mother, and now I do, and it makes it harder to be around other people's kids in a way. Especially my good friends who know me so well. But I had fun and they were fun and it was actually all very good.


and we had fun on the tour and Albert did lots of jumping. First off the tank which you can climb but at your own risk (big signs all over telling you so)



Then he played in Brooke's backyard on the trampoline. He kicked Brooke's kids out first :) Yep. He is a big kid! Fun fun fun!

oops! already missed a day!~

Geez I can't believe I already missed a day on my 30 days of blogging! Haha! oh so typical!



I've met some amazing people and made some incredible connections at Brave Girls Camp. This is Veronica and Lorraine. They came to CHA and I barely got to see them but I am so glad I did at least get to give hugs. They are two of the Bravest Girls I know.
Lorraine called me after I got back and we discussed a project she is working on. I am so excited because she is including me in the project. Keep an eye out! I will be posting about it as soon as she says I can!!



And even though they are not brave girls Alumni, Wendy and Marisa are two more amazing brave girls I spent time with at CHA Chicago. Wendy is from Canada and is a Crafty TV spokesperson. She had a show that just ended and she is so fun! and so sweet! Marisa is a firecracker and she was my co-host for the Westcott Under the Sea benefit for the Wyland Foundation. She is a true blue friend and someone I really admire for her unwavering commitment to giving only her best!

I have met some amazing women in my life and I probably couldn't write about them all but I am definitely going to try!

Im doing it anyway!

I LOVE CUTE LITTLE PIGGIES!!! They're soooo tasty!

I keep just putting off doing my blog post because life is getting in the way. Then I realized that my blog needs to get in the way of life!! I miss so much blogging and I have to pick up the habit again. So I am going to do the 30-day challenge... here goes day 1...
day 1...
I hear my friend G in my head every day saying "Elena, I keep going to your blog and it's the same post! You need to blog!" And I guess, I get so behind that I dont even know where to begin.... so I am beginning with something I love...

I love handmade gifties! This one is from my friend Maria and she stamped in the metal and it says..."This little piggy loves bacon!" and you know i do! She sells these very popular bracelets in her etsy shop!

And I love little piggies! In fact, I was out with my good buddy Jessekins and we ran across the cutes piggie I ever saw!!
I got to hold it! Turns out it costs $850 to buy one :( a little out of my league!
and lastly for today's love of piggies theme, I love love love my friend Jennifer (who is not a piggie) but an awesome friend who left me a cooler full of piggie parts!! Yum yum yum! Do you see the sliced bacon!! I can't wait to fry it up in a pan!! and that piggie roast is going in my crockpot!! Yep! I am learning to cook. Albert says I am on a cooking spree but I keep telling him I am not. I refuse to admit that I can probably feed myself if I have to!

Im A Petite Doll!

Thanks to the amazing Suzi Blu who made this Petite Elena Doll for us to create stamps to sell!

Suzi is so fabulous!!
She is an amazing artist
She is a Beeeeeautiful heart
She makes people happy and confident
She is giving
She is my friend.

Thank you Suzi, my Brave Girl Sister!

Things bring me to tears

I can't do it all...
that is not what brings me to tears though. Knowing that I can't do it all means that I have to rely on wonderful friends and a support system to help me with what I can't do. So here is the point.

I met an amazing girl at Brave Girls Camp. Her name is Jeri Lynn.

Two words, one name. :)
and she is seriously like a soul sister to me. I told her at the first BGC that she is my white twin. And so now that is our running joke but seriously, she is a beautiful amazing girl who just doesn't have a clue how special she is. She shines kindness and compassion and I just love her.

So, what she did...

Another amazing friend Melody Ross created new logos for Scrapbook Royalty (to be elaborated on and gushed over at a later date... big news coming...) And we used scanned images and clip art to do the logos, so that meant that they needed to be vectorized. Yeah yeah, whatever that is... Well, anyway, It needed to be done and I don't know how to do it and Melody doesn't know how to do it but Jeri Lynn DOES

AND SHE DID!!

And when she sent me the files, i cried. I get by with a little help from my friends (and my white twin)

I can't wait to announce what my little non-profit is doing. We are growing. Some of you know about it. but just wait and see!!

And December 3rd-5th we are doing a taste of Brave Girls in San Diego!!!

Can't wait to announce the deets. So many amazing things and people in my life. I am truly a happy people!

Re-post

"It's hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up when you know it's everything you want."
Candice posted this on her FB a quote Marah had posted on her FB.

The things I find on FB.

I tell you. Today was a hard day. Actually, just tonight was hard because I had some a-ha moments and I really don't know how to handle them.

I know that I need to be alone. To find my way to independence and be ok with being by myself. I just haven't decided if I believe this or not.

Unity Stamps Supports!!

OMG... My lovely friend Angela is just amazing. She is the owner of Unity Stamp Company and she and Melody Ross, another lovely friend have created a set for Scrapbook Royalty.... (insert tear rolling down face)

There are two you can buy...

This beauty:

or this beauty:


Each set is $24 and we will be selling them on the Scrapbook Royalty website! If you want to buy one now, you can just email me elena@scrapbookroyalty.org and I will send you an invoice...
Im so excited! This is a such an amazing gesture on Melody and Angela's parts and I am so grateful to have these wonderful women as friends!