splendid.

yup. my friend Rachel was given boxes of fabric from her great-grandma. well, after Rachel and her sister had picked through what they wanted, Rachel decided to donate the rest to a thrift store.

yes. that is what i said. the above fabric was on its way to a thrift store.

those of who sew understand how shocking this is.

Rachel insisted she had taken all she wanted, her house is to small, she has enough fabric already...

excuses, excuses.

i volunteered to "store" in case she needs to access it again.

after Serena and i dig through it!

what is better than fabric? free fabric!

maybe an interesting find?

maybe, maybe, maybe.

as posted earlier, i had been planning on doing my free photo book from Shutterfly.  however, last night at 11:50, i had the brilliant idea to check and make sure i had until today to finish my book.

i didn't. i had 10 minutes.

it did not happen.

quite a bummer, seeing that i had spent the better part of the week uploading pictures to the site.

through my discouragement, i ended up googling "free photo books"

and i came across: ArtsCow

i signed up for my free membership- and i cannot believe the amount of free stuff they will give you.

here's one fantastic free thing:

1200 free pictures over the next 6 months.

i'll get 100 free pictures, i pay shipping, every month.

and that is really the tip of the ice berg.

don't believe me? sign up!

i just ordered my free photo book (yup i finished)

and when it gets here i will let you all know how it looks, if the quality is great or not...

maybe...

Another Great Offer!

free 8 x8 photo book

Its not really even an offer, but another great freebie from Shutterfly.  I wonder how they make any money? Does it only cost them pennies to ship something and then do they make money off of the shipping charges??

I don't know and I don't care- I love free stuff!  I would say that I would save this wonderful offer for someones gift of something... but I don't have anyone coming up who would really benefit- and I kinda want one for myself.

So here's the info:

go to Shutterfly.com

Make yourself an 8 by 8 photo book that is valued at $29.99

when you are finished, enter the code: MYFREEBOOK into your shopping cart.

Then you are all set.

I think its like 6 dollars shipping.

But memories.

You can't lose the memories (or what does Mr. Lunt say??? I can hear him in my head)

Ooh- and you don't always have to do pics of kids or something...

I've made a book before for Sam of all the pictures from our trip to Washington DC

or you can write a book, and use pretty pictures you have taken to illustrate it- which i have done for both Piper and my family.

Just ideas.

Free stuff.

forgot to mention- this offer ends January 28th!