I just received some great news that I'm so excited about! Many of you know, my sister recently submitted some designs and was selected for the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race. This is where they will choose their awesome design team, so she is starting in the race.
Well, she inspired me to get going. A blog that I follow regularly, Scrap Tiffany, posted a call for design team submissions. She was going to be selecting four people for her design team. She has a website that provides monthly kits. Very cute stuff! Well, I saw the post about a month or so ago and thought it would be fun to try it but never really did anything about it. The deadline was Thursday, June 18th at midnight. All day on the 18th, I kept thinking, "Why didn't I submit things and go for that?" I kept kicking myself all day because I really like this company and Tiffany's blog. I've been wanting to be a part of a design team for a long time but just never took the plunge.
Well, in true "Sheri" fashion, a wild hair hits me about 4 pm and I think to myself, "I'm gonna try this!" What? It's 4 pm and the deadline is midnight. Mind you, I have to do two layouts with one about me, which I've never done before, an altered item and a card. Photos have to be taken of them and a profile information typed up and all of this submitted by midnight! Thank goodness it was Pacific Time, because that gave me two extra hours! A huge feat by any means. (This is not just how I am, actually my sister, my mom, my daughter, all have the same traits! We just work well under pressure, I guess.)
So I proceeded with my projects and with 15 minutes to spare, I got everything done, uploaded and email off with my submissions.
I'm so happy to say that, "I MADE IT!"
I am now on the Scrap Tiffany Design Team! You can check it out here!
I am so excited that I get to be a part of this great team. I have loved following Tiffany's blog for some time now and love her designs.
Here's the projects I submitted:
Ok, well I think that's just about enough excitement for one day! Thanks to my sister,
Kristi, for giving me just the push I needed! Love you T and you're gonna be one great
pickle!
I've been following this race because my sister, Kristi, is one of the finalists participating. I have to say it's been so fun following them and watching them grab their clues and go. Make sure you check out the Rusty Pickle blog to get updates. Also, they are giving away prizes on their blog for those of us who are following. You can also follow them on Facebook under "Amazing racers. rusty pickle style". Go check them out....lots of fun there too!
So the rules for this blog award are as follows:
We had a fun lunch at the Cottage Cafe with a friend, April, who by the way, is popping with a little bundle that she is expecting in July. Love this girl! Her and T just seem to hit it off...not sure who talks more.....April or T???? They're both busy mom's and have a lot in common.
Brooklin was so good during lunch....she just played with her blocks and was so content.
Isn't she cute!
This little guy wanted to come home with one of us soooo bad.....unfortunately I have no place to put him and T was having a hard time coming up with a way to get the airlines to let her carry it on! But it is so cool, our minds were just running crazy thinking of all the fun things you could do with this!
T loved this fleur de lis vase
Ok, when we saw this headboard, we both couldn't believe it. T had this same exact headboard when we were kids. She had it with her pink and red bedroom. When we went to another store, they had a matching chair that she also had.
And this ugly thing.....our parents had one just like it when we were kids.
These canisters left us salivating! Love the color and can't you just see the possibilities of these?
T remembers having one of these....I must have been too cool since, yes, I'm older, and wasn't playing with her farm!
Happy Birthday to our Brooklin!
I just love this little girl....she is so amazing and so full of personality. She is so full of life and always laughing and making us laugh. She is her own person and definitely has her own style. 
God certainly blessed our family when he gave her to us! 
Happy Birthday Brooklin! We love you and miss you so much. Hope you get lots of fun presents and enjoy lots of great cake!
I'm so proud of my sister! She just found out today that she is a finalist for the Rusty Pickle Design Team! She worked so hard to get her projects submitted even during her visit with us here in Nashville. She really is an amazing scrapbooker and does some great projects. She is one of 12 finalists chosen. Now they continue on what they call "The Amazing Race". She has to still submit several different layouts and/or projects as they assign and get them done timely. At the end, they will choose who will be one of their designers on their design team! That's a pretty big accomplishment to be a designer on a brand like Rusty Pickle! I'm so happy for her. I know she'll do great....she is a Rusty Pickle natural! Go check it out here!