It is here

Well it has been a year, I guess even with all the ups and downs it has still been a good year. I am thankful to The Lord Jesus for all of our provisions. He has used this year to teach us many lessons and I pray they stick. I am thankful my husband is still working and that we have learned to drastically change our spending. This morning I looked in to my kids eyes and saw God, His fresh look on a fallen world. I decided to have a word to focus on for this year "Balance" I will be trying for more balance, I have a lot of titles to balance. Daughter of The Lord, wife (there are many titles that go with WIFE), mother, daughter, sister, friend, teacher, Dr., artist, business owner www.teridaughterofthekin.etsy.com nanny, Girl Scout Leader, volunteer, designer, blogger, maid, chef, and more I am sure I have not listed.
Balance may you achieve more balance with your life.


As always I am lovin The Lord
Have a blessed New Year

Teri Daughter of the King

Another Recipe you won't want to miss

In the spirit of Turkey day here is my favorite left over Turkey meal ever.
-I feel like Becky Higgins, maybe her creativity will rub off on me.

Turkey Squares

2 Cups diced Turkey
3 oz. Cream Cheese
1 teaspoon Chives
2 T Margarin
2 T Milk
A pinch of salt and pepper
A package of crescent rolls

Mix all ingredients except Turkey together until smooth, add turkey and mix. Open crescent rolls leaving two of the triangle together. Lay on flat surface and smooth the center line together making two into one square. Scoop ½ cup mixture into middle, fold sides up overlapping each other just enough to pinch and seal the top and sides. Creating a pocket that is sealed. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minute until golden brown.

I always double the recipe that way you get to use the whole package of cream cheese. We server these with the traditional sides or all alone, because you usually can’t eat just one. I eat them plain but my brother and Mom eat them with gravy on top. Hope you enjoy.

Etsy Shop

Wow,
It has been too long since I posted. Well I just wanted to let you all know that I am selling on Etsy.
Please go check it out and help spread the word.
My Etsy store

Here are a few of my items!

Hanging wall calendarsHanging canvas
Up-cycled notebooks of all sorts!

Amazing Raffle Basket for a wonderful casue

Raffle worth well over $200
purchase tickets at Scrapbook Royalty web-site.
or send a check made out to Scrapbook Royalty mailed to
Scrapbook Royalty
P.O. Box 910665
San Diego, Ca 92191

Pictures below

There is a charity in Rancho Cucamonga called Steven's Hope for kids, my son and niece collected toys for their birthday last year and gave them to the kids and their families instead of birthday presents for themselves. Ever since I have wanted to help them, check them out at www.stevenshope.org. Well I finally get too!
I have been collecting items to raffle off to raise money for them. The economy is slowing down and charities are getting hit hard. They do an annual christmas present drive in December and I want to help in a big way. Metropolitan Scrapbook Company in Chino, many Fiskateers from around the country, and I have put some great items together for you to have a chance at winning. Go to Scrapbookroyalty.com and click on their raffle section to purchase tickets. All proceeds will go directly to Steven's Hope.

Ticket are only $5 and will get you a chance to win a basket well over $200 worth of prizes.
On Sale Now until November 1, 2009.
Name will be drawn November 2, 2009
You can also purchase tickets at the Metropolitan Garage Sale / Craft Fair on Saturday October 24 I will be there selling tickets and handmade items.

Here are pictures of most of the items up for raffle.7 Gypsies paper pack, Prima flowers, and Kaiser Kraft rhinestones donated by
Metropolitan Scrapbook Company, Chino C.A.Glitz paper, stickers and rub-ons as well as directions for 3 super cute pages donated by Metropolitan Scrapbook Company

Cloud 9 Alpha and number Rain Dots
Cloud 9 and Heidi Grace Product, Fiskars Kraft Knife donated by Fiskateers


Upper Crest Punch border punch donated by Teri Daughter of the King
Apron Lace border punch donated by Teri Daughter of the King
Bo Bunny curvy ruler donated by Teri Daughter of the King
Handmade mini black and white chipboard album donated by Teri Daughter of the king
Flowers created by Teri Daughter of the King


Queen and Company felt border and ready to decorate board blocks donated by Fiskateers
assortment of goodies donated by Fiskateers

Love me some PRIMA!

Prima Product Picks!

Ready for something FUN?

Something REALLY, REALLY Fun?

Prima has chosen some of their very favorite products, and put them together in a fantastic little ensemble below...what we want to do is to introduce you to a few of them...

and, THEN, get you involved!

They have some fun scrapbook kits and Margie is supper talented. Check out both these sites.

Http://www.margieromney-Aslett.typepad.com

http://thegirlsloft.typepad.com

A verse for today

"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

---Psalm 27:13

If you haven't visited their site lately check them out
scrapbook royalty

Donna Salazar

The Famous Chicken Tortilla Soup

Even if you don't like chicken tortilla soup from any restaurant I know you will like this one. This is the only CTS I have ever found to actually like. My friends have been asking me for the recipe lately so I thought I would share it here. It is so easy I made it recently on a girls week-end get away. It make a lot but you can half it or freeze the portion not eaten for another time which is what I often do with my husband and I. Even though my son doesn't like it my niece does so even if you have children you will be able to serve this. I hope you enjoy!

The Best Chicken Tortilla Soup Ever!!

2 cans of Tomato soup
2 cans of Chicken Broth
2 cans of Beef Broth
2 cans of Pinto Beans
2 cans of Kidney Beans
2 cans of Rotelle tomatoes (original)
-It is a brand name it has chili's in it but it is mild as long as you get the original
1 can diced mild green chili's
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
3 or 4 chicken breast cut into cubes

toppings suggested, to taste
-tortilla chips
-avocado
-sour cream
-shredded cheese

Put all the ingredients in the same pot and bring to a boil, turn heat down slightly and cook for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Soup is finished when the chicken floats.
-You can use already cooked chicken but I think it hold the flavor better if you cook it in the soup, reduce the time if you use already cooked chicken.


On a different note my cousins family has set up a web-site for her son who was just diagnosed with Leukemia and you can check it out if you want. www.rally4ridgway.com Thanks for all your prayers they are coveted!!

Scrapbook Garage Sale / Craft Fair

Craft Fair and Garage Sale
-Make CASH just in time for Christmas shopping, not store credit-

Metropolitan Scrapbook Company is having a Craft Fair / scrapbook garage sale

O.k. ladies I know it seems early but we want to give you plenty of time to reserve your spot and to get creative. We will be having a craft fair and a garage sale all on the same day and want you to join us. If you have extra scrapbook supplies you want to sell or are crafty and want to sell your creations for a little extra holiday spending money here is your chance.

Saturday, October 24 from 10 am - 5 pm
Call now to pay for your table $25 for a 6 ft table or $15 for a 3 ft table. You must pre pay to hold your spot and you will need to be present to work your own table. Bring your own bank you will be selling your items for cash and not store credit. Craft supplies or handmade items only, please. Space is limited so don't wait.

If you know of a crafty person who does not get our e-mails please forward this on so they can reserve their spot as well.

1-909-547-2008

I finished Junes Circle Journal

I am so excited I just finished June Circle Journal pages for my friend Jorgie. Elena from Scrapbook Royalty and 11 other really talented ladies are doing a scrapbook of each others last year in a circle journal fashion. Well I was so excited about the idea and concept when they first announced it that I asked a group of my close friends if they would want to do the same thing. We started in February sending out pictures from January or whenever they chose and we are scrapping each others pictures. One person each month you send your pictures to and one person each month you get pictures from. It has been a blast. I have challenged myself to think outside the box and learn new techniques for this project. I hope and pray that some of them are not to far out there for the person receiving them. I am excited to see the finished project next January.

Here are the pages I created for Jorgie with her pictures of her sweet boy Adin.

Every year Arcadia fire department has a pancake breakfast to help raise money for local charities. My sister is an amazing party planner and is in charge of organizing it. Our kids always have such an amazing time there, here are a few pictures of my children from this years event.
This year they raised over $8,000 even with the swine flu threat and threat of rain, every year it gets a little bigger.

Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist

Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, if you scrapbook you need it. What a fun glimmery product. It adds so much to every project. Guess what, it has a new look, check it out at http://www.mytatteredangels.com/

The Girls Loft

The Girls Loft, go check it out.
http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/

When you listen he will talk!

My husband and I have been trying to find a church we like up by our new house since before we moved up here. We have been to at least 4 with a preference for 2 of them. It is so hard to not compare the churches up here to Revival Christian Fellowship our home church for over 4 years. We had a great group we were not only friends with but family and when we left it just has not been the same for us. We had it narrowed down between two churches and just not sure because there are things we liked about both of them. Well around Thanksgiving The Lord helped me to meet Dawn from Water Of Life one of the churches. She attends a once a month Free scrapbook night help at the church. I have been there twice and love it, we also started attending Water of Life every week and thought it might be our new home church. I am very grateful for the Lords guidance in meeting Dawn and helping me to get connected. Well that is not the church Caleb liked the best. He has been asking us to go back to Hillside for many weeks now. We tried to get there for the last 2 weeks and just could not make it. Well last week-end we finally went back to the one Caleb liked Hillside Christian. We dropped the kids off and heard 2 songs, the pastor came up to pray and then a couple came on stage and did a mini play. They were actors doing a skit as part of the thought provoking opening to the service. Well after the first or second line I knew God had a lot to say to me and that I needed to open my ears. The couple on stage, had just lost their home and were moving out. Humbling and humiliating was how they described it. At that moment I knew we were in the right church. I recieved a lot of peice that day. Thank you Lord for meeting me, holding me and getting us through. You are ever so faithful.
Trust in the Lord

A Snow Blizzard

O.k so maybe it wasn't a blizzard but it sure was a lot of fun.

We normally go to Big Bear for Presidents Day week-end, my whole family goes Mom and Dad, Sisters, and our families. We go up Friday and stay until Monday. Usually very minimal T.V we do art with the kids, make some sort of food, last year it was chocolate lollipops and homemade pizza. We love to play in the snow, ski, sled and have snow ball fights when ever possible. Well this year we were not able to go so we had a day or two at my sisters instead. We had a ton of fun, and it even snowed!! O.k so the UPS man brought a box for my sister just in God's perfect timing and the kids played in the packing peanuts for over an hour it was so much fun. We even made our own bagels this year, and played in the rain.

I pray all is well in your piece of the world and that you too can find Gods gifts (Great or small) in the every day things.
This week-end for me it was time with family and a box of packing peanuts. Who new one little box could bring so much joy. Well I guess God did. Thank you Lord for time with family, so much fun and a little time were no one had to think about what if's or tommorrow. We could just play and enjoy the day.

Someprojects I've been working on

A sample I made for Chino Scrapbook Company.
Kaiser Kraft paper, Kaiser Kraft rhinestones, and Prima Flowers

All About Me

My two page love spread I made for a class I taught today
Cloud 9 paper and Prima Flowers

So I have been creating, not for my self still but for Chino Scrapbook Company. I am having so much fun. First of all I want to encourage you to go to www.chinoscrapbookcompany.com and check out Tour De Crop, it's going to be a blast an they have already sold half their spots so if you want to join them you should sign up soon. I get to be the hostess that day. I am very excited!!
Here are a few pics to share

January is over where did it go????

Well it is officially February, I can't believe it. January was a busy month. I got to teach my first scrapbook class since The Loft closed, it went great. Thanks to The Scrappin Table in Placentia Michelle is so nice. I have another class this Saturday at Chino Scrapbook Company so I am excited to see how that goes. I am starting a lot of new things all at the same time it seems I pray I don't get overwhelmed. To all those creating the circle journal with me I look forward to having a good time with it, I can't wait to see how they turn out.

-If you live anywhere near the Chino area
I am helping to plan an event in April
"Tour De Crop, A Tour to Shop- A Formal Affair"
we are already selling tickets, it is going to be a blast
so sign up soon or you may miss out.
All the details are on their web-site
www.chinoscrapbookcompany.com

My sweet girls adoption is final, it went by so fast, THANK YOU LORD!
God is so amazing he has a way of reminding you of his glory even in the bad times.
Hope you all had a wonderful January and that you February is 10 fold. May the Lord of all creations bless each and every day.
I want to share a story from a friend of mine so if you have time check out her blog, just another small reminder of GOD's greatness.
http://scrappyb.blogspot.com/2009/01/god-plans-our-steps.html

Just Rambling

I'm not a writer so it may not be fluent but just wanted to get down whats happening in my neck of the world.

Check out one of the stores I teach at.
www.chinoscrapbookcompany.com
www.thescrappintable.com

I get to scrapbook tonight, for myself, Yeah!!
My amazing friends in Menifee and my family gave me a
whole album full of pre-done pages for my daughters baby shower
almost six months ago. They are beautiful and well EMPTY!
I finally made myself sit down and go through pictures and order
them from Costco. So tonight on my night away from the kids I plan on
filling my pre done pages with pictures of my sweet girls life.

Tomorrow I teach my first class, I am excited and nervous and wish
I had more students. I only got three sign ups total for three classes, so a
lot of driving but not a lot of income.
Oh, well, we should have a
good time anyways.

There is a big craft convention coming up and one of the store
I teach at and help make kits for invited me to go.
I have been in the past because of the store I managed
and can't wait. I love seeing all the new product
and believe it or not it helps me to not spend
as much in the long run. I see it before I get
to buy it so by the time it hits the stores it feels
like old product already. I plan on having fun and meeting new people. All the Fiskateers are meeting for a pic and I can't wait to see them. A Fiskateer is someone who loves Fiskars product, there is a web-site that we all get to chat, exchange ideas, give our feed back and opinions to fiskars, etc. Pretty much addicts with an outlet. if you love Fiskars check it out www.fiskateers.com

Another Class to announce!

Hey everyone another class you will want to check out. I will be teaching at Chino Scrapbook Company in Chino, CA on February 7th from 11:30am - 1:30pm I got to design a two page spread with the NEW Cloud 9 St. Valentine line. You will get to learn a few distressing techniques, create your own beautiful stamped flowers and use one of my favorite embellishments called Dew Drops by Robins Nest. Go to www.chinoscrapbookcompany.com for more details or call Nora the owner to sign up 909-547-2008. Space is limited so sign up soon. If you live in the area you can stop by the store to see the sample.

Here is a sneak peak of a kit Chino Scrapbook Company will be selling in her store, I got to play all day Saturday hope you like it.