another exciting announcement from papertrey ink!!

So joining Papertrey Ink as a member of the Moments Inked Team isn't the only secret I've been sitting on...I'm also going to be a part of the Quick Stitch Kit Team!  What is a Quick Stitch Kit?  They are entire "creative suites" designed to work especially with PTI's 100% wool felt.  Each kit includes numerous dies and a whole ensemble of embellishments to work with to create beautiful gifts (and I LOVE to do that!).  The dies all come with stitching holes so there is no guesswork, extra steps, or even the need for a sewing machine when you use them.  Please be sure to check out Nichole Heady's blog today to find out more about these kits and to meet the rest of the amazingly crafty gals on the team.

 The first kit is called Sewing Staples and will be available to purchase on March 1st.  I have a sneak peek of one of my projects today and there will be much more coming soon!  But let me just say, oh my goodness, my notions-loving-heart fell head over heels for this kit!  The dies make me want to create pouches and pockets and packaging for all of the sewing treasures I've collected from my dear grandmother's collection over the past few years.  In fact, I could consider making pouches for just about everything, sewing-related or not!

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Because there might be some new people who will be popping in here this weekend on account of all the excitement over at PTI, allow me to take a few moments and introduce myself.

I'm Rebecca and I live in Southern California.  I'm an upstate New Yorker at heart but on a whim, I moved out to a mountain town in the middle of California 10 years ago.  It was completely unlike me to have done that because I'm an introverted homebody who doesn't like change and had never even touched a snowboard or a pair of skis!  Aside from missing my family and my small town life in NY, it was the best thing I ever did for myself and now I have a fantastic husband (Arvin) and 2 amazing little ones--Gus, 4, and Nemy (pronounced like Emmy), 2.  I married into a Filipino family and if you know any Filipinos, you know how generous and loving they are so I'm quite lucky to have gained an extraordinary extended family through them.

Along with PTI, I'm on the Crate Paper and Gossamer Blue Design Teams.  I've been paper crafting for about 8 years now.  I started out making cards and, while I still make them, I've developed quite the crush on packaging and gift wrapping, with an affinity for all things glassine and gold.  (If you take the time to scroll through my blog, you're certain to find evidence of this.)

Every day I answer a gazillion and a half "WHY" questions from my 4-year-old: Why are there 100 people?  Why do dinosaurs stink? (He meant why are they extinct?)  Why are there germs?  Why does pee smell like old roasted chicken?  Between Googling the answers to these provocative inquiries and scratching my head wondering when in his short life has he ever smelled old roasted chicken, I tend to my small Etsy shop where I sell my handmade gift wrap and packaging products.  It provides a nice distraction.  

I love peanut M&M's, black coffee, and music, with Ed Harcourt playing on heavy rotation for the last 2 months.  I have an extreme phobia of vomiting and it's really important that you know that in case we are ever to meet face to face.

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Thanks for stopping by today--and don't forget all of the fun things happening on Nichole's blog--it's release day, after all!  (But you'll still have to wait until March 1st for the Quick Stitch Kits debut...)