Chic n Scratch

Chic n Scratch Headquarters

January 4, 2016 by Angie 4 Comments

Chic n Scratch Headquarters

My picture today is of my office … at the moment.

I like so many other people decided to get re-organized in 2016 … and the perfect spot to start was my office. But now … two or three days later I’m questioning myself … what exactly was I thinking?

It’s weeks like these that I say “why didn’t someone discouraged me”? I went from bad to worse ….. have you ever found yourself in that spot?

Skittles cage (the office cage – we have one on each floor of our house) is currently in the middle of the room because my planning somehow forgot to position her cage. Maybe she’ll like being the center of attention!

I have a live stream tomorrow night so that gives me 24 more hours to find my new product and get all my ducks in a row.

Once I get through the live stream tomorrow … I’ll be starting the Bricks Quilt – Quilt Along.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Somerset Jelly Roll Quilt

September 21, 2015 by Angie 3 Comments

Here’s my week (last week) …..

Monday: Chase was sick all weekend and I took him to the walk in clinic … after several hours (like five or six) he was home in bed with medicine and I was trying to pack for Founders Circle.

Founders Circle is the top 100 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and this is my 7th year to attend.

Tuesday: By some miracle I was packed and ready to go … Laura took me to the airport for an early morning flight (one of the reasons I was packing my sewing machine was I was going in a day early). But …. my flight was delayed or canceled (not sure which) … so they switched me another airline … except it was leaving much later. So, I called Laura … she came back and took me home. I checked email and did a few works things … then she took me back to the airport. I arrived in St George around 6pm … by that time all fabric stores were closed … so much for arriving a day early!!

Wednesday: First on my list … visit a Quilt Shop. I choose Quilted Works (they gave me a candy thank you the last time I was there and that’s all it took for me to remember them).

I bought three Jelly Rolls (and a whole lot more) and the first quilt I completed at Founders Circle was the Somerset Jelly Roll Quilt (will show you more later).

The ladies at Quilted Works were so fun and I think I was there for at least an hour just talking … I look forward to going there again!!

Thursday: Started the Somerset Jelly Roll Quilt and finished it (or did I start it on Wednesday??)

Friday: Kanab Tour (where they make the Stampin’ Up! stamps)

Saturday: Went to Jill’s house (she is awesome) … Attended West Side Story

Sunday: Arrived at airport to be told my flight was once again canceled … but … he was able to get me on another flight … it’s a good thing I got to the airport 2-1/2 hours early!! This is also the day I woke up at 3am with a terrible sore throat … I’m really praying it will pass soon!

I have a week of playing catch up and I decided to start with email …. as of this minute … I think all the important ones are complete.

See ya!

p.s. I shared all this because most weeks I only share awesome things … and believe me when I say it ….. my weeks are always a mix of complete awesomeness and total chaos!!

Chic n Scratch is on Periscope

August 11, 2015 by Angie 8 Comments

I LOVE learning new things!!

When I was younger …. I had so much energy that I had a hard time learning …. no lie!

I could fill a book of all the crazy things I did …. like falling out of trees …. it only took the third tree to teach me a lesson …. and …..if it hadn’t knocked the wind out of me (I thought surely I was dying) I might still be climbing them.

There is so much I want to learn (like the official Photoshop and not just Photoshop Elements).

The reason I’m sharing all this is I gave Periscope a try last week …. it was a little nerve wracking … but …. I pulled it off.

Having my first Periscope took several hours of learning … I watched some videos and decided to jump in with two feet. It went great .. everyone was nice … and super happy to say no trolls.

Then today I learned how to take those videos and add them right inside an iPhone image …. holy cow …. get outta here!!!

Not sure what to do with that knowledge but I’m super excited … LOL

Here ya go … my first Periscope video inserted into an iPhone

I’m headed to a Royals game tonight … it’s the first in over a month …. I can’t wait!

See ya!

One Million in Sales

December 3, 2014 by Angie Leave a Comment

I’ll be honest and say it feels a little weird tooting my own horn …. but … it also feels weird hiding it under a rug.

So, here it goes … Stampin’ Up! announced my One Million in career sales on Cyber Monday. How fitting that it was posted on a day that has meaning to me (because I’ve been what you call an Online Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator).

For several years I was just known as Chic n Scratch …but I’ve gotten much better at saying I’m Angie … although I agree saying chickenscratch sounds better!

The Stampin’ Up! Catalog Kickoff for demonstrators is tonight … I can’t wait to see the Sale-a-bration and Occasions Catalog!! And I can’t wait to place my demo order on December 5th.

It’s going to be a very expensive day because we’re also picking out our season tickets for the Kansas Royals (2015 season).

See ya!