My plan every year is to start earlier on my Holiday card making, what actual happens is I block off the day after Thanksgiving - avoid the crazy shopping crowds - and get down to some serious card making. I try to spend the weekend prior organizing my supplies to make sure I have what I need so I can spend my time creating cards, not searching through my scrap room. I love to make cards and I'm always looking for coordinated kits that deliver lots of items for a great value. If you are looking to add to your holiday stash, like me, then you'll definitely want our Christmas Card Making Value Kit. It’s got papers, ribbons, tags, and more – plus a template to create your own envelopes. Best of all you save over 75%! Treat yourself to an early gift that keeps on giving.

Have you got your holiday table decorations ready for Thanksgiving? If not, it's not to late to get your Party in a Pad. This incredible kit from K&Company includes decorations for 8 place settings and a centerpiece, plus 16 gift boxes, 4 children's activity place mats and much, much more. Decorating the table has never been easier or more beautiful. Come watch our Paper Talk episode to see this fabulous kit in action!

Fall is my favorite time of year. The pace seems slower and I take more time to enjoy the world around me. I just had to share with you this fabulous Autumn Wreath that Lexi and Marné came up with. You can create for yourself, simply click here to view the project and download instructions.

I’m on a bit of a pet kick here. I was flipping through Die Cuts With A View Pet Stack and was totally inspired. I had just shot some pictures of Peyton in the backyard with her new favorite toy – her frisbee. I took one look at the cute doghouse on the cover and knew I wanted to create an extra special way to honor my favorite furry friend. I created a small paper dog house from various prints and then cut out her picture and tucked her inside her homemade dog house. Cute, huh? I know I am much better at creating a paper dog house rather than a real one (lol).

The Pet Stack is great for cat lovers as well! The papers are a colorful, fun assortment of 24 styles, 2 of each style – half have glossy accents. The mat stack (a must have) has 72 sheets, 3 each of 24 different styles – again half with glossy accents. If your furry friend is a member of the family like mine, you’re sure to love these papers. Peyton gives them an enthusiastic wag.

OK, I’ll be the first to admit; sometimes I can be easily distracted. Harry was away on a business trip and my grand plan was to catch up on filing of photos. I have hundreds of photos that I’ve been meaning to organize. With plenty of floor space to sort into categories, I got started and I really was making good progress until I got to a stack of photos of our first dog Cocoa. I have lots of layouts of her, but there’s always room for one more, right? She was such a fun, expressive dog and we had so much fun together. So, I poured through the stack of photos and selected my favorites. Then set aside all the rest of the photos and had fun looking through my paper stash until I found just the right paper. The layout is very clean and simple, so it didn’t take long. Then it was back to organizing right? Wrong – in looking through my papers, I came across the perfect papers for a Get Well card for my friend and birthday card for my niece. So, I wound up creating instead of organizing. But, I think that’s okay – I had a good time remembering my good, furry friend.