Creating No More BUZZ!!

This is a layout I created about my Grandfather's bee business, when I went home last time the sign was down and being used for a ramp, it just made me sad and I felt that this history needed to be documented.

Look what the Designers at Magistical Memories have been up to!!!




Crystle Torvinen

Happy Birthday
Tab Shooting Star Book
Star Book
Round About Arrows
Don't Question Boy or Girl
Circle Boy or Girl
5" Circle Frame

Toni Rivera

Present
Crazy for Tidbits
Potty People
Home Sweet Home Book
Retro Flashback
Buttons

Susan Rodriguez
Cupcake
Ice cream cone
Check mark journal block
Rolodex cards
Stinker
Ice cream sundae

Cheryl Mezzetti
Party Hats Girl or Boy
Pumpkin Book
Scallop Book
Fish Book
Fish
Pail book

Magistical Memories

Suit Case Book
Luggae Tag

Please let us know what you think of the new designs, check out the forum for more sneak peeks http://www.bbqchipboard.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=2!!!

Angel for Rhys Magistical Memories NEW PRODUCT

In the Featured Products in our store, you can help Rhys fight 3rd Stage Liver Cancer!!

Who is Rhys? Rhys is our nephew! He is a twin Brother to Kieren, He is a son, grandson, cousin, nephew and friend!

He is fighting 3rd Stage Liver cancer, he is a tough little boy.

You can help him fight, by purchasing a Chipboard Angel or a bag of our Famous Chipbits that now include an angel. All proceeds will go to Rhys to cover any expenses not covered by insurance.

Be Rhys' angel today!!

BUY YOUR ANGEL TODAY @ Magistical Memories

Having a VERY rough day!!!

I got up extra early today to make sure I got the most out of my day, I got a bunch of work done and felt like I might meet my CHA deadlines. I get a call from my brother Joey telling me my dad is very bad off, he's in critical condition and is being admitted. My dad has been sick for the last few years with emphysema and can not work anymore, well today he couldn't breath and he called 911, when he got to the hospital his oxygen levels were so low it was starting to affect his heart. He is having a hard time getting his breath out, he can take in a ton of air buut can't get it out. He is resting comfortably tonight and we are waiting to see what the night holds. They may have to intubate him tomorrow and he may not recover from that. WHY OH WHY am I so far away, everyday is hard but days like today make me want to say forget. Tonight I am just praying and missing him terribly 3000 miles away!!! I may leave tomorrow to be with him, and he doesn't want me too, he wants me to have a great show at CHA, he's like you have worked to hard to get where you are don't give it up on me. OMG, how can I work this out so both things can happen. My friends are amazing, they are like just go we will get you through this and take care of things for you here. What do i do??? My heart is breaking!!! Just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings me.

Please pray for my daddy!!!!

Wow, life takes over and the blog world slips away!!

I thing I have been the busiest that I have ever been in my whole life, and I am loving it!! Heres a few things I have been up to!

Are you Kitting me "Christmas Kit" from Magistical Memories, my friend Susan and I have been brain storming and came up with this fantastic kit. Its a collection of Scenic Route papers, and our exclusive chipboard Christmas Collection that has been brought together to create this Christmas banner that you can then turn into a book full of Memories from your day.


1 "C" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "H" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "R" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "I" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "S" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "T" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "M" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "A" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "S" Positive and Negative Letter
1 "Boxwood Tree" Positive and Negative Letter
1 Stocking
1 Candle Stick
7 Christmas Tree various sizes
5 Bows Various Sizes
1 North Pole
2 Wreaths Various sizes
2 X Small Music Notes
5 Pointed Maggie Flowers Various Sizes
6 Stars Various sizes and shapes
1 Circle
1 Rectangle
2 Signs

1 Scenic Route Rockland Perry Street Paper
1 Scenic Route Rockland Laurel Street Paper
1 Scenic Route Rockland Scrap Strip 3 Paper
1 Scenic Route Capetown Multi Stars Paper
1 Scenic Route Capetown Adderley Paper
1 Scenic Route Capetown Oswald Road Paper
1 Scenic Route Christmas Rub-ons
1 Yard Red Polka Dot Ribbon
1 Yard Green Polka Dot Ribbon
1 Yard Black Polka Dot Ribbon
1 Yard Green Ribbon
2 Yards Red Ribbon
1/2 Yard Red Sequins
6" Green Foil Netting
6" Gold Foil
Rhinestones
Acrylic White Paint
Acrylic Red Paint
Acrylic Green Paint





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Celebrating my Birthday, we went to Sebations in Toluca Lake, if you are in the are and have not been here, you need to go the food is fantastic and differernt. You get a choice of 4 different meats, chicken, shrimp, portabello mushroom & steak. Then you choose, a flkavoring that you want on your meat, I always get the buffalo steak, and then you can get it as a sandwhich, salad entree with fries or side salad or they have pizza collections. SO far I have had Buffalo salad, entree and pizza, I have yet to try the sandwhich, but I'm sure that is coming. LOL Also you need to try the gourmet french fries awesome awesome awesome, I love the Chedder and gravy fries, I know sounds gross, but they are fantastic. Check the place out becuae the atmosphere is the best around. They have a great patio with a fountain feature, and couches and chairs to make lounging with your friends almost like your at home, they have heaters to for those wonderful cool nights. Flat screen tv's for the sports enthusiast, so if your darling hubby wnats to watch the game bring him woth you. They have other nooks to sit in inside and the art work is just well you'll have to see!! We were able to use the room they have in back with 4 couches and a pool table and some taller tables it was a great place to come together with your friends. We enjoyed appetizers of, buffalo wings, chedder cheese fries, chili cheese fries, brick oven pizza's, fantastic room if you need a larger space to celebrate. Celebrateing my brithday with important people in my life has really been a great way to wrap up the year. Each and every person that was in the room has a very special place in my heart.

Girlfriends

I saw this on Colleens blog and I really loved it so I thought I would share it with you!!!

Why do we only have parties for each other when one of us gets married, pregnant, has a birthday, or retires? What would most of us do without our sisters, confidants, and shopping, lunching, scrapbooking, blogging, and traveling girlfriends? Let's celebrate each other for each other's sake!

Someone will always be prettier, smarter, have a bigger house, drive a better car, their children may do better in school, and their husbands may fix more things around the house.

So let it go, be happy and love yourself and your circumstances. Think about it. The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart. And the most highly favored woman may be unable to have children. The richest woman you know, may have the car, the house, the clothes, but might be lonely or miserable.

So love you, love who you are. Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say "I am too blessed to be stressed, and to anointed to be disappointed." "Winners make things happen, while Losers allow things to happen."

Be blessed and pass this on to encourage another woman.

Long Time No Post!!!

Wow time flies when your having fun, I have been working like mad and scrapping so much I love it, and helping the boys with school going through my messy house. Getting to know new people, having a great time on the new Magistical Memories Forum and Gallery, checking out all the beautiful work coming in and getting ready to pick 2 NEW design Team Members.

Well in all this craziness Michael made me take a day off, he took me to Disneyland for a WONDERFUL day, we got the boys off to school and headed out, when we first got there we went to the character breakfast, it was awesome, the food was great and the company even better. After Breakfast we rode Space Mountain, I LOVED IT, it has been redone and is one of my favorite rides.


From there we went to It's a Small World, on the way we went by the new Nemo exhibit construction site and I took Michael's picture in front of the School's In sign, we got a kick out of it because the boys were school and we had never been to Disney without kids. We went to Toon Town, had our photo taken with Mickey and rode Roger Rabbit, from there we took the train to New Orleans and went on the NEW PIRATES, very nicely done!!!! We also went on the Haunted Mansion, very beautifully decorated for Halloween.
From there we went to California Adventure and went on Soaring Over California, I love this ride. So we walked the park and a lot of things were shut down, Michael wanted to ride the Tower of Terror and I said I didn't want to ride it I HATE FALLING!! If wasn't going to go I told him he should so we go over there and get in line, I am only planning on going throughout the line with him, until we get to the elevator doors and there is a little and I mean little girl that is standing there excited to go on!!! Ok so how bad can it be I am thinking, I should have RAN, so I get on and let me just say, that was the worst experience that I have ever done, not only do you fall, the machine pulls you down faster than gravity and not only that it does it 4 times, I was so terrified, Michael had finger nail prints in his hands for days!!! The picture of me was classic and I would have bought it if the ladies arm in front of me wasn't blocking half my face, the picture was so great and showed terror on my face like I had NEVER seen before and I think they might have used it for commercials or some thing, ok back to the ride, so we stop and I am crying hysterical and hyper ventilating I can not move, I have NO LEGS!!! So we finally get off, because lets just say I was afraid it might go again, we are looking at our picture and the little kid is laughing she had a great time!!! NOT ME!!!! It took me over and hour to really recover!!!
We went back to Disneyland, I needed a kiddy ride after that, we had dinner at the Blue Bayou inside the Pirates ride, OMG the food was amazing, I had Filet Mignon with bearnaise sauce with potatoes and vegetables, Michael had the Royal Street Seafood Jambalaya, his was good, but he loved mine, and if you know knopw him he doesn't eat meant unless its processed first, the meat was so tender that you just savored it with your eyes closed for every bite. We bought the dice game from Pirates movie.




A game of high seas deception. The dice don't lie, but you might have to in this fast-paced game of trickery and deceit. Do you have what it takes to be a real pirate?

To stay alive in Pirates Dice, you must bluff - or be bluffed. To win in Pirates Dice, you must double cross your way to victory. Never trust a Pirate.

The dice cups featured in Pirates Dice are detailed replicas of the props used in the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest', and feature the movie logo engraved on the bottom of each cup. Contents of Pirates Dice:
* 4 custom dice cups
* 20 custom dice with skull and cross bones
* Rules in English and Spanish

From there we went to Snow White, but it broke down, we then went to Thunder Mountain another favorite of mine, from there to Mr Toads Wild ride!!!!! We had a wonderful day, but the topper of the whole day was dancing to no music in the parking lot!!!

Thanks honey for a wonderful day Tower of Terror and all....

Tag your it!!!!!

But you didn't get me!!! Remember when you were a kid and you played tage and you swore up and down you didn't get tagged, or if you have kids now, when they play they do the same thing and it drives you CRAZY!!!! Well I got tagged thanks Megan!!! Congrats on the Dare, winner!!

Song hmmmmm, not into know the names of the songs, I just like listening to the music!!! So I will try my best!!!

1) Caught me riding dirty
2) White n Nerdy Weird Al
3) Free Falling
4) I would walk 500 miles
5) Summer of 69
6) Rompet Daddy Yankee
7) Skin Rascal Flats


Oh so now to tag someone!!!! OK I'm of to get......?????????????? Cheryl, Joanne, Michael, Jill!!!!

Rules: list 7 songs...no matter what the genre, whether or not they have words, or are any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag a few others to see what they’re listening to.

Nashivlle

A few weeks ago Magistical Memories attended the Simply Southern Convention in Franklin Tennessee. All I can say is wow, what a beautiful State Tennessee is and very hospitable too. Every where you look it green, living on the West coast for the last 7 years, I was amazed by how much green grass there was and I just wanted to get out and roll around in it. We explored the rolling hills and the battle grounds, we saw beautiful farms, and large houses. We were in town over September 11, and the town had set out flags for all the soldiers from Tennessee, killed in Iraq, it just took my breath away as I stood in awe, they also had a flag for each state and under the state flag a list of soldiers from that sate who have passed away. You heart just breaks for these families. Kinda puts things into perspective. Here's a few photo's of our trip.

I was blown away by the hospitality of everyone I came in contact with. When your in the line at the grocery store everyone talked to each other. In the booth at the expo, everyone had a story to share, I am so glad I got to share in your stories.

Oh and the food, don't even get me started on the food, oops to late. I was in fried Heaven like never before. How's this for starters Corky's BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Fried Corn on the COB!!! Oh and for starters at this lunch we had fried pickles and onion loaf!! Yup fried!! Some of my other favorites, fried apples, corn bread, asparagus with cheese, chicken and dumplings, fried steak, green beans with almonds and bacon, and my favorite drink, oh YUMMY Raspberry Lemonade, oh and you can't forget sweet tea.

It was a pleasure to meet every single one of you.

Ugly

I saw this song on a layout and loved it, so I thought I would share. I think everyone has felt this way before, some more than others, so I challenge you to read this and think about how something you do to someone might make them feel and do the opposite and make them feel good instead. Everyone wants to change the world, and do you know you actually have the power to do so, just by what you might say or do to someone. Making others feel better aboout themselves causes a domino effect, when they feel good they pay it forward and make others feel good too.

Have a great day and make a difference today!!!

When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you're more beautiful
And that's the way, they show that they wish
That they had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

There was a time when I felt like I cared
That I was shorter than everyone there
People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn't know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

Everybody talks bad about somebody else
And never realises how it affects somebody else
And you bet it won't be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be

(Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh)

Cos people are all the same
(The same, the same)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, you)
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you

(Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh)
so are you
(People are all the same)

I created a Slide Show! Check it out!

Well I finally did it I gave my blog a make over!! I hope you like it!! Thanks to the Rhonna Farrer Digital Elements Kit at 2peas.

I have been busy busy busy!! Doing what, well let me tell you. Designing new packaging, new products, kids home for the summer, travel, planning more travel, getting ready to get the kiddies back to school, purging my house.

I can not wait to show you the new packaging for Magistical Memories products, I have to still get it all out of my head but I am liking it so far.

Products Products Products, just a few short weeks and you will see the new products that we have in store for you. Sorry had to tease a little.

Been having a blast with the kids, who am I kidding!!! Is it the first day of school yet? No really we have been swimming alot and playing Monoploy and Sorry. I found these games at Target with the new packaging and they are so awesome they are in the shape of a book, so you can display them and guess what because they are out we are using them. I want to get the whole collection. Oh and all the pieces are original, like the sorry game the pieces are wood!!



Travel, Well just got back from a show in Vegas, that was a blast hanging out with great friends and meeting new ones. Hanging by the pool. I couldn't believe that it was hotter here in California than it was in Vegas, don't get me wrong it was still very very HOT!!! The fountains at the Bellagio are so beautiful and worth every blister from my sandals when my feet swelled up. Oh and can't for get Elvis!!!



Well Thats it for now!

Croppin Fun at Susie B's

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Susie I had such a great time, thank you so much!! Ian Thank you for lugging everyone's stuff in and out!! Your the Best. I look forward to the next one.

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Silent Solitude!

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Work Hard Play Harder!

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Carol

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Justin Handsome Summer

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Adam Country Boy

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Justin Music Lover

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All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten

My entry in Jodie's Circle Journal.






Thanks for looking,
Crystle