October Promotions

For the past 12 years we have been involved with a wonderful organization called Compassion International. They are a Christian child development organization dedicated to releasing children from poverty. Their ministry is twofold: They work through local churches to provide child development programs to deliver children from economic, physical, social and spiritual poverty, enabling them…

You may have heard that Close to my Heart has partnered with the amazing Stacy Julian. One of the first products in the new Story by Stacy product line is a sweet mini album workshop kit. I am so excited about this new line that I just had to use the mini album as this…

A friend of mine had her (5th) baby a few weeks ago. She had a full placental abruption which forced the doctors to do an emergency C-section when she was only 28 weeks along. Thankfully the baby (and mom) are doing ok, although he is still in the NICU at the hospital and will be…
I just wanted to let you all know that I am still alive. *Ü* Sorry I haven’t been posting very much lately. The past week has been super crazy and now both of my kiddos are sick, so I haven’t had much creative time recently. I am just itching to play with some of my…

I am so excited! I won two amazing prizes on National Scrapbooking Day! My fun little CK Cover below won a prize from Creaking Keepsakes. Check this out…I won everything in the photo above including the complete (and beautiful) Lovebirds collection from SEI; a copy of Snippets: Mostly True Tales from the Lighter Side of…

Did you know that all of Close to my Heart’s patterned paper comes with ½” strips on the top with a different pattern? They are called “zip strips.” Sometimes we cut them off and set them aside and forget about them or even (gasp) toss them in the trash, but they can be used for…