2010 NSD BLOG TRAIN - The Story of Our Lives - DAY 1

Good Morning and welcome to the 2010 Digitals NSD Blog Train! Our theme this year is "The Story of Our Lives." We want to encourage everyone to scrap their heritage and family events (both special and everyday) to leave a legacy for generations to come. Each day our blog train participants will be offering a freebie to help you accomplish this goal. Here is a preview of what you will receive from Nini's Notions:
Here is the complete list of participants:

Alessandra Designs - http://www.alessand radesigns. blogspot. com/
Amanda Thorderson - http://flamingo- amanda.blogspot. com/
Beth Rimmer - http://www.bethscre ativechaos. blogspot. com/
DeDe Smith - http://designzbyded e.blogspot. com
Dreamer Paula - http://designsbydre amerpaula. blogspot. com/
Georgia Oliver - http://dreamsinkdes igns.blogspot. com
Juliana Gordon - http://www.julianag ordon.com/
Kathryn Estry - http://kathrynsdigi taldesigns. blogspot. com
Kristmess - http://kristmessdes igns.blogspot. com
Lifesong Kreations - http://lifesongkrea tions.blogspot. com/
Nini's Notions - http://ninisnews. blogspot. com YOU ARE HERE
Sarah Meyer - http://blog. sarahbdesigns. net/
Scrap4Brains - http://scrap4brains .blogspot. com
Silvia Romeo - http://www.silviaro meo.blogspot. com
Tallula Moon- http://www.tallulam oon.com/blog

You can DOWNLOAD today's freebie HERE SORRY, THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED.

Please be aware that this links are valid for 24 hours only.

Have fun!

FEATURED DESIGNER CHAT TONIGHT!!!!!

That's right gang! Come to the chat tonight and get the free quick page set shown above that was made using items from my new Cinco de Mayo kits! The preview for the main kit is not finished yet, but the add-on pictured is the daily download at Digitals through May 5th! After that it will be available in the store!

Hi all! I trust you all had a fabulous New Year's! I am not going to bore you will all the usual stuff except to tell you that I have selected several of my older kits to be retired and they are all ON SALE now at an unheard of 60% OFF! Two of my fabulous creative team members have created some goodies for you that coordinate with these retiring kits! The first is a quick page designed by my dear friend & CT member, Leslie Favela, using items from the BUDDING ARTIST series. In the colors of the rainbow there are plenty of backgrounds and elements to create a huge number of layouts. Perfect to showcase your little ones' artwork and photos! An entire album will be available in my store soon.

You can download this quick page here

And another of my CTs, Judith Blanchard aka the51mom has designed a few cute little extras that she will be giving on her blog HERE. So stop by and pick those up too! PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE EXCLUSIVE BLOG FREEBIES! THEY WILL NOT BE OFFERED ANYWHERE ELSE OR INCLUDED IN ANY KITS!

See y'all next week!

ONE MORE FREEBIE!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration! New Year/New Decade! How exciting! Wonder what is in store for all of us? It will be fun to find out!

So, have any of you made any resolutions? I always do but usually end up not keeping them. There are a couple that I have made with regard to digi-scrapping and designing:

1. I will try to be more diligent about posting to my blog and offering you freebies.

2. I will try to offer more quick pages, brag books and hybrid products in my store.

Please take note: the keyword there is "try." LOL!

Just wanted to let you all know that I will be retiring several kits this year, so keep your eye out for the ads. I won't tell you which ones, but you can rest assured that there will be new products to take their places. My designs are exclusive to Digitals, so don't look for me anywhere else! I would like to thank each and every one of you for participating in our blog trains and store events this past year. And if you haven't tried our challenges yet, sign up today! We have a couple of new challenges and new hostesses! No telling what they will come up with! And we give the BEST posting bonuses around!

Today's download is an additional quick page for your "Marjorie" album. Oh, and I forgot to include my freebie TOU with the other downloads, so that is in there too. Please take the time to read it. This quick page is a "Blog Exclusive" and will NOT be included with the kit when it goes into my store.

Here is the link to your DOWNLOAD

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COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 7 FREEBIE

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!

I really went on and on yesterday, didn't I? I hope I didn't offend anyone, because that was not my intention. That is the great thing about this country: Freedom of Speech! If you don't believe that then try living somewhere where they don't guarantee it! LOL! I think I will stay right here!

A word about genealogy and then on to the freebie. For those of you who aren't aware of it, your local public library more than likely has a lot of resources if you want to research your family tree. They have access to Passenger Lists and Immigration Lists and may even have access to local census records for the area you are researching. All of these resources are free. And, if they don't have it there physically they can probably get it for you through Interlibrary Loan.

OK! Let's start the New Year out right with a freebie! Click HERE for your download. Also this is the last day for my STOREWIDE SALE @ 35% OFF!

And for those of you who are interested, come back tomorrow for a bonus quick page that will only be available on my blog. It will not be included when the album kit goes into my store.

Have a wonderful 2010!!!!!

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COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - Day 6 Freebie

Yesterday I blogged about journaling. Boy, did I! But it is an important part of what we do. There are a lot of things you can use to journal on. Many of my kits offer journaling boxes for this purpose. Another fun thing to use is journaling strips! You can use several of these on a layout.... one word or phrase per strip to make up the whole description. Add a tag with the name/place/date. Just a few ideas to enhance your layouts!

Well, today is the last day of 2009! I hope it was a good year for you. For some it was not. Some lost their jobs and even their homes. Those of us who were fortunate enough to not be in this position need to help our fellow man in whatever way we can. Donate some food to a local food bank or clothes you and your family don't wear anymore to Goodwill or American Veterans. Pray for a turnaround in our economy so that jobs once again become available for all who are needing them to support their families.

Those of you who know me know that I am passionately patriotic! I L-O-V-E America and all it stands for. Freedom isn't free. This is the land of the free because of the brave. Reflect on how many young men and women have lost their lives in previous and this current war to protect that freedom. I would say that is a very high price to pay. So, no... FREEDOM isn't free. To the brave men and women who are currently in the Middle East... I salute and pray for your safety. To their families.... mothers, fathers, wives, husbands and children.... I pray that they will return to you soon safe and whole. To those who have lost children, friends, or spouses.... may God comfort you in your time of sorrow. My sympathy is with you all. Thank you for your sacrifice.

My you all have a happy, safe and health 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Here is the link to today's download

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COUNTDOWN TO 2010 - DAY 5 FREEBIE

By now you all know how I feel about journaling! Whether it is an appropriate quotation or a poem I firmly believe that the most gorgeous layout is bare without something to describe the photo or the person in the photo. I mean, why do you scrap in the first place? Be it paper, digi or hybrid, you scrap to preserve memories and photos for future generations so they know where and who they came from. They might like to know what you or their parents were like as children, what they did for entertainment, where they went on vacations, etc. Right now, you have all this information at your fingertips.... all you have to do is write it down. Full-size journaling pages are part of this download. You can print them out and journal by hand if you like.... kind of makes it more personal that way. Be sure to use acid-free pens available for scrapbooking.

HERE is the link to today's DOWNLOAD

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