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Archives for November 2011

Silhouette Cameo Advent Calendar

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With Halloween over and a chill FINALLY making here to Las Vegas, it’s official… The holiday crafting season has begun!! One of the first things on the list, a new Advent Calendar for this year. 

The folks at Silhouette have come up with a genius Limited Edition Christmas Advent Calendar Kit designed specifically for your new Cameo or your Silhouette SD, the best of BOTH worlds!

I love this whole concept. You get the limited edition empty box from Silhouette along with a download card filled with all of the fabulous box styles that you can use to fill it. 

Then all you have to do is CREATE your very own!  What I love most about it, is that you can change it up every year to match your holiday mood.  I don’t know about you but…

I tend to vacillate between colors and styles every year. This year, I think… I am in a red and white rustic, elegant Christmas mood with a little old world flair. 

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Crazy Christmas Crafter

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Hello everyone! First off, I want to thank you for all your love and support for the Million Moms Challenge.  You guys have left some amazing comments that have really warmed my heart.  If you haven't headed over there yet, come check out my latest post about when I saw my baby for the first time.  It may surprise you a bit!  If you leave a comment and share a little of your experience you will be entered to win an amazing Million Moms prize pack.

Second… I am posting over at I Heart Naptime today for Jamielyn's fabulous Crazy Christmas Crafters month long event!!  Come learn how to make a fabulous Candy Cane wreath with my new favorite fabric of choice, canvas…

One last thing… I want you all to know how grateful I am for you.  With out you, my lovely friends coming to read WhipperBerry everyday, I wouldn't be able to have the most amazing job ever!! Thank you, thank you for letting me explore my creative side and sharing what I love with you!

Delayed Magic \\ Million Moms Challenge

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What went through my mind when I first held my baby?  Before I can answer that, I would need to go back 23 years to my birth and start from there…

Let’s just say my Mom’s delivery of me, her first born, didn’t go as planned.  After 36 hours of laboring, she underwent a traumatic emergency c-section in order to save my life.  I won’t go into crazy detail, but let’s just say… it wasn’t pretty.  This was the story I grew up hearing and quite honestly was probably one of the first things that went through my head when I found out I was pregnant for the first time.  Fear of what path my body was now on.  Would I be able to deliver normally without having to go through a c-section or was I heading down the same path as my Mom.  If I was traveling her same trajectory, would it be as traumatic or will it be simple and peaceful?

As fate would have it, the apple didn’t fall to far from the tree.  I went two weeks over my due date and then my doctor finally scheduled an induction.  After laboring for 11 hours, my doctor entered the room with a swarm of people starting to prep me for surgery.  He didn’t say, “We think it’s time for a c-section, would that be alright with you?”  He just went to work.  My worst fear was coming to fruition. I felt helpless and feared that I was heading into my own personal hell. 

Come read more about my experience at the Million Moms Challenge site and share your thoughts as well.  By leaving a comment you are entered to win an exclusive Million Moms Challenge Gift Pack, which includes an iPad2, a custom-made Million Moms Challenge pendant and a $50 donation in your name to Global Giving.

Come on over and share your experience when you held your baby for the first time!

Lifestyle Crafts Giveaway

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This just in… Lifestyle Crafts, our favorite Letterpress Die Cut friends, have a great new giveaway that they are launching today.  All you have to do is create an account on Lifestyle Crafts website.  By doing that you are entered to win…

YES… A new camera and fabulous Jo Totes bag!!!  They have an even BIGGER GRAND PRIZE if you create something with one of their products and then post it in their gallery.  All you need to do is head over to their blog to learn all the details.  Make sure you tell them that WhipperBerry says hello when you enter!!