I'm in a Twitter-ific Treasury! (:

I'm so excited to be featured in this fun treasury! Please visit it here!

I love twitter and think it's a great place to meet other crafters and like-minded individuals, I have a lot of fun reading others tweets and learning more about them! (: Follow me @scrapwithstyle (http://twitter.com/scrapwithstyle)

Tweet ya L8R, Janelle

Snack Cracker Recipe

My kids love these Ranch Crackers...so I thought I'd share my adapted recipe for them here. This is actually a 1/2 recipe (with a little tweaking) b/c I think that's a better amount to make and easier to buy the ingredients for.

Ranch Snack Crackers:
1 bag regular oyster crackers
1/2 package (1/2 envelope) of dry Ranch mix
1/2 c. oil
1/2 t. lemon pepper
1/2 t. garlic powder
1-2 T. dried Dill (we use 2 T, but we <3 dill)

Mix Oil and dry ingred. (lemon pep, garlic pow, dill, ranch) together using a whisk. Pour crackers into a 9x12 baking pan or glass dish. Whisk up the oil mix again and pour over top of the crackers, mix well. Bake slowly at about 300 degrees, for 30-40minutes. Take the crackers out every 10 minutes and stir them up. After 20 minutes you can start seeing if they are done, once they are "dry" they are done...and they don't need to brown and they bake really quick! (: Hope that makes sense, please leave me a comment if you have any questions (:

They are yummy...especially if your kids (and you!) love ranch! (: They make a good on-the-go snack and my 1-y-old loves them too (she's not old enough to chew up chex mix, so I like making this better for parties and such!).

Yum, Yum! (: Happy Snack'n! Janelle

my model

My daughter (she just turned 4) has been "helping" me take pictures of new items to put on my etsy shop, and she particularly likes to help w/ the ribbons...she's a big fan, as am I! (: She usually gives them funny voices and personalities too...but that's beside the point. I had her hold some sheer ribbon in her hand so I could get a good picture of it, and that's where the "model" thing came in...now she loves being my hand-model when I take the pictures.







I'm not sure if these pictures will make it into the listings or not, not sure if the pink nail polish w/ blue sparkles will deter any shoppers... so I'm posting them here to see what you think & so all her hard work modeling doesn't go to waste! (:

And this is what my 1-year-old likes to do when mommy is trying to take pictures... hehe, then I get to use the paper for myself! (:

It's great to be an at-home mom b/c I get to be with my kids all the time and I really do (no jokes) like my daughters help with the biz (: It's great to have this time with them and I am so happy for it! --Janelle

PS-- do you like my new blog banner?? I changed it and my shop banner too!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

For breakfast today to celebrate St. Patrick's Day we had gold coins (banana slices w/ yellow sprinkles), green yogurt (lime), and green scrambled eggs (kinda gross-looking I know). Oh, and my mom left a baggie of Lucky Charms so we ate those too (a first for my kiddos!). Here's some pictures...


We are teaching an after-school scrapbooking class today, so I'm off to dig for a bit of green clothing for the girls and I so we don't get PiNcHeD! (: Enjoy your day! --Janelle

Find the Leprechaun!!-- Contest ends March 16, 2009

Contest has ended-- thanks for participating, pls check the twitter team blog below for winners! (:


Our etsy twitter team is hosting a fun give-away... find the hidden leprechaun amongst the participating shops (mine is one of them...so hunt away!!) follow the details on our team blog for entering to win one of 5 great prizes (they are fabulous, and I wish I could enter to win too b/c I'd love to have one...hehe)

Take a minute to check it out, it's fun and well worth it! (:

http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! janelle

Ribbons again...

****Please note that Parent/Child Scrapbook Night was snowed out-- rescheduled for Monday, March 16TH-- please call or email me w/ questions-- if you can't make it I'll deliver your kit(s) to you (:

We had a snow-day off of school today so my 4yo helped me to package up yards of ribbon and make this cute little ribbon holder box for the home show here in town on Saturday (my husband is a teacher, so it was nice to have him home to play w/ my 1yo so we could get some work done!) wish i could tie a better bow, but oh well! (:













If you live in my area, please stop by and see our booth @ the Sibley Farm and Home Show on Saturday, at the elementary school from 10-4!

Happy Scrapp'n!
Janelle Jones, Scrap with Style Scrapbooking

PS-- in case you missed it here's my march promo: enter code "BLOG" in msg to seller @checkout and you'll get a yard of this sweet ribbon free w/ any order of $5+ from my etsy shop

Blog Give-away and Feature! (:

I'm so excited to be featured on Jennifer's great blog! She is a great scrapbooker, and her blog is very inspiring and she shares some of her awesome layouts and projects there too! Be sure to follow her so you don't miss a thing! Please check it out and you can Enter a blog contest to win one of my story chatterbooks! (see details in blog post but you can enter multiple times if you follow her instructions...woohoo!) Here's a sneak-peek of part of the story chatterbook set contents...one lucky scrapper will win! (:

Happy Scrapp'n! Janelle

Paperbag Album for daughter #2 (:

I am having a parent/child scrapbook class tomorrow evening, so I made this as a sample for class. My other one is of my first daughter (click here to see the first one). I have made these for over 2 years and sold them @ craft shows and other venues and they are always a big hit and I usually sell-out. I sell them "pre-made" and ready-to-go just add your own photos for around $7.00, and I recently started making the CD Case Albums the same way and started selling those @ shows as well. I am thinking of putting these pre-mades up in my etsy shop too, what do you think? They are pretty simple and easy-to-make, and I keep them that way so the pictures are really the "spotlight" of the books. I'll be making more this week (w/o my own photos!) to take to the home show here in Sibley on Saturday (@ the elem. school from 10-4) ! Anyways, can't wait to see what creative ideas the kids in class tomorrow come up with! (: Happy Scrapp'n! --Janelle

Note: Thank you for your encouragement... I went ahead and listed a premade paperbag album in my shop, I appreciate your nice comments! (: Check it out here!

I'm in a treasury!

Check out this great treasury I'm in! I'm so excited and honored to be featured, the item of mine is the 5page clear acrylic scrapbook album! (:


The curator of the treasury is Katie of ktmotif, and you can click here to visit her great shop!

--Janelle

March 17th Scrapbook Class

I'm excited to have a "choice day" for the scrapbooking class on Tuesday, March 17th (if you haven't already registered you can do so online @ the rec website) ~!

We will meet for one hour after school and each student will get their choice of fun scrapbooking project:
REcycled CD Case mini-album
Paper-bag Scrapbook Album
Mini-card fold out album (family/friends theme)
Pocketbook accordian-fold album (see below)
Scrapbook Card album
----or-------
1 scrapbook 12x12 page kit (can also be cut down to fit their album)
(themes include: sports, friends forever, family, school, ect....) you can look @ examples of page kits in my online shop!

I hope you'll sign your student up (grades 3-8 for this class), it'll be a fun day! Please bring around 12 or more photos to scrapbook, all other supplies will be provided for you. If your child does not have a scrapbook album, I do have several styles (& refill pages for them) available for purchase. Please email or call me if you'd like more info on the class or to purchase an album! (: Thanks! Janelle
jonesj@hickorytech.net
(712)754-9562

Blog Feature

Hi! I'm excited to be featured on this wonderful blog, please check it out!

http://dkrscrapncraft.blogspot.com

Danna's blog is filled with great ideas and projects, so be sure to follow her blog too! (:

Here is her fun etsy shop, filled with great pre-made cards, home decor, journals and more!

http://DKRScrapNCraft.etsy.com


This is one of my favorite items in her shop right now,
I just love the black and white with the pink ribbons on this clipboard!

Happy Scrapp'n! Janelle

can you tell my favorite color is BLUE ??

We took a vacation a few weeks ago...and while the kids napped I had entirely too much fun using some of this paper (and a sheet of the LOL paper too) and a pack of these "together" rub-ons! (: Oh, and my daughter left out a chunky blue crayon that just had to be used!

I was happy to have a few layouts done "just for fun" this time! (:
Have a great week! Janelle (be sure to check out my last post "ribbons" for a great deal in my shop!)