It's my Birthday!

It's is that time of year again - my birthday. Okay, at my age it is just another day - I am more excited for my grandson's birthday that is the day after mine!

I decided to to a birthday sale this year at Polka Dot Potato (by the way, I am an exclusive designer now!)


As a special treat, if you spend $5 in my store you will get my new Back to School kit FREE! I am also offering a couple of free quick pages from my Back to School kit and my new Ashley kit (named after my newest granddaughter!)
Enjoy - and as always, I appreciate your comments!

The Potato Bar is OPEN!

It has been a while since I posted - life gets busy! So, today I am giving a fun mini kit (well, a little bigger than mini :) It is called Cotton Candy and is made of fun, bright colors - just like cotton candy!
I hope you enjoy this fun kit. And make sure you check out the Potato Bar - it is only open for a limited time!

Winter Wonder . . .

Winter seems to have us in it's grips - okay, it has been a little warmer lately. January thaw they say. But it is still COLD! Cold, cold, COLD! So, I am going to look at the bright side of the winter season:

• A fire in the fireplace
• Hot cocoa
• Cozy, down comforter to keep us warm!
• Beautiful winter landscape

Yes, there are good things about winter - but I am sure looking forward to spring!

I have a new date set in the store at Polka Dot Potato. It is called Stamp A Date and it is made to look like the receiving stamps that you might find in an office.


All of my products are on sale for 40% off at Polka Dot Potato right now - so Stamp A Date is only $1.20!

For a freebie I decided to use some pictures I took of all the snow we got recently and made some Winter Wonder papers. I hope you enjoy them.


Have a great week!

Black Friday . . .

So, -here it is the much anticipated Black Friday. Do you head out and hit the stores early? Stand in line for hours to get the must have (extremely limited supply) gift of the year? There is the thrill of the hunt with Black Friday - scouring the ads and making a plan. Where to go first? Do I hit Walmart for the $2 DVD's or do I go to Smith's Marketplace and get in on the incredible sock sale? And of course the elation in getting exactly what you started out for is great. Yes, this day has a mood of it's own. You are either floating on cloud 9 because you got exactly what you were looking for - or you are mad at yourself for not going to a certain store first before what you wanted was gone.

I was going through the ads last night, and I was amazed at how many 'doorbusters' had written in small print - 'while 5 per store' last or 'extremely limited quantities'. So - I got online and did some checking. It seems that a big doorbuster this year is a Nintendo DS that is packaged with a game like this limited edition red one with Super Mario Brothers:
This is one item that I saw with - 'while 5 per store last'. Every store that had it in the ad also listed how few they would have on hand. Well -I visited Amazon.com, not only do they have it - but it is $15 less than all the ads! It also qualifies for free shipping. One of the items I wanted to go out and get are the Bath & Body Works Wall Flowers & refills. These are great, and they make your house smell so good! They are regularly $12.50 for the starter kit or 2 refills. Today they are only $5! But guess what, they are $5 online too and for me the $5.95 shipping is less than I would spend on gas to get to a store.

I guess my point is - this year I will stay home, in my jammies and shop. No fighting the crowds, no one will take something from my hands, and I will not have to fight for a parking spot!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. Of course I have some Black Friday deals as well. All of my products are 50% off at DSO. Great savings there! And the Potato Bar is still going on at Polka Dot Potato, you will find some great .99 deals there. I also have just released a new kit called Grant - it is named after one of my cute grandbabies :)


Today I am giving 2 freebies. Yes - I am still on the quick page kick, I just love them! The first is from my Big Boy kit and the second is another from my A Fresh Start kit.
I hope you enjoy these. Have a happy and safe holiday!