Welcome to the Scrapbook Generation set.

We spent Saturday night building our set for the DVD. Stacey and I, as always, thought it would be easy. I guess if you want to call nine hours of set building easy, than that's what we'll call it. It probably wouldn't have been that bad but, because we had a million other things to work on and we had to wait until the store closed at 5:00 p.m., we didn't start building until 7:00 p.m.

Just like cooking shows filmed on kitchen sets, we wanted our set to look like a scrapbook room. I think my favorite touch were the cute flower pots with rolls of patterned paper in them. Mom had made those for decoration in the store and we thought they were too cute to pass up for using.

The great thing is that the set is now become a permanent addition to our store. We all liked it so much that we couldn't take it down! It's the perfect spot to display pages and albums and if we do another DVD we've already got the set ready to go.

We are still doing pre-orders for the DVD at Scrapbook Generation. If you are thinking about getting it, now is the time. The DVD's will sell for $24.99 but for our first release you can get it for $19.99.

That's $19.99 for:
• 9 instructional layouts - Each chapter (there are three) has one sketch and then three variations using that sketch. A simple, enhanced and extreme variation to show you how to get the most out of sketches, products, and techniques.

• 25 printable sketches that you can print out and use over and over.

• Over 70 layouts in our layout gallery based off the printable sketches.

So basically it's a class, a sketch book and an idea book all rolled into one!

I see it now.

Sometimes when we lose, we gain at the same time. Sometimes it takes a big change to open your eyes to something in someone you might not have noticed before. Sometimes you find a new relationship with someone you've known your whole life.

"I will never say that anything good came out of my dad's death. Ever. Because I can't bring myself to utter those words. Because I would so much rather have him here. Because I miss him. I will however say that I can't believe how much of Dad, I see in my Grandpa. The goofy personality, the way he is with Drew and Jackson, the light in his eyes when he's around family, the way he tries to take care of us. I almost feel like I'd been asleep for years and finally woke up to see this wonderful person for what he really is. A person that I am lucky to have in my life. I feel horrible that for so long I accepted a relationship that consisted of holiday dinners and mini-visits. That quickly changed. I love hearing Drew giggle at his silly "Grandpa Arnall dollar to finger trick." I love that he reminds me so much of my dad. I love that we have a closer relationship. I'm so glad that I see it now."