the small things.

well. today started off a little rough. i got my exam back. i came out with a B, but i'm not really happy with my grade. ah well. hopefully the next exam will go a little more smoothly.

the day soon got much better though. i hung out all day with may and angela doing store visits for the fiskateers. it was so fun. i love talking with those girls. it was just so refreshing to spend a day realizing that there is more to life than school.

i got a copy of may's book today. it's really pretty inspiring. i guess my blog banner is the first real digital work that i've managed to figure out, and i did that with powerpoint. but this book has pretty straightforward instructions about how to do different things to add digital elements to your layouts. i don't plan to ever go totally digital with my scrapbooking, but it would be fun to maybe add a few elements and do a little hybrid scrapbooking. :]


so one of the stores we visited was the scrapbook store in carson city. i had never been there, but everyone always says fabulous things about it, so i was excited. the owner was super friendly, and i love her style. she does a lot of altered books and little projects like that. i think i might have to try taking a class from her one day soon. anyway. she had the best stamps ever in her store. this company has the cutest little penguin stamps i've ever seen. seriously so so so cute. may and i went crazy. we decided that we definitely need to have a penguin party sometime soon so we can share our new penguin stamps. [i came home with the pirate penguin. no plans to actually use the little guy, but he will be so cute on my desk... making me happy every time i'm sitting there.]

anyway. today turned out to be such a good day. finding joy in the small things from a stop at the good old chocolate nugget on the way back from carson, to a cute little stamp, to great conversations with friends. it's hard to want to go to sleep because i really don't want this day to be over.