I had hope that using my computer while I am pregnant wouldn’t bother me so much, but it does. I get dizzy and sometime feel physically uncomfortable when using a computer. I hope to get online as much as I can tolorate. I will defiantly be online once a week for a quick check on everything.

I haven’t been online for the past 6 weeks due to morning sickness which I get 24/7 and not just in the morning. But now I am over that, although I now have a respiratory illness and it is causing problems with my asthma, so I have been resting as much as my energetic 3 year-old will allow me. Otherwise my pregnancy is going well. I got to hear my baby’s heart beat for the first time the day before my birthday

I will try to update this blog each time I go online.

Currently I am suffering from nausea. When I was pregnant with my son, I couldn’t keep water down! But I have learned a new way to manage my nausea. Don’t let my stomach get empty! But another problem is my computer. I don’t know why but using my computer makes me nauseous. So I am going to make this quick…

If you have read my previous Monday Pick Me Ups, you know that I love the NitWit Collections kits. Mary Fran has created another kit that is perfect for my layouts of my son! Some Assembly Required is so perfect for my family. My father worked in construction, and while growing up my home was always a work in progress. I learned alot about tools and how to build a house. I plan on passing my knowledge to my son. He already has his own (plastic) tool set which my dad bought him. I have been looking for the perfect kit to scrapbook all the photos of my son working at his workbench. Now I have found it. There are also some addons.

Okay, that is all I can do today…

Office Raid includes: 3 Binder Clips, 1 Bookplate, 1 Binding Clip, 4 Clips, 1 Frame, 1 Index Card, 1 Journaling Area, 2 Labels, 1 Ledger, 1 Paperclip, 2 Recipe Cards, 5 Slide Frames, 1 Staple, 4 Tabs, 3 Tapes, 1 Complete Alphabet Labels with 26 Letters and 10 Numbers. Over 60 pieces! All papers, elements, etc are created and saved at 300DPI. Office Raid is available at My Shop and ScrapDish for $5.00 but you can get it, using the coupon below, for $3.00!

Coupon Code: CDJ-Blog-Office
Discount: 40% OFF (Save $2.00)
Expires: October 3, 2008

Remember that this coupon is only available to my readers. If you wish to share this coupon with other they must come to my blog to get the code!

Want to win this featured kit? If you made a comment on any of my posts anytime from last Sunday to Saturday (tomorrow), then you are entered to win this kit! I will select one random commenter on Sunday morning to receive this kit for free!

Note: If you already own this kit, then you will receive a coupon for the full value of the kit instead.

Today is the first day of Autumn, my favorite season in New Hampshire! I haven’t experienced a real autumn in almost 5 years! So now I finally can see the leaves change to blazing colors of red and orange.

Sugar Maple, by Cori Gammon, makes me think of autumn. The bold colors or red, orange, yellow, brown and green are perfect for autumn layouts. There is also a Sugar Maple Addon that coordinates with more papers and elements.

Another great autumn kit I found is Harvest Fun by Sweet Digi Scraps. The elements are fantastic looking. I just love the scarecrow and the tree! This kit would also work for school and halloween photos!

I found some great journaling elements with text paths, for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements users, that can give any layout or journaling something extra. The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin comes with 4 journaling spots each with there own text path (seperate), a font, 115 paper cut words, an alpha in 5 colors, a date set with months, days and years and a set word art! There is so many fantastic word related elements in this kit that you can’t possibly not have a use for it.

October Wonder includes: 12 Papers (6 Patterns and 6 Textured Solids), 1 Index Card, 1 Label, 1 Postage Stamp Frame (for 6 photos), 3 Tapes, 4 Brads, 1 Binder Clip, 3 Paperclips with Leaves, 1 Fabric Flower, 3 Leaves, 3 Ricracs, and 1 Complete Alphabet with 26 Letters. A total of 59 pieces! Thanks to Atomic Cupcake! All papers, elements, etc are created and saved at 300DPI. October Wonder is available at My Shop for $5.00 but you can get it, using the coupon below, for $3.00!

Coupon Code: CDJ-Blog-October

Discount: 40% OFF (Save $2.00)

Expires: September 25, 2008

Remember that this coupon is only available to my readers. If you wish to share this coupon with other they must come to my blog to get the code!

The Comment Contest is being reinstated.

Want to win this featured kit? If you made a comment on any of my posts anytime from last Sunday to Saturday (tomorrow), then you are entered to win this kit! I will select one random commenter on Sunday morning to receive this kit for free!

Note: If you already own this kit, then you will receive a coupon for the full value of the kit instead.

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a sale and some of my older kits are… well… old and need to go. I have 13 old kits that are 75% off at ScrapDish! Take a look what’s on Clearance:

Plus if you spend $10 or more on my designs, you automatically get 25% off!

Make sure you check out my New Releases:

Available at ScrapDish and in My Shop for $1.00

Available in My Shop for $5.00.

Available at ScrapDish and in My Shop for $5.00.

Available at ScrapDish and in My Shop for $5.00.

Available in My Shop for just $1.00!

Also I have a special Summer Dude freebie! Check out this quickpage I made using the elements from the kit:

Includes: 1 PNG 12″x12″ quickpage.

You can download it here: Summer Dude Quickpage (47). The download link expires on October 1, 2008.

Please do not redistribute any of my freebies. If you wish to share it with others send them to the site http://candaceduffyjones.com. DO NOT link directly to the zip file, that is considered stealing!

Copyright Candace Duffy Jones 2008 for personal use only! This is an original design (see tou in zip for credits for brushes, fonts, and actions used). All rights reserved. Please feel free to contact me if you have a questions or comments. You can use my Contact Me form or post a comment on this post as a means of contact me.

If you wish to say “Thank You” with more than just words, check out my Help Support page for info on how to help support me and my freebies with more than just money.