Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely time...

{Insert zeppelin scream here} Sorry, couldn't resist.

So, its been a long time since I've blogged.  Sad really, and I had such great plans for my blog posting as we entered summer...and then it happened.  Life trickled in and then gushed right over consuming every spare moment leaving none for me to be creative or clever at all.  Of course Facebook shares some blame....that amazing little window into the rest of the world that tells you about everyone all at once, can be quite a time killer.  No that's not quite right, its more of a hypnotic, cult-leading, murderous time thief.  Yes that seems a harsh enough description.  Even still, I will probably pop in and blow an hour of my precious time wondering what everyone else is doing.

I feel the need to bring readers {all 2 of ya'} up to speed, without boring you completely.  So here goes.  Summer blew by way too fast.  My garden was overwhelmed with flooding and an invasion of hideous stink bugs making it impossible to kill them off by normal means (you  know smashing or squashing them).  I was able to harvest a bit before the bugs won out.  From what I hear it was not uncommon around here.  The kids started school in Aug/Sept.  I'm the mom of a 2nd grader and a 7th grader.  I've been immersing myself in cooking and have even managed a cooking class here lately.  My digital creativity came to a grinding halt somewhere over the summer(which is why I haven't posted much here).  The boys and I took a little trip to Washington D.C. in September, which was quite invigorating.  

And now we are here, knocking on the door of November and it seems as though change in the seasons has begun to pique my creative side once again.  I will be opening up a new shop at Inspiration Lane on November 7 and will feature at least one brand new kit, along with some that have been hanging out at Digital Freebies.   I'll post more details about that soon.

Also I'm working on the newest newsletter and will be giving away something special for my newsletter subscribers so make sure to subscribe, if you haven't already.

Thanks for stopping by.

~Tanya

Template Love Tuesday!!!!

It's Tuesday and I have a sweet {free} template to share with you today.  Its kinda mod, and completely cool.  I'll keep it up til the next one is available (no more than two weeks).

Click here to download.

It's also New Release Tuesday over at Digital Freebies!  Which means all new releases are 30% off til the next Tuesday!  This week I have released a quick page album created from my Rustic Spring Kit.

You can buy the album or each page individually.  The album includesall six png album pages as well as two additional cover pages that are not available otherwise.  You can pick it up here.  It's the last week of school for my kids this week, so I am off to conjure up some sort of thank you gift for teachers.  If you have suggestions, please leave them.

June blog train finally here.

Terribly sorry for the delay in getting this up. If my crystal ball could have warned me that I would have had events occur that would have prevented me from getting this posted on time, I would have skipped the June train. Regardless, here it is:

download it here

and on to your next stop:

AmyM Designswww.amymdesigns.blogspot.com

get back to the blog train here.

Have a great day.

It's Hump Day, Freebies All Around

I'd love to write something profound....but it's Wednesday and I'm completely covered up in the busy-ness that is the daily grind!  So here's a freebie, just because its Hump Day.....and since I'm too busy to go to any Happy Hours...I'm sending out a round digi-style. Rustic Spring Sampler For Everyone! Enjoy!

Download here.

And if you are really wanting more freebies, sign up for the Simple-Girl Newsletter.  This month, subscribers are receiving this sweet Quick Page(minus my adorable little cowboy)!  You can sign up using the little form located to the left.  Its only available during May for free, to Newsletter Subscribers, then it will join the other Quick Pages in my Digital Freebies Store.

Its made from my new kit, Rustic Spring.  There are some coordinating glitter styles that are also available.  Scroll down to the previous post for all the new release info!

Pick it up here.

Don't forget, there's still a free template from Template Tuesday-yesterday.

Have a great Hump Day!

~Tanya~ {Simple Girl Designs}

Template Tuesday

Jeez, I think the month of April left skid marks.  It sped past me with a frightening speed and it seems to have grabbed the first of May as it spun away.  You know that speed that the days and weeks seem to take on when you hit a certain point in your life?  Yeah.  I'm there.  And according to those who are a few years older(ok, like 10 years) the days and weeks seem to pick up speed with everyday that passes.  I gotta tell you, I find that frustrating.  And I find myself grappling for something to hang on to as life seems to be getting away from me.  Ugh.....I just need a pause or maybe a rewind button so I can just slow time down or play some things over that seem to be over too quickly.  I remember being a kid and the days just seemed to take forever to pass and I longed for time to speed up and my life to begin....well I take it back.

 Its been a hectic spring in our house.  What with my husband's new work schedule, which has me single-momming it most evenings now.  And then there was my little slipped disc incident.  Yeah that was not much fun.  And before I could really get over that it was planting time for our little garden out back and about a month ago I decided the time was ripe to re-style our little powder room.  I'm nearly finished.  Perhaps its the madness and mayhem that is spring baseball season.  Its coming to a close and I just now am beginning to feel like I can breathe again. I don't know...but I'm thinking I need a couple of clones of myself, just to get everything done that I'd like to.  Ok....enough whining.

So, I'm trying to organize my little blog world.  Thought we'd try with some Templates on Tuesdays.  Here's how it will work.  I'll release a template for free each Tuesday.  The link will be viable for a couple of weeks and then I will take the link down and put the template up for sale in my store at Digital Freebies.

To get us started here is this week's free template for Template Tuesday:

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I'm happy to announce that I have a new kit, Rustic Spring, which I had great delight creating.  You can pick up this new kit at Digital Freebies where it is on sale at a 30% discount for the first week(5/19-5/25).  Take a peek at the previews below.

Also new this week are sets of glitter styles that coordinate with Rustic Spring and are available in both Personal Use and Commercial Use versions.

I've also got some templates out this week:

And its all 30% off this week.  Check it out and hope you have fun with it.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow, when I post the coordinating Rustic Spring freebie.

~Tanya~{Simple Girl Designs}