Christmas in July

Here are some awesome resources from Summer Drigg’s blog:

I categorized the resources in Windows Live Writer.

ADOPTION & FAMILY

http://www.kindraleeadoption.blogspot.com/ "I do not have a business to advertise only myself and my husband, as we are trying to adopt. I know this may not be what your looking for, but I thought it was worth a shot :)"

joshandsavannahadopt.blogspot.com "We are hoping our family will be able to grow through the miracle of adoption."

(Dawn-Marie and her husband Brad are also trying to adopt. You can read about their adoption blog here: http://ouradoptionblogbdm.blogspot.com

www.somewhereoutthereishere.blogspot.com "Hoping you can help us to expand our family. Help us adopt! Visit us at www.somewhereoutthereishere.blogspot.com or look up Dan (husband)and Julianna (wife)under adoptive profiles at www.beta.itsaboutlove.org"

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & INVITATIONS

http://eastwindcreations.com/ "Eastwind Creations specializes in custom wedding announcement design. Each client works one-on-one with an Eastwind designer to create the perfect card for your occasion."

www.krizzydesigns.com "I do blog designs as well as cards (birth announcements, party invites, graduation cards, holiday cards, etc)."

http://greatgrabbiedesigns.blogspot.com "I design custom blog designs and custom cards including: invitations, birth announcements, holiday cards, "We've moved" cards, and just about any other can of card you could need."

www.pixelpatchwork.blogspot.com "Custom photo announcements/invitations for all occasions."

www.designsbylei.blogspot.com "I create unique and custom designed invitations and announcements for any occasion!"

 

ARTS & CRAFTS AND JEWELRY

theblueberryvine.blogspot.com "I paint murals (mostly kids), make frames, magnet boards, corkboards, aprons etc."

http://thenameframebycheri.blogspot.com/ The one-of-a-kind gift for the person who has everything!

Scentsy Candles "The hottest new thing in candles. We make perfect SCENTS."

wishywatchy.etsy.com "Boutique- style interchangeable watch bands and faces for women and girls."

ePLUSc.etsy.com ePLUSc.blogspot.com "It is an etsy site for all sorts of things: vinyl letters, binki clips, etched designs, baby headbands, baby jewelry, and more!"

pepperlane.blogspot.com "We have bows and charms and the like."

www.peekaboobowtique.com "I run a website with my mom. We are Peekaboo Bowtique! We also have a blog to let everyone know about upcoming events, sales, new products etc. We sell unique one of a kind items including: hairbows, headbands, tutus, onesie dresses, little boy tie onesie sets, skirts, and pillowcase dresses. Everything is high-quality but with the not so high boutique price! "

livielouboutique.blogspot.com "I have a small tiny business that I started about a year and a half ago and have really enjoyed it ever since! I make handmade home decor blocks and necklaces."

http://joaniscardsmadebyhand.blogspot.com/ "Joani's Cards Made By Hand - and other notions and ramblings of a rubber and paper addicted housewife..."

tristascraftcorner.blogspot.com "I make and sale Flower Hair clips, that can be worn a variety of ways."

www.RIPTapparel.com "Unique, One-of-a-kind T-shirt designs only available for 24 hours, then they Rest In Peace Forever!

www.bitsybling.com I offer vintage flower cabochon earrings, baby bracelets, hair accessories for infants - adults; bow headbands, headbands and tons of different clips, tutus, and custom name onesies for infants.

www.lisasvinylcreations.com "Designs and Sayings Created Especially For YOU!"

www.babybugcreationsllc.com "Wonderful custom made items for moms & babes- anything you could want & so much more!"

www.hyenacart.com/madebymilitarywives - Made by Military Wives Congo "Handmade items from the women who have the hardest job- being a military spouse." www.hyenacart.com/kingkongo - King Kongo "Anything & Everything for boys & their parents- from baby to adult!"

www.kendeewatches.blogspot.com "We create Unique Interchangeable Bead Watches."

http://www.kaytebugboutique.com/ "We are a 2 mom team with a great business that all started from making bows for our own little girls. From there, we started getting together to let our kids play while we made bows and other baby items to sell."

www.brandysbracelets.com "Bracelets made from your personal photos, any theme, all custom made."

lilylane.com "Hand-crafted soldered pendant jewelry."

http://gracefuldesigns1.blogspot.com/ "Hairbows and such for your little angels..."

http://www.heavenonearthart.com/ "I am actually sending my moms watercolor website of all the Temples, she is on a mission to paint all of them. My father passed away 5 years ago at the age of 53 to colon cancer and she is doing this to support herself financially."

www.maddieloubeanies.etsy.com "I hand crochet beautiful beanies in every size from newborn to adult, they are perfect for those precious photo shoots."

www.firstimpressionshandcasts.com "We make 3-D stone replicas of hands and feet - any age, any pose! Located in the Gilbert, AZ area."

trendy-totes.blogspot.com "Cute and affordable handbags, diaper bags and purses!"

krissilus.blogspot.com "Krissi Lu's: Specializing in unique and stylish handmade burp cloths, passi-clips, bows, and flower clips."

card-making-magic.com join in the fun and make your own cards....no special skill is needed...just your imagination!

 

EVENT & HOLIDAY PLANNING & HOME DECOR

meandmyinsanity.blogspot.com "An insane amount of ideas about parties, crafts, holidays, home decor, and anything else I spend too much time and energy on."

favorswithlove.blogspot.com "Favors With Love is an online boutique, where you will find a fantastic assortment favors and gifts for weddings, bridal and baby. Helping you add that special touch to your special day."

ImperfectlyBeautiful.etsy.com "I have a fairly new Etsy shop ... that sells unique home decor and gifts." imperfectlybeautifulms.blogspot.com "Imperfectly Beautiful is a crafting and home decor blog."

www.letreschicboutique.com "Reasonably priced creative and fun home decor"

http://itsyourdayeventplanning.blogspot.com/ "It's Your Day Wedding & Event Planning."

 

HEALTHY LIVING & FAMILY RESOURCES

http://adailydoseofdieting.blogspot.com/ "A simple, healthy tips web site."

www.rodeomosclub.com "Rodeo Moms trying to help other Rodeo Moms."

www.thedeantriplets.blogspot.com "Our blog is about the ups and downs of raising triplet girls."

 

PHOTOGRAPHY & PORTRAITS

http://www.ourlegacyportraits.com

http://www.eddysaldivar.com "Specializing in Portrait, Wedding, Event, and Commercial Photography and loving every minute of it!!!"

http://calhounink.blogspot.com/ "Where do we start... I fell in love with photography quite by accident. I wanted a better camera to record our family memories while our children were still young. That quickly led to a community college class to learn how to use my new camera, which very rapidly turned into a new love!"

http://dmnphotography.blogspot.com "I do photography in Cedar City, Utah" Dawn Marie

fifephotography.com fifephotography.blogspot.com "Husband and wife team who love photography, capturing life in all stages. (Located in Oklahoma, available for travel)"

www.ashleeelizabethphoto.com www.ashlee-elizabeth-photography.blogspot.com "A fun and affordable wedding and family photographer based in Utah County, a CD and copyright release are always yours to keep!"

www.daniellemoyersphotography.com "East valley wedding, high school seniors, newborn and children's photographer."

http://halversenphotography.blogspot.com

http://ambersmodernphoto.com "I am a modern portrait photographer, so I'm not a traditional, what you would find in the studios type of gal. I do all of my photo shoots outdoors...no studio backgrounds here! I think people are the most natural when they are outside in nature, especially kids. I love to capture children the most and love to get WHO they are on film. I shoot mainly in Graham county, AZ but am willing to travel if my expenses are paid."

CiaraRichardson.squarespace.com "Fancy Bred Photography blog is where you can check out my fun, innovative photography!"

http://ellmanimages.blogspot.com/ http://ellmanphotography.com/ "I am a wedding/portrait/event photographer in the DFW metroplex who specializes in capturing images in a journalistic style."

VanderbeekImages.com "My husband and I run our photography business from our home in Hyrum, Utah (Cache Valley), complete with a beautiful studio and pro lighting equipment but we also love being outdoors and prefer natural light. I love creating albums for weddings, families, and newborns as well. We also sell a variety of specialized products such as gallery wrapped canvas, Senior Collages, and custom microfiber purses and totes. I will also be teaching at the Digital Scrapbook Experience for Creating Keepsakes in September so if any of you are there, come say hello! I will be teaching Better Photos for Storytelling and Photo Editing: Perfecting People."

www.laurenjeanphotography.blogspot.com "It is journey through photography."

http://www.shannonruddphotography.com "What's your story? As a photographer, I try to focus on capturing the special moments that will be able to tell your stories for generations to come! I photograph infants, children, teens, families, weddings, and more! Currently located in Portland, OR area, but I also serve many clients in Phoenix, AZ."

www.picturethis9.blogspot.com I've had a passion for photography my whole life, but have finally taken it to the next step. Hope you enjoy!

 

PRODUCT REVIEW

http://www.thescrapreview.com "We are a scrapbooking product review site. We write honest and unbiased reviews of both traditional and digital scrapbooking tools and products with lots of give-aways included!"

www.theiphonemom.com "I'm a stay at home mom of three (with #4 arriving in 12 days) who reviews iPhone apps for moms and their kids."

 

SCRAPBOOKING & DIGITAL GRAPHICS

http://www.scrappingwithliz.com/ http://scrappingwithliz.albersoft.com/ "I mostly do templates but I also have a lot of CU stuff. I give every one of my templates away as a freebie for a short period of time."

http://nibblesskribbles.blogspot.com "Digi-Designer specializing in templates. Freebies, Quickpages, Kits and more!"

www.Remembered-Moments.com "Professional Custom Made Scrapbooks, Portfolios, and Personalized Gifts all made to order"

http://digi-designs.blogspot.com "Digital Scrapbooking Kits for FREE and for sale in my store."

www.stufftoscrap.com "Our Motto is: Simply Scrapping Stuff"

fancyfree4ever.blogspot.com "I display scrapbooking and card making arrangements."

www.uniquestorybooks.com http://uniquestorybooks.blogspot.com "I can show you how to preserve your family's precious stories and photos in high quality hardbound books, canvas posters, and other products."

http://www.squigglefly.com "Squigglefly offers a wide variety of digital images perfect for card making and scrapbooking!"

kangacrafts.com "Kanga Crafts is a collection of unique, handcrafted products, specializing in custom photo keepsakes, including blocks, ornaments, and decorative books."

jacabean.blogspot.com "I started designing digital scrap kits in March. My blog focuses on my latest creations, and some layouts from my new creative team."

http://grandmastemplates.blogspot.com/ "I don't have a site where I sell stuff but I do have a site where I give away free templates. I love making templates and people seem to enjoy them. I believe in making pages where the photos are the main focus."

www.dreambigdigi.blogspot.com "I love digi designing and sell my own scrap kits."

http://lazydaisydesigns.blogspot.com "Lazy Daisy Designs - a blog with LOTS of fun wordart freebies!!"

kenzidawndesigns.blogspot.com "Check out my blog that is packed with absolutely free digital scrapbooking templates made with Photoshop!"

http://sketchingstamperdigi-stamps.blogspot.com/  "Sketching Stamper Digi-Stamps - very reasonably priced original artwork for you to download, print and colour."

tasteslikechikin.blogspot.com Freebie digi kits, DYI how-to's, Recipes, Creative ideas, Restaurant critiques and other fun stuff.

 

TUTORIALS & DIGITAL GRAPHIC HELP

http://easycustomblogs.blogspot.com/ "A site where you can learn to scrap your blog!"

http://ldscreativitycorner.blogspot.com/ "This is basically a blog of (hopefully) helpful items I've created for various auxillaries for lessons, handouts, etc. Hope you like it."

 

WEBSITE & BLOG DESIGN

www.thisthatandyourblog.blogspot.com "I offer fresh, affordable custom blog designs that compliment each person's personality, lifestyle and blog!"

http://addiedesigns.blogspot.com "Addie Designs specializes in affordable custom blog makeovers. I also have a collection of free ready-made blog layouts for the taking!"

http://sodazzlingblogs.blogspot.com/ "So Dazzling blogs Is a blog with fun funky free functionable layouts and buttons for every type of blogger."

asupercuteblog.blogspot.com "Free super cute templates for your blog."

www.profilerehab.com "PROFILErehab.com has unique myspace layouts and features myspace layout scrapbook designs from Summer Driggs scrapbook kits."

http://templatesbytenille.blogspot.com/ "I design free blog backgrounds and also just started doing custom designs as well!"

http://www.yolandapralle.com/ Digital blog

http://www.pimpmyblogdesigns.blogspot.com "FREE blog backgrounds to spice up your blog!"

http://pixelrosedesigns.blogspot.com    Affordable one-of-a-kind backgrounds, banners & sets to make your blog stand out!

 

VARIETY OF FUN PRODUCTS & RESOURCES

http://babycakesbyjamie.blogspot.com/ "BabyCakes are chocolate covered cake bites in a variety of flavors and colors, made to look like tiny cupcakes. They are perfect for parties and special occasions including baby shower's, bridal shower's, wedding receptions, and birthday parties. They can be customized to match your theme."

www.Studio32Shoes.com “Studio 32 Shoes, where no shoe is over $32”

www.wordsandwisdomvinyl.blogspot.com "I create affordable and stylish custom made vinyl signs and lettering to give your home the perfect touch."

www.simplysweet-cakes.blogspot.com "I have a culinary arts degree, and so make all kinds of cakes."

http://mountainhomequilts.etsy.com/ http://mountainhomequilts.blogspot.com "I'm a wife and mother of 3 (almost 4) that creates handmade quilts from our small homestead in Northern California."

www.designsbycat.etsy.com "Unique and original vinyl decals in the form of images and word art."

www.marykay.com/Julianna_Mortensen "Your personal beauty consultant. Available 24/7 with Free shipping!"

www.SignsbyJen.etsy.com I make custom wood signs with vinyl sayings.

www.focusedfundraising.net  Focused Fundraising. Providing personalized fundraising services to meet your specific goals. We are so confident in our abilities to raise money, we guarantee you will or our services are free!

If you have any other websites you would like to add, please leave the information in comments.

Here’s to more happy scrapping, and

Hugs from the heart,

Jeanette