As a mother, I am constantly reminded of how easy it is to lose sight of what my job is, of what I want to teach my children.  It’s easy to get caught up in the 2,487 peanut butter sandwiches and the 4,869 dirty diapers and the 25,554.6 toys I have picked up.  It’s is hard to keep the end it sight.  But one day, my children will be adults.  This is my chance to give them the tools they will need to be successful in the lives they will choose for themselves.  Yes, the diapers, meals, and toys are part of that, but there is more that I want to be teaching them.

So, I created this album as a reminder to myself.   It lists the top 10 things I want to teach my children.  Your top 10 might be completely different from mine, but I encourage you to make a list.  Remind yourself.  What is it that you are doing?  What are your goals?  Who do you want to be?  I hope this album inspires you to record your goals, and work even harder to meet them, whatever they are.

I used the Silk Road Monochromatic Family for this album.  It’s an accordion album, which means it starts on one side and wraps around to the other side (which is why the numbers appear to be going backwards on the last few photos).

Today’s Challenge: Journal about your goals, OR create a card for someone who is reaching a milestone or achieving a goal.

Have a great weekend!

~Alyssa~

Rules for both of our month-long contests follow:

First, we are giving it all away! In honor of National Craft Month, we are holding a month long contest in March. The winner will receive 1 of every product in our store.  That’s 291 sheets of cardstock, in every color, weight, and texture you could ever need!  Here’s what you have to do to win: put our blinkie on your blog using the code available in the sidebar to the right.   Leave us a comment (on this post) with a link to your blog where you posted our blinkie, and you are entered to win!  That’s all there is to it! We will draw one very lucky winner on April 2nd.  (if you already have our blinkie, leave us a comment and tell us that too, you are eligible to win).

Second,  to celebrate National Craft Month, we are holding a month long contest here at Couture Cardstock, and your participation will determine the size of the prize!  Each day during the month of March, we will be offering a challenge on our blog.  Each day, you have one opportunity win a prize pack by completing that challenge and linking it to that day’s post.   For every challenge entry received, we will add a sheet of cardstock to the prize pack. All entries must be posted by 11:59 pm EST the day of that challenge and the winner for each day will be selected the following morning.  The minimum prize pack will be 10 sheets of your choice, the maximum depends on YOU!!

The details:

1. You may enter each challenge once (only one entry per person per day).
2. Entries must be posted in a gallery or on a personal blog, and must mention Couture Cardstock in the description.
3. You do not need to use Couture Cardstock in your entries, although we encourage you to do so.
4. Each project completed may only be used once.
5. All entries must by posted and linked to the corresponding challenge post by 11:59 pm EST, the day the challenge is posted.
6. The minimum prize pack per day will be 10 sheets of your choice.

Both contests are open to anyone, anywhere.  However, International winners (outside the US) will be responsible for their own shipping costs.

Note: Prizes will all be shipped at the end of the month.