CREATE YOUR OWN MAG TIME FRAMES

MAG TIME FRAMES for the birthday party activity!!

2009-04-01T07:53:00.001-07:00

photo memories from hosting the arts/craft activity for nilam's 12th birthday party, held at amelia's. everyone made their own puppy theme mag time frame.

very fun! great group of girls...

create in joy! ~love, sandra

MAG TIME FRAMES FOR VALENTINES

2009-01-27T05:23:00.000-08:00

SAY "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" WITH A MAG TIME FRAME

2008-12-01T08:02:00.000-08:00

.. no better time than write now to ~create-your-own~

mag time frame...

magtimeframes@comcast.net

create in joy! love, ~sandra, tvgp writeous mom

"WE LOVE MAG TIME FRAMES!"

2008-11-27T07:49:00.000-08:00

photos thank you to curtis finger

THIS CARD MADE MY DAY! THANK YOU! love, ~s.

2008-11-23T08:18:00.000-08:00

MAKE N' TAKE MAG TIME FRAMES @ THE MUSEUM ON MAIN

2008-09-22T08:53:00.000-07:00

many more pictures to come from my secret new best photographer

friend curtis finger, but a few highlights

here from my own camera

of my quite wonderfully fun

mag time frame make n' take event

at the pleasanton art & heritage

festival, 2008 ~ % proceeds benefiting the pleasanton museum ~

BIG thank you! to every friend, family & creative passerby. great pleasure crafting with you!

more pictures when curtis gets back

from europe...

thanks also to dianne jones of the pleasanton museum

for including me & my mag time frames in the museum and this special event.

( "the rest of the story" tbp (to be posted) here: http://www.shesayswithasmile.blogspot.com

2008 PLEASANTON ART & HERITAGE FESTIVAL, PLEASANTON MUSEUM

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MAG TIME FRAME HIGHLIGHTS FROM CALIFORNIA STAMPIN IN PLEASANTON

2008-08-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

" YOU JUST MADE A MAG TIME FRAME!" with (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-07-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

NON-STOP
CREATIVE FUN!

BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who came by our booth at the livermore farmer's market, thursday, july 3rd, to make a mag time frame! wonderful meeting and crafting with you!

i'm told you were very generous, and voluntary donations received on "create~your~own mag time frame" night were greater than usual. -you can't imagine how much that means to me!

thanks also to my booth partner, melissa, for your time and fantastic back-up support!

create in joy! ~sandra, ttgp

A MAG TIME FRAME KINDA DAY! by (all of us!)

2008-06-20T06:22:00.000-07:00

yesterday was a mag time frame

kinda day..

taryn made two - ultra darling-

mag time party frames. she placed

in a picture from her recent sleep-over birthday party, and gave them

as her "thank you" with a handwritten note of appreciation

on the back

and jack wanted in on the action of course, so he personally selected papers, colors and designed a

mag time i love cats frame for one of our favorite neighbors

then, taryn -she was on creative fire- and made a

mag time graduation frame for one of her other friends using papers with the high school colors, and designing magnet stickers to coordinate.

and i want to say that taryn now, is an official mag time frame designer. she requires (and this hurts a little, but in a good way) ABSOLUTELY NO HELP FROM ME..

she selects papers, creates her own designs, trims her own papers, adheres, x-acto blades.. everything. the whole thing - by herself. i don't even need to be in the room anymore. (i think she might even prefer that i am not in the room....)

and really jack is almost as close, but still likes my help with the craft blade.

and then here is another one:

a mag time father's day frame

hand-crafted, designed and personalized exclusively by taryn for her grandpa pez.

(and my compliments on designing a masculine and handsome mag time frame!)

delivered with one of his

favorite pictures on it and a special message

underneath

he loved it! -great job kids!- let's make some more

SAVE THE DATE!

2008-06-18T09:20:00.000-07:00

MAG TIME FRAMES to say THANK YOU & CONGRATULATIONS

2008-06-12T09:14:00.001-07:00

an excellent way to say "thank you!" and/or

"congratulations!"

the new mommy will no doubt be taking LOTS of pictures.. and this makes it so easy to pop in the most current, cutest one

the teacher can put in a class photo, or use this to showcase the "student of the week" or to recognize a birthday, or special accomplishment.. or -special assignment-

~handmade by (me!) sandra, ttgp

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HANDMADE MAG TIME FRAME ~for charles osgood by (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-06-10T08:40:00.000-07:00

fellow poet and tv host of cbs's sunday morning.

-see you on the radio-

love, ~s.

FOR BABY BOY LANDON ~ HANDMADE BY (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-06-06T12:05:00.001-07:00

Mag Time Frame handmade by (me!) for Amelia's

2008-06-05T08:27:00.001-07:00

DESIGN AS ART ~ for paola antonelli ~ handmade/designed by (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-06-05T07:46:00.001-07:00

SAVE THE DATES! STAY TUNED...

2008-06-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

SAVE THE DATE! STAY TUNED...

2008-05-25T17:24:00.000-07:00

CUSTOM MAG TIME SPORTS FRAMES! by sandra, ttgp

2008-05-16T11:54:00.001-07:00

it's that time of the year AGAIN!

-looking for an original coach gift idea?

keepsake for your favorite athlete?

i can match any team colors
and customize with team names,
nicknames, athlete numbers..

anything you'd like; by request.

order info available at
california stampin' in pleasanton
(raley's shopping center)

or email: magtimeframes@comcast.net

create in joy! ~sandra

MAG TIME FRAME FOR MOMMY classroom kits

2008-05-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

such a joy!

volunteered in the sunday school classroom on mother's day, and brought along kits so each child could hand design a mag time frame for his or her mom

could not have done this without help from my daughter -thanks love-

didn't want the frames handed to mom without a picture inside, so each child decorated a 4x6 paper with stickers, stamps and crayons which can be replaced with a favorite photo (or not).

MAG TIME FRAME for MOTHER'S DAY

2008-04-16T14:22:00.001-07:00

i love requests! here, a friend ask me to design a mag time frame with a lighthouse theme.

her mother loves lighthouses; is a collector, and this will be her mother's day gift from her daughter.

i knew write away i'd work the entire

frame around the stamps i already had at home. gorgeous aren't they. pacific lighthouses available through the united states postal service. i used those to create the magnets, and chose beautiful ocean colored papers for the background frame. included a hint of red in the matting of the frame and magnets to pop out the red found in the lighthouse stamps.

thanks samantha! ~pop in a mother/daughter photo~

and i'm sure she'll love it. ~sandra, ttgp

NEW SEASON, NEW PICTURE: MAG TIME FRAME

2008-04-03T12:57:00.000-07:00

this mag time frame is shown without a photo, so you can see the surprise message that gets revealed each time a new updated photo is placed under the baseball and baseball cap magnets.

wonderful i think, because it holds any favorite action shot, vertical or horizontal, and while sometimes i design to specifically match jersey colors -this has a more generic, all american theme, and so can be used year after year no matter what team or colors your player is on.

next, working on a lighthouse theme design for a fellow vm cast member and new friend, samantha..

create in joy! ~sandra

MORE MAG TIME FRAME THANK YOU GIFTS

2008-03-28T11:06:00.000-07:00

it's by far my favorite way to say thank you.. to preserve a cherished memory

designing custom, personalized, handmade mag time frames.

most recently i made one for each fellow cast member,

our awesome director and -christine- who is doing a ton of

work behind the scenes. ~everyone autographing the back

of the frame for our director & christine~

the black, white n' red coordinating with v-day itself; our flyers, brochures and stage outfits for our upcoming performance (OMG! TONIGHT!) of the vagina monologues at the bankhead theatre in livermore

embellished magnets with logo, the name, a star, and some personalized text

and at last! -got one out in the mail for my blog sister/friend karma today, who recently performed in the vagina monologues at a coffee house in georgia

"to eve! to changing the story of all women.."

create in joy! ~s.

MAG TIME FRAME by mommy for jack!

2008-02-09T13:01:00.000-08:00

RADICAL CLEANING REPORT CARD for mommy:

D+

-keeps stopping every 10 minutes to make a gift or write a story

however.. at last! jim ott's thank you card for helping with reflections art at the school in

october.

-in the mail! thank you's may be late; but never forgotten.

and look at this.. found a mag time frame i made for jack a couple years back.. now how cute is that?

MAG TIME FRAMES... HANDMADE WITH LOVE

2008-02-01T17:09:00.000-08:00

RADICAL CLEANING day 3 (i think).

two more belated birthday gifts DONE! -mailed out and everything. -feels so gooood. happy birthday lisa (jan 9th) and happy birthday mary! (jan 13th). i love you!

-our friendships go back a long way... pre-husband, children, divorce. mary and i go back all the way to elementary school; lisa and i, far back as jr. college.

and they both love dogs. have dogs. love dogs. i've already made and given every friend i have a mag time frame.. but i think everyone should have 2 or 3, don't you? besides.. how cute is that puppy magnet? (thanks again sizzix).

AND - TODAY - is my brother's birthday: Happy Birthday Larry! (another dog lover. i think he has 5 dogs!) i'll have your gift in the mail..

soon. love you! ~s.

(secretly i do wonder if my friends and family secretly say.. oh no, not another mag time frame) -but we've all gotta work with the gifts God gave us-

~do i hear an amen ~ ? ~ "amen!"

THANK YOU JASON & SHOLA! from (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-01-25T11:12:00.000-08:00

didn't i receive the most wonderful surprise for christmas

from my cousin jason vaughn. -i was excited immediately when the mailman brought the mail, because it was not merely an envelope with a christmas card inside; it was a package...

what could it be? to my complete delight my talented photographer cousin had sent me two gifts: a framed photograph which is a collage of beautiful doll faces, AND, "february" a limited edition collection of his highly artistic photography.

and i've been meaning, since december, to send a thank you.

today - at last! - as part of my "radical cleaning" project, i finally got to it. let me first explain "radical cleaning" -radical cleaning is when you touch a piece of paper you may not move on to the next thing until you take that paper to it's death. no piling it over there, or filing it to be dealt with some day..

and when i say taking a paper to it's death -i mean it! this would be a great example:

i'm dancing to joss stone and putting the dishes away, finish that, and go to clean the counter. touch the envelope from jason that i've been saving since i recieved his gift so i had his return address. -the temptation might be to move the envelope somewhere again but NOT WITH RADICAL CLEANING

so instead, i stopped everything i was doing. needed some wood to make a mag time thank you frame.. none at hand. but no excuses allowed. will be updating my word wall soon anyway, so plucked the "inspire" wood frame from my wall display and created a mag time frame on the opposite side. designed and constructed the frame; handstamped, embossed "thank you" in the center; took a copy of their picture together from the back of another limited photography collection (9/50) i was given by my mom after she attended what i believe was his first gallery show in hollywood" "space and the human condition"

so that's jason and shola. beautiful couple, yes. -and what is extra cool, is that they, like my aunt & uncle, bill and june vaughn, have a creative~collaborative~love

my aunt and uncle, both professional potters, have been married 40 years now, and creating pottery together just as long. my uncle throws and forms, my aunt freestyle designs. together they create and design some of the most spectacular, captivating pottery you've ever seen. and i'm not just sayin' that because i love them. it's true! see for yourself: http://www.vaughnpottery.com/

and a similar collaboration is being experienced between their son jason and his love, shola. her helping with and supporting his photography, and him, helping with and supporting her singing career.

thank you both! for thinking of me

- okay, and now back to radical cleaning - after i designed the frame and wrote a thank you note, i packaged it, and drove to the post office and mailed it out TODAY. i did not place it by the door for later, when...

i did not stop until that envelope i touched was taken to it's death. his return address has been copied in my book, i've created AND MAILED OUT the over-due thank you gift. i've posted this blog with pictures AND NOW.. i can throw away that envelope

AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING. radical cleaning may seem counter-productive at first.. stopping in the middle of everything to drive to the post office? -but, in truth, my experience is that it is the slowest, but most productive type of cleaning i do.

rearranging papers over and over, relocating clutter.. making my place visitor-friendly in a hurry.. this is quick but the results are very temporary; lasts 10 minutes tops.

but radical cleaning.. it can last a whole day.

OUR FAVORITE CROSSING GUARD

2008-01-24T15:37:00.000-08:00

one of my favorite things to do, is to snap a photo one day,
then create a mag time frame to suit it.

since i'm too late for christmas, but didn't want to wait until
valentines, the kids signed this mag time frame behind
their picture and we surprised our favorite crossing guard
this random rainy thursday.

they make great hand-made thank you gifts

xoxox all around!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE! LOVE, SANDRA

2008-01-24T13:00:00.001-08:00

i've turned my late, over-due christmas thank you gift into an on-time birthday present ") works well, when your friend's birthday is jan 30th.

and a special friend she is.. we first met when she was a student in one of my creative writing classes, and then ended up co-founding "movers n' shakers," a creative dance class for children, with the most precious recital shows performed at the end of every 8 weeks of class for parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends

our daughters, her two, my one, always helping with and bright stars

in our little shows.

thanks for those memories kate! -couldn't have happened without you. i miss you! happy birthday! -door mat is always out for you here in california

xoxox all around

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like my other two friends who will also be receiving late christmas, belated birthday, but on-time valentine gifts, kate is a dog lover. i'll be making several different puppy dog themed mag time frames this week...

very grateful then, for sizzix and their puppy die cut (again).

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TOWNE CENTER BOOKS

2008-01-19T14:36:00.000-08:00

shhh. it's a surprise.

today 4-6pm, there will be a celebration at towne center books in downtown pleasanton for their 11th anniversary.

i made this personalized mag time frame for the owner, judy, as a congratulations/thank you gift.

found some pretty papers for the background at california stampin', then used my computer to cut n' paste her store logo and make two heart shaped "towne center book magnets"

then.. of course, it's a book store.. so ripped some pages out of a book (i have two of, specifically so one can be sacrificed for art), and made the other two heart shaped magnets. i am very specific about what words end up on the magnets.

very pleased with the results.

then, borrowed a line from their commercial on local television: "towne center books, where

we sell...

imagination.

so used my computer to create an insert using that moto. this piece of paper can easily be replaced by anything judy wants, and as often as she wants too.. a quote, a picture of an employee, a picture from one of their lunches with the authors, an announcement..

i hope she likes it.

and hope i've inspired some new mag time frame ideas in you.

create in joy! ~sandra kay, ttgp

MAG TIME VALENTINES FRAMES from (me!) sandra, ttgp

2008-01-14T10:51:00.001-08:00

these mag time frames were designed by me, for skinny and singtome (they get mailed out today) using my create your own mag time frame kit, and the sizzix die cut machine & die cuts to create the heart and puppy magnets.

happy valentines my blogger friends! much love, ~s.

PERSONALIZED MAG TIME FRAMES by sandra kay, ttgp

2008-01-10T13:16:00.001-08:00

happy birthday! love, ~sandra

MAGTIMEFRAMES.COM VALENTINE CRAFT

2008-01-09T22:13:00.001-08:00

VALENTINE CRAFT IDEA

mag time frames hold 5x7, 4x6 or smaller photos, vertical or horizontal, and are great for holding quotes, short poems, recipes and/or beautiful messages too.

i suggest placing in a love note for valentines, and then changing to a photo of the one(s) you love throughout the year.

create your own mag time frame kits are currently available at the following bay area stores:

california stampin' in pleasanton http://www.castampin.com/

stampers warehouse in danville http://www.stamperswarehouse.com/

for mail/bulk/fundraiser/special/custom/workshops/wholesale orders:

contact sandra kay: magtimeframes@comcast.net

PHOTOS ABOVE:
"locks" mag time frame designed by rita, california stampin'
"love" mag time frame designed by sandra kay

CREATE IN JOY!