Monday, October 11, 2010

starting over.

Sometimes you just need a fresh start.

Not because anything is really wrong. But you just need something new. I decided to move my blog here to blogger for a variety of reasons. I like how easy blogger is to use. And I like the look. It's easy to change. And change is good!


Please subscribe here to my new blog so you can stay up to date on everything from new products to coupon specials to what's going on behind the scenes.

New colors
We've changed the colors of our website and it just makes me happy. Who mixes orange and blue? Me. And I love it!

Pre-cut stamps.
We love them. Tom is busy working on many of our past sets so we will be adding more sets into the pre-cut department. We will keep you posted. Last I saw, both the new Autumn Splendor StampTV kit and the Lovely Labels 1 stamp set is now being packaged pre-cut.

My eye
It's doing well. My cough is almost gone which makes me happy because no coughing means less pressure and faster healing. I really feel blessed that it wasn't WAY worse and my field of vision wasn't disturbed. Even if it never gets any better than this, I can live with this. But I think I would die if I couldn't see to stamp anymore or if I couldn't see my beautiful girls grow up, swim, play lacrosse, ugh. I can't even think about it. I'm Very blessed.

And thanks to all of you. You have all been so kind and supportive. And very patient. I appreciate every single one of your comments on StampTV, Facebook, my blog and all of your emails and messages. And mostly your prayers. I know they helped big time!

I am exicted to get back to work on StampTV and in my stamp studio. :)



So bring it on! I'm ready!
Hugs,
Gina K.

101 comments:

  1. I am so glad you are doing better Gina.. I love the colors :)

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  2. thanks for the health report. glad you are doing better. i know what you mean about blogger. I am brand new to this and i can even figure it out. (some of it) lol!

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  3. Fabulous, Gina! The orange and blue look awesome! :)

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  4. I can't find a place to subscribe to your posts by e-mail or the "follow button"

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  5. ADORABLE blog Gina and love your new photo! Glad to read you're doing much better. Hugs & Smiles!!!

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  6. I think you just click on Posts and then choose your favorite way to subscribe- google reader, etc...

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  7. Love the new blog...the colors are bright and happy.
    So glad you and your eye are doing so much better.
    Take good care ...8^)

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  8. So glad you are getting better. And I love your new blog design - looks GREAT! Can't wait for your next post... ;)

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  9. So glad you're feeling better Gina! And I love the new look of the blog! Plus now I can put you in my Google reader! :)

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  10. Okay- I added email subscription. :)

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  11. Gina, I'm so glad your eye is healing. I'm praying for you!

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  12. Glad your improving with time take it easy have subscribed to email just incase i miss anything doubt it though ...lol
    hugs judex

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  13. ooooh- it's very pretty!! love it! welcome to your new home!!

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  14. Good to hear you are getting better. Love the new blog.

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  15. I pray you continue to a full recovery!
    Change is good and the new site looks great!

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  16. so glad u are doing well! luv the new site!

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  17. Dear Gina,
    I'm so pleased you are on the road to recovery :-) may it continue. I really understand about a fresh starts so may I wish you luck with this new blog.
    The beginning is good and can't wait to see what is to come...
    Love ~ Lady Anne x

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  18. Glad to get the good news about your eye! I was worried about you.
    I love the look of your new blog!
    Hugs, Harriet in NC

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  19. Really glad you are doing better! New blog looks great! :)

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  20. Hi Gina, Glad to read that your on the mend. Your new blog looks great!! I am eagerly awaiting my new pre-cuts stamps to come in the mail.

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  21. Answer to prayer! Sounds like you are better physically and excited to get back to Stamp TV...I soooooooooooo enjoy your artistic abilities, especially the tutorials. I am trying to start a blog with Blogger...works well to upload, etc., however,several friends have tried to go to it without success. Is there a help that I'm not seeing with Blogger?
    Thanks,
    Jan

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  22. LOVE the new look, Gina! Very fun:)

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  23. Glad to here you are doing better! Love this nice clean looking new blog~~

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  24. Hey Gina ~ so glad you are feeling better! We've all missed you so much! I love you new blog - the colors are very peaceful to me. Wishing you a complete recovery and continued success! Aloha, Linda

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  25. Glad for the health report. Even gladder that your eye is healing. Have missed you. Absolutely love your tutorials. I. too, wish you a complete recovery and continued success!

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  26. Glad you eye is better!!! And your creations are gorgeous!!!

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  27. So glad to hear you are better!!! I love your soft blue BG here!

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  28. So very glad that you are feeling better and your sight is okay!!! Still in my prayers. :)

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  29. Looks great Gina!
    Glad you're on the mend too....hugs!

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  30. So glad to hear your eye is doing better, Gina! Hope you are feeling back to 100% soon. Exciting changes for you! Love the new and fresh look!

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  31. Your new blog looks fanastic! I'm so glad to hear you are healing well and feeling better.

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  32. Love the new colors and blog and cut out stamps etc ..... Also so very glad to know you are doing better and your vision isn't affected ... God is good!!!

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  33. Good news, Gina. I'm glad you're doing better. I am enjoying the new look!
    Kathy
    p.s. Why do I need to select a profile??

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  34. Love the new look! Sometimes change is good, happy to hear your eye is better.

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  35. Who combines blue and orange? The Florida Gators!!! Love the look, Gina and happy you're back.

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  36. Hello!

    Congratulations on the lovely new blog! Wishing you everything good and hoping you are soon feeling better!

    Barbara Diane

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  37. Love the new look, Gina. Congratulations and welcome back. You were missed. Your profile picture is awesome.

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  38. All I can say is YAY!

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  39. Glad you are feeling better! Love the new look of your blog!

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  40. Looks great! I use blogger and it's pretty darn cool!

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  41. Lovely new look to your blog and so glad you are feeling better! We take so many things for granted and have much to be thankful for...our eyesight is one of those!

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  42. We've missed you Gina! And welcome to your new blogger home!

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  43. Congrats on the new blog! I am so happy to hear that your eye is better. I was worried about you as I have worked in an eye dr.office years ago and know what could have been. Thank goodness it is all good!

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  44. Glad you're feeling better and the new blog looks great!! Congrats!

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  45. So happy to hear you are on the road to recovery, Gina!
    PS: Love the new blog...it's not just a pretty face :)it's so much more user friendly.

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  46. Glad to hear you are much better and yes prayers to you. Blog looks great too.

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  47. So glad to hear you are better. I LOVE the look of your new blog. I like it without the border -- less is better sometimes.

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  48. Gina - do we have resubscribe to your new blog, or will you continue to send us information using our emails from the old blog? I didn't want to subscribe and get two of them. Could you address this issue in a future post? Thanks, Debi E. Medina, Ohio

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  49. Congrats Gina on the new look... very cute! Soooo glad you are starting to feel better, your eye situation sounded scary and I'm still praying that you heal back to 100%! Take care of yourself! :-)

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  50. This is a super fabulous awesome change. :o) Now I can see your blah blah blog from work. Yeah!!!! Already subscribed. By the way your new photo with the little autograph is beautiful.

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  51. So happy to hear you are healing and doing much better. Sure have missed your videos, etc. and can't wait till you're back in full swing. Love your new blog too.

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  52. Fabulous new look, Gina -- I'm subscribed! ;-)

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  53. So glad that you are doing better & well on your way to being NORMAL again...glad to have you back Gina!

    Luv the NEW blog & the colors are awesome!!!

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  54. SO HAPPY you are feeling better!! and really the like the blog's "new look" ..take care!

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  55. Glad you're on the mend Gina! Take care of yourself! Love the new blog!

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  56. It is good to hear that your eye is getting better Gina! We need you! Love the look of the new blog. Adding it to my Google reader now.

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  57. Hi Gina! I'm glad you are feeling so much better. You are really blessed! :)
    Your blog looks great.

    Hugs, Debbie Meijer

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  58. I've signed up...sure don't want to miss anything! Was thrilled to read that your retina repair is going well and can only imagine your concern every time you cough now. Glad that is close to being over.

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  59. Glad to hear that your eye is healing well. I really like your new profile photo, Gina!

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  60. So happy your eyesight was not affected! Welcome to your new blogsite. Congrats. God bless.

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  61. so glad you are better and continuing to hold you and yours in the Light.
    I'm glad you move to blogger. It's much easier and you can schedule posts- if you ever manage to get ahead!.
    blessing to you Gina

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  62. I'm so glad you're getting better, Gina!! Your new blog is beautiful!!

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  63. Glad you are on the mend! I loooove your new blog. It's so purty!!

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  64. Love the new colors on this blog- I will follow you anywhere sweetie!

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  65. So happy to hear you are doing well and are on the mend, Gina! That was a scary thing that happened to you! Love the new blog - colors, layout, everything! Blessed to have you back! :)

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  66. Praying for you-- glad you are better... yes I like blogspot too. :)

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  67. Welcome to blogger! I love the ease of use too. Because I'm not a computer geek for sure! I think if it hadn't been this easy, I'd never have gotten my little blog off to a start.
    I'm so happy to hear that your eye is healing, and the cough is going too! Will keep praying for you. Really happy that you're back!

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  68. So, so happy that you are feeling better! I'm still saying Prayers for continued recovery.
    The new blog is wonderful - thank you. Now get some rest and take care of yourself. We'll wait... we're not going anywhere, so you just continue to get better!

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  69. SO glad you are feeling better, Gina! I'll be praying for your recovery to continue smoothly. We tend to all take what we have for granted (I know that I do at times for sure), and it's a good lesson to all of us to take a moment and thank God for our sight that we need to be able to stamp and to enjoy seeing all of the cards that everyone creates. I appreciate learning this lesson through your experience.

    Congratulations on both your new site and having pre-cut stamps, I'm thrilled with that! Just ordered some new ones but I don't think they are the ones that are pre-cut, that's OK, in time they will all be that way and it will be wonderful. Still thinking about the Stamp TV autumn kit, it's a beautiful one!

    You DO need to rest, I agree with the others, that is key. We can all wait for your amazing tutorials until you're completely recovered, it will just make us appreciate them even more, if that is possible!

    Blessings to you and to your family too. We just celebrated thanksgiving in Canada, so we've been thinking of all we have to be grateful, and it's a lot, especially when we have Christ. Take good care, and thank you for all you've taught me already, I'm so very grateful.

    Hugs to you,

    Joanne

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  70. I love the new look of your blog and Stamp TV! The colors are just so fresh and fun!
    I cannot thank you enough for changing over to the pre-cut stamps!! They are fantastic and make life so much easier! Not that I'm lazy but I sure do appreciate not having to sit and cut out all of those stamps. I love it that I can pull them out of the box and be ready to stamp in 5 minutes!
    So glad your eye is healing and you are feeling better! Take care and stay well!

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  71. Gina, I am so glad to hear that your eye is healing. Lots of prayers have been sent your way and will continue to be sent! Love the new blog....I wish I could get inspired to do more with my own now lol

    Nancybeth

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  72. So happy you are doing better. Your new blog looks wonderful.

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  73. I'm so glad your eye is healing and you are back to blogging, etc. The new look is fabulous and the colors are great! Keep up the good work.

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  74. You Can Move but You can't hide! I will always find you. I love your posts and ALWAYS read them. You are a treasure!

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  75. Hooray!!! All the changes are good and so happy to hear you're doing better.

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  76. Are all the older blog posts going to be migrated to the new site?

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  77. jean wilson jlt03@comcast.netOctober 12, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    Gina so glad you are back. Praise God! How awesome to get all the sets pre-cut!!! Whoa! Great new blog too!

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  78. Woot!! Woot!! A fresh new start....healing eyes.....exciting new shhhtufffs....and all in the beautiful season of Autumn!!! Happy Happy Dance for you!!! =)

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  79. Glad your'e back. You look wonderful and ready to get started.

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  80. Nice job Gina. You do a great job at keeping things fresh n exciting that's for sure! Cannot wait for all die cut stamps...especially for MMELS SETS....LOL..all those little words & images..

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  81. Gina,

    I'm so glad your eye is healing and that you are feeling better. Love the look of the new blog. Will we still be able to access posts from the old blog for a little while or are they going away completely?

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  82. Yeah and double Yeah! We were so worried - a retina detachment is so scary - glad to hear things are going well. If I ever have a bad cough, I will remember your plight! So crazy. Still can't believe a cough can do that.

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  83. Blogger just got better! Glad you are too! Blessings!
    Kim Marie Leach

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  84. SO glad and relieved to hear you are doing better Gina. Will continue to send prayers and happy, positive energy your way! ;)

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  85. Lovely, fresh look Gina. So glad you are feeling better. Best Wishes and thankyou for all you share.

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  86. I hope you are feeling better with each day and that you can get back to what you love soon. The new changes are "spunky". I like em!

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  87. It's great to have you back! I'm sorry you went through all you did, but your back and better than ever. You were missed! Best, Curt

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  88. I love your new blog... orange and blue is one of my favorite color combos! I'm so glad to hear you're doing better... I will continue to say prayers for a speedy recovery.

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  89. Yay! Love this look and I'm SO glad you're feeling better!

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  90. Gina, so glad you you feeling better! What a scare! You havebeen in my thoughts and prayers. Love your new site!

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  91. OMG Glad to hear you are recovering and healing well. Absolutely shocked to hear about your eye. i was wondering why i did not get a you tube update from stamp tv and finally found your blog to find out about out coughing fit and injury to your eye. Glad to hear you are on the mend and have now subscribed to your blog as well. Get well soon and look forward to more you tube updates soon.

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  92. I'm glad you're back. I missed seeing you on Stamptv last week. LOVE the new photo of you on your new blog. Here's praying you will have complete healing of your eye.

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  93. Your new blog is gorgeous - love all the new branding! What a cute pic :)

    Hope you get to feeling better.

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  94. Your blog looks GORGEOUS!!! So glad to hear you are doing better. I love your positive energy. Hugs to you!

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  95. Hi Gina K! Glad you are feeling better. I really dig your new look on your new blog spot, AND the new colors of StampTV, AND the pre-cut stamps. Wishing you continued success!

    Take care and STAY POSITIVE!!

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  96. Gina, I am so happy to hear you are doing better.
    My husband's retina was detaching, and I know the worry & fear. You must've had the "face-down" recovery he had?? It was tough & challenging for sure!

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  97. Hi Gina K, you are a bundle of talents and thanks for sharing your creative skills. I feel blessed for having the chance to post here. Keep going and thanks for all the inspiration you give to others.

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