Heidi Sonboul: My Book

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5/01/2013

The first real sneak peek inside the book

Surprise! It's an early sneak peek of my alphabet chapter. Out of all the chapters in the book, this one is my favorite. I challenged myself to make a layout for every letter in the alphabet and it wasn't easy. When I got to Mm I thought "I don't know if I'll make it", but I pushed on and made it all the way to Zz. Each letter represents something different... from a technique, to a theme or a design. Xx was a tricky one until I figured out that I could do cross stitching for it. Yeah I know it's kinda cheating, but really... what works for X other than that?! haha

In about two weeks I'll show a real easy way to create this look, in a class and how to stay in form.

And if you haven't heard... you can now pre-order the book. The first batch of pre orders are going fast, so make sure to get it now. That way it won't be on back order for you. Before I go I wanted to thank everyone for their support and friendship. It means so much to me and I'm pretty sure this is why I love the scrapbook world so much. A whole lot of sisterhood.

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4/29/2013

You can now Pre-order my book

Tomorrow is the big day and I just may pass out from the excitement! It's hard to believe that after months of work, it's all packaged up in a pretty little cover. A cover that has me on it. I was a little nervous to document my fassy (Fat+Sassy= Fassy) curves, but heck... it's who I am right now and I'm okay with it. On the day of the photo shoot my hair was being super good to me, because trust me... this thing has a mind of it's own.

So why the beach?

I grew up in California and it has my heart. I'm sure there will come a day when our family might move away from the earth's most perfect weather, but for now we've got our feet planted in the sand. I've spent a lot of time hanging out there with friends while growing up and have even camped there, so naturally I would pick it for the shoot. I got a lot of funny looks dragging the bike to the shoreline. My bike is crazy heavy, which made it even funnier and can you believe this was the 8th shot of the shoot? I'm so thrilled we didn't have to reshoot it all.

Important info:

The digital copy goes live on the 1st of May

The paper back hits stands on the 15th of May

To PRE-ORDER the book Click the button

I'll see you all tomorrow and thanks for your support.

11/19/2012

Weight Loss Check In

I'm excited for today's workout and the feeling that comes after it. In the middle of last week I started having a couple of anxiety attacks which were not fun. I totally think they were coming on from stress (I have a long "to do" check list for this next few months) and missing those past workout days added to it. The exercise really helps my anxiety and when I hit my "40 days of workouts" (last month), the attacks had completely stopped happening.

This Wednesday I'm weighing in and I can't wait to see how I do. I don't think the amount will be amazing, but I know I'm going to lose. I'm still trying to get back on track with not eating past 7pm and this last 2 days I've been pretty good. So it's little steps this week.

Alright, I'm off to workout and to feel the burn. I hope you all have a good workout too. Today I'm using this pic as inspiration...

I found out I have until Feb 2013 to lose more weight :) I totally want to look as cute as the girls and I have this jacket I really want to wear for the photo shoot. I have NO room for error if I want to fit into it and with Christmas coming up, this is going to be a challenge. I'm not worried about Thanksgiving, because we are always really active on that day. BUT Christmas and all the sweet...oh man...it could go back REAL QUICK!

11/13/2012

30 Days: Day Ten - My Book + A Major Headache

I'm going to start today's post with the headache issue. Yesterday and today I've had a MAJOR headache. I'm pretty positive that it's from me "trying" to kick out the sugar from my system. It's been 2 days with no chocolate and I'm slowly taking out the sugar again. It's amazing how much sugar can effect your body. AMAZING! Over this last 3 weeks (being off track from my diet and eating way too many sweets), I haven't been sleeping well again and I've been feeling sluggish. I believe the headaches are back, because my body is begging me not to go back to 311.4 lbs. Yesterday was the first time in 3 weeks that I REALLY got a great workout in and sweated like a pig! The kind of workout where you need a shower afterwards lol. It felt great and it made me want to eat healthy. I'm hoping the headaches will go away soon and that I'll go back to getting good sleep. It really all goes hand in hand

A Sweaty Workout + Eating Healthy = Good Sleep

Good Sleep = Energy To Workout + Making Healthy Food Choices!

I missed my last 2 WW "weigh ins" and I won't be doing that again. No matter how busy I am, I will force myself to go weigh in. Those meetings keep me strong and focused. I think it's why I've allowed myself to sneak treats here and there...and now... I'm craving sugar again. DANG IT!

So as I said last week. I'm a couple days into recommitting myself and my new goal is to lose 35 more lbs before the new year. That would put me down to about 245. I haven't been that weight in 5 years. That's so sad to say out loud but I'm being accountable and admitting it. With that all said... here is my main motivation to losing weight:

Today I'm overly grateful for the opportunity I've been given to create my very own book. I've always wanted to make my own book and knowing that it's a Signature Series makes it even cooler! I'm still nerding out over it! I still don't feel "cool enough" to have a SS book, but I'm not turning it down. And the cover... I hoping I don't look like a chubby dork on the front cover! I have a stack of layouts done, that I will be shipping off soon. I can't wait to see what neat back drops and props they will use for the layout's themes (being that Scrapbook Trend's issues are always gorgeous!). In fact, have you seen Liz and Kelly's books? So cool.

This is a BIG % on my gratitude pie chart this year and I look forward to holding the finished product in my hand. Oh and speaking of finished products... This layout photo has another sneak peek of my newest collections. I'll give you a hint... Star ;)

8/14/2012

A Secret I Want To Share, But I Need Your Help!

Okay... so I have a problem...well I guess a "GREAT" problem...
I have been given an amazing opportunity and I'm 100% taking it.
It involves me saving 80 something layouts, so that it can be "put together"
(I can't say how, but lets just say "PUT TOGETHER" for now).

This opportunity is something I've always wanted to do. Share my work
and having it be in stores just blows my mind.

Okay, so here is the problem. It takes me 2-3 hours to do just one layout
and in order for me to make 80 something layouts... I need to keep them
a secret and save them up for my deadline.
Which means, will I ever post a layout here again? At least until I'm done?
Like what if I make a layout for the blog, but it turns out awesome and I
want to use it for this project thing I'm working on?

Maybe I will start posting cards here? Maybe altered stuff? Maybe home projects?
What to do...what to do?! What do you think I should post about?
HELP!