I Love a Good Baby Shower!

It is always a good time when the ladies of my family get together to celebrate! We always have a great time and the food is always fantastic! Sandwiches, macaroni salad, veggies & dip, pizza casserole, beer bread & dip, rosa marina salad, cake, cheesecake... I know there were some other things too... YUMMY!

I don't know if you have ever played this game at a shower or not... but we did... We passed around diapers that had melted squished candy bars in them....I kid you not! It was too darn funny, smelling a chocolate "turd" in the diaper and if you were brave enough, sampling it to see if you could guess what the candy bar was. There are some pretty funny pictures of that game that probably will need some serious explanation in somebody's scrapbook!

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There was a lot of ohhhhs and awwws at the cute & pretty little girl outfits. Above is the card I made for the parents to be. A tutorial can be found here >>> Onesie Card Tutorial. It is super simple and this gal has a GREAT blog!

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Take care!

Just a card today...

Hi! Just a quick post with a card today. I am working six this week, so not getting much crafty done.

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Sympathy cards are one of the hardest for me to make. The others are fun and cute and somehow just easier. This card is a little larger than normal for me. It is a 5x7 size. Papers are Creative Memories. Image stamp is SU! It is watercolored and blended with an Aqua painter. I accented it with a Gelly-roll glitter pen. Sentiment is a new one for me, just bought it at Art Tech last week. It is from Verses Rubber Stamps. The inside sentiment is an old one for me, it is from

Ann-ticipations and says

"In the days ahead, may the

memories be your comfort

and may time bring you peace."

My friend Jody and I were talking about how it is hard to find secular sympathy cards. I thought this one fit that bill somewhat.

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Take care!

The Crop Report & News!

So, the Camp Harmony Crop was this past weekend. We had a really nice size group of about 40 ladies and one dude! (Hi Aub!) Hopefully a great time was had by all!

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I can say that I had a wonderful time of it! This crop was probably one of the best we have had yet. Lots of things were happening! I want to give a special thank you to the wonderful ladies who donated handmade cards to me for the booth at the camp's Heritage Festival. I am feeling so much better that I will not have to spend my summer inside whipping up cards since you all really came through for me. I received about 100 beautiful handmade cards for the booth!

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Also I have a really nice pile of stuff to donate the the Children's Aid Home of Somerset. You ladies rock!!! I can't wait to take the stuff to them!

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Now for the news! I announced at the crop our fall crop dates.

Plans are coming together for the fall crop. Registration forms are not quite ready but should be available soon. Save the date.... November 20 & 21, 2009! We are going to crop both days this time. I am so happy about expanding the crop! We can accommodate 65 scrapbookers in the cropping room and have sleeping accommodations in Harmony House for 40. We are planning to have several cropping packages to choose from.

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Special thanks also go to our vendors, Barb Shaffer, Creative Memories; Staci Shuck, Grove's of Huntington; Brenda Inches, Scrapbooks by Inches; and Sharon's Handmade Cards.

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And last but not least, my CREW, Barb, Angie, Brie, Mom, Abby, Chicksa, Nikki, Sharon & Aub! Could not pull this crop off without all of your help!

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Take care!

Happy Easter!

Sorry for the long lapse in blogs. I have been busy getting ready for the Camp Crop coming up this weekend. I am so excited for it to finally be here!
I LOVE tulips, so this little $1 stamp from Michael's just jumped into my hands and said "take me home!" so I did. Image is watercolored. Embossing is Cuttlebug. Papers are CM. Ribbon is WM. Super simple!
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Big announcement about the fall crop coming up... so check back!
Take care!