Where Have I Been???

Another first for me. A card for the loss of a pet. This pet was for certain more of a child than anything... loved, doted on, never left at home alone for very long. She was a good old pup! Celebrated her Sweet 16 Birthday last year with a great big party which I made the cake for!

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This post is mostly for my BS1 & BS2 who have been missing my blog apparently, since they have both reminded me it has been a while since I last blogged. The sad honest truth is that Facebook has made me her b*$%*! I can't stay off of it and it is seriously taking up too much of my time! Between FB and stalking the daily gallery on SCS I have little time for other pursuits! Ladies get me in line here... it is time for an intervention! LOL!

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I did go to St. Andrews and help my friend Barb with her CM vendor booth and I am working on my own Christmas cards!!! That has me super happy since I am usually so very last minute about it all.

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Things are moving along for the crop. Estimated registration is at about 40 right now. I am working on menu stuff and seating stuff and goodie bag stuff and make and take stuff. (I feel like the Snapple commercial... Look at this STUFF!)

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Hubby is planning a short trip to North Carolina at the end of the month for a visit with his Dad and Step-mom and Step-brother. Dad has Alzheimer's and it is important for him to get this visit in while Dad is still in relatively good mental health. He would like to take T with him, but we are not sure his mother will allow it. Some prayers in that area would be appreciated.

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Hopefully that catches you up on my world... oh yeah, I am still working at the BIG W, too! The other project I have been working on is moving the 500 or so blogs that I have bookmarked into my GoogleReader so they are easier to read! That is taking some time! LOL!

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Take care!

My First Attempt....

with regular colored pencils and Gamsol. I have some practice in my future, but not too bad for a first try. They take alot more work than watercolor pencils do, in my opinion.

Stamps are retired SU!, papers are scraps from an autumn kit. Ribbon is sticky-back from

Wal-mart.

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Getting my stuff ready for the Heritage Festival this Saturday. I sell handmade cards that were donated by the wonderful ladies who come to my crop. The money from the booth goes to Camp Harmony.

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Looking forward to spending the day there at camp, visiting with my BS2, Sharon and hopefully getting some good food!

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Take care.

Do You Remember...

I imagine that 9-11-2001 will be the equivalent to the JFK assassination to my generation. Do you remember where you were, what you were doing when the attacks happened?

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I was just waking up... getting ready for work. Had the TV on in the living room, the Today show was on. They were showing video of the World Trade Centers. The scanner was making noise in the background... Kenny was still sleeping... I heard on the scanner about Shanksville, hollered upstairs for Ken to wake up because I figured they would be called to assist. Up and out the door he went... I waited... I watched the TV... I called into work... told them I would come in as soon as he got home, they told me not to come at all, since the store was nearly dead quiet. I watched and waited... fielded some phone calls from out of town family who were concerned about our family, so close to Shanksville.

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Much later that day Kenny came home. All he could say was, you wouldn't believe it. There was nothing we could do. It was horrible.

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I remember thinking who did this? why? what now? Some questions answered, some not.

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What I know now is that it is important to make your family number one. It is important to show them you love them and care about them. It is important to be a good citizen, an honest person. It is important to keep our troops in our prayers and thank them for all that they do to keep us safe. I know that the world as we knew it changed that day.

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God Bless the USA.

Remember this time last year?

If not this will help... KYA and Stinker...

From that to this!


Happy First Birthday Stinker!

Pots Full of Posies!

Recovering and recuperating from the Gospel Festival weekend. It was a really busy weekend. We saw so many familiar faces and many more new faces. We missed some of our old friends as well. I am a bit achey today, since I rolled about 12 lbs. of flour mixed as dough for ham pot pie on Sunday. (Really missed having Todd and Temi there for that part!)

How about these really sweet flower pot cards! The pot is a "pocket" and you pull the posies up to see the sentiment! There are a ton of them to see on Splitcoast. These were my first attempts at them, not too bad. I learned a few things, like my pot was too long, so I gave it an extra fold at the bottom (if you view it from the side it looks like a "W" fold) and surprise!!! then they could stand up on there own! Too cool! You also need to have your envelope handy when you are positioning the flowers so that you can be sure the card is going to fit! I am sure that there is some pattern with measurements and all that, but really who can be bothered by such things??? LOL!!! I tell everyone that I learn by trial and error... mostly ERROR! {sigh}
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Purple posies on the top are a Maaaaaartha punch. Bottom posies are the new Creative Memories Scallop circle punch. It is pretty neat, you flip a little slidey thing on the bottom and it also will punch little circles inside the scallops, so it looks like eyelet almost. I will be demo-ing it at the St. Andrew School Crop in a few weeks!
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Take care!

Formal Butterflies

So, it's been a while since I have blogged.. mostly because I am now a big Facebook junkie! I still like to post up my projects and get out info about upcoming events though, and that is what the blog is for!

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The card above was totally CASEd from one I saw on SCS. I love the crisp formal look of black and white. Ribbon was from Wal-mart, congratulations stamp is SU!, border punch Maaaaartha, butterfly stamp is Inkadinkado from the Patterned Bugs set.

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This particular card was for a wedding that we went to about two weeks ago. The happy couple are friends of the hubby's from the Fire/EMS. We had a very nice time at the reception. I love a good wedding... we had three of them this summer!

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So, what is coming up??? The Fall Harvest Gospel Music Festival at Camp Harmony is all Labor Day weekend... Free parking, Free Admission, Great Music, YUMMY food... stop by and check it out!

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The Heritage Festival is coming up too... September 19 at the camp. Food, crafts, and all kinds of fun for all ages. I will have a table selling handmade cards and a little make and take project, too.

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September 25 & 26 is the St. Andrew School crop. I will be doing make and takes for Barb Shaffer, my Creative Memories consultant.

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In between all that there will be football games, work, picking Travis up for the weekends and all sorts of house and yard stuff to be sure!

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Take care, hope to see you soon!

Chicksa's Summer Swap Cards

I have one of these waiting to be cut! I hope it is as tasty as this sweet card is cute!

Loving the LadyBugs!

I don't use my Cricut often enough! Love the colors on this one!

Thanks Chicksa for the awesome cards!

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I am going to work the next six days... I have a few posts loaded and ready to go.

Hope you all are enjoying the end of the summer!

If you get a chance to go, the Somerset County Fair is this week in Meyersdale, great family fun for everyone!

Take care!