A good find!

Another busy day.  I cleaned out all my summer clothes and other stuff that doesn't fit and put it on the couch today.  I had Jessie come for about a half hour after school today to haul it all upstairs and we got it put away in the upstairs closet.  Then she packed up my Tastefully Simple and took it all downstairs.  I will have it set up at Curves next week if you wish to buy something.  Before I picked her up, I did some errands, and after I dropped her off I stopped at Practical Cents.  I was very fortunate to find what I went there for.  Can't tell you....it is a surprise!  :-D  But I can tell you something that I did find and was absolutely thrilled about!!!  I have wanted for a couple of years one of those old hard case makeup cases that used to go with luggage sets.  You know...the one your mom had when you where a kid.  My mom had a blue one. Probably still does.  LOL  When you flip the top open there is a mirror inside of it and they usually have pockets with elastic at the top of them.  I have been searching for a nice one for sometime.  Usually they are all stained up bad or smell musty inside.  Well this one is really nice inside, and looks like brand new.  It is red and is pretty cool and the best part is that it only cost $3.00!  It is absolutely perfect.  I will be able to put my hot airbrush, hairspray, gel, makeup, meds, etc. all in one case.  Yippee skip!  Ah, the little things that make me happy!  I am now ready for a road trip but there will be no road trips for me till after the wedding.  Speaking of which, it is only 3 weeks away now!  Jenna Lee called when we were working upstairs this afternoon and they got every thing done for their marriage license and will be able to pick it up next week!  So we are very happy about that, and I called Sarah to share the good news!  She is still not feeling well and they decided that they won't be able to go to Iowa to Zach's nephew Henry's baptism tomorrow.  They don't want to take a chance on getting everyone sick.  I hope she is feeling better by Sunday as they are going to be God Parent's for Memphis on Sunday and Sarah is so excited about that.  She just loves little Memphie (as she calls her) to pieces!  As soon as she feels better, she is coming here to learn how to sew and make her a baby quilt.  Well...I'd better hip hop off to bed!  Have a great weekend!  Elaine

Medallion #4

Today was the first day of my second day time stamp camp. I had two new stampers today that fell in love with it. It was so fun to see there eye's when they embossed with the heat gun for the very first time. You stamper's know what I mean. As much as I have embossed, it still seems magical to me.

I had a little napper this afternoon, unpacked stamping stuff and repacked for tomorrow. What a busy week.

I am listening to some new tunes from the library that I picked up today after class. Seal (I ordered that one because of the song A Kiss From A Rose), Pavaratti, and Andrea Bocelli. The prayer from Andrea Bocelli and Pavaratti is on right now and that song just gives me the chills....no matter how many times I hear it. It is so beautiful. It doesn't matter that I can't understand half the words! Pavaratti could sing to me any day.....lol I just love it.

Happy Halloween.....don't forget to leave some chocolate on my door step! Hee Hee! Have a good one! Boo

Medallion and Define Your Life

Hello! I just finished cutting more packets for Linda's party and packing all the supplies for it. So I am all ready for tomorrow night. I also photographed about 20 cards that I have made....for your viewing pleasure. I like to wait till I have a bunch done and photograph them all at once as it saves time. Molly says "hi"....she is up on the computer desk bugging me to be petted. When she decides that she wishes to be petted, I am suppose to drop everything! Well...I'd better get back to work! Later! Me

Recipe: Stampin' UP! Medallion and Define Your Life Stamp Sets, Card Stock: Dusty Durango, Very Vanilla and Not Quite Navy. Ink: Dusty Durango and Not Quite Navy. Punches: 1 3/4 circle, 3/4 circle, 1/4" circle, and eyelet border punch.

Medallion #2 and Thank You Kindly

Hello! Here is another card with the stamp sets Medallion and Thank You Kindly. I love both of these sets! So quick, so fun, and so many different looks you can get!

I finished my projects for Linda Mohn's stamping party today and they are some cute ones! You will love them! If you haven't RSVP'd, please do so, so that we know how many projects and food to prepare for. Everyone is welcome!

I have been working on a bunch of cards that I am going to show at the party and I have some adorable one's made. It has been so nice to just relax and play today. I am doing much better...the flare up is almost gone. I talked with my doctor's nurse today as she called to reschedule my appointment and I mentioned that I almost called last week to see if she could get me in as I was in so much pain. She said it was the change of the weather. Her husband has FM too, and I imagine that they had a lot of calls in the past week. I am glad that my body is getting used to it. I am very sleepy right now so I am going to head off to bed. Have a good night! Elaine

Medallion #1 & Thank you kindly

Today I was home all day long. I was suppose to get my hair cut today but I couldn't get out of the driveway so rescheduled it for Wednesday. By the end of the day they had the road in front of my driveway opened up again. If you are going to stop over...I think you will have to come in from the south now as they are somewhere up by the gas station. They worked till dark and I didn't see how far along they got. It may be open on that end, but I don't know that for sure.

This card uses the stamp set Medallion. I just love this stamp, it is so elegant looking, and you will see that there are a lot of different ways to use it as I have made several cards with it already. This one I stamped the background with Versamark on Kraft card stock. Then I stamped it again with Soft Suede on Very Vanilla card stock and I used the 1 3/4" Circle punch to punch out the center of it. I put a 5/16 Very Vanilla brad in the center, and mounted the circle on dimensional's to pop it up. The final step was to stamp Thank You with Soft Suede ink. This was a very fast card to make...but really packs a WOW! I am going to need to be making more Thank you cards to sell and for Jenna. I sent home 65 with her yesterday after the bridal shower. I kept a few here, but that pretty much wiped out my stash of thank you cards. Jenna told me that she "Loved every minute" of her bridal shower. That is exactly what Sarah and I wanted to hear!