Happy Birthday Dad!
Today would have been my Dad's 69th birthday. He passed away last August and I miss him and think about him everyday. My Dad was a kind, loving man and went through life with gusto. I know he is celebrating in Heaven today with all of our loved ones that had passed before him and his beloved dog P.J.
Hugs,
Saturday night I attended the wedding of a young gal that my oldest son has known since kindergarten. Here is a picture of Olivia and Derek shortly after the ceremony. I wish them a wonderful life together.
My son, Jimmy and his future bride, Lindsey (also friends since kindergarten) were both in the wedding so of course I had to snap a picture of them. As you can tell, his is just smitten with her. I think he would have said "I Do" if they had given him the chance.
Jimmy has only worn a tux two other times and he is in no hurry to do it again. He says when he and Lindsey get married, we will all be required to go barefoot. That will be fine with me as I hate wearing shoes! Kinda wierd since I love buying shoes. I just hope they pick a warm time of year cause second on my list of yuckies after the shoe thing, is having cold feet.
I am going to do a Monogram class next month and haven't even started making samples. If you have created something with monograms, leave me a comment with a link. I need all of the inspiration I can get.
Hugs,
Well, not much to say here. I guess my Bling class kit wasn't a big thrill as I only had two people try to win it and one of them was in my class! LOL
So, I will be sending my kit to Debbie. I hope you will enjoy the goodies.
until The Great Yosemite Stamp Escape. From the looks of this picture, you would think we aren't ready yet, but we are. Sharon has been ordering and ordering to make sure we have everything we/you will need. In the biggest boxes to the right of the picture are the goody bags. Most of the boxes on the top of the table are things to put in the goody bags, door prizes or make and takes. The boxes below the table are full of product to sell Saturday night during shopping time. Our teachers this year are: Michael Strong (Michael Strong Stamps), Gail Ellison (ArtLenz), Karen Lockhart (Lockhart Stamp Company) and Lynell Harlow (Dreamweaver Stencils). WOW! is all I can say about this line up of teachers. The best part about the retreat (okay, its all good) is you don't have to choose which classes to take, you get to take them all! We tried that pickin' and choosin' thing one year..........no fun! The fun will start with a private party Friday night May 2nd at the store and will continue throughout the weekend at The Pines Resort. There are a few spots left, and we would love to have you join us.
Sausage Anyone......or maybe some Confections
See all of those sausage boxes? One of our teachers either loves sausage or has an "in" with her butcher so she can have his boxes. :) Can you guess which one? Leave me a comment (make sure I know how to reach you) and I will put all of the correct guesses in for some Confections. What will you win? How about a complete class kit for my Bling class? (you can check out my previous posts for what you will get). I will draw the winner Monday night April 28th.
Man o' man have I been busy. Today I went to town and visited with my Mom and sister. One of the first things my sis said was "you need to update your blog", so Sis....... this post is for you.
This is the last of the Bling cards that the gals will be making in Saturday's class. The base card is brown cs from Worldwin and then a layer of orange Worldwin cs. The print paper is Beloved Blooms from My Mind's Eye's 29th Street Market collection. I think these papers were some of my favorites from CHA. I stamped the Dot Flourish and Butterfly stamp (both from Inkadinkado) in brown ink on cream cardstock. I stamped the butterfly a second time, painted with Twinkling H20's and cut and layered to the butterfly on the cream panel. The words (from Penny Black) are stamped in brown ink also. I finished off the card by adding Poppy colored rhinestones from MAMBI.
I have a few more pictures edited and ready to go, but it's getting late and I can't keep my eyes open anymore. Stay tuned!
I almost forgot I was going to post pictures of the other cards for my "Bling" class. This is the 2nd of 3 cards that the gals will be making. For this card I started with some dark pink Bazzill cs for the card. I embossed one of the Dot Flourishes from Inkadinkado with Agean Silver EP from Judi-kins on white linen cardstock and layered it to a silver panel. I added a couple of Primas and some MAMBI rhinestones. Clipped the corners of the silver and white layers with my 1/2" circle punch.
Tomorrow I have to work, but I have the 3rd card in this series to share with you, so I will upload it after work.
in this case, yes! Anyone who knows me, knows that the other kind of siggy (cigarette) is in no way a part of my life! Blech! But, Sara, the marvelous (IMHO) created my dragonfly siggy for me. I just love how it matches the rest of my blog. If you would like Sara to design your blog for you, you can check out her blog Tweaks and Designs. I can't say enough about how wonderful it is to work with Sara. If you would like to see some more of Sara's work, check out: Heartfelt Greetings, Susiestampalot or Stamped in his Image to see just of few of the blogs Sara has transformed.
I hope to work on some cards this afternoon and will try to post something new tomorrow.
Here is one of the first flower pictures that I took with my camera since I got it. I can't wait for the Lilacs to bloom so I can get some pictures of them as well. I am trying to learn my way around Photoshop Elements and all of the cool things I can do to enhance my photos. I haven't figured out how to "blur" the edges yet. If you know how and can explain it so that my pea brain can understand, leave me a comment. I love it when see I pictures like that!
Tonight I will upload the card pictures for my Bling class at the end of the month. Well, I need to go get ready for work. TTFN!
Here is the recipe for some yummy cobbler. This recipe is good with any kind of fruit. Depending on the season and availablity I have used fresh, frozen and even canned fruit or pie filling.
The cobbler in this picture is a White Peach Cobbler that my 16 1/2 year old son baked last night also. He isn't fond of berry...................silly ol' boy!
Cup of Cobbler
This is enough for a 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 square pan. Double the ingredients if using a 13 x 9 pan. Preheat oven to 350*
1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Cup Butter (don't scrimp here, use the good stuff)
Fruit of choice (approx 2 -3 cups of fruit)
Put butter in pan and place in oven to melt. While butter is melting, mix all ingredients except the fruit. Pour batter over melted butter and then pour fruit evenly on top of batter. Bake for 35-60 minutes. I just cook it until it is golden brown. Top off with French Vanilla Ice Cream for a real treat! Hubby says that's the only way to eat it :)
TTFN!
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