May 30, 2014 | family |
It’s here. Graduation Day for Ryan! The ceremony is tonight at 8:00 pm. We are ready.
My baby is graduating. The youngest is graduating. Somehow about 8 years ago I knew this day would come. For some reason about 8 years ago was when I decided to join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator. I’ve loved it for 8 years but maybe the reason for doing it was that this day was coming. And now it is here. My boys have bigger and better things ahead of them and I am here. They are moving on and moving away and becoming amazing young men. I’m so proud of them! I can’t imagine being here today and not having Stampin’ Up! in my life right now. Perhaps it wasn’t the reason I joined to begin with but I’m so glad I did cause now that this day is here I need this more than ever. By August Ryan will go to college at Purdue in Indiana – so far away. And Kyle already moved to San Francisco in February. I told Tyler he needed to stay a little longer – all three can’t move away in the same year. I’m so excited for their opportunities and can’t wait to see where their lives lead. For now I’ll be here with my Stampin’ Up! business.
Congratulations to all the 2014 graduates and their parents! We did it!
May 29, 2014 | Demonstrator |
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$55 US worth of products
A 30 percent discount on your first order*
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Free Paper Pumpkin Kit
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May 28, 2014 | Paper Pumpkin, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
This is was the last little surprise that I had for the girls at the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat.
I saw this idea on the internet somewhere – I think on Facebook from a page that I liked. These cute little decorated wine glasses. So I went on a search for some and found them at a local store. Then I had to decide what to put in them. I finally found little brownie bites – but these were individually wrapped! I thought that would be perfect if they would fit in the little glass. Two brownie bites were just the right fit.
Then I created little tags using leftover pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit – In the Bag (that’s the one I’ve been using pieces from for a variety of things for this retreat). I used the Bermuda Bay circles to form the tag and also used one to punch out the small butterfly. I used the white circles to stamp and punch out the bigger butterfly. I added some ribbon to the back and clipped them to the glass with the little mini clothespins from the Paper Pumpkin kit.
Like it says enjoy!
May 27, 2014 | Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Day 3 of the retreat was Saturday and it was a full day of crafting and fun! We had two more make & take sessions – one in the morning and another after lunch. Everyone completed 3 make & take projects during the retreat. And then they spent time working on their own projects. We took a group photo in the afternoon – I’ll share that below. After dinner Saturday night we played BINGO and had prizes for everyone! It was tons of fun. For the Bingo cards I use My Digital Studio to print them out on card stock. Then I gave everyone a piece of card stock from one of our new In-Colors – they used the new little punch pack to make markers for their board. I put out a stamp set (one of the retired ones that went with our bingo stamp) for everyone to stamp their bingo card.
Some people packed up late Saturday night and headed home and a handful stayed until Sunday. We crafted the night away some staying up as late as 3 am (I think – I went to bed).
I had two more surprises for everyone on Saturday – one they found in the morning and another Saturday night.
I may have left this one Friday night and the other one on Saturday morning – so much going on I can’t remember at this point.
The little tags were made using pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit – In the Bag – the bag was part of one of our Make&Takes and I didn’t want the rest of the pieces to go unused so I adapted them.
I’ll share more over the next few days – our Make&takes and the last surprise treat. It was a lot of fun. And I’m planning to do it again in the fall.
