Sep 11, 2014 | family |
To finish up our first full day in Alaska we left the Riverboat and got on our tour bus. There were 34 people in our group. We drove out to see the Alaska Pipeline or the Alyeska Pipeline. Greg was tall enough to touch the pipe – me not so much. The things that go through the pipe are called pigs – they help improve the flow of oil through the pipeline.
This photo shows what the pig looks like inside the pipe. On the far left of the photo is an old retired pig – it was a scraper pig that they used when they first open the pipeline. Now they use the other one to help smooth the oil as it flows through.
We got back on our bus – her name was Sable. I thought it was odd to name the bus – but then you go somewhere and you see a whole line of buses and they all look the same and then you are glad that you know the name of your bus.
We headed to downtown Fairbanks for lunch and then a visit to the Cultural & Visitors Center. We found a BBQ restaurant – the northern most southern BBQ – it was good!
And then we ended our evening at a Salmon Bake. The weather was nice while we were in the city and at the Salmon Bake we even sat outside to eat dinner.
A busy day for us. And that was just the first day!
Sep 10, 2014 | Birthday, Gift Box Punch Board |
The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog which went live on August 28th has a brand new Gift Box Punch Board. One day I played around with it and made every size listed on the board – there are 15 different ones –
Then I decided to play around with it to create a little project for my August team meeting and I wanted to do the closure a little different. I used the Sea Street Designer Series Paper for these.
One one side I folded the flaps outward and then stapled them to the inside folds using our new Stampin’ Up! Stapler! Also in the Holiday Catalog – I’ve been using it a lot already.
The other two flaps were pulled up, hole punched, and ribbon pulled through. It could be like a hanger – you could make smaller boxes and they could be little tree ornaments or hang them on a garland for a countdown to Halloween or Christmas – fill them with something fun.
I decorated these boxes with the stamps from the Amazing Birthday stamp set. Check back tomorrow I hope to have another Alaska post and another stamping post. See you then.
Sep 10, 2014 | family |
I’m going to share some about our Alaska trip – some of what we did and what we saw and experienced. I would definitely recommend this trip and if you go to Alaska make sure to include the land portion of the trip – doing just the cruise you really don’t see Alaska.
We flew into Fairbanks – and they have a tiny airport – we are from Atlanta, Georgia area and we have a HUGE airport. So seeing the one tiny building and just 6 gates when we landed – I guess we weren’t getting lost in there! It was rainy when we arrived and transferred to our hotel. Even though we arrived late in the evening (later than planned) our tour guide – Megan – was still at the hotel waiting to meet us and give us the agenda and info for our first day. We stayed at the Sophie Station hotel which was nice and had gorgeous flowers outside.
On our first day we headed to the Riverboat Discovery Tour on the Chena River. This is the exert from their website and is exactly what we did – “Your three-hour cruise will take you into the heart of Alaska and introduce you to a family who has made the rivers of Alaska a way of life for five generations. You will see a bush floatplane takeoff alongside the boat, visit the home and kennels of the late four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher and see her champion sled dogs in action. Be immersed into the ancient Athabascan Indian culture when our Alaskan Native Guides take you on a personalized tour of the Chena Indian Village. The Binkley family invites you to experience a slice of Alaskan life!”
Here are some photos –
We learned about the smoked salmon, the Iditarod , and how the Athabascan’s lived in the village. They even served smoked salmon dip on the riverboat – yum! The young girl – Laura Allaway – talking to us about the Iditarod will be a rookie – racing for the first time – she has already qualified to race. The race is in March 2015 – and it will be something that we will try to follow this time. This was a great tour and I would highly recommend it if you are in Fairbanks.
The other thing we did in the landing area was go into the 40Below room! If you look at the thermometer it was colder than 40 below – more like 50 below!
after we came out our glasses fogged up and took forever to clear so we could see again. So that was just our morning! I think I’ll save the rest of the day for another post.
I’ll also have a stamping related post in a little while – but thought you might like the Alaska stuff too.
Sep 8, 2014 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, class, family |
I’m finally home again and will get back on schedule posting to my blog. Greg and I took a 2 week trip to Alaska to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve been saving money since I became a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and used that savings to pay for this trip. It was an incredible vacation! We were on a Cruisetour with Royal Caribbean Cruise lines – the first portion of our trip was a land tour and the second part was a 7 night cruise. We loved it all!
I’m working on downloading all my photos and videos – I had 2 cameras – my small pink one which also takes video and then my big cannon rebel with the big lens – plus I took some on my iphone. I had hoped to post pictures from my iphone to my personal FB page throughout our trip but guess what my cell phone did not work in Alaska. I was only able to connect to the internet a few times when we were at one of the hotels during the first part of the trip. But we were on the move so we weren’t at any of the hotels for very long. And sometimes the weather impacted the service anyway. So my posting was very minimal. I did manage to post a few times here to my blog using the app on my phone. if you’d like to hear about our trip I think I’ll write and post some about that in between my Stampin’ up! project posts.
The first card from the pink camera has 785 photos/videos on it. Then I have more to get to. So while all my photos are downloading let me move on and show you a card that I made last month.
I don’t think i’ve shared this one with you yet. This one uses the Zoo Babies stamp set. I just love this set. The little animals are so cute. And I got this idea that I was going to have a card with this stamp set at my monthly card class every month. I added this one to my August Class and it will also be available as a card option in September’s class too.
I wanted to create a birthday card rather than a baby card so I paired it with some Designer Paper and the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set. I thought it turned out to be a fun card!
Here is the list of Stampin’ Up! supplies that I used – to visit my online store and/or place an order CLICK HERE.
- Smoky Slate card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Real Red card stock
- Smoky Slate ink
- Crushed Curry ink
- Real Red ink
- Pool Party ink
- Flashback Designer Paper
- Zoo Babies stamp set
- Itty Bitty Banners stamp set
- Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine
- Big Shot Die Cut Machine
- Magnetic Platform
- Circles Collection Framelits
- Bitty Banners Framelits
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Come back for another visit.
Aug 28, 2014 | Big Shot |
Love this! Don’t you?
The big shot is great for making flowers and tags.
The new Bigz Flower die and the tags are from the chalk talk framelits.
Mini muslin bag is so cute to add the flower to and fill with tea or something small. Add a tag and give to someone special.
Remember today is the last day to join for $99 and get $150 products of your choice.
Plus the Holiday catalog starts today!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today.
This photo shows what the pig looks like inside the pipe. On the far left of the photo is an old retired pig – it was a scraper pig that they used when they first open the pipeline. Now they use the other one to help smooth the oil as it flows through.
A busy day for us. And that was just the first day!
