Time for a Contest

We haven't done a Contest in ages...time to do one....I'm lovin' the new Mini...if you ordered this past Quarter from me...you should have gotten one...want one...let me know....

This card was done with the Love you Much set out of the regular catalog...and with the Square Lattice Die...you have gotta see it in person to really appreciate it...love this die!!!! Back to the contest....Leave me a comment on my Blog, and I will draw...and the lucky winner will get one of these cards, and a package of discontinued organdy ribbon!!! Let me kow what you think of the new mini!!! I've been so bad...I think I hve most of it now!!! Iwill draw on 9/14/2010!!! Cathy

Time for Another Happily Appily!!!

Yup....when my daughter called....I was like...but it can't be that time of year yet...but it is...We made our annual trip to the Happy Apple Farm in Penrose to pick apples for the winter, fully expecting a bumper crop, since our garden is so prolific...and we weren't disappointed. Razeberries were just coming in...so didn't get too many of those, and Blackberries will be ready in a week or 2...they are gonna be great...but the apples...oh my gosh...I have never seen trees so full of apples....
Steven
Princess Sarah
Princess Abbey
Got done there...didn't get as many as last year....had a hard time using them all up....so we headed home to start dinner...had a yummy chicken barbeque, with potatoe salad, a squash medly, tossed salad...and apple Crisp with ice cream and watermelon!!!! Alli, Arron and Emma joined us. Poor Princess Emma....she fell and broke her ankle...there is nothing more pathentic than a baby with a cast on it's leg trying to crawl....but it doesn't see to stop her!!!!

A Zuchinni Baking Day.....

Let's try this again...for some reason it didn't retain all I wrote!!!

Today was my day off...so I started out early with errands....came home at lunch time and started in with my Zuchinni Baking.....Made 3 loaves of Chocolate Zuchinni Bread...thanks so much for the recipe Kathy...Steven loved it!!! Will take one to work, freeze one...and the other is half gone already!!! Also put together 2 Green Summer Squash casseroles, one I will freeze and the other is for dinner tomorrow....Also gave tons of Zuchinni away on my excursions today...have a boat load to take to work...and Steven says he is putting out a stand tomorrow....as the Garden is chock full again!!!! After all that, went to my Friend Deb's house, who is a Miche Bag Rep....if you have not seen these bags, please go to her website. They are beautiful...got my 3rd cover and handles to convert my handbag to a shoulder bag!!!!

Was going thru my pile of cards to post and found this one, which I should have put with my projects from October's Rocky Mountain Inkslingers.
Beautiful card!!!

And here are the last of the Convention Swaps....
The small blue card is gorgeous....and the Popsicle Card is similar to what my Downline Karen did in her Class up at Jeffco County Fairgrounds this past spring.
This last one is just beautiful...the vases are ovals punched and then each end is cut off, curved a bit, and then white was sponged on one end to highlight it ....very classy!!!

Attack of the Zuchinni

Anyone who wants some...let me know....I have way too much Zuchinni!!!!

Here's a few more Convention Swaps....I only have a few more!!! Seems to be a Nature theme this year!!!

I just love this one!!! So soft!!!

And then a few from my Ice Cream Social with my Downline....
Karen did this one...
And Shawna did this one!!!

Cards to be sent!!!!

We had a blast yesterday, going thru all the cards, and prettying some of them up....Thanks so much for the help Stephanie and Phyllis....And Kim for the big box of cards!!! Here is the pile of stuff we had to go thru

I had really hoped to get 500 to send off to Operation Write Home....AND....surprize....after I went back thru them all to make sure there was no glitter, and I pulled a few Christmas Cards which we will send in November....We had a grand total of 600!!!!

AND....I still have a big box of cards...which I will start going thru daily...if you have any that are just hanging around and need to be used...we will take them off of your hands, along with any donations of excess paper, ***Adhesive***, and cash for postage....I was surprised how heavy 600 A-2 card are....I will be going off to UPS on Wednesday!!!!

Cards for the Troops

Today is the day....If you have any excess cards, paper, supplies, that you would like to go to a great home...or if you have time to come by, between 1 and 3, we will be prettying these up to send off to Operation Welcome Home!!!! This will be a quarterly ongoing event...so if you can't get by today...just get stuff to me next time you see me...and I will publish the next workday date later!!!

Yesterday was my Stampin' Free for All....I didn't get too much scrapbooking pages actually done....but I did get some organization done...which was sorely needed!!! Here is the one page I did get done!!!

We're sitll in the early 80's....
We also did a Make n Take...

This card is even more beautiful in person....Uses the New...Just Believe set, love this set....and the new Smooch Spritz....a little messy till you get used to using it...but so beautiful!!!
Lastly some more Convention Swaps...almost done with the swaps!!!

A Sneek Peek

Here's a quick sneek peek of the project we will be doing today at Stampin' Free for all!!!
Also wanted to give all of you who may be interested in becoming a demonstrator....they have a fantastic special for September....if you sign up...in addition to all of the wonderful items in your kit ($320 value for $175!!!) You will get the great Craft Tote that they had for sale at Convention...it is in the new Greenhouse Gala Pattern...and some of you may have seen my old Blue one...it is much bigger then this one, and has a shoulderstrap also....I can't wait to get one!!! Let me know if you want info on signing up...It's a great and fun job...you can do it just for the discount...or as a serious job....I will try and figure out how to get a picture of this tote up on here.... If you e-mail me I can forward an e-mail with it!!!