My Boys

I woke up to find The Boys like this:





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HUGE SURPRISE!

My friend, Michele, who got me into stamping, is a Stampin Up! demonstrator. On Monday she called to say a local demonstrator is moving, and she spent time over the weekend helping her clean out her stamping room. "Keep an eye out" - because Michele took some card examples (always LOVE those - great for inspiration) and is sending me some.

I thought, maybe 20, at the most.

Yesterday I went to my PO Box, and there were 6 packages for me, from Michele. Inside: approximately 300 cards!

Last night, Adam and I, spread out a large blanket on the living room floor, and went through each and every card together. (Can I just say - how cool is THAT?! My hubby wanted to look at the cards with me! ROCK ON!)

I made 3 piles:
The "WOW, I MUST TRY THAT!" pile
The "OOOOOHHHH, I'm going to make a version of that for Christmas cards this year" pile
and the "nice, but no out-loud reaction" pile.

I then sorted them into 3 boxes. Here's one, to give you an idea (100 cards):
And to top it off, my friend Sheila is coming over today to play in my stamping room. I'm just so excited! I have so much to do! I even dreamed about card making last night. I think it's the first time I've ever dreamed about card making.


!!!!!!!!!! MICHELE ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!


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Painted Vase

Here's my first attempt at painting a vase:



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Challenging Myself

I decided to challenge myself to use some stamp sets and paper I haven't touched in a long, long time. Here's the result:

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Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix - REVIEW

Review? Well, sort of.

I don't like to give detailed reviews of movies I've seen because everyone gets totally different things out of the same movie.

Here's my 2 cents:

It was a book, made into a movie - OF COURSE THERE ARE CHANGES!
The changes, although some are distinct changes, really don't take away from the overall plot.

I don't think it was the best movie yet - but I really enjoyed myself. There are lots of little jokes where the adults were laughing, and the kids were not.

I loved seeing how the actors have really grown into themselves. They've mostly past that akward puberty stage, and are growing into being young adults.

There's a scene between Harry and a girl, that brought me right back to being a teenager.

Umbridge's character, although evil, the actress did an amazing job with her.

Grawp looked nothing like I expected.

Filtch's run still makes me laugh out loud.

The pacing of this movie I think is the fastest paced HP movie to date.

You get the idea.....

As for the experience of seeing Harry Potter on opening night:
People in costumes
People with lightening bolts on their foreheads
People RUNNING to the theater when they let the line in
Almost every seat filled in the theater
It was fun.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

We are going to see Harry Potter tonight. Yes, opening day, with all the other crazy people. Wish me luck!



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Sheila's Tropical Shirts

My good friend, Sheila, learned how to fold shirts - with a twist.
This BRILLIANT woman put together tropical flowers on her computer, ran colored paper through her printer, and look at her end result:


BRILLIANT!!

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Copy Card

I copied the layout for the card from one I made at a stamping party. I just changed the colors and stamp set. I like the design.

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My Husband ROCKS!!!

Yesterday, I had a Spa Day at my house with 2 friends. We laughed, watched a movie, did nails, etc etc etc.... and Adam: cooked.

Adam made his world famous chicken and broccoli. Adam made chocolate lava muffins and even gave us spoons to lick while he was whipping up the batter. Smart man... very smart man!

Did I mention, Adam ROCKS?!?!!!

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PS: This is how Apollo enjoyed Spa Day with The Girls!

Mmmmmmmmmm, Salt Water Taffy

My good friend just came back from a week in Maine - my old stomping grounds. She brought back a bunch of goodies for me! YAY!

The best.... salt water taffy from The Goldenrod. I worked 2 summers at the Goldenrod; and I must say, seeing the box, and tasting the taffy again - I got a bit nostalgic!





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Happy 4th of July!

It's only fitting to make a Red, White, & Blue card today!


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My 1st Long Card

Why not make a card that'll fit in a #10 envelope?


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