Friends of ours got married last weekend and I volunteered to make her bouquet out of flowers from my garden.. I was able to put our new Stampin' Up! 1-1/4" Pink Pirouette Grosgrain ribbon to really good use!! I wrapped the stems and also tied a bow with it! (Her wedding color was "pink", so this was perfect!).
Here is the happy couple.. I also took the photos for them!
Much happiness to you both!!
hugs,
Happy 50th birthday honey!! Hope your day is wonderful!! Love you!
Here is the card I made for my DH - before I wrote the mushy stuff in it! :)
Supplies used: Spring Break Designer Paper, Blue Bayou cardstock and ribbon, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets and Vintage Brads, and Chipboard pieces all from Stampin' Up!. CD Folder from Uline. See this post for info.
Isn't it funny how the "WHAT?" came out on the front right below 50 !! ? I didn't even plan that.. too funny!
Happy Birthday also to Carol and Joan!
I need a personal moment today....
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the day my mom went to be in Heaven. I was getting really sad leading up to this day, but then on Sunday, one of our Pastors gave a wonderful sermon reminding us to be Joyful and to always view the cup half full. This really helped me turn my thinking around and instead of sadness, I began to think about how thankful I am for my mom. What a wonderful example of a Christian woman who taught my brother, dad and I about the love of Jesus and about God's grace! Thank you mom above all for that, and for being home every day when I came home from school, for teaching me so many wonderful crafts, for sharing your love of your garden and of travel with me, for encouraging me to strive to always do my best, and for always believing in me. I love you!
And thank you for leaving me with these comforting words in a daily devotion book.. no better words could have been written for this day - July 8th ...
"On the wings of prayer our burdens take flight - our load of care becomes bearably light."
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let you fall. ~ Psalms 55:22
"Today with prayer the rough and trying times can be made bearable".
Wow.. my mom knew I'd need those words every year on this day.. thank you Lord for mending my heart and Thank You Mom for being the amazing lady I was lucky enough to call "mom".
Yesterday my hubby and I celebrated 22 years of marriage! I made him a book using the Stampin' Up! On Board Book Basics small chipboard pages (pg 179). I covered them with a variety of Desgner Papers and Simply Scrappin' Kit pieces. Of course I used my Bind It All to bind the pages together (my favorite "toy"). Enjoy the trip down memory lane...
you can click any photo to see it larger..
a bit of trivia... the photo below, right, was taken the day after the 1998 Stampin' Up! Convention in San Diego. That was our Stampin' Up! 10 year anniversary Convention!
I picked a lovely bouquet from my garden as a birthday gift to myself!! I love having fresh flowers from my garden in my home all spring and summer. :)
Have a FABULOUS day!
A few quick photos of our LOVELY Mother's Day dinner celebration at Scott's Seafood restaurant. We couldn't have picked a better view, better food, lovelier weather, better service, etc.
My darling boys.. I love them both. Thanks for being an awesome son and husband!
This was a yummmmmmmmmmmmy warm crab and asparagus dip!
Our fab food:
Jason's fillet mignon:
my crab encrusted swordfish... OH MY GOSH>>> heavenly!
Eric's halibut:
Our delish desserts:
My Mother's Day gift:
JUST KIDDING!!!!!
I just loved our table.. isn't it pretty?
Makes us want to go back on another cruise!!
The day we left NYC was a gorgeous day.. chilly but beautiful and sunny. We love sitting in the Crow's Nest to relax, snack, drink, take photos, socialize, etc., and this "sail away" was no exception.
View from the Crow's Nest windows:
Here are some photos of the NYC skyline as we set sail to Bermuda...
Empire State Building:
Behind the domed top buildings is the "Ground Zero" area where they are building new structures.
Here is the tip of Manhattan where we caught the ferry to the Statue of LIberty:
Going under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.. "out to sea":
Taking part in the manditory Muster Drill as we set out to sea:
Well, no, we didn't cruise TO NYC, but we flew there before our Stampin' Up! cruise to Bermuda. The Cruise ship left out of NYC, so we spent a day and a half+ in NYC before the Cruise. It was awesome and made it like 2 vacations in one!
Here are some sights from our "pre cruise" days in NYC:
Times Square:
and the M&M store at Times Square.. what a hoot!
View from our Hotel room:
We took a carriage ride in Central Park:
I LOVED the architectural detail on this building:
More from NY next time....
I was framing some photos from the cruise (upper left, lower right) and one of my favorite things about putting new photos into our frames is... I get to see what's been IN that frame before (I just keep adding pix.. it's fun that way)! So... isn't this cute?? No.. I don't have 7 boys... just one.. he's sure changed over the years, yet kept that fun (mischievous!?) look about him! Love ya, JB!
The title says it all... dinners, food, fun, friends.... the best parts of the annual Stampin' Up! Cruise! This year we had a great time dining each night with the McClurgs and Wakelands (Janice & Paul... we MISSED YOU!).
Here are a few photos of our wonderful dinner experiences.
Yummmmmmm the best shrimp cocktail around!
Surf & Turf night:
Dining in the Pinnacle Grill one night:
"OK, wait.. are you serious... no McNuggets on the menu??"
LOL - Just kidding!
Janice.. I had to have an "umbrella drink" for you...
and Eric had a "non" umbrella drink for you..
and just for laughs.. we got a kick out of this "Charlie Brown Tree" sticking out of Jim's potato! What's up with that?
and to leave you on a "yummy note"....
Right before we left on the Stampin' Up! cruise, our son celebrated his 17th birthday. I didn't have time to share the card I made for him before we left, so I wanted to do that now. I used our 3x3 Mini Envelopes (pg 167 in the catalog) and tucked in each flap, decorated them with paper from the Western Sky DSP pack, then bound them with my Bind It All machine. Inside each pouch, we put a bill: a $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50. Jason exclaimed he would have liked 6 pouches... and we said, "well then there would have been a $2 in there!" LOL Get it? hee hee
Check out these FAB photos from the ship's photographer on the cruise... wow.. I love these!! You are one handsome dude, JB! :)
While in Bermuda in 2002, we visited the Crystal Caves, which were wonderful! So this time, we decided to visit the neighboring Fantasy Caves. They are really so very interesting, and beautiful inside. They are 88 steps down to sea level under this piece of property. (of course, that means 88 steps back up!)
Here we are before entering the caves:
Here are some of the steep steps descending down to sea level:
Oh ya, did I mention we had to climb the 88 steps back UP? LOL
Hope you've enjoyed your travelog for today!
On the last day of the Stampin' Up! cruise, we had an "at sea day" travelling from Bermuda to NYC across the Atlantic Ocean... the boat was "a rockin' " at times... but not nearly as bad as in 2002 when we did the same cruise with Stampin' Up!. Anyway.. Stampin' Up! organized a "Relay Race" next to the pool on the Lido deck... we weren't sure what it would be, but my friend Deann and I decided to go check it out... FIRST.. we were watching the kids in the pool.. this video (I know.. can you believe I finally uploaded a video? thanks to DAWN!) shows how much the water in the pool was moving... it's NOT a wave pool.. the ship was rockin' and rollin', and the pool was movin'... now.. keep in mind the ship was moving this much, and then you'll have more appreciation for my "Relay Race" photos below...
They closed the pool shortly after that so the kids wouldn't get tossed against the side of the pool and get hurt! Now that you've seen what the ship was doing, you'll appreciate how much we were rockin' when we were trying to stamp this card. Stampin' Up! paired us with another demonstrator and TIED 2 of our hands together... we had to copy/stamp a card using our 2 tied hands.. and get this ... NO SNAIL.. only Sticky Strip.. that was MEAN! So here we are in our efforts to stamp a card.. pretty funny!
We each won a Pretties Kit for our stamping efforts.. thanks Stampin' Up!
The new Owl set we got for Make & Takes on the Stampin' Up! cruise is sure to be a HUGE hit! Everyone is very excited about this set!
It's called "Owl Together Now" and it has some pretty clever sayings in it! It was die cut, so we are all hoping this is a sign of good things to come in the Aug. 2008 catalog! :) yahoo!
Here are some samples that were on display in the Hospitality Room on the cruise.
All artwork copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008
Do you like my new "wheel portrait"? Stampin' Up! brought the huge wheel on the ship again and we got to have our photos taken with it.. here are a couple more fun ones with my family:
Tune in tomorrow for more fun stuff from the cruise! I've got weeks of photos to share!
Shouldn't every morning begin like this?? Coffee and danish delivered to your Verandah?? I think so!!
I wanted to share some fun SAMPLES with you from the display boards on the cruise, but also wanted to share the gorgeous COLORS of BERMUDA... and no.. I did not retouch these with photoshop.. the sky really IS this blue!
And now for some fun samples from the cruise:
more tomorrow... stay tuned.. or keep checking back I guess I should say!
