I just received the brand new Distress Stickle colors in today! What fun colors to play with.
Our Sommerset Studio magazines came in as well. I love those magazines, I devoured them on my way to Iowa! I found a bunch of new ideas to scraplift!
Today was filled with yucky paper work and tying up loose ends, ewwww! But hey someone has to do it! I had to get that all out of the way so I can go to the State Fair!
Ron got a new door put in the retreat today. It has a window, we are no longer windowless in the retreat!
I sent in a HUGE new order today, we'll just keep the new stuff coming in!
We are trying to get some sort of routine started so my kids don't go into shock when school starts. I got them both bathed and read to all by 8:30! I'm really going to have to pick up the pace!
Maybe we'll see you at the fair....
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Where in the world have I been!?
I'm still here, just crazy busy with the kids and summer! I've been giving Ron a hand with his painting business since he has been such a prince and working hard for free for the last 5 years!
Things have been going great at the store. Tons of new stuff arriving every week! The latest fav is the new Jeni Bowlin it is just so cool! Ya have to love all the Cosmo Cricket, I can't get enough of it! We've added a ton of new hunty woodsy papers and stickers as well as sports! We've been getting new Halloween and, believe it or not, Christmas too! We have the new Cuttlebug folders in, we're still waiting on the Christmas ones! I've ordered all the new Nestabilites, can hardly wait to get them! If you haven't tried the color core paper you must. Stop in the store to check out our samples, once you try this you are going to love it!
Jessica has added a Thursday card class to her schedule, so if Saturday mornings are bad try for the Thursday. Kits are always available if you can not make the class, we can even mail them to you if you would like!
The newest stamp line at the store is Just Rite Stampers. Oh we just love these stamps with our Nestabilities! If I can get my order to go through we should be getting in Whipper Snapper stamps as well. I've been having issues with the website!
Our burger bash crop was today, and what fun we had! Sorry I had to bug out on you gals early I hope the hamburgers were good! We've got a new restaurant in the neighborhood called Wagonmasters and it was pretty good, you get tons of food and it was cheep! Gotta love that! Another great bonus they serve breakfast and booze if ya need it!
We're still undecided what day the next theme crop will be. We'll have it in September and it will be called The Circus of Summer Is Over! We'll be having this crop in the store so we will have limited seating of 15 people so keep your eyes and ears open for that one. We hope to decide by the end of this week.
Here is my bummer for the week...we had pouring rain and we had a little ceiling issue, we'll get to see how well our insurance coverage is!
Things have been going great at the store. Tons of new stuff arriving every week! The latest fav is the new Jeni Bowlin it is just so cool! Ya have to love all the Cosmo Cricket, I can't get enough of it! We've added a ton of new hunty woodsy papers and stickers as well as sports! We've been getting new Halloween and, believe it or not, Christmas too! We have the new Cuttlebug folders in, we're still waiting on the Christmas ones! I've ordered all the new Nestabilites, can hardly wait to get them! If you haven't tried the color core paper you must. Stop in the store to check out our samples, once you try this you are going to love it!
Jessica has added a Thursday card class to her schedule, so if Saturday mornings are bad try for the Thursday. Kits are always available if you can not make the class, we can even mail them to you if you would like!
The newest stamp line at the store is Just Rite Stampers. Oh we just love these stamps with our Nestabilities! If I can get my order to go through we should be getting in Whipper Snapper stamps as well. I've been having issues with the website!
Our burger bash crop was today, and what fun we had! Sorry I had to bug out on you gals early I hope the hamburgers were good! We've got a new restaurant in the neighborhood called Wagonmasters and it was pretty good, you get tons of food and it was cheep! Gotta love that! Another great bonus they serve breakfast and booze if ya need it!
We're still undecided what day the next theme crop will be. We'll have it in September and it will be called The Circus of Summer Is Over! We'll be having this crop in the store so we will have limited seating of 15 people so keep your eyes and ears open for that one. We hope to decide by the end of this week.
Here is my bummer for the week...we had pouring rain and we had a little ceiling issue, we'll get to see how well our insurance coverage is!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Pine City Flea Market
Here are some of my new finds from the flea market on Wednesday. My new collection is LuRay dishes these are the first in the collection, hey it has to start somewhere right? I just couldn't pass these beauties up! I bought them from a cute old lady for $25.00 Just a little over a buck a piece, not bad at all.
So I need more baseballs for my jar but hey it's a start!
Tami you really must come up for the flea market sometime it is so much fun!
After we went out for lunch with my Mom and my long lost brother Pete (ha, ha!).
Wanna see the bear?
So we had another bear in the backyard. Yikes this one was big! I was completely freaked out that is why all my pictures are fuzzy! The girls had just been playing on the swing set not 2 hours before he came strolling through!
Anniversary Crop
We had so much fun at the anniversary crop! You know I could become addicted to those crops. It felt so good to laugh and unload my brain! It really is the best therapy! And guess what? I even finished the projects I brought with to do. I was very proud of myself!
So our dear Lynn won everyones heart as employee of the year. She really took the cake when she fluffed Tami's pillow and made her bed.
Let's hear it for us ladies who tri-fold our underwear!!!!
Cheers to Linda for the great card idea she taught us all!
Thank you, thank you to Donna with sucker written all over her forehead. I do believe it was one of the best things you could have bought for $8.95! You little chippie you!
Oh Marge your little twitterpated sure got us laughing!
McDonald's coke anyone?
Thanks Janet and Marsha for putting up with us! Janet is ready to come back for more!
Our two Friday night girls really thought we were nuts!
Who won all the prizes? John Henry?
Aw Peggy you rock!
Kris even stayed up past her bedtime! Can anyone say who ate the last cookie without sharing?????
Poor Savannah missed all the cookies!
Poor Linda K tried to ignore us!
See you must join us for a crop, we have so much fun! Laughter is the best medicine and we have plenty to go around.
Here are a few photos of our fun fest!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Anniversary Crop
The total price for the two days of cropping will be $35.00 and the Friday night stay is $42.60 including tax. I was going to email you Carol but I don't have your address handy!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Anniversary Crop
Details, details...
We are having our one year anniversary and we would like you to join us for a two day Chick Flick Crop!
The party begins Friday May 29th at 5:00 p.m. until midnight. The cost of the Friday night Chick Flick Crop will be $15.00 We will be doing Pizza Pub pizza, snacks, beverage and a free make and take.
How about extending the fun?
Day two of the party begins May 30th at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 p.m. The cost of Saturday's Chick Flick Crop will be $20.00 We will have morning muffins, snacks, beverages, and have Subway for supper, and another make and take! You'll be on your own for lunch.
This crop will be held in the retreat center so we will have room for 24 guests.
Maybe you would like to just crop and crash?! We are doing a one night special in the retreat center of $40.00 for that Friday night May 29th with a paid Chick Flick Crop weekend!
We are going to be super flexible with this crop, so if you can only come for one of the two days you are more than welcome to sign up for just a Friday or for just a Saturday!
If you've never been to one of our themed crops this would be a great opportunity to give it a try! We always add our special touch!
Call the store at 320-629-9960 to reserve your spot. With our themed crops we ask that you prepay as we have a lot of prep work ahead of time and we want to make sure we know who is coming!
We are having our one year anniversary and we would like you to join us for a two day Chick Flick Crop!
The party begins Friday May 29th at 5:00 p.m. until midnight. The cost of the Friday night Chick Flick Crop will be $15.00 We will be doing Pizza Pub pizza, snacks, beverage and a free make and take.
How about extending the fun?
Day two of the party begins May 30th at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 10:00 p.m. The cost of Saturday's Chick Flick Crop will be $20.00 We will have morning muffins, snacks, beverages, and have Subway for supper, and another make and take! You'll be on your own for lunch.
This crop will be held in the retreat center so we will have room for 24 guests.
Maybe you would like to just crop and crash?! We are doing a one night special in the retreat center of $40.00 for that Friday night May 29th with a paid Chick Flick Crop weekend!
We are going to be super flexible with this crop, so if you can only come for one of the two days you are more than welcome to sign up for just a Friday or for just a Saturday!
If you've never been to one of our themed crops this would be a great opportunity to give it a try! We always add our special touch!
Call the store at 320-629-9960 to reserve your spot. With our themed crops we ask that you prepay as we have a lot of prep work ahead of time and we want to make sure we know who is coming!
I really need to decompress my brain!
Okay so you know when your brain is overloaded and you need to rest it when...
I made 7 cute little quick birthday invites for Lauren's classmates at 11:00 p.m. the other night. I carefully typed them out on the computer and proofed them about 100 times. I knew I had one shot at it because my printer ink was low and Ron was gone so I couldn't run to Walmart to pick up more! So I read them one last time printed them, put them on the invites and put them in Lauren's backpack.
Okay so one mom called today wondering what the date was. I was absolutely sure I had put that helpful info on the card. I went to the garbage and looked at the first one I printed and low and behold I DID forget that info!!!!! Wow does that scream rookie Mom or what?
So I called the mom back and said I'm so sorry I forgot the date, and I was sure her daughter had told Lauren she couldn't come because they were going out of town.
BUT LISTEN TO THIS! I don't think I said Lauren in that sentence, I think I said Savannah! Okay so all you mom's who have more than one kid know that we get confused with names and we start at the beginning of birth order until we get to the correct kids name! I'm hoping she has more than one kid and doesn't think I'm completely crazy! She's probably sitting their thinking who the heck is Savannah!
Now after all that do you think you would send your kid off to that birthday party!?
Here's a little something that I've been pondering coming up dangerously close to my 40th birthday...
I always looked at women in their 40's at having there shit together. Like not looking like a fish out of water like I sometimes feel. Knowing just who they were, and what they want, being so confident in social situations. So this is what is so depressing about me turning 40 is that I still feel like that fish out of water, still struggling with who I am, what I want, who I want to be when I grow up, being responsible like remembering to put the date on the 7 year olds party invites! I think I better repeat my 30's I haven't learned enough yet to be 40!
I made 7 cute little quick birthday invites for Lauren's classmates at 11:00 p.m. the other night. I carefully typed them out on the computer and proofed them about 100 times. I knew I had one shot at it because my printer ink was low and Ron was gone so I couldn't run to Walmart to pick up more! So I read them one last time printed them, put them on the invites and put them in Lauren's backpack.
Okay so one mom called today wondering what the date was. I was absolutely sure I had put that helpful info on the card. I went to the garbage and looked at the first one I printed and low and behold I DID forget that info!!!!! Wow does that scream rookie Mom or what?
So I called the mom back and said I'm so sorry I forgot the date, and I was sure her daughter had told Lauren she couldn't come because they were going out of town.
BUT LISTEN TO THIS! I don't think I said Lauren in that sentence, I think I said Savannah! Okay so all you mom's who have more than one kid know that we get confused with names and we start at the beginning of birth order until we get to the correct kids name! I'm hoping she has more than one kid and doesn't think I'm completely crazy! She's probably sitting their thinking who the heck is Savannah!
Now after all that do you think you would send your kid off to that birthday party!?
Here's a little something that I've been pondering coming up dangerously close to my 40th birthday...
I always looked at women in their 40's at having there shit together. Like not looking like a fish out of water like I sometimes feel. Knowing just who they were, and what they want, being so confident in social situations. So this is what is so depressing about me turning 40 is that I still feel like that fish out of water, still struggling with who I am, what I want, who I want to be when I grow up, being responsible like remembering to put the date on the 7 year olds party invites! I think I better repeat my 30's I haven't learned enough yet to be 40!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
I went shopping...
Ron and the girls went Mother's day shopping today in St Cloud after our road trip to Brainard. So they dropped me off at Crafts Direct to nose around. Okay so keep me out of the fabric please. I've been under a rock for about 4 years! Now I'm ready to go quilt store shopping! But you better bring some serious cash because fabric has sure gone up! So now I have all these big plans rolling around in my head then I'll go to sleep and forget them all! I'll wake up tomorrow and they just won't seem so important anymore! Here is my little stash of goodies I found today!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
I found a way...
So I've finally found an easy way to post photos without the aide of my husband! He always gives me the sigh when I ask him for help so I found a way around him! I found the cord that goes from my camera to my computer! Yipee! Here are some layouts I did last week. I totally scraplifted them, why reinvent the wheel right?
So Today
So today Ron and I went to an Auction! We haven't been to an auction in sooooo long. We used to go all the time when Savannah was little but then along came Lauren and we put our lives on hold! My mom offered to watch the girls while we went.
Oh what fun I had! I got tons of new stuff for decorating at the store and retreat center. I think I now have enough side tables for the bedrooms!
Okay so I paid way to much for a jar, but I was caught up in the moment! I also now have a collection of bread boxes! Small, medium and large thank you very much! Ron and I have had the large one for years. I just had to have the cute small one today, which I paid to much for! And the medium one I didn't think I'd win the bid, but now I'm the proud owner of a fluorescent orange medium sized bread box!
So I've been on the hunt for a cheap enamel topped table to use out on my front porch but I've had no luck. Guess what? Today I bought two for $10.00 Yipee!
Oh I found numerous other treasures I couldn't live without!
Just you wait until I get old and have an auction of my own you'll all say where in the world did she get all this crap. I hope I'll remember all the fun I had collecting it all!
Oh what fun I had! I got tons of new stuff for decorating at the store and retreat center. I think I now have enough side tables for the bedrooms!
Okay so I paid way to much for a jar, but I was caught up in the moment! I also now have a collection of bread boxes! Small, medium and large thank you very much! Ron and I have had the large one for years. I just had to have the cute small one today, which I paid to much for! And the medium one I didn't think I'd win the bid, but now I'm the proud owner of a fluorescent orange medium sized bread box!
So I've been on the hunt for a cheap enamel topped table to use out on my front porch but I've had no luck. Guess what? Today I bought two for $10.00 Yipee!
Oh I found numerous other treasures I couldn't live without!
Just you wait until I get old and have an auction of my own you'll all say where in the world did she get all this crap. I hope I'll remember all the fun I had collecting it all!
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