Happy Anniversary to us...

Six years... it's flown by and it's taught us a lot... about life, each other, ourselves, love, relationships, trust, patience and friendship. How do you commemorate once a year, when you should really be doing it every day...



Well... we've learned to honor each other at the end of the day... to meet up in the kitchen at the end of every day for a hug and a kiss and a "how are you today?"... and at least a moment of "just us"...



But every now and then I truly need to stop and thank God for the gift of intimacy He's given me in the love of my life... could it be a glimpse of the love He has for me? or is His love deeper? better? different?



Until we know... we will honor each other daily, celebrate annually, and thank Him for the love He has given us in each other. And I get to enjoy beautiful bouquets of flowers like this one... lucky me!

Today's stamp-a-stack cards...

Today I had my first holiday stamp-a-stack... for THIS year at least. And we had a blast. I set up 3 work stations and made room for everyone ... next, I explained to them that they were on their own with the pieces in front of them. And we made these cards...

Pretty, huh?! Can I just say I'm tired of the summer heat (it's supposed to be over 100 degrees a few days this week.... ME: not happy!)... and I'm ready to welcome in the Fall. So, I was itching to get working on this card today... and it came just in time ... because the first bag of candy corn made it's way to my house this week too! Weeee.....




Next step? I set the daring card makers down in front of these pieces of holiday card stock and gave them two different stamps. I wanted to see the different ideas they would come up with on their own. Some people even gave up on using the scallop square punch altogether and instead used scissors to cut out the scalloped square... now isn't that silly?! What was funnier was her daughter-in-law sitting next to her who watched her cut the whole thing out by hand instead of telling her there was a punch that would do that for her!!! (Yes - really!)






And lastly... we worked on this beauty! And because of it I sold quite a few punches today! Woo hoo!!!




Have YOU started working on your holiday cards yet?!

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a lil' birdy told me...

That it was time to play with SU's new Soft Suede... and so I did!



I just love the "Wings of Friendship" set... and the adorable bird was chirping at me. So, I decided to hang out with said bird and stroll through olive colored hills, suede covered branches and curly Curry-colored flowers.

Like my play on words?!


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