Hi Stampers,

Happy Sunday friends ! 

WOW what a busy last couple of months . I love summer time  which I think is always the busiest time of year  for everyone .

The last couple months  seemed extra busy and I think it was  just my down time that may have set me back a few days  with the latest boo boo on my leg  but  this weekend I think ( knock on wood)  everything seems  back on track . 

Stamp a Palooza 2016

Last weekend was the Stamp-a-palooza  event with my Glitter Queen Dee and  her team .

We got together  at Davette's the night before Stamp-a-Palooza with Dee's team to chat and of course  create .

Such an awesome time .

OH in case you missed it in the photo below LOL! ~ check out Davette's craft room OMG!!  pretty amazing ! 

Night before Stamp a palooza kick off 2016

What an awesome Stamp-a-Palooza it was  .

I shared a couple photos on my FB page  and so many said they want to  come next year so I am sending out a  Save the Date  for next year .

  • Plan on the the last Saturday of September 2017.

Stamp a palooza event Make and Take vampire  cuttie

Of course I  add the info to my monthly newsletter closer to the time PLUS Dee has a early bird  registration ( at least she has in the past ) but all those details are shared in my newsletter  so be sure to sign up for that HERE 

It's an awesome day of creating and hanging out with fellow stampers .

OMG! Look what Barbara  brought  for me….

Barb Rey and me at Stamp-a-palooza 2016 Dill pickle  cashews  Dawn GriffithYUMMY~ Dill Pickle Cashews . Yes they are yummy .  

After my presentation  Dee and Linda presented me with this amazing gift .

Special Gift  presented to me at Stamp-a-Palooza  from Dee and Linda  2016

Look it's  the motorcycle from my Million Dollar stamp set One Wild Ride  pulling the sleigh  from the Santa's Sleigh  stamp set and Thinlits Bundle #143499 .

OH MY GOODNESS  it's so beautiful and  look at all the sparkles . Thank you  so much  I love it and  it will always have special place in my studio .

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-Stamp club September 2016

Last night  was my local  stamp club .

I had a request for Halloween Themed projects and  that we make 3-d projects…  so I ended up having (3) projects.

(1 ) a little more involved  and the other (2) were slightly  quicker and easier but all 3 projects  are super cute and  yes I will be sharing the projects via  videos over the next couple weeks.

We missed you 

  • Gina
  • Carol 
  • Patty
  • Harriet
  • Annie

I'm not sure if any of you  are on the Pumpkin Spice bandwagon…

 I  know for me I love it but, I love it all year long not just at fall time.

I even have a candle wax warmer in my studio so it always smells  so yummy  when crafting .  Hey I think that  should  always be a staple in crafting  just like Music  should be on and  Chocolate should be somewhere near by and your favorite beverage …

Dawn's Candle Wax Warmer

Don't you think those are the top (4) things every craft room should have ?

  • well beside of course the obvious  ( stamps/ ink / card stock  etc…) 

My leg HERE is healing well and I had my stitches taken out  right before leaving for the Stamp-a-Palooza event  and I forgot to mention My Hubby  took the staples out .

 Now don't judge me but we even used my Paper Snips #103579 to remove the stitches Yes I sterilized them  and Hubby sterilized them twice ( can't be to careful).

  Stitches are out Dawn Griffith

They worked AWESOME !  Those fine tip points  seriously rock for removing stitches and apparently I wasn't the only one to think to use my Paper Snips to remove stitches…   at Stamp-a-Palooza event Summer  said she used hers to remove the stitches from her son, and you thought I was the only one that thought outside the box  for stitch removal LOL!

I couldn't actually see  the back of my leg so I was quite surprise that the stitches were  bright blue ….Hummmm interesting I wonder if they could have gave me purple stitches  . I just always  thought  stitches were  in Black~ go figure . 

Here is my Sunday Share video I seen it come across on FB~ Love it !

 

Jessie and Bowzer #1

This video  reminds me of Jessie and our Bowzer years ago .

Jessie use to play hide and seek  with him. I thought this video is so funny and

brought back many memories  of our Jessie and Bowzer .

Speaking of Jessie every once in a while I get emails asking about how she is doing .

Jessie and Me Sept 23, 2016

She is still cutting hair just not in a salon. She is still licensed  as a cosmetologist  but she is working at Huntington Bank  as a personal Banker now .  Jessie actually  called me  this past Friday asking if  we could meet for lunch since she was in the area for  job training ( personal loans ) and of course  YES.

Jessie took this photo of  her & I  and I also snagged this other photo from her FB page ( she is so beautiful .. I know I know  she is my daughter  but I still think she is the most beautiful girl  ever .

Have a fabulous Sunday  friends ! 

 

Thanks for peeking in 

Until later… Happy Stampin! 

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