Busy......

It's been very hectic here the past several days.  I am trying to get things in order for my retreat this coming weekend.  It is very slow going!  So much to do and so little time left.  I need to have all my projects lined up so that I am not spending valuable retreat time looking for something I failed to pack.  I will try to post some photos from the October card swap before I leave.  Until then, have a wonderful Wednesday!

Card & Recipe swap.......

I am doing a card and recipe swap next week with a great group of ladies.  We get together every month at a restaurant to eat dinner, visit and have our card swap.  We usually have ten doing the swap.  It is a lot of fun and we get some amazing cards.  These are very talented ladies.  The card for this month was to be a birthday card.  This is what I made for the swap.  Hope you like it.  This is the second month for our recipe swap. The recipes are put on a 6X6 piece of card stock, decorated any way you like.  The end of three months we will have enough swaps to make a nice recipe book.  This is my swap for this month.  Enjoy!

MIA

Sorry I've been missing in action the past week or so.  My cousin Carol and her husband Dick stopped by for several days on their way back from vacationing in California.  This was such a treat since we don't get many visitors from Pennsylvania (my home state).  We spent so much time catching up, laughing and just enjoying each others company.  Tuesday we visited the San Jacinto monument, the battlehip Texas and then had lunch at the San Jacinto restaurant.  After lunch we made our way to Galveston for some shopping and a look at the three masted ship from Greece called the Alissa that Tom read about in the paper.  We drove the seawall for a short distance but opted for more shopping time.  The weather was sunny, warm and beautiful.  We couldn't have asked for a nicer day.  They left yesterday morning for the last leg of their trip.  Both were anxious to get home since they have been gone for three weeks.  I was missing them the moment they pulled out of our driveway.  We had such a wonderful time together and made a few memories to cherish.

I will have some cards to post next time but until then, stay happy!

Sunday card class.....

These were the cards we made today at our card class.  The cards were designed by Melissa Stout for a Stamp-a-Stack class.  All materials used are from Stampin'Up and features the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set and Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper.  Thank you Melissa for sharing your designs with us.  The box was designed by me and is perfect for storing up to eight cards depending on the embellisments used.  The box can be decorated for any occasion and makes a great gift item. I hope these cards make you smile.......

Guess what?

That card challenge I posted earlier, my first one ever......I won!  Can you believe it?  Of course, there were only four other entries so the odds were super.  I must admit, this wasn't my best work and I really did it in a hurry before the deadline and before leaving for Pennsylvania.  I will be entering more card challenges in the future you can bet on that.  Have a super Friday night!  I'm off to Archiver's to scrap and chat with friends.
Until later......

Photos from home.....

It will be a few more weeks before all the trees are dressed in their harvest colors.  This is just a sampling of things yet to come.  These photos can't begin to show the beautiful color of Mother Nature.  Enjoy! 

Home again......

I am back home after a two week visit with my Mother and family in central Pennsylvania.  The weather was perfect, a few days of rain and a few days of having the furnace on for warmth.  It was quite a change from the high temps of Katy, Texas.

The trees were beginning to turn beautiful colors of red, orange and yellow everywhere we looked.  In a few more weeks it will be nature at it's best.  I will be posting some of the photos I took once I get settled in again.  The changing of the seasons is one of the things I miss most about living in Texas. 

I spent some time visiting with several old school mates.  Its great to be able to catch up on each others lives and we look forward to doing it all again next summer.  We also talked about having a 50th reunion in a couple years.  Where has the time gone? 

It was a great couple of weeks but as the old saying goes, "there is no place like home".  I am happy to be back home again!

Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend.  Until  later.........