Wall Art

I actually thought I'd take some time to share some happy! I made this piece of wall art as a door prize for our annual Michigan Mingle. I purchased a 12 x 12 canvas at Amazon and covered it with the Mocha Morning DSP. Then I added various elements and sayings. Not all the sayings are SU but 99% of them are. Enjoy!

Something Different

Another one of my "joys" is putting together gift baskets. For the Michigan Mingle back in March my two fellow coordinators and I decided to put together a "Pampered Stampers" basket. It had a neck massager, a ped egg, some candles, lots of lotions, bubble bath, and other pampering goodies in it. This is what it looked like in progess:

I Made A Scene!

He, He, He... With stamps of course! This is another "practice" card that we got to play around with at the Michigan Mingle. These images are from StampScapes.

Three For Easter

The first one is a vintage egg card that I did for my mom for Easter, the second two are "practice" images that we got at the Copics class at the Michigan Mingle. Aren't those darling images to just practice on?!?

Thanks to Michelle - CMUgrad

Yes I'm home and yes I had a blast, even though I missed Joni and Barb :(

No way can I take pictures of everything I brought home with me, but I will provide a link to the majority of them - Michigan Mingle 2009

One of the things I can show you is the goodies I've collected since January of this year from my Secret Sister alone, lookie here:

See that piece of paper? It's a gift certificate to Cornish Heritage Farms! Now to figure out what I want!!!

Too Cute!

In early February a bunch of us from SCS got together in Port Huron for Lunch, after lunch we went to Hobby Lobby who had these darling little pails. Now I could get pails with ribbon for $2.99 each or I could get pails without ribbon for $0.79 - now this is a no brainer to me, but what ones would you get?

Heck I've got ribbon, I've got a Crop-a-dile, I got the $0.79 ones!!!! It went from a plain pink pail with nothing to this:




What do you think???

Do you think my fellow Michigan Minglers will likey?

A Different Look

At least for me! This isn't colors that I use a lot but I'm very happy with "cheery" card!

Certainly Celery and Cameo Coral mixed with Bashful Blue and Yellows, add in the row of chicks at the bottom of the DS paper and the spring posies colored with Copic Markers and you have a recipe for Easter happiness!

I think I'll add some Peeps to this!!!

Inquiring minds want to know

So you wanna know what Lorien, Tracy, and I are cooking up????

We are trying to get some "seed" money to reserve a larger venue for our "Mingle" next year, as well as to help keep the cost down as much as possible.

So without further ado here is the first "fund raiser" we're trying

(there may or may not be more )

We have six Stampin' Up! sets that were donated by Charlene (LilLuvsStampin') to be used as prizes or "something"

we're going for the "something"

We've decided to do a "Silent Auction" of sorts

The following sets will go to the highest bidder:

1. Occasionally (new unmounted)
2. Paint Prints (new unmounted)
3. It's a Party (new unmounted)
4. Computer Quips (new unmounted)
5. Frosty (Gently used)
6. All I have seen (Gently used, looks like only the saying was ever used!)

So here's what ya need to do:

1. Go back over to SCS
2. If you are interested in sets # 1 or #2 contact Lorien (vz5dzh) via PM
3. If you are interested in sets #3 or #4 contact Tracy (TracyM.) via PM
4. If you are interested in #5 or #6 contact me (pattyb) via PM
5. Tell us how much you are willing to give for the set
6. SHIPPING WILL BE ADDED ON TO THE PRICE YOU GIVE, IF YOU WIN TWO OR MORE SETS SHIPPING WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
7. You will have until 7:00 pm on Monday March 17 to bid.
8. We will post updates to let you know if someone out bidded you and you will need to decide if you want to place a higher bid.
9. Now go bid, have fun, and remember that all the money raised will go toward our weekend next year!!!!

I was mega tired

And I caught a mega cold, but....

the SCS Michigan Mingle 2008 was a huge success! All of the stress and anxiety of planning it paid off in spades when I saw the hugs, laughter, and pure joy of everyone participating!!!

Here's a couple of my fave pictures from this past weekendThis is my roomies Barb (badmom66666) Joni (jstarbright) Debra (DEBRA) and myself

Some of the challenge cards we made Friday night.

You can see all of the photo in my Splitcoast gallery!