The Sweetest Boy With The Bluest Eyes.

The youngest of our three grandchildren,and the only boy is Elijah (Eli for short).He is following in his big sisters footsteps with the blond hair and blue eyes.He is the sweetest boy and is mostly all smiles...unless mom leaves the room.We love you buddy...

Stamping Friends Are The Best.

My stamping friend Donna made me the most beautiful card for my birthday.I thought I would share it.I have no idea what stamps she used but they are darn cute.If anyone wants to know leave me a message and I will find out for you.Thank you again Donna I loved it.

Lots Of Nice Mice.

I recently went to one of my favorite place to shop,Haveman Hardware in Fremont MI,where I purchased these House Mouse stickers.I made all the cards pictured with two sheets at $1.99 a sheet.The rest of the items were scraps and card bodies that were left over from other projects. I ended up with 10 get well cards.

Shine was on the words that say"Achoo do hope you feel better soon"

This is the inside of the one above

This is the inside of the one above

Crap On A Cracker I bought The Same Stamp Twice ...4 SALE

I almost never buy the same stamp twice but darn if I didn't this last week.It is a Magenta deeply etched thinking of you stamp.Size is a little over 3 1/2 wide and 5 1/4 long.It is mounted on gray cling. I paid$12.99 for it and will sell it for $13.50 and THIS INCLUDES SHIPPING.If you want insurance it is extra.E mail me at goblue11654@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase it. Sorry but NO PAYPAL  payment can be checks or money order or well concealed cash.I have had people do the last one with no trouble.


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Our Budding Artist.

My daughter in law Shawnie takes THE best pics of our grandchildren.She so captures exactly how they are.Here is our new budding artist Ella Jean .Both our granddaughters LOVE to draw and color and our fridge is never at a lost for magnificent artwork provided by the girls.So someday they will be blogging about their art I hope.

Get Well Paul B.

We have the sweetest couple that sits next to us in church on Sundays Paul and his wife Ann are just the nicest people.Ann has been having some health issues and this week Paul had some flip flops with his heart.He is home now and hope he is doing much better.I am sending him this card as a reminder that we are all thinking of him.Get well Paul so Ann does not have to worry about you.
I used a embossing folder for the front and added some little teal gems from Hero Arts.The saying and the image are actually stickers I purchased at Haveman Hardware in Fremont MI last week.They are so nicely made that they looked stamped so I decided to use them on this card.The inside was stamped and is a House Mouse word stamp...Wishing you good health...#11-1996.
They were supposed to have a stampers garage sale at Haveman's  but only one seller was there when I arrived.I did score nine Copic's for $12.00 and all of them are still pretty juicy.I also found two sets of Nesties,one for $5.00 and the other was $7.00.Would have cost close to $50.00 if purchased in a store. Was a nice ride there and found an oldie's radio station on the way up .BTO and Queen almost the whole way made the long drive go fast.
Get well Paul we miss you.

Our Mini Vacation....Or How I Shopped For Stash Through Two States.

My hubs takes a canoe adventure vacation that lasts one week with his brothers every other year.Since we only get two weeks vacation(he also has to save part of that if he is sick or needs to go to the dentist)  I get hosed every other year as we don't get to take any other vacation.He says MY vacation is him being gone.The last time he went away I painted the whole upstairs while he was gone...yup just lazed around eating bonbons.This year he decided that he would take me anywhere I wanted to go for two of the vacation days.We left on a Friday morning early heading to Nashville Indiana,with a stop in Indy on the way.So I will bet you are thinking we stopped in Indy to see the race track.Mnmmmmmmmmm no,Archiver's Scrapbook Shop was my destination.They closed the one in Fort Wayne Indiana and this is the next closest,not even day trip close now )-: .They do not allow you to take pictures in there but here is some of the goodies I left the store with.Some of the pics are of things I bought on the way back into Indy going home..darn if they do not have two Archiver's in Indianapolis....YESSSSSSSSSSSS.

BLING to the max.

LOVE AI stamps

After we left Indy we headed to Columbus Indiana where we were going to stay for the remainder of our trip.The Sleep Inn was totally remodeled and had the prettiest rooms and the cash price( yes if you offer cash it is cheaper)was $79.99 a night.Everything else around their was way over $100.00 a night.Tom was just happy that a flat screen TV was in the room and the race was on....I watched a movie on my Nook and used the FREE WiFi at the Hotel.That night we went to downtown Columbus and ate at a great Ice Cream place called Zaharakos.It is like a mini museum and everything is the way it was eons ago.It is a must see if you are ever in Columbus Indiana and the food is really good.

The next day we enjoyed a really great breakfast at the Hotel..fresh fruit and waffles and eggs juice coffee and much more..that was included in our stay.We headed out for Nashville the one and only plcae I really wanted to go.My real reason for going was to visit Papertrix stamp and scrap store.I had read about them in a magazine two years before and decided that someday I would get there.....that day finally arrived.

These are the owners of Papetrix,Cindy and Wayne Hawrys. They are THE friendliest people and they make you feel right at home.I could have stayed there a week if I thought the hubs would sit on the porch that long.They had a great selection of Graphic 45 and I even found some of the old movie stars paper that has been retired.

The pink floral paper was used in my daughter in law Shawn's mom day card this year.(previous post )

Finally had to leave Papertrix but I for sure will be going back.We toured the town a bit and rode a train that took you on a little tour and highlighted some of the great buildings in town.

Our train Engineer.

Here are just a few of the buildings and flowering trees we happened upon that day.

The hubs ...he really was having fun.

We then drove over to Bloomington Indiana to a cute scrapbook shop called The Paper Pusher.NOT easy to find as it is back behind a bunch of condos and when GPS has a hard time finding it you know you are in trouble.It was really a nice shop though.Had a huge bank of windows in their crop area and the colors were so soothing..sort of spa like.I bought a couple of things I had not seen anywhere else.

On Sunday we went to a movie,Oblivion with Tom Cruise..it was pretty good but man oh man sticker shock.We are used to the Old Regent here in town where a first run movie,popcorn and two soft drinks total $10.00.The theater in Columbus was $8.00 each for the movie and we skipped the popcorn and soda as that would have been $22.00..no thanks.

Much to fast our vacation was coming to an end.I wanted to hunt up a Joann's as I was looking for a 61/2 inch wide quilting ruler.I had been borrowing my friend Tina's to cut strips for a couple of quilts I am making for the girls new bunk beds.I found one and had a great coupon so it was pretty dirt cheap.

Now back to housework and real life.Thanks hubs for the nice minication...best time ever.Oh ya I was reading a magazine on the way home and found a coupon for a free jar of paint at Loews. I am thinking of painting my family room this color..what do you think?Sort of a dark pumpkin color.