Daddy's Day project

I am not very good at masculine projects... but I think this project turned out cute and manly. I love Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand together. Once I fugured out the colors and what I wanted to do it all came together. The Good Morning Sunshine dsp worked great, there is a bit on the top of the box and also as layers on the card and gift card holder. Seeing Spots is the stamp set along with All Holidays. I used the Stamping Success online extras template for the box. It's way cuter in person. Inside is a cello bag filled with candy. LOVE the grommets - the Sahara Sand ones were perfect and I added Sahara Sand eyelets. It's finished off with Chocolate Chip ribbon: 1/4 grosgrain and double stitched. Hope my dad likes it! Here's a photo of him...

My dad is Alvin and he lives in Amarillo, that's about 2,000 miles away. So I don't get to see him very often. My brothers live in Texas as well. Not being close to family is my only regret about living in the Northwest. We do gab on the phone fairly often so that almost makes up for it.

If you were planning on joining SU as a demonstrator with the fabulous deal they have going, now's the time. Offer ends on Sunday. Other specials ending on Sunday as well... See them all on my Web page!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Desiree

Cupcakes!

Ok, so it's not a cupcake, it's a cupcake box! Isn't it just super cute? The template was a freebie on the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's site. For a small donation, you can join in on the fun, freebies, prizes and more!

Speaking of cupcakes, Mugs (the coffee shop I work at on Saturdays) is now serving Saint Cupcakes. YUMMY! Mugs is on HWY 99 right next to Blind Onion.

Last night I had fun making different Party Favors! I used the Big Shot and exclusive SU! dies. Once I started I was really on a roll. They hardly use and supplies and went together easily.

In this photo you can't see how pretty the little wedding match box is. I used Shimmery White cardstock and the butterfly is made of textured Parisian Breeze paper and then glittered on the edges of the wings. Really pretty!

Happy Memorial Day! Enjoy the sun! Thanks for stopping by! ~Desiree

Stamp Out Alzheimers!

Jen Tapler, a fellow SU demonstrator and blogger, is hosting a wonderful online event to STAMP OUT ALZHEIMER'S! Check out the details on her blog. Then donate and join in on the fun!

Speaking of memories, last weekend my girls and I made some great ones - or rather they did! The Clark County Youth Achievement Awards were on May 17. Emily (in the purple dress) is a Youth Commissioner and with a fellow commissioner presented the awards for Courage. In her first public speaking opportunity Emily spoke in front of a crowd of over 1,000 people! She did so beautifully.

Lillianna (in the blue dress) received an award for Family Life for the fabulous changes that she has made over the past several months. She is a joy to have in our family. Emily recieved an award for Inspiration and I believe that was for being instrumental in coming up with the overall theme for the event ~ Adventure. I am a proud mama!

Mother's Day project

Wow... where have I been? Obviously not here! It seems like forever since I've posted. I am busy learning Twitter and plan to be on that soon too. My Crafter's Club met for the first time and our next get together is coming up next week. I am busy planning projects for them! Could be we'll do the projects that are on the cover of this month's Stampin' Success magazine.

Exciting weekend ahead... my daughter Emily is a Clark County Youth Commissioner, which is an advisory board to our Clark County Board of Commissioners. They work on county policies that relate to youth. She is also on the Youth House Visionary Team. The Youth House provides a teen hotline and a suicide hotline as well as other services. Anyway, the Youth Commission also presents the Youth Achievement Awards that recognize about 300 young people for the good things they do in several categories. The commissioners design the pins given to the awardees as well as come up with the theme (adventure which Emily suggested) and all the speeches. Both of my girls will be receiving recognition. As a commissioner, Emily will be presenting the courage category. She will be speaking in front of a crowd of about 1000 people. We bought a really cute formal dress (the boys will be in tuxedos). Can you tell I'm a proud mama???

Ok, on to a recent project! I volunteer at a nearby elementary school as a Lunch Buddy. So every week I meet my buddy for lunch and we read or play games or just talk. We decided to do a Mother's Day project together over the last few weeks. This is how it turned out!

We made a card, gift bag and stamped candle. Love this technique and I do it fairly often for gifts. It really has the WOW factor!

We used the Season of Friendship stamp set and several colors: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Real Red and Summer Sun. We used two bits of ribbon: 5/8" red grosgrain ribbon and red gingham.

My lunch buddy really enjoyed this project and couldn't wait to give it to her mom. I can't wait to find out how much her mom liked it!

Next up, Father's Day.....

Have a great day! Thanks for dropping by!

Desiree