20% Off "Wishing You Cheer"

Now through November 3, the Wishing You Cheer stamp set is being offered at 20 percent off. The set can be found on page 33 of the 2007 Fall-Winter Collection. When you place your order with me, just be sure to use this special code: 112015.

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Card Sketch from Di

Here's an inspiring sketch from Di Hickman. Since I'm still down with the flu, I'm passing along her creative ideas.

Grand Opening

This morning I have my first Open House for my new Stampin' Up! business and was up late into the wee hours putting together my Make 'n Takes, will post pics later. I did 3 Christmas cards and 1 bookmark. If I have a lull in my visitors, I may put together a quick Halloween card. My sister-in-law's father-in-law (try to follow that one!) is going to come over to check out my studio and help me figure out what he can build to give me more stamp storage space. Yay -- a woodworker with time on his hands, ya gotta love that.
This pretty card sketch is from Di Hickman's website. I'll be working on a sample this weekend. I've grown addicted to collecting sketches -- Di has some great ones. You can check out her blog at http://www.dihickman.blogspot.com

Stamp out Breast Cancer

October is "Breast Cancer Awareness" month. You can help in just a few seconds -- every day -- by clicking on the logo on my site. The Breast Cancer Site provides free mammograms for women in need every day. Just click on the pink "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Breast Cancer Site.

***Please remember to click every day to fund free mammograms and give hope to women in need. Every click counts in the battle to prevent breast cancer.

Thought For the Day

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Vincent van Gogh

Wow, this hit home today, saw it on my iVillage South Beach site. Through a series of small things, I have come upon this big new challenge that I anticipate will bring great things. Sure would be nice to have a crystal ball right about now...

Scheduled my first Stampin' Up! Open House for this weekend, and of course DS#1 has come down with the flu. Worse case scenario: I get it too and DH ends up showing (LOL) people how to make cards. Better break out the Lysol.

Stampin' Up! website is live!

It's official -- I have a Stampin' Up! business web site. Go look at it and contact me to buy something! :-)

Here I Go!

Can't believe I'm starting this crazy adventure. I have just started a home-based business working with Stampin' Up! to introduce people to the art of rubber stamping. Less than a year ago, thanks to Joyce Perry, I began using Stampin' Up! products and was immediately hooked (just ask my husband!) Friends and family have benefited from my addiction, receiving celebration cards (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), holiday cards, handmade stationery sets, and just plain thank you notes. The art of sending cards is not lost! And no, an e-mail does not suffice... So while my 3 year old is in nursery school, you'll find me in my sunroom studio creating new masterpieces (gulp!), working on my calendar of events, placing SU! orders and maybe, just maybe, picking up a toy or clearing out the dust bunnies. Hoping to get into the swing of this blogging thing too, so it can be a useful tool to me and my clients. How exciting!! Bloggers, here I come!