I'm back in town after a whirlwind 5 days. I don't have anything really exciting to share, just thought I would post about my holiday. I spent most of the time traveling. It began Thursday with R's funeral and burial services. I have to say, I had a hard time when both my maternal Grandpa and Father-in-law passed away several years ago...but I am having a real hard time with R. Maybe it is because he was so young...maybe it was because he was such a good friend...or maybe because we miss him so much and can't imagine him not being here. I really don't know why this one is harder, but it truly is. Thursday was one of the hardest days I have had to go through in a really long time. I still keep re-living that day in my head over and over again...word for word, minute by minute. After the services and spending a few hours with R's parents and my 3 Aggie friends who attended with me, I continued on with my travels.
I headed to my Dad's for the 4th of July weekend. Every year, we spend the 4th on the lake with my family celebrating the holiday and my paternal Grandpa's birthday. Still dealing with R's tragic death, I had a hard time going out in the boat or riding the jet ski, because I kept thinking about how R died. He drowned (sp?). I was scared!!! He was so young, it could happen to anybody...even the best of swimmers. We carried on with the weekend and despite everything going on, we had a great time. It was good to get away from everything - Office work, house work, telephones. It was great to see family again we hadn't seen in a while...well most of them. My Grandpa's wife decided to be a pill, but we tried to ignore her and not let her spoil our fun. I was ready to come home, but I wasn't ready to come back to work yet. Today is my first day back since last Wednesday and I keep thinking - man how I would love to either work from home or not have to work at all. I am jealous of you Jenn. I hope everyone had a great 4th weekend and is getting back into the swing of things as I am.
These cutesies were made using ideas from a project and a door prize at Jennifer's stamp camp.
These little notes again were ideas taken from Jennifer's card display at her stamp camp. I varied them a little, but still used Stampin' Up! supplies. I am having so much fun hand-making gifts for friends and family. Check back for tomorrow's post with another gift I made using the notepad idea. Until then...
This is the last of the cards we made. These pinwheels look difficult, but were actually super easy using a square punch.
This is an adorable recipe card and holder that I liked so much, I put a magnet on the back and stuck it on my refrigerator. If you slide out the light green card with the ribbon attached to the top, it has the complete recipe for the Strawberry Lime Slushy. This was a super easy project, a little time consuming because you had to let the ink dry on the vellum glass, but it was tons of fun!
3 different cards...yes the flip flop is a card too.
Little pouch project.
This is my first attempt at KWerner's color inspiration challenge. I am not submitting it for official judging because it is not official SU! colors. I do not have all of the SU! cardstock and supplies, so I did the best I could trying to match the colors. I think I did pretty good :). The inks used are the official SU! colors, but all the cardstock is color matched as close as I could get it. YaY! I'm excited, I completed my first color challenge.
