Parking area-Stampaway 2011!

Sooooooo....we just got back from a week in CO. Oh, it was soooo hard to leave the 70 degrees temps for this drought land I call home. It is 10am and already 90+ degrees. Holy Moly! Well, in one week we will be leaving for Cincinnati .... Stampaway 2011! It is an awesome show and the classes are great. Tressa is all but packed...I, on the other hand,....not so much...So this morning and (I am sure) all week will be packing, gathering, pressing rubber, assembling stamps and cutting paper like a mad girl to be ready for our classes. Oh the fun! I love Stampaway! Our classes are full and I am looking forward to the week of creative minds coming together! I will have an update on Wed. about how it is going....until then....Create something.......

Barn Swallows

Here is a photo of some Barn Swallows. They made a nest on a friends porch. Although this has nothing to do with art or rubber stamps it is a great photo.
Happy July! The count down has started for Stampaway 2011! It is (as always) going to be off the hook! Tressa's and the class I am teaching are full! Yes! Way cool! We both love teaching and can not wait to get there! We are starting to pack class items.....you can never start to soon.
I should have some new samples up soon........

Happy June....can you believe it is summer?

Well it is June....Summer time! It seems like the snow and ice was just here. It is already in the upper 90's...yes it is HOT! (And it is not a dry heat, like that makes a differences in a convection oven.) Summer is such a great time of the year. Everything always seems more casual and restful...a time to renew. What will you do to relax and renew?

Just a quick up date

We have been so swamped with orders and requests our heads are spinning!

We need an extra 6 hours in the day to get done what needs to get done. All that said...The Orioles are in town! We are seeing both the Baltimore and Orchard Orioles! These are amazing birds! They are eating pounds and pounds of grape jelly! My mother has had a flock of about 25 or so at her house! Like I said it is amazing and exciting! I should be posting again soon so be looking for that!

Button hole book- Stampaway 2011

Here is the sample of the class that Tressa will be teaching at Stampaway 2011. The class is on Friday Aug. 12th, from 4 to 6 pm. It is a very attractive book and

even though it appears complicated, it is rather easy to make. You can find out more details at www.stampawayusa.com.

The Hummingbirds are coming!

Every spring I look forward to the arrival of them. They are amazing little birds. There is a neat website...

www.hummingbirds.net

This site tracks the migration of the hummingbirds. People can add their sightings to the map. There is also maps from past years. It is truly exciting. I have already put out a couple feeders for them. The Orioles also arrive around the same time as the hummers. Sooooo I have also put out an oriole feeder. The Starlings have found the grape jelly. Last season it was the Mockingbirds that found the jelly. Of course any of the fruit eaters would love it. So there they sit, the feeders, waiting in the open sunlight, visible to all the tropical vacationers on their way back for the Spring and Summer months.

So if you happen to see the hummingbirds or even the orioles, email me! I'll just wait here by the kitchen window....watching....and waiting.

Stampaway 2011 class samples!

These are samples of the cards in my class.

So we found out that both Tressa and myself will be teaching at Stampaway 2011 in August. The dates are; Friday August 12th (preview party), and Saturday the 13th. They will be sending out brochures in early April. If you send a SASE (.75 cents) to Stampaway Convention, 9685 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 they can get one to you. We are very excited about this convention. It is, hands down, one of the best convention in the country. Work has already begun getting ready for this most awesome show. We will post a photo of Tressa's class soon.