Woooohoooo for Michael!

Michael Phelps has done the unthinkable! He accomplised is eight for eight gold medal quest on Saturday. Way to go!!!!

(photo Star Tribune)

Happy Monday!

What a busy weekend! Friday a co-worker had a Stampin' Up party, and the top 2 cards were the ones we made.


Saturday, my friend Michelle and I got together for the whole day at Archivers. We go for the morning and stay for the evening scrap mania. I made a bunch of cards, and even got in about 4 pages of my scrapbook.

I had seen the idea for the first card and loved it, but it was done in a hot pink. I think the groovy guava works really well....don't you?? :)

The other card may look familiar as I made it last week, but I loved the card and decided to change up the colors a bit. I used all of the in colors from the beginning of the year.


This was a fun card I had done for a card exchange we do at work. I thought it was great as it was made with punches. I used a quote from the sassy susie set : your friendship is the most uplifiting thing in my life without underwire. Too cute!

Can you feel the thrill???

Go Team USA!!! Does Michael Phelps rock or what??? He is now the most decorated Olympian in history with 11 gold medals total (he reached his 5th of these Olympics last night!), and he is still working to get 3 more. I can't wait!! Go Michael! Go!

(photo from Star Tribune)

Threshing weekend photos

Here are some photos (finally) from the threshers weekend (Aug 1-3). The photo to the left is my dad with my sister in law Jacque, and her 4 kids (Rachel in green is 13, Hailey in gray is 11, Mitchell in blue is 9 and Bradley is 5).
This is my dad taking the kids for a ride in a friends wagon

This is my nephew Cory driving in the parade. This is the first year he got to drive by himself!

Stampin' up open house

Greetings all!! What a great weekend! We had fabulous weather here, and it was so great to let the fresh air in!

Friday was my Stampin' Up demonstrator's open house for the new catalog. We made the great cards that I have posted.

The above card was fun, and used 2 of the new in colors for 2008-09. Pretty simple 3x6 card.

This card is my absolute favorite! It is done using the large oval punch, then cutting the ends off to form a vase. Shade the matching coloor on one side with a sponge, then use the white craft ink and do the same to the other side. Too easy!

Enjoy!

Lori

Other events from this past week....

My family participates in a threshing event every August. This past weekend was spent in Jordan, MN at the Scott Carver threshers. My dad and oldest nephews (Joey & Cory) work out in the fields with the threshing or bailing. My mom & myself help out in the kitchen serving up lunch. I will add some pictures of this past weekend, as well as some previous ones in a few days.
As for this weekend, I am off work tomorrow to go and see the new Stampin' Up catalog and check out retired stuff my demonstrator will have for sale. I will post some of my new creations from this weekend on Monday!

Also, some GREAT news! A great friend of mine is back safe and sound from her tour in Iraq. It had been a long 14 months, and we are so grateful she is home again! I can't wait to see her!

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

TTFN

P.S. I have to show you a picture of a friend on mine from the other side of the world. Annu is from Bangalore, India and we have become great friends in the past year. She is one of the most positive people I have met, and reminds me a lot of myself. I hope to one day get to meet her in person :)

35 W memorial

Well, I have done it again. I have let the week slide by again without any updates. My apologies. One major event from this past week:

Friday, August 1st was the 1 year anniversary of the 35 W bridge collapse. The picture on the left (from the Star Tribune) shows the numbers of people that turned out to remember those involved in the collapse.

At 6:05 p.m., survivors, first responders, bridge workers, political leaders and everyday Minnesotans bowed their heads in silence as an American flag was slowly unfurled, and as if on cue, a bald eagle flew over.

I hope everyone remembered those who lost their lives on this day, and be thankful for the loved ones we knew that made it out ok.