Thanksgiving in NY

This year we spent Thanksgiving in NY, NY. Our kids are at the perfect age to be able to travel someplace like that and actually enjoy it. We had several highlights but here are a few:

Broadway play "Mary Poppins." The kids have never been to a broadway hit and they loved it!

Macy's Day parade. We walked to where the parade was to come through and arrived at 5am. We sat on the COLD cement for 4 hours waiting for the parade to begin. It was awesome. The balloons are so HUGE! We had a great time!

The NY, NY temple

Thanksgiving dinner @ Benoit

The Subway

The Statue of Liberty. There's something extra special about going to the Statue of Liberty in person. She's so majestic and inspiring. Unfortunately it felt like it was 20 degrees outside and it was very windy. None-the-less, we all loved it! Did I mention a seagull pooped on my head waiting for the ferry? YUCK!

Ground Zero

Ellis Island. A few years ago my siblings and I paid to have my dad's name registered at Ellis Island. Even though he didn't come directly to the island he did come in on a boat into NY. They are doing some renovations to some building there and his name was in a flagged off area. The kids and Mark snuck around and took a quick picture. It was fun to find his name. The flag below is so cool! It's a hologram that is made up of pictures of different immigrants and as you move directions it turns into the American flag.

It was an amazing trip and we all came home with some wonderful memories!

3 Weeks til Christmas

Okay, this really is my favorite! This card is made with a 5 1/2 x 12 sheet of cardstock scored at 4 and 8 inches. We'll see how many I get made but I just love all the pictures of the kids! I also printed off 8x10's of each picture and put them in my stamping area. I'll add a picture of how it looks later. Enjoy!

Supplies

Stamps: Contempo Christmas, Itty Bitty Bits

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, VersaMark

Accessories: Black ep, Vanilla ribbon, Ornament punch, Heart to Heart punch, Modern Label punch, Scalloped Edge punch, Itty Bitty punch pack

Customer Appreciation Open House

Join us Sat. Dec. 11

1-4pm

My home

*Come make a free set of Christmas tags. I will have 4 different color options available. Make one for free, then if you'd like, make more to give away. Each additional kit costs $2 and will include everything you need to make one set of 5 tags. You may also bring your own card stock (one sheet of each color) and adhesive, and do all the work yourself with no cost.

*Purchase retired stamps at a huge discount!

*Enjoy holiday treats and give-aways

*Bring your unfinished Christmas cards and get them DONE!

Please RSVP: stampinjenae@gmail.com

Color combinations are as follow:

Real Red, Wild Wasabi and White

Real Red, Garden Green and White

Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla

Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla

Nov. Stamp Club

Christmas is coming! It's so much fun to plan Christmas cards because there are so many possibilities! The first card is a vintage style card using Welcome Christmas.

Supplies

Stamps: Welcome Christmas

Paper: Crumb Cake, Black, Very Vanilla, Love Letter DSP

Ink: StazOn, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Ribbon, Antique brads

This was my first time making an easel card and I LOVE it! This card featured the Contempo Christmas bundle that is on sale.

Supplies

Stamps: Contempo Christmas

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday DSP

Accessories: Heart to Heart punch, scallop punch, ornament punch, tag from matchbox die, modern label punch, ribbon

Our extra project was made with the new Candy Wrapper die. LOVE IT!

Supplies

Stamps: wheel, All Holiday

Paper: Green Galore, Real Red, white

Ink: Real Red, White craft

Accessories: Ribbon, Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch

4 Weeks til Christmas

This is quick card using.....once again, the Welcome Christmas stamp set. Enjoy!

Supplies

Stamps: Welcome Christmas

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Love Letter DSP

Ink: StazOn, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Top Note Die

Football Season Ends

Football season ended last week and Bryson's middle school team came out undefeated! They lost at regionals to another undefeated team but they only lost by 1 touchdown! This was Bryson's first time playing football and he LOVED it. The last game I saw him play he made a touchdown in the 5th quarter. (The fifth quarter is an extra quarter played before the "real" game starts to allow all players a chance to play.) It was so exciting! Unfortunately I'm horrible at taking pictures of him playing because I'm yelling and jumping around too much. I thought these pictures of him were fun, you can see how happy he is!

Oct. Teacher Gifts

I'm in charge of recognizing the birthdays of all the teachers and staff at the middle school. They get a little bag of goodies and I always add something I've made that has chocolate in it. This is what they got for Oct.

Supplies

Stamps: A Word for You

Paper: Lovely Lilac, Really Rust, Black, White

Ink: VersaMark, Lovely Lilac

Accessories: Matchbox die, ribbon, Itty Bitty punch, White ep