April Downline MeetingDevi

So at the last Downline meeting part of our business discussion was on running a card buffet.  Each of the ladies were able to make four cards of their own.  Above was one of the choices - below - that gals having fun stamping.

 

 

 

 

Devin, Maria and Allie making cards!

 

 

Everyone hard a FUN!

Kathy B, Karen and Sarah - making cards!

Lois and Paula - stamping away!

 Here are two more of the cards they made.  Beginning with our next quarterly meeting we will also be holding a card buffet for customers - and each event will support a different charity.  So watch for details and I hope you'll join us.

 

See you soon!! ~Maureen

Birthday Cards

For the past several years I've been luck enough to celebrate my birthday while at Convention.  What could be better :)  So I wanted to share some of the cards I received this year.  They are WONDERFUL!  Thank you to everyone who remembered me - I am sure I'll be casing some of your ideas. ~Maureen

Kathy B.

Sarah

Maria

Heidi

Jeri

Karen O

Had to share this as I thought it was so cute - it was stamped on the envelope from Karen O.

Not to be left out all the other amazing cards I received from family and friends.

Christmas Gift Exchange - Final installment :)

I lied - I had promised yesterday was the last of our gift exchange - but I missed a couple pics - so had to share.  Here's Paula with her cute package from Maria

 

 And inside these four beautiful cards.

The last gift is my wreath that I made for Sarah - as you can see, it is very similar to the one she gave away.

So that is really it - I'll close with a picture of the great food we shared and you can see the beverages in the background.  What a fun day with a wonderful group of ladies!

See you all soon ~Maureen

Gift Exchange - Part III

So this is it - my final installment of our Christmas gift exchange - enjoy!!!

Lois' card and hand made scarf from Delores

Amazing stamped and embossed wrapping from Delores

Maria's homemade natural body scrubs from Heidi

Beautiful packaging from Heidi

Maureen's beautiful jewelry and card from Diane

Handmade gift bag from DSP from Diane

See you soon!!! ~Maureen

CSL gifts - Part V

Few more fun gifts...

Here's Laura modeling the beautiful hand-made necklace she received from Anita.

Lois with her Christmas Bulb Christmas tree with medallion tree skirt made by yours truly.

Maria with her "Christmas Story" ornament and dimensionals from Darlene.

Tomorrow is our final gift reveal.  ~Maureen

Birthday cards continued

Sharing the rest of the handmade cards I received for my Birthday - hope I didn't forget any - as I LOVE them all and appreciate that you all took the time to send them to me!!

Lisa's -http://putnamstamper.blogspot.com/

Maria's - http://stampinista.blogspot.com/

Jeri's - http://cyriousstampers.blogspot.com

Sandy's - http://shadeeladee.blogspot.com/

Here are the cards I received handmade and not and I appreciate every one of them.  Thank you all so much!!

Business Builders Project

A group of my downline has committed to quarterly meetings for one year to try and grow their businesses.  We met last Saturday, and I'd asked my downline Maria to come up with a project that would work as a Hostess Gift or a Doorprize Giveaway - as we are working on adding events to our calendars.  Below I'm sharing what we did -

Here is Maria's sample of what she came up with - a cute gift box using two of our milk carton die cuts - decorated for Halloween ( or you could do anything - flowers, Christmas, etc.) and then you could fill it with something yummy!!

Here's Maria sharing her wonderful project with our group!

The ladies working on their creations!!

And here's mine - I love it!!  What a cute and fun project!!

To see more of Maria's creations check out her blog at http://stampinista.blogspot.com/
Thanks Maria!!

Secret Sister - Part 8

Hi All - Gonna share another Secret Sister gift today.  This one came in a little late from Maria as she was ill the day of our party - but it was worth the WAIT!  Her gift was for Lisa - and Lisa opened it this week so I can share it now.  First is the adorable card she made her -

Next is this amazing advent centerpiece - how cute is that!!!  What fun to fill each little drawer with a treat!

Here's a close-up of Santa's face - that is all CARDSTOCK - seriously - isn't it adorable.

And here's a close-up of the drawers - what a cute gift!

Bye for now!  -Maureen

Secret Sister Gifts - Part 4

Here we go with some more great gifts from our Secret Sister Exchange  - first I want to share my gift from Virginia - she downloaded one of my favorite pictures from facebook.  It's a picture of me and my six grandkids the day we made gingerbread houses.  Then she mounted it on this decorated platform and gave it to me with a wooden easel to display it on. 

Me and my gift!

Making Gingerbread houses with the kiddos is one of my favorite days each year - and this is a great way to display that memory for me every day.  Thanks Virginia!!

Close-up of me and my true loves :)

Next I want to share this package that arrived for Maria from Bobbie.  Here is the outside packaging - adorable!

Cute "Maria" pennant!

Unfortunately Maria was under the weather the day of our party and didn't make it- but I know she loved this gift when it got to her.  Here is what was inside - this amazing bulletin board for Maria's craft area.

"CREATE" bulletin board. Note the cute button push pins.

 These gifts were great - but we're not done yet - check back soon for some MORE Secret Sister gifts!  -Maureen

Missed Convention Photos

Was looking through my pictures and noticed I still have a few from convention that I wanted to share. First - as most of you know, my daughter Heidi (www.stampinking.blogspot.com) was an Artisan Award winner this year. Isn't she lovely!! Here she is on stage at the Awards ceremony receiving her recognition - I was (and am) sooo proud of her. I also want to share this picture of part of my downline on stage. We got to walk for recruiting - don't we look excited :) It's Heidi, myself, Julie and Maria - way to go ladies!!

September Secret Sister Gifts - Part IV

Today I'm sharing two pictures of the beautiful Secret Sister gift that Maria received - It's an amazing set of beautiful Fall cards - so pretty!! Thanks for stopping by - more to come :)