Personal Post Monday .... Giving thanks and the end of a SPECIAL!

Just have to say thank you to those who gave their lives for my freedoms!  I was watching a video this morning that showed how many of our men and women died in different wars and it brought tears to my eyes.  Such a fallen world we live in.  We owe such a debt of gratitude for their fighting on our behalf!  Thank you, thank you....I pray I never take that sacrifice lightly!

I just love the flower beds we have around our home.  I've been picking fresh bouquets for a couple weeks now - but this week I was able to pick my first two peonies!  Aren't they beautiful.  My Mom used to have peony bushes and I loved them, and now I have some.  My grand-daughter didn't even think they were real, they looked so perfect!

DON'T MISS OUT!!  It's the final 24 hours of my FREE Ribbon Share offer - after tomorrow noon - I'll be charging for these shares.  Any online order of $50 or more on my website (pre-S&H and tax) - gets you FREE ribbon.  But your order has to be placed by tomorrow, May 31, 2016 at Noon!  Full details HERE.

Above and below are two pictures of the ribbon you'll get in your share.  2 yards each of the 5 colors shown.  So hurry and place your order and be sure to use the hostess code I gave!

Gotta run - some bbq ribs are calling my name :)  Have a blessed and safe Memorial Day!  ~Maureen

Farewell and a Sneak Peek!!

Hi All - It's May 28th - that means only a few days before the launch of the NEW SU! catalog year!  But it also means only a few days to still get some goodies from the current catalog.  You can go to my website SHOP HERE then click on SHOP NOW and you can see the current goodies as well as what is retiring.  

Things are going fast - but there are still discounted items available.  But as of June 1 - everything on the retired list will be GONE!!!  So here's a bonus offer - ORDER from me ONLINE at my website above by May 31 at NOON - use the May Hostess code JH3TKVSD -  and order at least $50 pre S&H and Tax!!  Do that and I will mail you an In-Color Ribbon share FREE the second week of June!  That's 2 yards each of the 5 new In-colors - and believe me they are terrific!!  You can see the colors in the bookmark shown at the bottom of this page.  What are you waiting for - click the SHOP HERE above and get some great stamping products - all available products count toward this special - not just the retiring items.  But I'm offering this ONLY till Noon on May 31st!!

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Also, I want to give you a sneak peek of one of the great new sets in the catalog, "Perfectly Wrapped" (you'll also see some of the new In-color ribbon and several of our new colors- all except Flirty Flamingo).  This is a card I a made for a new catalog swap - and I love the way it turned out.  The background images are Tone on Tone using Peekaboo Peach, and the photopolymer stamps make it so easy to line up the words inside that circle.  It was actually stamped three different times to get the three different colors and looks great!!!

Here's they are just before I packaged them up to mail them out.  Can't wait to get the other 9 designs back from the others in the swap - I'll be sure to share them all.

Still need a catalog - well let me know.  The catalogs are FREE - I only charge $6.50 for shipping if you need it mailed to you.  If you can pick up - then NO CHARGE at all!!  And each catalog will include an In-Color Bookmark!

Here's the bookmark (ribbon colors and punch design will vary) and it's perfect for marking the page of a stamp you NEED or a design you HAVE to make.  Let me know if you'd like one and I'll make it happen!

See you soon - ta, ta for now!  ~Maureen

Memorial Day Fun!

This week we had a little backyard BBQ at our home here in Southern California- and it will likely be the last we host here.  Our house has sold and if all goes as planned we'll be moving officially to our home in Prescott, AZ the last weekend in June.  It is all so exciting - but lots of work to do.  We have been packing and most of my cute and personal stuff is put away already so our house seems a little cold and less like home to me - so I was thrilled when my daughter Heidi brought me this adorable little decorated basket of candies as a hostess gift to put out. The red-white and blue significant on this day of remembrance.

Also, my friend Elaine, brought me this pretty bouquet - so I was able to have some color in the house.  Even without all the extra normal personal stuff I'd have it out - it was a wonderful day of celebration.  Once we move we'll be farther way from our girls their families and that is going to be tough - so will just have to make the most of every moment we do have together.

Hope you had a great day of remembrance and celebration also!  ~Maureen

In Memory.....

AISE THE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE LOST
AND CONTINUE TO PRAY AND SUPPORT OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN
WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE KEEPING US SAFE.
Happy Memorial Day 2014
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PRAISE THE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE LOST
AND CONTINUE TO PRAY AND SUPPORT OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN
WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE KEEPING US SAFE.
Happy Memorial Day 2014
- See more at: http://www.happymothersdays.com/memorial-day-messages-2014-poems-quotes-sms-wishes.html#sthash.ARqaWzwA.dpuf

PRAISE THE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WE HAVE LOST

AND CONTINUE TO PRAY AND SUPPORT OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN

WHO ARE STILL OUT THERE KEEPING US SAFE.
~Happy Memorial Day 2014