Secret Sister Gifts - Part 6

A couple more Secret Sister gifts to share with you today.  The first was from Theresa to Julie.  Unfortunately Julie could not be with us - but I am sure when she got her gift -she loved it.  It was this beautiful cake stand, mix and look at that cute cupcake kit!

Theresa with her gift for Julie.

 Next I have the gift that WOWED us all for the day.  This beautiful Christmas tree that Heidi made for Sandy. It is made out of squares of SU's newsprint DSP.  She modeled it after a tree she had seen at Anthropology.  It was even more amazing in person. 

Sandy with her Christmas tree.

 She also made Sandy this giant Christmas Cracker using one of our Decor Elements tubes as the base.  I think it was filled with chocolates.  Very, very adorable!

Sandy and Theresa.

But we're not done yet - be sure to stop back tomorrow for more ideas!! -Maureen

Secret Sister Gifts - Part 5

More gifts - more gifts - how great is this - first today I want to share the gifts that Karen gave to her Secret Sis Virginia -

Adorable little container for brushes, markers, stamping tools!

Karen couldn't join us due to a family commitment, but she faithfully dropped off her gift for Virginia ahead of time -

Beautiful Christmas angel ornament.

Virginia looks happy with her goodies -

And Virginia with her LOVELY snowflake coaster set!

Next I want to share Bobbies great gift from Sandy -

Beautiful box and hand crocheted doily.

Here is a close up of some of the detail of both the flowers and the doily.  It is amazing. We're not done yet - stop back tomorrow!

Close  up of detail.

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

Clearance Rack Blitz

From December 15, 2011, through January 5, 2012, nearly 200 products are being added to the Clearance Rack in the Online Store--with some discounted up to 80 percent! Check it out today and take advantage of these huge savings.  Visit the Online Store to take part in these savings!!

Please note: Within the Online Store, in the Clearance Rack Blitz category, there will be some identical punches that have two different item numbers; this is because we are using inventory from both our American and our European warehouses. We will indicate which punches this affects in the product description.

During this time period you can order online - but if you'd like to get FREE shipping by picking your orders up at my home (that's a 10% savings in addition to the great prices); just email me your order at crazystampinglady@gmail.com and I'll place the order; have it delivered here; charge you NO shipping and you can pick it up when it's here.  This is ONLY if you email me with your order. 

Quantities are limited - so don't wait!!! -Maureen

Secret Sister Exchange - Part 3

So here we go with a few more great Secret Sister gifts.  First is Kathy with her gift from Lois - a crocheted washcloth, decorated Starbucks mug, and yummy Starbucks peppermint hot chocolate!

Lois and Kathy with Kathy's goodies.

Close up of Kathy's yummy gift.

 Next I want to share a great tip that Kathy shared with the group.  You can make a medallion in the lid of our embellishment cases (you know the ones for brads, buttons, etc.).  You take your 1" strip of DSP fold it back and forth to make the medallion and then punch out a circle of CS or DSP for each side of medallion.  Put it in the lid of the case in this order - circle, adhesive, medallion, adhesive, circle.  It all fits in there perfectly and holds it together making it easier to handle as you put it together, and as your adhesive sets. I've got to try this.

Here's the medallion in the case lid that Kathy showed us. 

Finally for today, here is Lois with her exchange gift from Diane - a telescoping snowman card; decorated tin; and cute little Christmas ornament. 

Lois with her goodies

 

 

 

 

Close up of her card, tin and sparkly ornament.

Hope you enjoyed these gifts - check back soon as there are still more to come!!  -Maureen

Secret Sister Gifts - Part II

Next I want to share the adorable gifts that Elaine got made by Annette - it was a set of a tea holder; a notebook and pencil; and a holiday planner.

Inside of the Holiday Planner!

All three - the tea holder; notebook and planner

Elaine opening her present.

Karen got this gift from her Secret Sister Lisa.  First this great Christmas card.

All of the gems really made this card sparkle

And a decorated card box - filled with stamped cards! 

Such fun - stop by tomorrow for some more great gifts!

Secret Sister Gifts - Part I

Long week - so glad it is Friday (actually almost Saturday :)  I'm finally getting around to sharing our Secret Sister gifts from last week's downline party.  I have to apologize up front for the blurriness of this first picture.  These cards were clean, simple and LOVELY.  Wish I were a better photographer.

Annette's Gift from Kathy B.

Cards, A lovely calendar and a smile from Annette!

 Next was this great Fall Family picture frame that Diane received!

Diane with her frame and beautiful card from Elaine.

A closer look at the card!

Stop by tomorrow for more SSS gifts from our exchange. We had a great time - and we have such a talented group of stampers.

Downline Christmas Party

Yesterday was our annual Crazy Stamping Lady Christmas Party and as usual we had a great time.  Several of our regulars couldn't make it due to a family death; family illnesses and illness of one of the ladies - so our group was a little small - but those of us who were there made the best of it.  So for today I'm going to share a few pictures of all the goodies we had to eat - everyone brought something, and the food was WONDERFUL!!

Looks Yummy Huh!

More goodies!

Virginia, Theresa, Lois and Annette working on their project.

Kathy and Theresa.

Kathy, Heidi and Bobbie (Kathy in the background)

Elaine, Bobbie, Sandy, Kathy and Diane working away!

Virginia and Heidi getting the perfect embellishments!

 

And here is our final project - a rolled paper Christmas tree - this was mine, but each lady had an assortment of papers to roll and could add whatever embellishments they wanted.  If they send me pictures - I'll post their final projects!  The paper sizes are all 1 1/2" top to bottom rolled around a pencil and taped closed - the lengths were   4 1/2", 4", 3 1/2", 3", 2 1/2", 2", 1 1/2", 1" and 3/4" from bottom to top; but you could adjust for any size.  I think they turned out so cute - we put them on a paint can lid as the frame.  Let me know what you think! 

I'll be adding more pictures of some of the great Secret Sister gifts we exchanged through out the week so be sure to check back!  Thanks for stopping by.  ~Maureen

Annual Fall Fun

Decorating graham cracker gingerbread houses has become a wonderful annual event with my grandkids.  This year was no different.  Here is the village ready for the arrival of the decorators. Then pictures of all the little ones and their creations.

Village of Graham Cracker houses.

Kamili

Makai

 

Prince

 

Paisley

 

Zamarah

 

Zavian

 

 

Aren't they cute - they all had such fun and loved their creations.  Zamarah and Zavian did have a bit of a struggle waiting to finish decorating theirs.  As you can see below - they both had a nibble way before being done :)

Yum

And more Yum!

Hope this is a memory they will always cherish - I know I will!!  Thanks for stopping by ~Maureen

Thanksgiving table

So we had an awesome Thanksgiving with wonderful family and friends, a beautiful table, yummy food and more.  Of course - I forgot to take any pictures till after we were done eating.  I don't know how that happened.  But I did take a couple pics after - here are the paper pumpkins I had scattered on table.

Here is a top view of the pumpkins

And a side view

 I also got a picture of a couple of the placecards/treats that I put out.  Most were eaten by the time I took this picture, but a couple were left.

These served a double function in that they were a little treat for our guests, and also marked the place where each person would sit.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are in the swing of the 'getting ready for' Christmas season :)