Simple little Poppy Wedding

AHHHH PARADISE!

Location: Smathers Beach, Key West, Florida

Date: August 9, 2012

Wedding of Christine Good & Raymond Sprague Jr.

 

They arrive by Cruise and by Sunset they will be wed.

 (and back to the ship tp finish their cruise!)

Since this isn't their first rodeo, they are playing it simple and low key...and I wish I was there... but I will be in spirit! 

 

    Putting together simple wedding was the perfect thing. I had a few ideas but most of my "focal point ideas" were too large. I searched and then remembered this flower that is among the Thanks for Caring set. I embossed the background, popped up the framelit and wrapped some ribbon on the center pieces.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 Have a great day!

Hug the ones you love!

Coffee with an old friend

I recently was given the chance to have coffee with an old friend... no coffee shop needed... we had coffee "virtually"... it was fun! It was amazing! I will do it again and again!!!  I didn't have to get out of my jammies, or start a cold car... I only had to brush my hair! 

Isn't that the best?

It left me thinking... I know there was coffee cup and Koozee (?) craze about a year or two ago, and I didn't jump on the bandwagon- but now I wanted one!

 I knew that Lorri Heiling  was the master mine (or one that I knew about) so I located her blog. (HERE) She even gives a great video of directions - so check it out.

 The only difference from mine to hers was that I made my lide slightly different. She used two pieces of white paper to make the "lip" of the lid, and I scored my lid to make the "lip" - and mine is double sided.  She is great and talented - so grab a cup of joe (or tea) and visit her!

A gift card fits perfect, as would the little singles from your favorite shop. Turn it into a 'tea' cup with a packet of tea. I made three of them, I love them and wanted some on hand for the reason that they are perfect little treats!  I will reconfigure to fit into an envelope for mailing purposes (maybe Lorri already does?)

Have a great day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hug the ones you love!



Big Birthday Bakery!!!

To me - birthdays around the holidays sometimes suck! And I am born in March, so you know as the gift giver, its really difficult for me to decide - what to give/safe/whatever...

I know this with my Thanksgiving boy (11/23/1995) - he gets some gifts on his birthday & depending on when the actual day falls, to when Thanksgiving is, depends on his gifts... honestly, I think he might score better... since sometimes the stuff is on BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL... but I digress..

Here is the birthday that was suppose to be my moms birthday card (December 1) - however, at the last minute, I decided against it! Actually, I decided on something much COOLER!!! (I will show you later -stay tuned)

So here is todays card:

The colors were spun from My Create Ink -> HERE . I use this site and my Creative Coach (thru SU!) which is a great tool! I mixed Poppy Parade, So Saffron & Baja Breeze - with White. Not bad birthday colors!!! I used the boho blossom punch for the flowers and the hole punch for the center, in which I used Crystal Effects.

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!