Visit to the Happiest Place

The first weekend in June I accompanied Bill to the Panasonic Academic Challenge (PAC) held in Orlando each year. We stayed at the Contemporary Resort with a view of the Magic Kingdom from our room. We could also see the fireworks every night. How cool is that!







Since we were staying a few days, I went for a snack supply run. On my way back, I saw this momma duck and four ducklings crossing a drive way in front of the hotel. I immediately thought of Make Way for Ducklings. In case you've never heard of the story, it is set in Boston. There is even a statue set in the Boston Public Garden commemorating the story.





Having spent 11 years in Tampa, I had to try to visit with old friends. I was able to meet with my friend Chris Holcom and his wife, Jaime, (sorry - he has that pic) for lunch in a NY-style deli. (Note: Even with all my time spent in NY, I honestly can't say how authentic it was. But it was good. Thanks guys!) His Jobsite theatre group is in its 10th season. I love how he and his wife describe each other as "disgustingly talented." They are great together.



We really miss this guy since our move to Boston. We just finished watching the 1st season of the USA Network show called Burn Notice. Excellent show! But, Bruce Campbell reminds us so much of Chris. Chris could play a young Bruce Campbell. Won't know if Jaime will be happy with this imagery or not.







In honor of Bill's last trip to the PAC, I wanted to make a card with his most identifiable Disney character as the theme. Don't you just love the bow?!

Later this week, I will post scrapbook pages from a marathon creative run from Sunday. It felt good to do some catching up.

See you soon.

Special Order Delivery

Here it is. A special request realized. This was my first special request on etsy.

This card was made for someone looking for "graduation cards for an 8th grade girl... She really likes VW buses if that's of any help." The "Congrats" is cut from a Silhouette design. The VW bus front was drawn by the hubby using the draw function in Word.

We'll be in Florida this weekend. So, I probably won't post again for a couple of weeks.

Jenny

Hello, again!!

I have been away way too long from this blog. I had fantastic plans for last weekend - remember? - Memorial Day? - 3-day weekend? - Sure, I was home. But with a soar throat that led to sniffles! I even got a box of goodies I had ordered from Mom, and I couldn't play. :(

Well, I had overnight travel this week - 1st time in almost three months. Wow!! Checking my email, I noticed I had a sale on etsy! Cute card with an elephant. So exciting!

So, finally feeling better this weekend, I had to finish a card-making project I began a few weeks ago. I made this set of one dozen cards for a friend from work. This is an original design I created using ribbon, Quickutz, and Stampin Up products.

I bought the envelopes for the cards at Paper Source in Brookline, MA. While there, I saw an awesome chocolate brown color, so bought a set of those envelopes, too. That brown color inspired these two sets of six cards showing two different color-coordinating approaches. These are now posted on etsy.

I hope to post again soon with the result from a special request for a graduation card.

Stay well.