Well, so much for blogging once a month, huh?

But I blogged twice in February, so that covered March, right?  LOL
I was gone to Disneyland for 4 days at the end of February.  It was incredibly fun, as always.  This was my annual “Diva trip” with the DIS Board Divas.  There were about 50 of us that attended at least some part of the trip.  We had our Meet & Greet party on Thursday night and our Scavenger Hunt on Saturday.  Each day there were meet ups for meals and group photos.  Our two big group photos were on Friday and Saturday at the Princess Fantasy Faire and in front of the castle.  I don’t have pictures to share because I don’t have the PhotoPass disk yet.  Once I get that, I’ll have some good ones.  One of the highlights for me on this trip was to finally get my picture taken with Dug (the dog from the movie Up).  I have tried on three previous trips to get a photo with Dug and each time he was either not out that day or I had just missed him.  Here’s one of the photos of me with Dug

I made some little treat boxes as thank you’s for the Divas that worked on the committees to help put this trip together.  We have a committee that works on the Meet & Greet, one that works on the scavenger hunt, Melody, who does our group T shirt, Jill who gets us into Company D (the employee store) and Beth, who keeps our thread on the DIS Board updated with all the details.  These are made using the Big Shot Matchbox die.  They hold four Hershey Nuggets.  The Mickey head is punched out of green glittered paper.  The punch is from EK Success.  The oval is embossed onto the box lid with a Big Shot embossing folder.  They were quick to make and pretty cute.


I also made some beaded lanyards for myself and the other 3 gals on my Scavenger Hunt team, The Meandering Mousers.  I didn’t take photos of those, unfortunately.  The lanyards were simple and made with red, white and black beads.  I also made a sign for our hotel room door.  Unfortunately, most of the gals stayed over at the Grand Californian in the Villas this year, so nobody saw our door sign.  In 2011, we had 5 or 6 rooms all in a row and each room had a door sign and it was really cute and fun to see.  Hopefully more gals will stay at the Carousel next year.
I also made birthday cards to send out in 2012.  Not posting a picture of those for obvious reasons!  Other than that, I haven’t spent a ton of time in the craft room.  I’m looking forward to seeing the Stampin’ Up! retired list when it comes out Sunday.  Although I am not able to attend Convention this year, I will still be making swaps and sending them along with Janice to be swapped in Salt Lake City.  This will be the first time I’ve ever missed going to Convention.  *sniff*
Hopefully I’ll have something interesting to blog soon.  If the weather ever gets “normal”, I can start getting things done in my garden!

I don’t like these.

At a certain point in your life, you come to realize that you are sending out sympathy cards on a more “regular” basis.  We reach a point where our friends are losing parents more regularly.  And when people in our own generation start to “disappear” more often.  Doesn’t make it any easier. 

This card was made for someone I’ve never met, but whose story I have a connection to thru a friend.  And a story I feel a distant resonance with because of things in my past as well. 

I don’t know much more about the family other than the “public details”, but I felt compelled to make a card for the family.  Maybe because of the complete senselessness of the whole thing.  Maybe because of a few similarities between them and myself.  Whatever the reason, this is the card I am sending to the family.  I like the simplicity of the layout and the fact that there are three images here is now coincidence.  It’s a trifecta of sadness that I can only hope that God can bring peace and resolution to.

 

the colors are white and Wisteria Wonder.  The ribbon is the 5/8” white organza, dyed with Wisteria Wonder reinker.  The flowers are from the Upsy Daisy set and the sentiment is from my most used set ever, Sincere Salutations.

Peace and God’s love to the C & P families and friends.