Happy Retirement to a Dear Friend!

Yesterday a dear friend retired. I will miss her so much.  I appreciate all her love, encouragement, and prayers over the years. She always has the right words to say to brighten my day.  I got her a little some thing for her retirement gift and included this card that I made for her.

It has been awhile since I have colored with my Copics.  I felt a little nervous coloring with them.  Here is a picture of my friend and I before we said our "good-byes."

May God bless her in amazing ways as she starts this new chapter in her life.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and a nice week ahead!

Some Crafty Creations from Friends

I hope that all of you are doing well.  So far this year I have not done any crafting.  I hope to be able to have a chance to do some today.  Today I will be posting the crafty Christmas cards that I received this year.  I usually receive more handmade cards, but it is totally understandable since it is such a busy time of year.  This card is from Karen.  She always makes the best scenes for her cards.

The second card is from Cary.  What a cute snowman.

Thanks Karen and Cary for taking time to make me a Christmas card.  Before I end this post I'd like to post super cute stamps that I just ordered.

I guess you can call it my New Year's gift to myself. :)  I can't wait to ink them up to make some fun cards soon.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Time in San Diego

We took some time after New Years to visit one of our favorite places- San Diego.  We spent 3 fabulous days there.  Every time we go there 3 stops are a "MUST" for us.  We always go to the Papertales- a super cute stamp store  (I made this tag to attach the bag that I surprised the owner with as her belated Christmas gift. Check out the cute stamps that I got for her.),

Cravory- a gourmet cookie store (This is the onolicious smores cookie that I always order.),

and Phil's BBQ.

Here are a few other fun places that we visited while we were there.  We went on a suspension footbridge,

to Sunset Cliffs Beach,

to a monument (We got there just in time to watch the sunset.),

and to LEGOLAND ( I love how everything there is made out of legos.)

We have only been home for a few days and I miss being there already.  LOL!  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful 2018 so far.  I was hoping to write this post yesterday but I was feeling a bit under the weather.  My family and I put this sign together on New Year's Eve.  Each of us drew our own portrait.

We have not gone to a New Year's party in awhile.  It was fun welcoming the New Year with family and friends even though we were a bit tired by time the ball dropped.  LOL!

Cheers to all of you with some sparkling cider in our goblets.  Here's to a year with lots of blessings from above and some fun and creative moments.