Dinner with Rita and an Ice Cream Event

For those that live in SoCal I hope that you are staying cool.  It has sure been pretty hot lately.  I love the weather in the evening especially yesterday when there was a nice draft.  During the summer is when I often like to catch up with different friends.  This week I had dinner with my good friend Rita.  We celebrated my belated birthday and celebrated her birthday.  I made this card for her.

I had fun making a bow for it with my bow punch from SU.  This is how it looks before I put the bow on. 

Here is a picture of the two of us together enjoying our Mexican food.

Before I end I wanted to share with you some pictures of the Tokidoki event that my daughter and I have been going to for the past month at Kiddos Creamery.  The first week they had a goodie bag for the first 50 people. We lined up for 3 hours to receive it as well as two pins. Here is a picture of the line.  It even curved through the hallway and probably up the stairs.

For the following weeks after we got a pin for purchasing ice cream. Check out their cute cups,

counter,

and decorations.

Each week they had special flavors that coordinate with the character on the pin that they were giving out.  All the flavors were super yummy!

This week is the final week of the event.  My daughter and I are happy that we were able to collect all the pins. 

If you live in the Los Angeles area be sure to check out Kiddos Creamery for some yummy ice.  If you go this week there is a slim chance that they may still have this week's pin.  I heard though that they usually run out by the end of the day each Saturday.  Have  a great week! 

Father's Day

I hope that everyone had a memorable time celebrating Father's Day over the weekend honoring the different great male figures in your lives.  Father's Day always has a bit of sadness for my family and I because my hubby's dad and our grandfathers are no longer with us.  We thank the Lord for all the great memories of them and are grateful that one day we will see them again.  In honor of Father's Day I made these tuxs and wrote a message on the back for each of the gifts that we gave to different family members and friends.

I made the buttons using candy dots that I colored using a Sharpie.

Here is a picture of my sisters and I with my dad during our Father's Day dinner.

Here is one with my hubby and my BIL's with my dad.

This one is a picture of my dad and I on Father's Day at church. 

During the week my family and I went to visit my FIL's gravesite.  I purchased two balloons to represent my kids.  I added a ribbon on the one that is supposed to be my daughter.

Both of them made a card for him.

Thanks for stopping by!  Stay cool!

Thank You Gifts

Work is officially over for the year.  It has sure been a busy and stressful one.  I praise God for bring me through it in one piece and for some time off.  As "thank you" gifts for my co-workers I purchased ice cream erasers and put googly eyes on them, drew a mouth, and put a magnet on the back.

I put each of them in mini zip lock bag and put a label that I stamped ice creams on and wrote "Have a great summer!"

I gave a "tropical themed" gifts to the secretaries.

In some of the cups I put a "mound" candy bar that I wrote "Thanks a mound! on a label.

For my daughter's teacher I decorated a clip board as her "thank you" gift.

It was very relaxing and fun making the gifts.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful week!

Some Fun Flowers and Yummy Donuts

It was sure a busy week.  I am very thankful that it's the weekend.  Today I will sharing with you two flowers that I made using bows from Stampin Up.  The first flower that I made is using the bow punch that I put on a tag for a friend's belated Mother's Day gift.

The second one was made using the bow die that I put on a "thank you" card for another friend.

It has sure been fun using the bow die and bow punch to make the flowers.  I can't wait to have time to make other flowers using the bows.  Before I end I wanted to share some donuts with you from California Adventure. My hubby and I shared the Spider Man one in honor of National Donut Day yesterday. It was one the best donut I have ever eaten.  It is a glaze donut with frosting and bits of peppermint.

The Hulk one sure look good but much too big to even share.

Have a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!