Month: October 2008

Busy with Guiding this week

It has been a busy week so far.  Last night I went up to Barrie after work for a meeting to plan the summer program for Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp.  We worked into the wee hours of the morning (1:30 am) getting ideas down on paper.  It took us a few hours to get home since the snow was coming down straight at us along the 400.  We pulled off at Bradford and then made our way over to Yonge to head the rest of the way home.  It made for a very late night and quite the adventure.  

Tonight was our Brownie Halloween Party! There were some very creative costumes. Another unit had invited us to join in their fun and the girls had a great time. We started off with a mummy wrap contest and then moved on to some science experiments and bobbing for apples. Sunday evening I managed to get a large portion of my skirt finished so it is giving me more time to do work on some of my other crafts.
I am looking forward to my latest order from Stampin’ Up! to come in as I ordered an ornament kit, some great Christmas stamp sets, felt snowflakes and lots of paper and punches.  Can’t wait to have fun with all of them.  I am planning on making some garland with the snowflakes.  I am also waiting for my calendar kit, so it will be fun to decorate a calendar for the coming year.  It may even end up being one of my Christmas presents this year.  

Winter Card Samples











So far this week-end has been very crafty for me.  I decided to try and finish our wedding scrapbook as we were married 2 1/2 years ago so it is about time I finish it.  I was playing with flocking last night and had quite the mess going! 

This morning at sewing my skirt finally started to take shape, so I am starting to feel like I am getting somewhere, and that I might actually get this finished by the end of the classes. After sewing I went over to Caroline’s to make 10 different Christmas Cards (posted above). It is always fun stamping over there and we made some beautiful cards.

Christmas Cards

Just a few of the Christmas cards I have made in the past.

Weekend card making

Here is another one of the cards we made on the week-end.

October 2008

October 21, 2008 Well Fall is finally here and looks like we might even skip over it with these cool temperatures. Now is a good time to pull out all of the craft projects that were put aside during the warmer months and start tackling the projects again. I know I will be spending more time inside where it is warm, which is great because it means more time for crafting! October 19, 2008 Spent the morning at the Creativ Festival and got some great new ideas. It definitely put me in a creative mood. There were some beautiful things! Picked up a number of magazines which I will be reading through over the next couple of days to scan for more ideas. October 18, 2008 Today I had a crafty day. I started my day attending a sewing class and then this afternoon was my first demo and we had fun making some birthday theme cards. It is a beautiful fall day, the kind of days that make you enjoy the fall with the smell of leaves in the air! October 16, 2008 My starter kit arrived today so have been having fun creating some new cards, my husband even joined in the fun for a bit! October 15, 2008 Went for a nice evening stroll with my Brownie Group tonight to spot various forms of art in the community and play some neighbourhood bingo. It started to softly rain during the last half of the walk, but that didn’t dampen our spirits. We sang some songs and had a few laughs. October 13, 2008 What a fantastic Thanksgiving week-end. We couldn’t have asked for better weather and the tree colours were beautiful. We spent the week-end celebrating with family up in Kincardine. We definitely took advantage of the nice weather and spent as much time as possible outside in my parents yard. It was great to catch up with the family and we ate lots of great food.

Card open house

What a nice sunny day we had today. Maybe fall is on the return?! I have posted one of the fun cards I made this week-end using some of the stamps in my starter set. The first one uses the cracked glass technique which is always a fun one to make. I like the effect it gives to the flowers on this card. I am having a bit of trouble uploading the others right now, so I will try and upload them later for all to see. I am headed off to Brownies tonight to start the Cross Canada Challenge with the girls as well as talk about what they want to be when they grow up. We will be making some posters to advertise Canada. I am sure it will be messy but also lots of fun and hopefully the girls will learn a thing or two in the process.

Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén