VC Rockin' Stampin' Friends

I had the opportunity to meet a few of my Stampin' friends from the VC Rocks group I'm on. Sheryl happened to be in town with her hubby on a business trip and the other girls live in the metroplex area. We could have stayed and chatted all afternoon, but I had to go back to work :o(

It was so fun to meet everyone in person!

Maryn (back), Me, Sheryl & Ellen

Teacher Appreciation

This week was teacher appreciation week. We were supposed to send a little something everyday.

It was a SUPER busy week so I didn’t get to make a bunch of stuff like I had wanted to, I picked up some matching items in the Michael’s $1 bin and made some bag-a-lopes to send them in.
























I was able to make a couple of simple items for candy day though.

Annie Jr.

My girls got cast in a local production of Annie Jr. that premiered last weekend, and my youngest was cast as an orphan. Goose played an orphan, a servant and in the NYC number.








































I was so proud! It was kind of a long haul with rehearsals 2-3 times a week since late January but they did a great job.

Baby Shower Nuggets

At the Women’s Retreat a girl at my table liked my Nugget Boxes so much that she asked me to make some for her sister’s baby shower. She is taking them out of state next week. I really struggled with how much to charge her for these, I didn’t want to short myself, but didn’t want her to feel that I had overcharged either. I think we were both happy.

Stamps: Whatever small baby stamps I could find: Welcome Little One, A Little Love, You Grow Girl
Cardstock / Inks: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Berry Bliss DSP

GracePointe Women’s Retreat

I was the organizer for our Women’s Retreat this year. We held our event at the Omni Parkwest Hotel in Dallas on April 25-26. Our guest speaker was Brenda Haley from Denton Bible Church. She runs a Budget Ministry and had some fabulous tips financial and organizational tips and wonderful heart warming stories.

On Monday of that week, I decided to make Nugget Boxes as a favor for attendees. We had wanted to leave them on people’s pillows in their rooms, but couldn’t get into the rooms so we left them at peoples tables in our conference room. These were the first Nugget Boxes I ever made and I did 45 of them. Although I noticed the imperfections, I thought they turned out pretty cute and everyone loved them. They all knew right away…”Tricia, did you make these?!?”

Stamps: Watercolor Minis
Cardstock / Inks: Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Sage Shadow, Whisper White