Candle cards

These were some of those "8 for .97" from WalMart cards.  I had covered them with scraps and had them ready to finish at some point.  I found this page of gel candles for .25 and decided they went with the card fronts fairly well.  I think I made six cards (half of the candles) pretty quickly.  I thought they turned out pretty cute, and I've already used several of them.
Yesterday Jason & Sally had us in for dinner.  We were celebrating Natalie's birthday.  She is turning 13 and is so much fun to be around.  She's just a cutie.  Happy Birthday Nat!
Other than that, I pretty much worked on stuff for the shower.  I think I finally done baking. 

cards....

As you can see, when I get a stamp set out, I usually make several cards using it.  I've shared with you before, that I try to keep my scraps in control by making card fronts with them, and then when I'm ready to stamp, I used the fronts up.  That's the case with these.  I knew I needed men's cards, so I went through my "fronts" and found anything that could be used for men.  I usually don't have a ton of that since we have so many granddaughters and girl things to scrap.  But, I did get a bunch used up this time.  In fact...I used every front that looked manly.  Now it's time to use up some more scraps and get them down a little.  My file is expanded out so much it's tearing the sides.  I just can't seem to keep up with them.
Yesterday, Jeff & I went out and worked with the horses for awhile.  The bugs are driving them crazy...and us...so we sprayed them, put stuff in their ears, and treated them.  Trevor branded Scout on Friday and gave both horses their West Nile shots.  We lead them around for some time, and then let them eat.  It's the first time they've really spent any time in the pasture for awhile.  I think the bugs were driving them crazy out there.  Last night we went out to Vern & Reta's and treated the two horses out there.  Reta gave me potatoes, carrots, zuccini, and onions out of her garden.
I've been busy trying to bake and clean and decorate for the shower.  This week is going to be a killer trying to get everything done.

More men's cards

Pretty much like alot of them that I make.  I keep running out of stamps that work for men, and worry that I'm sending the same thing over and over.  Why don't stamp companies make more things masculine?  A few animals and cars is about all you ever see.  I do like the ones I have...just repeats worry me.
Last night Braquel came out and we worked on her wedding invitations.  It took us a long time, we but finally got them finished up.  I hope she's happy with it.  She's going to have one printed on Monday and see what it looks like.
So much to do....getting ready for the reunion and for the shower.  Also got to finish up my quilt to send back with Doris.  Don't know when I'm going to get it all done....no sleep this week.

Men's cards

Since I use so many men's cards at work, I tend to run out of those fairly quickly.  I'm always making men's cards.  I was going through my scraps and found this map looking paper and thought I could use it with the set of classic car stamps I have.  I made several.  These are the first two.
Aren't the Olympics fun to watch?  I am so proud everytime an American places...or even when they don't.  But listening to the National athem and watching the athletes during it, are my favorite.  I love to watch them compete also, but there's something about hearing that music, watching the flag waving as it goes up in the air, and the athletes (usually) singing along with it, that I love.  I'm not getting much of anything else done though...that's the big problem.

Busy summer

I'm holding a bridal shower for Braquel next week, and these are the invitations that I made.  I looked on line for a cute idea, and didn't really find much of anything.  I did like one that they called a dessert bar...so I'm doing candy in jars, cupcakes, cookies, etc.  I wanted the "sweet" theme to carry through on the invitations.  I asked each guest to bring their favorite dessert recipe for her.  I have been working on filling the jars with "sweets"...should be fun.
Sorry I've haven't posted for awhile...life just gets in the way sometimes.  Too much going on it seems like. And here it is August already.  Time is just flying by.

4Wheeling photos

I went through all the photos from our 4th of July trip, and tried to get them all turned the same way at least, so I could put them on a memory stick to send to Jeff's brother, Steve.  He emailed us his already.  Jeff has them on his laptop and loves to just start a slide show to watch while he's working.  I learned that I tend to take way too many photos of the same spot....like the three above.  All of them are from the same spot, maybe I moved a foot or two and maybe I turned the camera...but that's why I end up taking 411 photos from a 6 day trip.  But, I wouldn't really change it.  I can always delete them...which I don't seem to...but I could.  And that way, I'm sure I end up with "something" worth while.  And besides, I really like all three of these.

Cards....

Believe it or not, I think I'm finally done showing you the cards I made with just one page of die-cuts that I picked up for 40% off at JoAnn's.  And I think it was only about $4. to begin with.  I didn't think that was too bad.
I have more cards, but I'll move on to something else for a little bit so you don't get totally sick of them.
This past few days were spent doing inventory at work.  I had family that helped, which was so great.  Not only did we have excellent help...but I got to visit and learn about what they're all doing.  Braquel, Danelle, and Ashley all helped us.  Thanks girls!  You were all so dedicated and precise.  It made inventory so much easier.
Friday night, Brittney and Ruger came for a visit.  Then Braquel and Keven came out...then Danelle, Mikayla, and Chelsey came.  Everyone wanted to hold Ruger and play with him.  He is so good and such a cutie.  We loved every minute of it...even until 1:00 a.m.  We all walked down to visit Grandma, which I hope she loved.  Then I helped Britt do a blanket that she is making for a Christmas gift after they all left.  Of course, we had angel food cake with fresh raspberries on it for a treat....thanks to Aunt Margene and Grandma.  Everyone loved that.
Jeff and I went for a drive yesterday.  We ate breakfast at the Wayside and then went to Indian Springs just to check it out for the family reunion.  Looks like it should work great.  Then on to Riverside and looked at horse trailers.  Then to Arco for gas....and got in the middle of their parade for Atomic Days.  I told Jeff just to wave like we were part of it, but he wouldn't do it.  Then we decided to eat in Challis.  There we ran into some folks from here and they invited us to stop and see the log house they were building.  We did, and it was great.  They had used lots of recycled wood and done their own flooring and beams and everything.  Then back to Trail Creek and across there into Sun Valley and then home.  I was pretty tired since I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.  But a great day.