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It's so hard to narrow my list of favorites but here are my top 10 new stamp sets:

Endless Thanks – Photopolymer – page 14

A World of Thanks – Background Stamp – page 15

Me = Grateful – page 17

Over The Rainbow – Photopolymer – page 21

No Bones About It – Photopolymer – Two Step Stamping – page 43

You're So Sweet – page 57 – Coordinates with Mini Treat Bag Thinlits

Watercolor Wings – Photopolymer – page 75 – Coordinates with Bold Butterfly Framelits & Butterfly Thinlits – Bundle Available

Vintage Leaves – Photopolymer – page 88 – Coordinates with Leaflets Framelits – Bundle Available

Sprinkles of Life -Photopolymer – page 189 – Ronald McDonald Stamp Set – Coordinates withTree Builder Punch

 Awesomely Artistic – page 125 – Coordinates with Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

Check back later and I will have my list of favorite accessories. In the meantime, happy stampin'.

Creating cute packaging is so easy with these great bags, some stamps and embellishments.

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I'm still visiting my son and his family. They are constantly on the go between working and Anderson's ball practices and games and Sofia's dance lessons and rehersals. She has a recital this coming weekend. So looking forward to that. Today Anderson and I went to the mall. I gave him $20 to spend and he knew immediately that he wanted socks. He's 8 years old. Not just any old socks. No, these socks were Labron James socks and cost $20 a pair. I bought some socks yesterday because it's chilly here and I didn't come prepared for those temperatures and I got 3 pair for $6.  My feet are warm and Anderson's one happy little boy.

Check back in a day or two for my product shares. Lots of ribbon and paper.

Doin' a Happy Dance because this new catalog is filled with some wonderful products. My wish just keeps growing every time I look through the catalog. I'll be back later in the week with my list of favorites. What will yours be?

There bundles all through the catalog which givie you a 15% discount. I don't want you to miss them so you can see the list by clicking on the link below.

2015-2016 Bundles

Join the Stampin' Up team and they have a sweet deal for you. Get your choice of 2 FREE stamp sets. I would love to have you join my Space Coast Stampers Team.  For $99 you pick out $125 in any product of your choice plus the extra two FREE stamp sets. That's up to a $200 deal for just $99. Contact me for more information.

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A few days ago I got to see my grandson, Anderson, play football and today he had a basketball game. What fun. He is 8 years old and is pretty good with both sports. He has a great spiral throw in football

It was so much fun watching the basketball game. When the kids from the opposing teams are fighting to get the ball they just kind of all fall down to a sitting position on the floor. It's very amusing.

Today I had lunch with my son, Jeff, at the Cheesecake Factory. There are just way too many choices on that menu.

After what seemed forever I finally narrowed it down to a salad:

And I didn't even have cheesecake! What a good girl I was.

Hugs,

I'm in the Bluegrass State. That's Kentucky for those of you who may not know.  Visiting family, 50th reunion, and granddaughter's dance recital. Saturday night was my high school 50th reunion. I still can hardly believe it's been that long. How can it be? I actually went to two different high schools because we moved from Iowa to Kentucky in the middle of my sophomore year. So I have another reunion scheduled in Iowa in September.

This is my BFF Judy from my Kentucky high school days. We were in a Girl Scout troup and we also were the leaders of a Brownie troup. We had the best Girl Scout group. We learned how to play bridge there. Our leader chaperoned us (along with my mother) to the State Basketball tournament in Louisville. I don't think girls that age even have chaperones these days but back in the 60's we did because we spent the night in a hotel. There was always a line of cars with our boyfriends picking us up after the meetings. Lots of good memories.

There is a great story here. The high school always allowed a Senior Skip Day … until our senior year. The class before us got into some kind of trouble so they did away with it. Of course we were more than upset not to be able to skip so we decided that if the entire class skipped what could they do? We spread the word and when the day came 9 of us actually skipped. Four girls, five boys. We had all told our parents about the plan ahead of time. The school tracked us down at the home of one of the girls. We were playing bridge. Such good kids, really. We were told we could come back to school without getting into more trouble but would have to be paddled. Can you imagine that!  Wouldn't happen today for sure. And they only offered this to the girls, not the boys. So of course we didn't do it. The next morning first period we were all called into the principals office and lectured and then suspended for 3 days. We girls hold the distinction of being the first girls ever to be suspended from the high school. This photo is of 5 of those infamous 9.

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Remember, tomorrow, June 2nd, is the last day to order from the old catalog and the first day to order from the new catalog. You can see products in my online store by clicking on my name below. And you can get your own copy of the catalog from me. My open house is scheduled for June 14th at 1:00 PM.

One of the reasons I became a Stampin' Up demonstrator is because I have a love affair with cards. Always have. Even before I started stamping and making my own cards I bought a lot of cards. I had a large box with dividers in it for different categories and even for special people in my life. I had another box of them that I kept at work back in the days when I was still working and coworkers would come to me to buy a card when they needed one. Some cards I liked so much I wouldn't even send them. I just wanted to keep them. I still have so many of those cards. And now that I make cards I have even more boxes of cards all categorized. When I get cards from family and friends I often save them. I save all of the handmade cards and many of the other "store bought" cards I get because to me they are just special. When my father passed away I found that he had saved so many of the cards I had given him through the years. I have cards that my parents gave or sent to each other. I am so happy to have them.

This card was from my dad to my mother dated 1940 just a few months before they got married. It's in pretty good shape for being 75 years old.

Mom sent this card to Dad when he was in the Navy during WWII. There are several others during that time that were specific to those in the war.

Send a card. A card lets someone know you are thinking of them, that you love them,  that they are special.

Tuesday is the day Stampin' Up has new weekly deals. Here are the ones that will be good through next Monday, June 1st.

This past week I have had some great fun with family and friends. Part of our Christmas present from my son Jason was tickets to see Beauty and the Beast in Orlando at the Dr. Phillips Theater. He and his girlfriend, Christina, and my daughter, Lynn Ann and I went to dinner first and then to the play. That new theater is just beautiful and the play was amazing.

Actually earlier in the day before heading to the play Lynn Ann, Jason and I went to pick berries. We got blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries and they got a few tomatoes too. (I don't like tomatoes)

Over the weekend Lynn Ann and I had tickets to the Cocoa Village Playhouse to see Fiddleron the Roof. It is one of my very favorite plays and everything I have ever seen at this little theater is outstanding.

I just spent a couple of days in St. Augustine with a friend. We went on a sunset sailing cruise on a 5 sail schooner. I didn't get any pictures of it but did get this nice sunset photo with a different boat.

We went through the Lightner Museum and the Presbyterian Church and of course the old Fort.

Lightner Museum

Memorial Presbyterian Church

Castillo de San Marcos Fort

I have received boxes of the new catalog and they are ready to give out. If you would like one before our next class or workshop just let me know. And again this year I have created a sheet of monthly coupons for you.

Being a Stampin' Up Demonstrator means we can preorder a few things. And so I did. I was so excited to get this box of some of the new stamp sets and products.

The new In Colors are great. Even better seeing them for real. I haven't decided yet which one is my favorite.