July 4th Pin Wheels

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!  It has been hot here with lots of thunderstorms but much better than snow!!  My friend Martha gave me some SU Paper Pumpkin kits that she didn't want the last time she was here.  I decided to go through them this weekend and found this older kit of Pin Wheels to make.  I had been looking for some decorations for the holiday and started making them.  My daughter and Jennifer came up yesterday and she wanted to help.  I used to make a lot of these for Rachel and Sarah from scratch years ago.  This kit had the paper already cut out with all the embellishments.  The papers were 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" but you can make them any size you want

If you are making then from scratch, cut up from each corner towards the center leaving about 1/2" from the center.  Punch small holes on each corner and one in the center.

Using your bone folder, curl the corners with the holes on them.

Then put each corner with a hold into the brad one after the other and then through the center hole to form a pin wheel.

The kit had supplied these cute sturdy straws, so it was Jennifer's job to flatten the end, put on a medium glue dot and put it on the back of the pin wheel.   I used to put the brad through a small dowel and that way the pin wheel would spin, but I didn't have any in my stash. 

The kit also had some cute stamps and labels, so Jennifer stamped them and she make some drinking straws for her to take home.

Make sure to use double sided paper  as both sides show through.

I found these ice cream glasses to display them.  I think they turned out cute and they look nice on the table.

They took some home with them to put on their table as well.  I'm working on some goodies for the Wellness Center but had to wait for the Amazon order to come in this week.  Did you make any decorations for the holiday?  I think I will leave these out until after labor Day.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Wedding Card

Well, things have been pretty busy around here since I last posted.  My daughter and her finance Dave surprised us by telling us that they had decided on a wedding date.  I thought great a fall wedding.  No!  They planned on getting married in 11 days - June 20th!  Since most of his family were home for awhile and his Mom, who is 95, is doing well they decided not to wait.  I didn't think we would be able to pull it off but we did.  It was a beautiful day with just family and a few friends in a pretty little Inn they had found.

Here is the wedding card I made for her.  I used Powder Pink CS for the base card with a layer of DSP - Falling in Love.  I used the So Details Thinlets Die in Very Vanilla for the front and tied them together with some vanilla satin ribbon.  To top it off, I added an embellishment on top of the bow.

I used the So In Love stamp set for my sentiment on Very Vanilla CS.  For my inside sentiment, I decided on a stamp from the Dandelion Wishes stamp set.

I stamped a few dandelion wishes on the inside and stamped on the outside of the envelope as well.

I loved how it turned out and so did they.  Here are a few pictures from the wedding.

Here is a picture of Joe and his girls before the ceremony.  Rachel was the Maid of Honor, Sarah was a Bridesmaid and Jennifer was the Flower Girl.

Here is a picture after the wedding with Dave and his son Joey who was his best man.

I love this picture of Margaret and her sister Jeannie.

I thought this picture was so cute with Jennifer and Sarah.  The girls did such a great job. 

We actually got a pictures of all our Granddaughters together!  Believe me - that is not easy thing to do. 

And finally, a picture of Joe and me as the day ended.  I have only about 300 pictures and videos, so it was hard to choose which ones to share.  Now to scrapbook the event!!  I hope everyone is as happy as we are and enjoying a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Hershey's Kisses Cars

Hard to believe that Father's Day is tomorrow.  Boy did that sneak up on me.  I had started to make these cute little Hershey's kisses cars before we left on vacation and finally finished them.  Brenda Qunitana made this - TUTORIAL - for them and I knew when I saw it I would have to make them for Father's Day.  Unfortunately, with everything going on I didn't get to make as many as I wanted for the Wellness Center but saved some for the family.

Brenda always does a great job with her tutorials.  I love them all.

These would be great for a lot of occasions. 

Joe was watching me put them together and loved how the headlights, tail lights and especially the wheels came together.

Sorry, I didn't get them posted earlier, but they would be great for birthdays as well.  We hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day weekend!  Our weather is great so I'm anxious to be outside for most of it.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Father's Day Card & Trip

As you know, I have been MIA.  The past several months have wore us down so Joe and I decided to run away for some down time and took my daughter Jeannie and Jennifer with us.  We went to Virginia beach for a week.  I had not been there since I was a kid and we had a wonderful time.  It was so good to see the ocean again.  Being a Jersey kid, I grew up spending most of my summers at the Jersey shore and have missed not going.  With my MS its not that easy to get close to the beach and water but the boardwalk was cement with a lot of  walkways.  The hotel messed up our reservations and compensated us with the penthouse on the 18th floor.!! Here is a picture of our first sunset.

The next morning we woke up to this!

Everything was so accessible.  We had breakfast every morning on the walkway looking at the ocean and then would walk a while.  Jennifer loved the sculptures we would pass.  You can see how big it is compared to her.

  I loved this large shell as well.

One afternoon Jeannie and Jennifer rented a bike to drive on the boardwalk.

We spent one whole day at the Virgina Aquarium and had a great time.  Jennifer loved the turtles.

She couldn't get enough of watching the fish.

Part of the day was spent on a Dolphin Boat ride.  I can't say enough about the how great the people were.  I didn't think I would be able to get on the boat with my scooter.  They actually have wheelchairs that I could change into and they wheeled me up the ramp and gave us a great place to see everything.  We saw a lot of dolphins!!

I can't remember the last time I was on a boat.  It was just great!

So, we are home and trying to settle back into our normal routine.  I can't believe all the paperwork involved when someone dies.  My desk is full.

But I realized that Father's Day will be here before I know it, so I finally got back to my craft room to make some cards.  This first card is made with SU's One Wild Ride.  I used Basic Black for the base card and Real Red for the first layer.

My next layer in Crumb Cake - 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" I used my Versa Mark and stamped the background.  I then stamped my image and mounted it on a Basic Black layer of 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" and tied some twine around the two layers and popped it up on my base card.  I stamped the Life's a Journey stamp in Real Red on Whisper White and cut it up and glued the bottom half on and popped up the top part.

For my inside sentiment, I used another stamp from the set and a stamp from my stash from Michael's $ bin.  This card came together pretty quick, which was good as I don't have too much time in my craft room these days.  I had started working on some goodies for the Wellness Center and they are sitting on my desk waiting to be finished.  I may have to ask Sarah to come up this weekend and help me finish them.  Today was the last day of school so she is a happy camper!  Have a great weekend and hope to see you again soon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy