Red Wing, Minnesota

We stopped in Red Wing after leaving the scrapbook lodge in Maiden Rock because going through the town before we had seen this fountain and we just had to stop and check it out with all the beautiful hanging baskets of flowers and adorable little children statues!!! The fountain was awesome to see and it was a perfectly gorgeous day with the beautiful blue sky and fluffy white clouds!!! Looking forward to be back home with my hubby!!! :D

My Trip to Maiden Rock, Wisconsin

We stayed at The Lodge Retreat!!! It's like a big log cabin inside but really roomy. 7 bedrooms! We all got our own bed :) Yay!!!  This was my 3rd trip up there! And I was in so much pain the last two times but this time I felt great! There was I think 17 of us that went. We got our own big tables to spread out all our scrappy happy stuff! I took tons of my own 'healthy' food so I wouldn't be tempted to go off my diet and I lost 5 more pounds!!! Super thrilled about that! 

This is Paola! We talked non stop but healthy food!!! I loved it! A few of my closest friends on the trip are now inspired to start eating better :D!!! I'm so tickled about that!!! 

My last supper there Paola made me homemade sushi with brown rice!!! Delish!!! :D

My friend Aimee handed me a package backing and said that the grommet was so cool she hated to throw it away and was there anything I could do with this?! "Of course I can", I said :) I decoupaged it with an old dictionary and sprayed it with Tattered Angels spray mists. I added Tim Holtz tissue tape along the bottom and added rows of  lace. My dear sweet friend Liz Cobdono sent me the dress form. I was going to add black gems until I started digging in my treasure chest of bling and found these beautiful pearls with tiny peach roses that I actually bought with sweet Aimee in mind! I tied the laces at the top and was thrilled that Aimee loved it!!! :D Such a wonderful vacation!!!

Sharing Happy News!

Super excited! I'm going on the Scrapbook Retreat in Maiden Rock, WI with a bunch of good friends about 16 -20 of us!!! I couldn't afford to go a year ago when they were planning this trip since my husband lost his job when the 'Twinkie Co.' (aka. Hostess) went out of business. And sad to say my dear sweet friend Charlotte get sick at the last minute and can't go and this late stage with no refund she said I could go in her place! So I will think of a special Thank You to repay her, bless her heart! :D I've got lots of packing to do and many orders to fill while I'm gone scrappin' with my friends! I made this card recently with these pretty paper flowers, fuzzy flocked leaves and the suede brown ribbon! I hope you like it! If anyone is interested in ordering Thank you, graduation, Open House cards or others please feel free to contact me at my email address which is: baboo7192@gmail.com 

A "Thanks!" card for sell $5 + s/h 

Busy in My Happy Place today

Prima card I happily made

Romance Novel paper by Prima! I also used a Cherry Lynn die :) The vintage lace and white rose are a gift :)

Our beloved MARY Pug

We just couldn't let her suffer. She is gone now too :'(  She went very peacefully, I'm grateful for that. We miss her already!

On A Sad Note...

My beloved dog, Poogie died last Friday, May 24th.  :(  He was 12- 1/2 yrs. old.  He was very sick and my heart is broken. Pooga boy was the best dog ever. So incredibly smart and we miss him so much! I held him first and I was the one that held him last. I miss him when I go to bed at night. He'd follow me in and lay down in his bed and... he'd suck on his blanket! Funniest thing ever! He was so sweet! Poogie is a Boston Terrier/Jack Russell mix. He was the runt of the bunch. 2lbs when we got him! Our daughter didn't like to eat the ends off a banana so she'd cut them off and Poogie was right there to catch em and eat them up :) He loved them. You couldn't sneak into the kitchen and snap a banana off from the rest without him hearing you and he'd be right there. :) He didn't like it if I stayed up late and he'd come in the office and scratch at me cuz he wanted to go to bed...but not alone. Now, I'm the one that feels alone :(  I miss you bubba <3