We started our vacation with a few days in Kansas City, Missouri … the two of us love road trips. We stayed at the Marriott on The Plaza (would not recommend it, but the location was good). Our first stop was Sonic (because I always need my Diet Dr. Pepper with Vanilla and extra ice … Read more
On our second full day in NYC, we headed to The Strand to buy books. I love that I am *in their system* and they will ship my books back to Iowa for me. It's like Christmas a few days after I return home. I am seriously in my happy place here. I am starting … Read more
When I attended Stamp Joy a few weeks ago, Taylor provided us with a list of local stamp stores who helped sponsor the event. Since I knew we were headed on a Wisconsin Road Trip this week, I mapped in a variety of stores that we were able to stop and visit along the way. … Read more
My sister & I decided to extend our annual sisters' weekend into a sisters' week … and to spend that sisters' week on the beach. My sister's request was that the beaches have lots of seashells, so we enjoyed exploring Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island and Captiva Island. We stayed at the Best Western Plus … Read more
Milestone birthdays require special cards … especially when they involve a trip to celebrate. I found these fun Reminisce stickers on my recent stop at the Scrapbook Factory in O'Fallon, Illinois (near St. Louis). The layout is this week's My Favorite Things Sketch. Sentiment is from MFT Piece of Cake. If you're ever in … Read more
Another great day in New York City is in the books. It turns out that having our condo next to railroad tracks means I can also sleep through sirens and horns (which is a good thing since my hotel is very noisy). Tonight I believe there's some I started the day by heading to The … Read more
On Friday, Cyndie (from Reis's PIeces of Paper) and I headed off on a Chicago Stamp Store adventure. We started our journey at Stamp Thyme in Lockport, Illinois. I looked at the opening time wrong and thought they opened at 10 instead of 11am (they've cut back their hours quite a bit and the … Read more
I took off for a walk this morning & enjoyed my first Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers' Market of the year. We were out of coffee beans, so I picked-up bags from Black Top Roasters from Decorah, Iowa and Hagers Roasting Company from Quasqueton, Iowa. I also got a loaf of delicious vegan lemon cake from … Read more
The nautical theme of the current Fusion Card Challenge was perfect to break-out some newer Hero Arts / BasicGrey stamps. I almost always go with a Fusion Card, because I like the challenge of combining both … however, when I went to put my card together, I realized I had used the Fusion Picture as … Read more
This week's CAS(E) this Sketch was perfect for a quick & easy masculine birthday card. I flipped the sketch to work with a Project Life Birthday card and stamped six different Inkadinkado Birthday Inchies … the grid on the card made it very easy to line them up. A cardstock frame & white card base … Read more