featured card and exciting news!

Well, I'm going to be selling my hand made cards at Sun High Ochards in Randolph, NJ! I'm sooo excited that they wanted to work with me. They wanted me to make country cards so I made a small collection for them. Here's one of them and I believe they'll be selling at $3.99 each. They'll also be carrying my notebooks, too, at $4.99 each. Drop in and have a look and while you're at it you can feed the animals and pick up a home baked pie!

diego/father's day cake

This was the cake I was supposed to have for Hunter's Diego party but after making the goodie bags, the pinata, the animal science books, and planning out all the events for the party, Hunter came down with a fever and we had to cancel the party! So I froze the cake/cupcakes without the frosting and I used it for father's day instead. It was delicious. And can't wait to share all the exciting things that have been happening lately...

Susie's Coaches Thank You Cards

My friend, Susie, asked me if I could make some thank you cards for her sons' baseball coaches so here's what I came up with. I didn't have any baseball stamps so I used a retired Simply Scrappin' Toy Box kit for the die cut baseball stickers. I used dimentionals to raise them off the page and I used white embossing powder and a Versa Mark pad for the sentiment "thanks so much."

finishing touches for hunter's diego party

I made these goodie sacks (left) with the 1 3/4" and the 1 1/4" punches using brilliant blue and yo yo yellow cardstock and of course, the stampin' write markers (brilliant blue, gable green and the white gel pen). Then for the Animal Science Notebooks, I used mini composition books and covered the back and front using close to cocoa cardstock, and printed out each party guests name on the computer using the orange font color and very vanilla cardstock. I used the corner rounder to mimic the shape of the mini composition books rounded corners. They measured 3" X 4 1/2."

cards for sale on etsy

These two designs are for sale at my etsy shop. We made these in my quilling class last month and can be purchased here at stampingmaryann.etsy.com.

remembering janet

Our dear friend, Janet Burke and who we also called "Grandma Janet," passed away last Tuesday after a very long illness. Here's the card I sent to her family.

marley & me

So we rented Marley and Me for family movie night and I actually enjoyed it. We had to fast forward one scene because of our young kids when they were trying to become pregnant and there was also some bad language here and there, which our children know that we don't use in our house, but what part I think I enjoyed most was the changing of the seasons scenes when they moved to PA and just the day to day life that they lived and how they were able to work things out instead of giving up or ending their marriage.

strawberry picking

Call us crazy, but we went strawberry picking in the rain today. It was alot of fun! The strawberries are so sweet and delicious. We went to Andover Strawberry Farm on Rt. 206. Fun morning!

Getting Ready for Hunter's Diego Pary

My son and I made this pinata this morning in preparation for his Diego Birthday Party next week. It's not one of those pinatas that you break open with a stick, I wanted it to be safer for 3 year olds so I made it be a pull string one. It's filled with all his favorite candy and it actually works! Did you notice the Tangerine Tango ribbon? The eyes, eyebrows and mouth are also made from So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, and Pink Pirouette cardstock. Stampin' Up! supplies are so versatile! More to come...

Outdoor Park Service at Lewis Morris Park

We had an outside park church service yesterday at Lewis Morris Park. It was really great! Our elder talked about us all having an opportunity to know God better and that we can know him better through bible study, prayer and talking to other Christians. Then we had a picnic afterwards while the kids played baseball with one of the teen workers. We'll have another park service in July. Next week we'll be meeting at the Marriott Hotel on Rt. 10 in Parsippany at 10 AM. And of course, you are all invited to come!

Chester Fair Purchase

We had a great time at the Spring Chester Craft Show. There was homemade kettle corn, so many vendors, music, and here's a picture of the purchase my husband and I both loved...it's the window frame hanging on our wall with the little heart and wreath attached to it.