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You’re invited to take a chance without knowing the outcome, and all that matters is that you say yes.”

For this catalog’s Last Chance Products promotion, a Carryover List will not be provided; carryover products can be viewed in the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog. The last or final opportunity to get, have, do, or achieve something. That is what a last chance signifies. June is usually the culmination period for me because I live by the school year time line. In June, I am typically sending off…

5 ways I get myself ready to do a Stampin Up Workshop- Pre-Post Corona Virus and Prep for WW3 Edition

Photo by ANTONI SHKRABA on Pexels.com Attention getters, make and takes, workshop development meetings, tears, hugs, and high fives. These are often the ways I start my preparation for my monthly classes . By now, you probably have your routines in place for how you start your workshops. But sometimes it’s good to mix it up. Or maybe you’re looking for an exciting entrance to a specific workshop…

Generating Ideas -Pre-Post Corona Virus Edition

I don’t know about you, but honestly 2020 and 2021 have been a blur, but on a bi-monthly basis I have had to create content for a webpage, create postings for a newsletter. Check in with art therapist and get assignments from her to keep up my creative practice as well as coming up with projects for my Stampin UP demonstrations. Oh yea, don’t forget to write on WordPress. If you ask me what did…

Survival Guide for Holidaze- Pre-Post Corona Virus Edition

I don’t know about you, but this period of pre-post Corona virus has me so confused that I still don’t know how act around others. I have had to return to full time in-person interactions at work, but at the same time have to maintain social distance and wear a mask all day. I have had three vaccine shots and I still have to be careful around others, because I can still catch a variant. I have to…

Returning to Life Anxiety- Pre-Post Corona Edition

I believe that as a Stampin’ Up demonstrator I need to be able to connect with others to share information and resources, to collaborate with one another, and to inspire each other. It’s great to be able to connect with my community, but physical proximity isn’t a possibility for some of us demonstrators depending on geographical location, physical ability, or discipline. I feel like I might be…

Stampin’ in the USA-Pre-Post Corona Edition

Stampin’ in the USA, a self created workshop response to missing Stamp & Scrapbook Expo for the second year in the row. This is how you know that not only are you hopelessly addicted to Stampin’ Up and Stamp & Scrapbook Expo that for the first event post COVID in California was to make our own version and combine the best of both worlds. We wanted to recreate the fun of the Expo with raffles and…

Are you ready to move on? Corona Virus Edition

After a year of captivity and months of reflecting and zooming with my little group. I think this year is the year to actively try to do some business. I never look at this as a business because I don’t have a head for business but maybe some of you do. I am a hobby demo, I like what I do, I like to share what I do, but that’s about it. But, if anything this year has taught me is that when one…

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Many use the story of the dragonfly as a kinder way to explain death, particularly to children. … As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying. So, fly he did! As did over 500,000 souls this past week. That is a rather large number so large we are…

Courage- Corona Virus Edition

Courage is the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. During this time we have all had to muster up certain amounts of courage for different reasons. It takes courage to stay home and follow directions. It takes courage to go out and do your daily activities. It takes courage to do the right thing. It takes courage to admit when you are wrong.…

2021 – Covid Virus Edition

Let’s chat about the new 2021 Catalogs from Stampin’ Up! The Stampin’ Up! 2021 Catalogs will be available for online shopping starting January 5, 2021 sometime after midnight MT.   Grab your catalog and go shopping! I don’t know about you, but crafting kept me sane during the past year, and I wish to continue to incorporate it into my next year. That’s why it’s best to plan ahead! As for last…

Winter break Stay cation

As the year closes on 2020 I realized that this entire year has been a stay cation, which is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within day trip distance of their home and does not require overnight accommodation. My day trips included stepping outside to my yard, included a walk to my nearest grocery home, the…

Holidaze -Corona Virus Edition

As unbelievable as it may sound, we are in the holiday season and in our county it is entering another round of shutdowns, because people just don’t listen or even care. For my part, I have been a good little trooper and have been sheltering in place since March. I know many people have been getting antsy to get out, especially during the summer months, but I stayed in.

What does ten months…

Getting Together-Corona Virus Edition

In a couple of weekends I am doing another zoom presentation and using the following stamp set, 156082 – CHRISTMAS GLEAMING VARIETY BUNDLE (ENGLISH) Bundled. I really like this bundle because it came with everything I needed and the ideas I picked up from our OnStage@home. It came together nicely, zooming has become such a part of my life, that doing things in this fashion is what I am used to…

Fridays..The Corona Virus Edition

Photo by Mark Neal on Pexels.com

The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaningthe “day of Frige”, a result of an old convention associating the Germanic goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures. TGIF it’s the last day of the busy week. Two unplanned days are before us and the anticipation is great! You basically have…

Legacies-The Corona Virus Edition

The dictionary would define Legacyas a gift or a bequest, that is handed down, endowed or conveyed from one person to another. It is something descendible one comes into possession of that is transmitted, inherited or received from a predecessor. During this time, I have been thinking about legacies and the trail we leave behind. The death of RBG was also a reminder that even though you are small…

Breath-The Corona Virus Edition

photo credits: Karin Rice, Carlos Barrera III, Mission Local, Victoria Araiza

Mindful breathing is a very basic yet powerful mindfulness meditation practice. The idea is simply to focus your attention on your breathing—to its natural rhythm and flow and the way it feels on each inhale and exhale.

Sadly, this past week we in California have not been able to take even one breath without…