Spring has finally come to Utah! My lilacs are opening…
-Mari
Just thought I’d quick share one of the make-n-takes that I created for the upcoming Sayner Stampede show that’s coming up quickly…I’m looking forward to spending the day at this annual event in Sayner, Wisconsin helping people with making cards and other small projects representing my local scrapbook store the Paper Studio. I’ve been told it’s some crazy fun! I’m really glad that my mother-in-law will actually be in town visiting over the weekend so that she’ll get to spend some time with Zoey and Ethan while I am away, it sounds as though it will be a long day for me so I’ll rest easy knowing that Grannie Annie is keeping them both busy having fun, (or rather, that Zoey and Ethan will be keeping Grannie Annie busy!). Hoping to remember to bring my camera so that I can share a bit of the day’s events here.
Just had to share that I called in this morning to Joy Cardin’s show on Wisconsin Public Radio and got on! The guest speaker was Barbara Graham, one of the author’s (and editor) of the book titled Eye of My Heart. The program was exploring the myths, stereotypes, and the emotions of being a Grandmother in today’s world and they wanted callers to call in that were either grandparents themselves or grandchildren and share stories on being either. I called in and talked about my grandmother (my mom’s mom) and how she has been such a strong role model to me now that I am an adult and how I thought that I was almost able to “hear” her life lessons better or they come across as stronger through shared stories or memories that have been passed down from her or others rather than if they had from my mom. I think the dynamic between a mother and daughter is sometimes different than that between a grandparent and grandchild once the grandchild is older…some of the pre-tense may be gone, not sure what it is exactly…perhaps it’s the wisdom of having lived through so much and having gained a sense of what it is that is really imporant or perhaps it’s just that parents are hard on their kids and kids are hard on their parents! Whatever it is…it was a really interesting and touching hour of programming, I’m so glad that I got to call in and actually got on. I got a good chuckle out of both Joy and Barbara when I shared that I admired that my grandmother created beautiful quilts and elaborate wedding cakes and then would hop across the road and ride a four wheeler to chase her neighbors buffalo into the appropriate fields when they got out (which was more often than you might think). She’s a survivor of two husbands and she’s even lived beyond some of her children, she is just an amazing individual all around. Smart as a whip and the hardest working woman I have ever known. So blessed to have her in my life and have her as someone that I can look up to.
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April 29, 2009 – 11:39 pm
Sluggo Smith is a comic strip character from the Nancy comic strip. Sluggo is Nancy’s best friend. He is Nancy’s age and is a poor ragamuffin-type from the wrong side of the tracks. There are strips that appear to place Sluggo as Nancy’s boyfriend. He is portrayed as lazy, and his favorite pastime seems to be napping.
Download the PDF file here and make your own Sluggo toy! You can also get the blank template from our Facebook group and design your own toy!
Here is a picture of my daughter and husband–is there anything sweeter than the love shared between a girl and her daddy??
Thanks!
Bonnie
The Introduction to Scrapbooking workshop turned out just great, but I have to share a little something else here first…when I went to pick up my girlfriend who would be helping me at the workshop for the afternoon (and when I mean help, I mean help, she was totally my “go to” girl and her husband was even in on the helping as he was in charge of the kids for the afternoon. Needless to say they both did an exceptional job and I am so very thankful for their support) anyways…back to the story:
she presented me with a little box which had this in it:
Just a little something that she had been working on for me…she is so darn thoughtful and sweet, isn’t it just beautiful? I teared up right then and there, thank you so much Misty! I am so lucky to have this special and talented lady in my life…she’s someone that totally get’s “me” and my silly endeavors and my not so silly (to me) dreams.
Anyways, the turnout for the workshop was right about what we were thinking to expect for a tuesday afternoon…I prepared enough projects for 30 people and we had about 20 which ended up being quite perfect as there were projects enough for the library staff and of course my friend Misty. I started out a bit nervous and then once people started asking questions I slowed down and got more comfortable and truly enjoyed myself. It helped that there were a couple of familiar faces in the crowd and that everyone was just so nice! You gotta love scrapbookers!
I didn’t think to have someone take my camera while I was speaking so I just have a couple of shots that I took after most of the people were done with their projects and/or up and about milling around.
Such a great and diverse group…I am so excited to see more of these ladies at my local scrapbook store and around the community.
I was asked to do another workshop this coming fall in Mercer, Wisconsin by a woman who has a group of ladies that meet regularily to scrapbook and also will be doing a Scapbooking for Kids workshop this summer for the Manitowish Waters Frank B. Koller Memorial Library.
Thank you to everyone that attended and thank you to Janelle Kohl (the lead librarian) and Donna Fowler (the librarian’s assistant) who invited me to their adult library program’s agenda of events this spring!
Because you know, a small little set of of lovehandles is just fore the better.
More to love baby!
And now it’s time for me to take a short break from everything; work like hell for a couple of days and also try to figure some things out. I’ll be back soon with this promised tutorial and I might get on with some tags I’ve received too. Have fun until then ok!
