Thanks to everyone who came to the card class yesterday! I hope you all had a great time! I just think it's so cool that you all get together every year and do girl stuff! It's always fun for me to introduce cardmaking to new people.

I have decided not to teach the card class in July. Not to bore you with all the details, but I need to turn my attention to my family this month. I'm hoping to come back in August, but we will see how things go at home. For those of you who want to take a card class, Nancy W. is offering 2 great card classes in July.

I can't believe July 4th is next week!!! It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Card classes on the 17th went great. Thanks to everyone who attended!!! We had the whole family over on Father's Day evening. We had dinner and a great time in the pool. Today, Steph and I looked at condos for her to buy. It's hard to believe that she is getting ready to spread her wings and have her own place. It's a very exciting time for her. So much is going on in our lives right now that my time in the craft room has been limited (Boo-Hoo).

Stay Cool!!!!

Took a class from Lance of Rusty Pickle tonight. We had a great time. What a wonderful class. I'm using my book as a Father's Day present for Mike. Shhh, don't spill the pickles (I mean beans) if you see him! Check out Rusty Pickle's website to see the new patriotic papers! They are awesome!

I went to the stamp convention in Collinsville today with Susan, Patti, and Karen. OMG!!!!! It was not crowded on Sunday. I go every year and I think, "Kim you've seen everything there!" Not true. A couple of new vendors worth seeing and I re-learned how to do a few techniques.
It was a fun day.

I'm starting to design cards for the July card class. I'm thinking cupcakes! I've got some really cute cupcake stamps and I'm also thinking we should have cupcakes to eat during class.

Tip for Today:
I've been organizing my scrapbook studio. I'll try to share a few pictures this week of some of the ways I organize my "stuff". I find if I organize my "stuff" after I finish a project, it helps to motivate and inspire me to move on to the next project. Sometime when I clean up my room I'll find "stuff" I forgot I had and I will use it in the next project.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

I was at the store Saturday and I was approached about doing my card class for a customer and her family who's coming in town. How exciting! They can't come when my class is scheduled so I am arranging a separate time for them. So-o-o-o, I was thinking (never a good thing) if anyone would like to have a group come in to make cards, I would be happy to either design cards for your group to make or you can make the cards of the month. You can schedule a group at For Keepsakes and we can work out a day and time (I'm pretty flexible in the summer). That's my sales pitch for the day, I'm off to swim laps and get a little sun before Greg's game tonight.

I've got to tell what I've been doing in my scrapbook studio, but I'll save that for another day.......