I got tagged!

Ok, my girlfriend Missy Ballance tagged me on her blog a few weeks back.. and I didn't have anytime to respond... I have to telll 5 random things about myself and tag 5 more people, but I haven't responded, cause I'm a dork... I only know of 2 people who blog and they are both customers of mine at the Paper Garden.  Shannon and her best friend Callie who comes out to Sacramento once a year to visit and they always come shopping in the store!  So I will tag them to say 5 random things about themselves.  Here are mine:

1.  I work 7 days a week-- 12-14 hours a day-- sleep about 6-8 hours a night-- but I still see my son Miles everyday and during the day since he's with me at the store 4 times a week.

2.  I was a television journalist for 15 years and interviewed a lot of celebrities, including Leeanne Rhimes when she was 8 and performing at small county fairs in the midwest (I used to be a reporter in Kansas City, Mo), I never asked for anyone's autograph or wanted to take a pix with them, no big deal,  but when Linda Carnell of A muse art stamps and Dave Brethauer of Memory Box Co. came to my boutique for classes and make and takes, I got really giddy inside and was jumping up and down like a little girl in a candy store, carefully calming down inside not to freak them out and slowing breathing in and out.  Funny, huh?  By the way, I don't miss being "on the air"... really.. Why would I miss going to Blue Canyon when I can stay in a nice warm store with a heater?  And I certainly don't miss wearing a suit when I can wear Lucy yoga pants and Dansko clogs all day!

3.  I love sushi and can eat it everyday.  Did I mention... I love to eat too.

4.  I often talk about how nice my husband Ken is, but really he is the nicest person on earth!!  I'm not exaggerating... I'm bragging.  I don't know what I'd do without him!  He is my heaven on earth.

5.  When I look at stuff now, like t-shirts with graphic logos or freeway signs or commercials or cd covers, I look at the designs and think ...hmmmmm... I'm going to make a card now using that image or look.  I'm sick!

ok with that last comment I leave you a card that I recently made.  Cheers.  By the way.. some store news.. swing by and look at all the new Hero Arts designs for 2008.  I love love love their new catalog.  We have all the new clear stamps and most of the wood mounted stamps.. they are leaving our table fast!  I just put in a new order and ordered every new stamp...yikes!!!

This card was made for Lara of Savvy stamps, she recently had a baby boy and I sent her some of our vintage baby blocks and a little giraffe baby blanket from our store and made her a giraffe card with the stamps she created.

So baby cute!

This next photo is a invitation pocketfold that I made for my cousin Jessica who recently had a baby boy.  The hippo is from memory box and the sentiment from a muse.  See how much fun the punches are to complete your creation?  I just love the blue circle scallop punch and how the yellow circle will nest into it.  I swear you will want to get all of the shapes and sizes.. so addicting!

This last card is a large dragonfly by outlines rubber stamps, in fact, we just got more of these stamps in.  It's really popular.  We also have the other ornate dragonfly stamp that goes with this collection.  I stamped the bug in color box chalk dark brown

then I used prisma glitter all over the wings and colored some of the ornate swirls with copper stickles and then used pebbles inc chalks around the border to give it a shadowing effect. 

Comments

[Kathy K.]

Will there be a MAD rush at the shop on the 26th? Should I camp out at the front door of the shop after dinner on Christmas night? If I press my face on the glass door and chant "OPEN, OPEN, OPEN", will the door magically unlock so that I can run amuck, scooping holiday stamps into the new white LARGER shopping baskets? Will I pass out from from the delirium at getting stamps at 50% off??? Will I remember which new HERO stamps I've already purchased (because I absolutely couldn't wait for Santa's visit)? So many questions...so few answers - guess I'll just have to see what the 26th brings.

And to Steph, Ken, Kelley, Laurie and Shari - Thanks for ALL of your kindness, creativity, generosity, hard work and absolutely unsurpassed customer service...I consider myself a Paper Garden "Lifer" for sure (well, at least until Miles graduates from Harvard...).

Happy Holidays everyone!!!

[Callie Ann]

Hey Girl, Thanks for the tag... I will squeeze that baby in between fits. Christmas is crazy. I am just worrying about all the people coming to dinner. Yikes.

Sure hope you having a awesome Holiday Season.

Love Ya Callie

[MIssy]

Very CUTE! I always think of you when we pass blue canyon! LOL! So it's so funny that you say that! And I'm still giddy about Linda! LOL!