More Treats and Cards

This year at our Scarlet Sophisticates' Christmas Party we are having vendors and they asked me if I wanted to set up a table, so I am making stocking stuffer items, cards for Christmas and red hat themed cards. Here are some of the items I have finished so far.

I have a lot more started and some more ideas floating around in my head. This week I will be busy getting more done.

Sr. Ctr. Cards, Line Dancers and More Happy Mail!

Today I went to the Sr. Ctr. in Col. Beach to make cards again. We made a Thanksgiving's Day card and 2 Christmas Cards.

Afterwards the HeeHaw Line Dancers came in and put on a show for the seniors, so Bobbie and I stayed to watch and have a light lunch with them. We had a blast! They put on a great performance and at the end had some of us come up to do the Elecric Slide. I volunteered to go up as I love to line dance (when I know the routine), but rarely do it anymore, because of my knees. I made it thru the whole dance, but barely. My knees and shins were about to give out on me, but I made it thru. Wish I could do something like this all the time, but that won't happen until after I get a knee replacement and that may be awhile.

Here is Janie (in back in brown) the Activities Director at the center joining in as she use to be a part of this group, so they had her join them on the first 2 dances. They were very good.

Afterwards they put their hats on a couple of us for a photo opt. Yea - that is me in the front center.

When I got home I had a surprise waiting for me...a package from my cousin Deb again. I was expecting another check from her for another order, but was surprised to get a box which had these enclosed. I had seen them on her blog and LOVED them, so I was very exciting to be getting one of each. I love the penguin ... so cute! Isn't the card beautiful!

I had also gotten a package the day before from Alicia with the blog candy I had won. She was secretive about what it would be, so I was very happy to receive a pretty card from her along with a roll of Stampin' Up! Chantilly ribbon. Can't wait to use it!

Sr. Ctr. Cards

On Friday, I went to the Col. Beach Sr. Ctr. to make cards again. (I go every 3rd Friday of the month). We have a couple of new ladies attending, so starting them out slow, but I think they will be ready to do more next month.

These were by the newest lady. I was unable to assist her much as I was kept busy at the other end of the long table, but the lady that just started a few months ago, helped her.

These are by the lady that helped the newest one. The card on the left I had pre-cut and stamped everything for them for this one. It uses the Diamond Crimp technique on the layer of white.

More made by a couple of the ladies

These are the ones by BJ, my longest attending lady. She has been coming since I started going just over a year ago.

The following cards I made. I had to do them quickly, so they are simple cards. Lottie does not stamp due to her very poor eyesight, but she always has an occassion she would like a card for. The first is for a family member that has a birthday on Halloween. The second is for another male family member that had a birthday on Nov. 1st. I used the "thumping" technique on it for the leaves. Everyone liked it, so they want me to pre-stamp some of this one for them for next month. One less card design I need to come up with - LOL!

Catch Up Time!

Hi Everyone, sorry I have not posted in awhile....not much has been going on. A few Red Hat events and Thanksgiving. Our good friends and neighbors, the Hodaks, invited us over for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. The past few years I have not been cooking for Thanksgiving, we go out to eat, so it was nice to sit down and have a good meal with friends. With conflicting schedules we don't get to see each other often, so this was a chance for us to play catch-up as well.

The past few weeks I have been slowly making Christmas cards to send to Jacob for him to hand out to his platoon for them to send home. I finally got them all made. I made 100 cards and then after converting some card fronts I had into full cards and a few that a friend had given me to send, I ended up with 121 cards in all to send him. That package went out today, so it should get to him in time for them to send them out.

Saturday I went to a Red Hat Christmas Luncheon with my Scarlet Sophisticates group that was hosted by another group in Richmond at the beautiful Jefferson Hotel. It was so neat to look out and see nothing but a sea of red hats. Well, mostly red, mine and a few others were purple since December is our birth month. Some of the hats are absolutely exquisite. Someday I will get myself one of those fancy ones, but it will be awhile. Anyway, here are a few pictures from the luncheon.

Red Hats as far as the eye can see!

The Scarlet Sophisticates

Our Queen Mum Jeri B.

JoAnn B. and her beautiful hat!

I was even able to get a picture taken of me!

Queen Marianne R. and her group (Hostesses of the Luncheon)

We also got snow on Saturday. We haven't had snow this early in the season for a looong time. It was mixed with some rain, so it was a very wet snow. It was only raining hard when we drove down, but about halfway back it started mixing with snow and then was just snow by the time we reached Fredericksburg. After dropping off my riders and heading home, I stopped by the Golf Course about a mile from the house and took these pictures...it was sooo beautiful. Most of it is gone now.

Look close and you can see the snow falling.

Those specks are the snow falling and the flash reflecting off them.