I could have scrapped all night........

Pam and Helen came to scrap last night. We were doing some great pages. I love using my new Silhouette Cameo. It is doing some wonderful cuts and really making our pages fun.

 Love the turn down corners with the double sided paper. Really cute idea.

Helen was already scrappin' our retreat. Tea became a relaxing treat. We have all gotten hooked on having some nice calming teas since we got home. Especially with these cold temps.

Great title I cut. Most beach premade items have sunshine, flip flops or something beachy. I figured a snowflake would be fun since it was winter and very cold!

Thanks for stopping by. Love comments.

More Retreat pages!

My photos of these last pages were not very clear, 

but this will have to do.

On the last night of your retreat, Rhonda, Megan's mom came for dinner. Of course we had to show her one of our favorite techniques....heat embossing!

It is always fun to see what happens when the embossing powder melts!

 Dianne of Capadia Designs explains embossing and gives a few tips here on her website. 

 We all enjoyed visiting with Rhonda and we apologize for doing some serious enabling. She had to make a trip to Michael's the very next day!

Well, it was time to go home. The car a little fuller this time!

Thanks for visiting and sharing our retreat with us. 

I plan to share some of my projects from my new die- cutting machine soon!

More Retreat Pages

We enjoyed some delicious meals while we were scrappin'. 

Gay cooked this delicious veggie soup and Pam made some

 Mexican cornbread to go with it. Yummy

I have to admit...the following pages were painful! Gay has two sons, one graduated from Alabama the other Auburn. Need I say more.....

Pam, Helen and Evelyn did some great pages.

At the close of the day it was always nice to see a lovely sunset.

Thanks to those who gave feedback yesterday. I always love comments. As I said I am going to change the blog title. Sharon came up with several suggestions, thanks Sharon. I am also going to make it easier to follow and make comments. 

I opened up my new Silhouette Cameo yesterday and began playing.

 Wait 'til you see all it can do!

Field Trip to Pensacola........Brrrrrrr!

On Friday of our retreat we decided to take a break from scrapping and take a Field trip to Pensacola. We picked the coldest day there to do this! It was only about a 30-45 minute ride, but it sleeted on us most of the way.

The Bodacious Olive is located on Palafox street. It is a fun place. 

If you've never been in one of these it is a treat. The olive oils and balsamic vinegars are in large containers. You get small cubes of bread and pour a sample of the oil in a small cup. After tasting the oil and vinegars you tell them which ones you want. They bottle and label it for you. 

Everyone else cooks more elaborately than I do but I got some

 to make salad dressings and to use to saute' fish or veggies.

 These are the empty bottles they fill and label for you.

Here's the ones I selected. 

If you are ever down that way check it out. Also if it is a warmer day

you can enjoy lunch at the Al Fresco food truck place. 

Just have to share! Meet Bruce, out newest Grand kittie! Megan and Charlie adopted him from the Humane Society. He is a sweetie. Megan made him this cute little bed out of and old pillow and a throw I gave them to take on the train.

Great job of sewing and repurposing, Meg! 

Thanks for stopping by. I'll be posting more of our pages soon. We got a light dusting of snow. Looks like those folks further south may be getting more.

 Keep warm!