Reunited and it feels so good!

He’s home! He’s home! Thursday was an amazing day for me.  My husband returned after a 5 month deployment! Luckily, he returned in the morning so I didn’t have to wait all day long for him to get off the plane.   The past 2 deployments seemed like the time was going by so fast. …

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‘Tis the Season Blog Challenge #8

Hello readers! Happy Thursday! Its almost the weekend and time for another challenge over at ‘Tis the Season Christmas Card Blog Challenge! This week, we are trying a new challenge.  It is an inspiration challenge, meaning you can use anything from the picture to create your project like layout, colors, design…anything! This week I chose …

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A Busy Day in the Stamp Room!

Happy Sunday readers! Today was a beautiful and sunny day in Northern Italy and the perfect day to have my shutters open and to let the light in!  I was a busy girl in the craft room today crossing TWO major projects off my crafty to do list. My first project I worked on was …

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Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad January Hop!

Thank you so much for joining us for our January Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad Blog Hop!  Love is in the air and our talented group of design team members have a Whole Lotta Love Goin’ On as we are excited to be sharing some NEW Occasions Catalog goodies and some Valentine’s Day projects with you this …

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‘Tis the Season Blog Challenge #7

Happy Thursday Readers! I hope that everyone is enjoying their new year so far.  Don’t break those New Year’s Resolutions yet! Even though it is 2014, its NEVER too soon to start thinking about those holiday cards for next year.   Each year we get to the holidays and never have enough time to do …

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Buon Anno 2014! Happy New Year!

Buon Anno (for my readers who know Italian), or in English, Happy New Year! 2013 brought some great memories, some sadness, joy, and triumphs.  While I know that 2014 will be wonderful, I can’t wait for trips we already have planned, seeing my husband when he comes home from his deployment THIS month, and much …

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Christmas – Friendship Style

Christmas is the first holiday you think of when someone asks about spending time with family.  This year, for me, was the hardest Christmas I have had to experience.  Since my husband is still deployed, Christmas was hard since we don’t have any children.  I spoiled the puppy dogs, they got a huge new bed, …

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