Its a Bird, It's a Plane, NO it's...

Superdaughter? It was a beautiful evening for flying (www.flytorrey.com) <---click - for some CRAZY PEOPLE. I took these with a point and shoot but it's times like these I wish I had lots of zoom. There were 10 balloons in all up tonight. I love hot-air balloons but you wouldn't catch me dead in one of them. They are pretty however. Warning!! Lot's of pictures... but I like pictures, don't you?

Hot Air Balloons

Sunset - LaJolla, CA

Sunset - LaJolla, CA

Can't my daughter read? It's says, "PILOTS ONLY", "NO PARKING", "EMERGENCY LANE", and most importantly... "KEEP CLEAR"

Ah..hem? "DON'T CROSS"

It SAYS "NO FLY ZONE"

BUT...NO it's thumbs up for Paragliding

The pilot is taking a test drive to see if the winds are STRONG enough

Second thoughts? Now's your last chance to RUN away. Hurry quick.

Pilot coming back to get my daughter because she apparently CAN'T READ and the winds are perfect.

All systems go with a little instruction

Just get a running start. HEY didn't your mother ever tell you? Just because your friends are jumping off a bridge (er in this case, cliff) doesn't mean you have to. STOP don't go. Look at that guys calves!

Commit (this was one of my favorite shots)

OMG Noooooooooooooo

They went up and down the coast. It was beautiful and the wind was cooperating. The pilot said that sunset flights are very rare. Usually they only get 10 days a year where sunset flights are a-go. The winds are usually not strong enough after sunset. Best flying times are from noon-3:00. He said she was LUCKY.

Safe landing. Peace out yourself little Missy, now get out of that get-up. Look at that guys calves!

Deflate the KITE already it might take off again when your not looking. EEK

TADA

Superdaughter

Typo Alert and other Such Nonsense

I'm pretty sure this label is supposed to read "Barely Beige" as in the word "bare"? OR if it was meant to be "Barley Beige", which is entirely possible as "Barley" is somewhat beige in color then the "ey" would be correct. OR maybe it is barrelleybarrelleyberrelley as in merrily merrily merrily. I mean markers in LOTS of colors are a very merry thing. OR maybe the dental procedure I had yesterday was a bit too close to the brain? I'm just sayin'! I do have a life. I really really really DO. Srsly that is misspelled. I'm sorry it just is. WHO proofed this thing before it went to production? Security.

Edited to add: speaking of dental work... After the plan estimate my U.S. dentist quoted me yesterday, I have been seriously considering going outside the U.S. to complete my work. Before everyone panics, I'm talking traveling 15 miles south. Calm down, stay with me. However... I'm not sure if I want to go to a clinic where they use the word "easy" for the use of the word "ease"

eek!

Edited to add2: I knew that Billy guy was on something! I just knew it.

Sometimes Magic Happens!

I used Crafty Secrets "Bird Lovers" set for this card. Remember! Click on any picture to enlarge and see the details better. I just love Crafty Secrets stamps and really don't get to play with them enough. I've often thought of having a "Crafty Secrets" month where I only use Crafty Secret's stamps. Wouldn't that be fun? Here is the set I used today for this project:

Gawgeous (non-sponsored gushing)

I just love the sentiment, "Of course you can fly, for dreams have wings". This card came out just how I had envisioned it. I used the branch stamp to create of subtle background. I also wanted it to have an "Asian" feel. Yep, I took a "Vintageish" stamp set and made it "Asianesck". Hence, the red flowers.

A shot of the same card... but I posted a duplicate shot so you could see how the little bird's eye (on the tag)sparkles on this one?

Close-up

Recipe:

{P}aper: SU card stock Bashful Blue for base, Rose Red for Layer-1, Whisper White for Oval

{R}ibbon: Light blue repurposed scrap from a gift. Very pretty

{I}nk: Copic Sketch Markers: BOO Frost Blue, BG10- Cool Shadow, E11-Barely Beige (same as:SU Blush Blossom), E55-Light Carmel (same as:SU Creamy Carmel), O-Colorless Blender (Love), R14-Light Rouge (same as:SU Cameo Coral), R20-Blush, R27-Cadmium Red(same as:SU Ruby Red), YGOO-Mimosa Yellow. Copic Spica Glitter Pens: Clear, Black

{S}tamps: Crafty Secret, Bird Lover set

{S}crap/Misc:Spellbinder Nestabilities, Straight Oval, SU Paper Piercer on the tag, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Small Wire Flowers (PaperTales), Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edger Punch (I turned it into a corner punch), Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Swiss Dots?

{Y}adayada: Have I told you I love the Copic Colorless Blender? I forgot how dazzling SU glitter really is. My favorite overall. OH while I am on the subject... the E11-Barely Beige Copic marker LABEL has a TYPO. It reads Bareley Beige. I apologize in advance. I am a Copy Editor/Technical Writer IRL, I can't help myself sometimes. Seriously, go look at the label and see if yours is misspelled too. Copic Sketch type.

Have I told you lately...

Another blogger Melissa over at Highly Entertaining posed the question, "have you noticed anything worth passing along" (I'm not sure how worthy mine are) ? WELL. Yes, I thought I would play along and here are mine:

1. Sometimes I wish you really could extract your own teeth by tying a string to a doorknob, attach the other end of the string to your tooth, slam the door and rid yourself of dental problems.
2. ...have you ever noticed the frequency of the use of the word "loose" when they really meant to use the word "lose". Ha, I catch that one all the time.
3. I'm not sure if I like the use of "SPOX" for the plural of the word Spokespersons?? I saw this on a ticker that runs along the bottom of the television screen. The author was saying something regarding Clinton's spokespersons and instead they said Clinton's spox. Clever? I think Webster or Merriam would roll over in their graves. I suppose I could have used role. Would you have caught it? Texting is like a virus and it's spreading to mainstream media.
4. What else? Oh as long as we're on the subject of words... I cannot tell you how many times I see something misspelled on the television. Unless of course the urban dictionary is your resource, then you're safe.

So do you have any?

PSA Alert!!

In case your wondering what this has to do with my PSA, play the video (replay 2x while reading it really adds to the effect) and then read on (ROFL).....




I went and had my annual mammogram last week. Not to be confused with a singogram where hot guys sing happy birthday to you in a costume that includes short shorts. Although it wouldn't be a bad idea for a distraction while having the "real" thing done. In case you've never had one and would like to know what it feels like. Place your bubby on the garage floor underneath the open garage door. Press the remote control and close the garage door (slowly if possible). Make sure bubby is nice and flat. Take a quick snapshot. Using the remote, open said garage door. There all done for another year. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. Unless your a guy, then, maybe. See how YOU like it.

Seriously, it's not all that bad and I have to tell you...it's a very important screening tool and If your a woman, get yours done. Go ahead. You can do it. It's fun! Trust me on that. It does kind of seem like your being closed in by the garage door though. Just saying.

Monday Funny!!

This is a riot...

Thank You Much!

Thank you much! Super Duper. Merci. Much Obliged. Sincere Gratitude. My cousin who had a Vegas wedding, asked me for some "Thank You" cards. I wanted to weave in the Vegas theme and her color, pink.

I took the background "Thank You" stamp (Stampin' Up) and covered the row of hearts (if you look about 3/4 of the way down on the wood block) with the Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club stamp from the Stampin' Up "Game Night" set. Very clever, I think. I wanted to customize it with more of a "Vegas" theme. I think it turned out elegant and not tacky. I used Martha Stewart Silver Ink for the large stamp and Martha Stewart glitter to make the Heart, Diamond, Spade, Club image pop. I also used ribbon from my PinkHedgehog stash.I used the 1/4 inch organdy. It's so nice to buy in bulk and have just the right color ribbon at your fingertips! These turned out so cute and of course they look so much better IRL. I hope my cousin doesn't get a sneak peek of her cards. These are in the mail to her right now...

I made 20

I just love the clear boxes (PaperTrey Ink)
It looks like they might be out of them right now
I used to make very professional looking
gift sets of thank you cards

Artist in the House - Happiness is Made to be Shared

You absolutely must click on the images to see the detailed painting on these. I can tell you the photos don't do it justice. IRL is soooooooo much better. My daughter's friend, an artist name Martin Bashir-Nasim, (I'm sorry I only have this short-version Facebook page to link to) painted this surfboard for her. This was all done freehand. It is absolutely beautiful. From one artist to another, I was in awe of the details and the beauty. It's 1-of-a-kind 4sure. I told her she can't surf with it now. She has to get a different board to surf on. All I can say is WOW! He has more creativity in his little finger than I will ever have.

Full Board

Top close-up
See the "Tree House" ?
HOLY CUTENESS - See the little path and the daisy's and the toadstools


A little closer... there was so much detail on this board...
I didn't know which detail to snap first.
I just wanted to keep taking pictures.
But I had to stop myself.


Of course there are waves to be found


...and sealife, Holy Angel Fish Batman!Moving down to the bottom of the board see the King Crab?
My daughter Zodiac sign is Cancer the Crab.
How personalized and thoughtful is that!!

We have a Winner!! - BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!

CONGRATULAT!ONS! PR!SSYPAL ALL!SON YOU WON THE Click--->Pink Hedgie (aka Hedgehog Crafts BLOG CANDY. I used Random Integer generator online. Out of 13 comments, All!son was No. 6. Ironically, she is local, we work together and are friends. I swear it's truly not fixed! The random generator picked the number. Really. Email your contact information to Hedgie with your mailing address and she will ship it out to you right away!!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6


<-----BLOG CANDY Hi guys... well you guessed it... it's Blog Candy time. First the background news. Pink <------click Hedge Hog Paper Crafts has a website face lift she'd like you to go check out. The look, the feel are ALL NEW and pink of course. and I have been asked to be a Guest Designer for Pink <------click Hedge Hog Paper Crafts. Can you believe that! Not only has she asked me to be a Guest Designer, she wanted to kick off the fun with some Pink Hedge <------click Hog Paper Crafts Blog Candy. And Pink <------click Hedge Hog Paper Crafts can provide Blog Candy like nobody's business because she carries so many great items in her eStore<------click all she has to do is go to the shelves and start grabbing.

The winners will receive the following:
40 yards of ribbon in a rainbow of colors a
A small jar of each of the colors of raindrops shown in the photo
600 Brads with storage jars in rainbow colors to match the ribbons
Total value of the prize is over $36.00

If there is one thing I love about Pink Hedge Hog Paper Crafts<------click is that she believes in a bargain and she likes passing those bargains on to YOU the Pr!ssyPals. I've been shopping with PHH for a long time now. She buys bulk and passes the "bulk pricing" on to US. I can truly say if you want to stock up on ribbons, eyelets, markers, containers for said eyelets and buttons then she is the place to go, for the best variety and price. Without further ado, if you want to win some BLOG CANDY just leave a comment to this post and go visit Pink Hedgehog and say Hi Y'all. At the end of June, I will draw a random name from all of the comments posted here. Pink Hedge Hog herself will mail you the blog candy. Isn't that nice of her. THERE MORE TO COME DURING MY TIME AS GUEST DESIGNER. I WILL HAVE SOME CRAFTY ITEMS TO SHOW YOU USING SOME OF THE NEW ITEMS. GOOD LUCK!

To Be...

To be
all that is
possible
we must
attempt the
impossible.
to be all
that we
can be
we must
dream of
being more.
~unknown~

I just picked up my first set of Tim Holtz stamps. It's a clear acrylic set called "Visual Arts" from Stampers Anonymous. I got it at Michael's with my 50% off coupon. S.C.O.R.E. You should know by now I'm a big "quote" freak. Ha! the word quote in ""'s. There's got to be a word for when someone does that? Overstate? Whatever. I love PMA stuff. It makes me happy. That's Positive Mental Attitude for those of you who don't know.

This is the upright view

This is the flat view so you can see the sentiment better

A little blurry close-up.
Items of note: I used an click--->eyelet from
PinkHedgie's Crafts
to affix the little Bee tag.
click--->Ribbon is also from her
fabulouso eStore!

This is my PinkHedgie Crafts Eyelet collection. Yep she carries all of "the" colors. I stocked up on all of them. Even some of the "in" color ones. She even carries really cute little containers. Not this one shown here. I already had this storage system at the time but her cute little containers are really worth it.

ORGANIZATION TIP ALERT!!! Close-up of my eyelet collection, look closely

...even closer

I use Stampin' Ups Clear Labels to mark my generic purchases, (I use them for the corresponding Copic Markers). Hedgies eyelets were matched so closely you can't even tell the difference. So if you want to stock up for less its a great place to get all of the colors.

~Enjoy
M!ssPr!ssy

Thanks

First of all, I want to THANK Heidi over at Click----->Pink HedgeHog Papercrafts (Hedgie for short) for her patience with me as her Guest Designer for July. I also wanted to THANK all of the Pr!ssy Pals who have awaited patiently to find out the winner of the click----->blog candy. Since I'm so late in announcing the winner, I'm going to give everyone a few more days to leave a comment on the click----->original post. I will announce the winner on Friday.

I'm so excited to share with you this great website for all things PR!SSY. it's definitely Click----->"The Place for Thrifty Crafters". Here are just a few of the specials she is running right now:

10% OFF
All Brads and Eyelets are 10% off through the end of summer!

.50% OFF
All 2007 Fresh color Brads and Eyelets. Currently fewer than 100 sets are still in stock. Click here on the Brad and Eyelet hyperlink to see what's still in stock.

25% OFF
All 2008 Fresh color Brads and Eyelets. 2009 colors are around the corner so our 2008 colors are on sale..But when they are gone, they are gone. Click here on the Brad and Eyelet hyperlink to see what's still in stock.

------->Check out the shortcut to Hedgie's place on the right side of my blog

~THANKS~

Recipe:
{P}aper: Stampin up, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White; Cosmo Cricket, Girl Friday
{R}!bbon: Click ----->Hedgie 3/16th Stitched Ribbon
{!}nk: Stampin up, Basic Black - Marker: Sharpie, White; Stampin up, Old Olive
{S}tamps: Thanks Sentiment (Lockhart)
Des!gn: CASEd in its entirety from Click----->Kim Werners, "Finally Friday" post

~ENJOY
M!ss Pr!ssy~

Just BE!

Lookie what I'm doing tomorrow at my BFFs click ------> Michelle's (and Crew) Store, PaperTales: I'm super excited about this. My daughter is even coming with me. She was kind of down in the dumps this week so MOM to the RESCUE! Time for some... ART THERAPY! HEHE and she AGREED. I booked two slots immediately. It's just what I errrr SHE needed winkwink... click----> to take you to The Memory Bee and Debby Schuh the instructors blog.

July 12, Sunday 10-1 pm
What do you want to be? Sometimes we are so busy DOing that we need to be reminded to just BE: be strong, be real, be happy...the list can go on and on...but just BE YOU! This 5x7" album will not only be filled with lots of the paper engineering ideas you love but will be a place for the reminders you need to just BE. Maybe you know someone who needs this reminder as a encouraging gift. There's a girl who's going on from high school or college who needs the encouragement to follow her heart. Maybe a friend needs encouragement as she goes through a difficult time. Maybe that someone is you!

I plan to make this album as a treasury of the statements of affirmation
and reminders I say to myself regularly and hope to pass on to others.
We'll be using the new Girl Friday collection from Cosmo Cricket, along with products from American Crafts, Scenic Route, Maya Road, Prima, Creative Imaginations, Bazzill Basics, Tim Holtz, My Mind's Eye, and more.
This kit is packed with goodies!

Supplies to bring to class: paper trimmer, scissors, pencil, black journaling marker, Crop A Dile, scoring tool, tape runner adhesive, liquid glue to adhere fabric (I used Ranger Glossy Accents), scissors that will cut fabric, sanding block or sand paper, scallop scissors, cutting mat, craft knife, stapler, favorite border punch(I used Fiskars Apron Lace punch). Optional: Distress Ink Shabby Shutters inkpad, scallop scissors for fabric.

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful 4th of July. There is a really cool site to check out to read about the history of Independence Day.
Fun Fact: The first Independence Day was in 1776.

----->Click and it will take you to our Government's Exhibit Archives. It's actually a pretty impressive website. Why not enjoy some of our tax dollar$ at work for a change? They even have these images for download and or printing. Nice


I also want to give a special shout out to my nephew's John and Andrew. They are both serving our country in the Armed Services. John is in Kuwait. Sorry Andrew I don't have a picture of you. Here's one of John. I think he looks so tough. We're proud of you John and Andrew.

He's single ladies (Can you believe it?)

THANK YOU JOHN!