Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from The Sutton Family!

I've been run over by a FLAT IRON!

I am officially out of the 80's! I went to the hair salon today and got FLAT IRONED! Wooohooo! Just thought I would share!

Whew... what a week!

I am home from a wonderful seaside scrapbooking retreat. I completed 48 pages. YEAH ME! I will try to post pictures later.

This week has been nuts. I have my Christmas Crop on Saturday and stamp club on Thursday! In addition to that, I just designed my Christmas Card Workshop scheduled for December 4th. I have very limited seating, so register asap! I thought I would share some photos. I hope you enjoy them, and as always, feel free to stamplift.




Hopefully I will have more time for blogging next week. Until my next post- happy creating!

Tina

Off to Scrapbook By The Sea!

I am off to a scrapbooking retreat- as a GUEST this time! WOOOHOO! I usually host the retreats and I don't get time to scrapbook my own stuff. This weekend is going to be different. I am off to scrapbook my Europe trip. WOOHOO- I am so excited. I wonder how many pages I will finish?

What makes it even more exciting is that I will be staying ON THE BEACH! I love the beach and find I get my best and most creative work done when I am looking at the sea. I am so excited.

Off to throw the suitcase together! I will be home on Sunday!

Doing the Happy Scrapbooking Dance-

Tina

Black Bear, Black Bear- What do you See?

I see Kent and Tina... looking at me!

Ok, here is the story. It is 9:00 p.m. I am leaving for a scrapbooking retreat tomorrow! My DH is helping me load the car with all my scrapbooking treasures. Kent is talking to the neighbor across the street and our neighbor Charlie says... "Is that a bear?" We look up and see this beautiful HUGE black bear in the middle of our street, just looking at us! Kent starts backing up slowly, Charlie calls wildlife and rescue and I run and get my camera!

When I return outside the bear is gone! Darn- I missed the Kodak Moment! We have a wildlife preserve behind us, and Mr. Bear had disappeared into the night!

When we return inside, we immediately run to the computer and do a search on Florida Black Bears! Here is some advice if you are in Florida and encounter a bear...

Don’t approach any closer, and don’t whip out your camera and start taking pictures. It’s important not to make any sudden or abrupt movements. Let the bear see you are a human and mean no harm, by slowly waving your arms and continuing to talk in a low, firm monotone voice.

Oops.

Just in case you are interested...

Florida Black Bears

Paris in the Fall!

I finished my first scrapbook page from my Europe trip! LOVE IT! I used a layout from Workshops on the go! I think my photos were just perfect for the layout! If you want to make your own layout like this (plus 4 other pages and cards) you can order the products online or come to my workshop on October 30th. FUN, FUN, FUN!

Click here for details!

Trick or Treat

It's that time of the year. Look how we spent Saturday! Actually, we had a neighborhood party last night so we spent the day preparing. My girls (Dixie and Daisy) loved all the festivities!

I'm Home!

I am home from Europe. We saw 8 countries in TWO WEEKS! It was the BEST TRIP EVER and I can't believe I earned it for FREE! I thank God every day for bringing CTMH in my life.

My plan was to update my blog each day. I did great for the first two days. After we left London, it was hard to get Internet access in France. Once we left France, I was way too tired. We were getting up every day at 5 a.m and going until about 11 p.m. at night. Here was our itinerary:

Day 1 and 2 London
Day 3 Lille France
Day 4 Paris France
Day 5 Brugge Belgium
Day 6 Back to Paris to catch a plane to Barcelona. Then traveled to Vic Spain!
Day 7 Touring Spain- Perratallada Spain, Pals Spain, Besalu Spain and Rupit Spain
Day 8 Back to Barcelona to catch the cruise ship
Day 9 At Sea
Day 10 Malta
Day 11 Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri Italy
Day 12 Rome
Day 13 Florence and Pisa
Day 14 Villa France- Monte Carlo and Capri
Day 15 Travel Home

I could write a book on my adventure! As I said earlier, it was a trip of a lifetime!

The one thing I was not prepared for is the JET LAG! I am crashing each night at 8 and waking up at 2 a.m. I have done this for a week now. My mind won't turn off.

I thought I would share a few photos! Enjoy!