July 4

 

Happy July, everyone!

I'm home from a month in sunny San Diego. It's been a fun vacation with my sister, plus we made a  quick trip to visit the folks before settling back in here at home. With summer in full swing, I'm glad to be back to my craft space and ready to start creating again. 

K has season tickets to the Padres, so we went to three games while I was there. They won two of the three so that was fun. 

Padres mascot

The San Diego Padres are excited to launch their Legacy Brick Program as part of their Gallagher Square renovation project celebrating Petco Park’s 20th Anniversary in 2024. Fans will now have the opportunity to cement their legacy at America’s #1 ballpark by customizing an engraved brick to be placed in the new Tony Gwynn Terrace viewing deck near the iconic “Mr. Padre” statue.

Fans who purchased bricks can now find their bricks on the Tony Gwynn Terrace at Gallagher Square.

And this is my nephew's brick. :) He is 13.

We babysat the grand-dogs for a couple of days while the kids were in Palm Springs with friends. Aren't they adoramous?! Stella Rae (left) and Kyla Joy (right).

And we even cooked once. My niece orders Hello Fresh and, since they weren't going to be home, she left us a Spicy Maple Chicken dish to cook up for dinner. It was so good! (although, we left out the pepper flakes, so it was basically just Maple Chicken, roasted green beans and sweet potatoes.) Highly recommend. I'm considering giving Hello Fresh a try now that I'm home. 

Of course we also played lots and lots of Yahtzee as I mentioned we would; in the kitchen, at the office, and sometimes outside. 

We always enjoy our tasty bevs whenever we are together. This was at Marieta's, our fave Mexican restaurant. 

This was in the airport lounge as we waited for our flight home. Oh, I forgot to mention, she flew home with me so we could both go see the folks for a bit. 

The night before we left, we had dinner the kids at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. My sister with her two grands, my niece and nephew Anthony 13, and Brielle 15.

Kathy and I were both celebrated for our birthdays (me June 4, Kathy July 24) and got free dessert, delicious cheesecake! 

It was a gorgeous night and we had a great time. (Can you see the crescent moon between the palms?)

It's always too short a visit, no matter how long we are together LOL but it feels great to be back home and I'm already looking forward to this winter when we will be back in SoCal again. We've missed a few years what with Covid and then hubsy's surgery, so it will be extra nice when we get back there. We already have our AirBnb confirmed so we're good to go unless something unforeseen happens again. Oh yeah, Kath and I drove over to check out the place where we'll be staying while I was down. Can't wait!

A little hiatus ...

Hello crafty friends. I want to take a minute to let you know I'll be out of the studio through the end of June as I head to sunny San Diego to visit my sister. So rather than crafting, I'll be vacationing, playing tons of Yahtzee, and likely (doing tons of) day drinking. LOL! Hubsy will be on his own to forage for sustenance in my absence. Fridge and pantry have been stocked, as well as his snack drawer, which I presume will be the mainstay of his diet if he acts normally while I'm away. LOL! I won't be completely "off the grid" but I will be away from the craft stash and the blog. 

In case you missed it, yesterday was my birthday. Happy birthday to me...and many more! 😁

See you in July!

Forgotten project

Going through pics and posts and realized this gem never did get posted. I made this one just before my first Mass Make March project, and figured I'd post later. Well, later never got here so I'm making today the day. LOL I kind love how this turned out. We started with a file folder as the base. I used Stamperia 8x8 paper pad, Magic Forest backgrounds selections. Totally LOVE these papers, actually most all of the Stamperia collections if I'm honest.

Pocket inside front cover, with another baby pocket on top of that.

Triple pocket in the center

and a long pocket/tuck on the inside back cover. 

Tri-fold folio

This project was inspired by Bernadette of binkyb2020 on Instagram. Check out her great work. 

Started with one sheet of 6x10 paper. Folded in three and added pockets, tucks and tags from previous makes. Lots of things from mass make March in here. 

Multi pocket-pockets

Today I'm sharing this super cute idea shared by Crafty by Toni. Super quick and easy to make. You don't have to embellish unless you want to, of course. Take a look. 

Started with an 8x8 sheet of Tim Holtz double sided paper. 

This is an 8x8 by Stamperia

This one started as 6x8 from Arden Creative Studio, Vintage Maker's collection. I cut it down to 6x6 and used the leftovers for the tags. 

Little book in a box

While searching for digital files I ran across these awesome vintage fishing flies tags and thought they'd be perfect for a little Father's Day mini for the hubs. The cool thing is, these flies were created in 1892! I think hubsy will be impressed with my find. :) So I took the tags and put them together in a little book. I added the tiny piece of tape measure for luck because what fisherman is worth his salt if he doesn't measure the big catch. Then, I found this cute little matchbox digital file that just goes perfectly and as luck would have it, the tags are a perfect fit. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! Isn't it so cute. 

fly names: Silver Lady, Humming Bird, Maid of the Mill, Fiery Dragon, Bishop, Beaufort Moth, Brazilian Blue Wing, The Notion, Zulu, Yellow Hackle, Scarlet Hackle

Fishing flies and tape measure digital files by Studio on Glore at Etsy
Matchbox digital file by Vibe of Vintage on Etsy. 

More tag tabs....

I had cut out quite a pile of these tag tabs, I soon realized after the first post. There are still 10 more unmade, in fact. Which is fine, it's a great start for the next batch I guess. LOL