Weather - or not.......PPA131

The weather is always a popular topic of conversation around here.  Last year at this time I was posting pictures of record snowfalls in upstate NY. We were buried in snow! This year I have 3 lovely words for you:  Mildest!  Winter!  Ever!  Hope I didn't just jinx myself.......




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A Simple Hello............FMS26

There is a lot going on in this card - embossing, stamping, buttons, ribbon, thread.......and yet.......it's all about the tiny tag.  Everything else is lovely but that tiny tag makes me smile.  I just returned from a trip to Florida to visit my mom.  Two days driving down, five days there and two days driving back.  The seaside condo was lovely, the beach was gorgeous and Disney World was terrific.......and yet.......it was all about those 4 days I spent in the car traveling with my grown-up "kids".  Everything else was lovely but it's those four days that make me smile.....we had a great time........
              


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It's Not Easy Being Green! FMS 25

Time for the annual green St. Patrick's Day card.  Poor old Garden Green just sits in his folder all year long and waits for March.  I never use him - he just doesn't seem to play well with others. Wild Wasabi is dashing and Lucky Limeade is so hip!  Always Artichoke has such elegance and Certainly Celery is all sweetness. Old Olive is just the reliable workhorse of the greens.  So once a year Mr. Garden Green gets his very own card - no fuss, no frills - just green!  Funny thing is that in real life I have never met a Wasabi and I don't like artichokes, celery, limes or olives..........but I adore garden greens............

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Wild About Saffron....PPA130

My daughter has already received a few sweet baby gifts from friends so I have been working on some thank you cards.  The Pals Paper Arts challenge this week  is to use Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke and any other color. I finally settled on So Saffron.  I thought it toned down the Limeade and brightened up the Artichoke.  

Now I am off to Florida.  My daughter, my son, his girlfriend and I will be driving to Florida to visit my mother in Cocoa Beach.  My daughter's husband is away for 6 weeks of flight school so this trip should be a good diversion for her.  As for my son and his girlfriend - every day is an adventure for those two!  They never sit still and love to travel.  And me?  I'm Saffron..........