25th High School Reunion

I have to admit, that is hard to say.  I have been out of high school over 25 years.  The reunion was last summer.  I went crafting nuts to help.  Not everything is made with my Cricut, but some things are.  I am so proud of everything that I was able to make.  It took months to get everything ready.  I am happy to report that everyone that attended loved everything.

I made centerpieces for the tables,  a sign, and special printed tickets.  I also made a memory book.  It had info from each year we were in school and info about each year of our 10 and 20 year reunions.  I also had memory pages about proms, class trips, and band trips.  I also put an address book in the back that had the addresses, email address, and facebook info, or what ever we had for everyone in my class that graduated.  There was about 220 of us.  Each book was probably about 60 pages.  I did all the printing at home.  I cut everything with my paper cutter.  I made about 50 of them for the main night reunion.  It also contained about 600 pictures that I put on a DVD.  It was a slide show of everything we could find from high school.  We sold ads to help cover the cost of the book.  I got to use my Cinch2 binder.  I used it to punch and holes and bind the edge.  I got really good at making a uniform bind.  It is an amazing machine.  If you do not have one, I suggest that you get one.  You can make so many things.  I bought the wire in bulk on Amazon.

 Here is the centerpieces that I made.  I stole the concept from the circle meet up that I went to back at the first of last year.

Here is the main sign.  We used this for the main night event and our picnic.

 

Here are the tickets that I made.  One for singles, one for couples, and one for teachers.

 



 

And last but not least.  Here is my master piece.  THE BOOK.

 

The Machine that made this possible.

Each page cut and ready to have holes punched and put together in order.

 Holes punched and put in order, ready to have wire put in.  Had offers of help for this part, but the one machine does the holes and put the wire in, so kind of a one person job.

Master Piece--Finished Book

 55 books, finished, bound, and packed to go to the Reunion!!!!

 

 







 

A New Year Is Here

Well, it is 2013.  Wow!  One of my goals this year is to post regularly.  I have tons of things to post that i have made since I last posted.  My last post was about a trip going out west.  I had so much fun.  I dont remember if I posted that last year I was trying to quit smoking.  I made if part of the year, but life got in the way and I went back to smoking again.  Well, I am currently trying again to quit.  I am almost working out with a friend.  I turn 44 in a week.  It is time to take better care of myself.  

I hope that everyone had a great holiday and is enjoying the great new year ahead of us.

Spending the Forth Traveling

I am posting from on the road.  I am currently on a trip to travel West.  Today we have traveled from East Tennessee to Le Roy, Illinois.  I have never been in this part of the United States.  It is truly amazing.  Tomorrow the plan is to continue North and veer towards South Dakota.  We are planning to see Mt Rushmore, the Badlands, and continue on to Wyoming and Yellowstone.  I am really excited.  It will be so cool being there on or right after the Forth of July.  We did have some excitement today.  Can you believe this, I found a stowaway in my camera bag.  Cricky, I guess he wanted to go too.  He has been right in the middle of all the action today.  Here are a few pics of what he has been up to today.

Here is when Cricky was discovered.

Cricky enjoying a beautiful day.

He even took a test ride on a Harley.

Of course, this was before he  took the Suburban for a spin around the parking lot.

Cricky cooling down on the road.

Cricky stopping to smell the flowers.

And Finally, Nite Nite time.

A New Craft Table Favorite

While helping to plan my class reunion, I have reconnected with a friend from school.  She sells Scentsy Products.   They are wonderful.  You can check out her site on the Scentsy website, http://cheridodson.scentsy.us.  Anyway, they sell all kinds of lotion, car fragrances, and warmers.  I bought a green one and of course had to put a pink cricut on it.  I am in love with two of there fragrances.  One is Coconut Lemongrass and the other is Skinny Dippin.  I even got some lotion that is Coconut Lemongrass called Layers.  It is amazing on my dry skin.  Anyway, enough of that.  The warmer sits on my computer desk.  It is so cool, no tealight, it has a light bulb and a switch on the cord that you just flip on.  Of course, I used Everyday for the cricut head.  

Combo Project

This is a combination of two projects basically for the same person.  A lady that my mother works with had a birthday and an anniversary at the same time.  They got married on her birthday.  I made them an anniversary card and her a birthday card.  She loves chocolate, so she had to have a box full of chocolate.  I used my new Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More 2 cartridge along with some sparkle card stock that I found at Big Lot's.

Here is the Anniversary card first.  For the phrase I used the Phrases cartridge. The glasses and bottle were some die cuts that I had from a wedding pack.

 Here is the birthday card and box.

 Chocolate coins. Yummy.

 Isn't this some fun paper.  Always check out Big Lot's paper packs.  They have glitter paper alot.  Just remember to cut it twice or you will have a headache.  Trust me on this.

I am a Bad Girl!

Sorry that I haven't been posting.  Life is getting in the way.  I have been crafting.  I am working on several things.  When I can download the camera, I will have several things to post.  I am working on some stuff for my 25th high school reunion.  I am making a memory book for everyone.  It is neat.  I get to use my Cinch2 in full force.  Besides working on the reunion stuff, my mother got sick.  She had blood poisoning.  She is 76.  Her fever went up to 106.9.  It has been a ruff month and a half.  Did I mention that she is one of the worst patients ever.  I do have a bad update, until she got sick I had six months of not smoking, well, on the second trip behind the ambulance, I started smoking again.  I have been smoking for a month.  I am getting ready to try again and lay them down.  Wish me luck again.

Great New Site

I have found a great new site.  It is all about CCR files and sharing them.  Melody Lane designs has started the site.  I am placing  the sites blinkie on my page.  Please check it out.