Here I am on Squam again! The ones who don't know what is Squam it's simply the best place in the whole world:) Me and D are visiting one of our friends here for a poker night. So, D is playing and I am blogging as I am bad on keeping the poker face:)

But, I think I'm better at keeping my creativity face and playing with my type of cards. Like this one for example, the dreamy one with a lot of hand cut butterflies (I think it's time to get a butterfly punch). But, have this really cute butterflies stamps from Micheals and they have the perfect shape. So, I stamped the peachy cardstock and cut them nicely out. I used a square of the paper that I got in San Francisco but I am not sure what company it is. I feels like a leather and it also has this leather structure. The 'dream' sentiment was from a collection of tree for a dollar at Micheals and the orange blank card from the same place.
I can't wait for tomorrow to hike up the Rattle Snake and get to the top to see the wonderful Squam:) See you next and have a great weekend!

I am enjoying making simple cards more than the complicated ones. It is so much easier and I found out that my stack is not disappearing that quickly:) The blank card is from Recollections and the plastic hearts with different sentiments from Curel. I used one of the Martha Stewart's punches to cut out the little stamps using paper from Martha as well. Foam tape is a great tool to make the hearts more dimensional. I also used the foam and hearts to decorate the inside as well.
So, I wish you a lot of hugs, kiss, and love!

I know... it is too early for a fall card but I had the mood to make one. It really feels like the fall is taking over the spring here in Jamestown. It is raining all day and the wind is getting wild. So, I have a good reason to use these great plastic leaves from Retif for my card project. The leaves look just great with the wooden sunflower in pots that I got from the Retif store as well. The yellow blank card is from Recollections, the white name tag is from Martha Stewart, and the gray tag underneath is a brand tag from clothes I saved... recycling again:) I used the corner punch from Fiscars and a dollar stamp 'the season of change' from Michaels. It was definitely fun to make this card and I can't wait for the leaves changing season to come but now we really need a little bit of sun here, pretty please!

We made it all the way from Denver to Rhode Island in 10 days. Oh what a fun! The start was little bit rough driving 16 hours from Denver to Nashville stopping only for gas.

… Staying in Nashville was definitely relief and a lot of fun. Mr. D's brother who lives in Nashville took us to the downtown to taste the music scene a little bit...
...and little bit of wrestling in a bar of course...
...we found a copy of the Greek Partheon in the park ...
...and we watched Darren's brother (red jersey) playing at the final game...

Next stop was Atlanta, Georgia visiting some of Darren's colleagues. We didn't meet all of them but I had the honor to finally meet the author of my frog logo - Manda - in person! She brought us to a great sushi place for dinner and before we said goodbye she directed us to a great coffee shop to get some caffeine before we head out and continue our roadtrip!
...entering Atlanta was definitely not fun...
...We made it to North Carolina the next day and walked through the rooms in the Biltmore estate previously belonging to the American royalty George W Vanderbilt II and it was a treat walking through the past...
...and seeing the Vanderbilt's beautiful gardens with thousands of tulips in full bloom and wine tasting later that day was even bigger treat...
...still in North Carolina... we made it to Great Smoky mountains National Park and they were really smoky:)...
...on the way to DC we tried to make it more interesting than staying on the highway so we hit it through the Shenandoah valley in Virginia. Washington Irving found it 'equal to the promised land in fertility, and far superior to it in beauty,' while Herbert Hoover, riding horseback along the crest of the Blue Ridge, said 'These mountains are made for a road'... interesting thoughts... but, I will just call the valley beautifully open...
...Little Inn built in 1749 in 'little' Washington, Virginia might be called the most romantic country hotel in world...there were candles everywhere...

We made it to Washington, DC on Wednesday and we decided not continuing to Vermont right the way but staying longer and enjoying more time with our friends...
...we walked our friend's dog couple blogs and found some great houses. This will be my house one day. Isn't this one just lovely??? I just love the fire red door...
...I definitely enjoyed the Washington DC Zoo… and met one of my my best friends who just got a baby girl recently and finally I had chance to see her (pics later)...
...flamingos are great models by the way...
…Our friends in DC invited us to make a little trip to Charlottesville town were Thomas Jefferson built his dream house and founded 'the academical village' and the top-ranked University of Virginia...
...and we had the opportunity to see the whole university at the Foxfield Races...
... colorful dresses, hats, and rubber boots were everywhere...
...and a chicken... wait.. A chicken?... well, it was a fun party:)...
...I told you...those rubber boots were everywhere:)...
See you tomorrow!

This is the reason why I want to move to San Francisco... FLAX...an awesome place for art and design, a paper paradise. I just realized I didn't get any pictures of the interior or at least me standing in front of it. I guess I was overwhelmed by the spread:) So, I got couple pics from their page instead. I can just tell you it is beautifuuuuuul in there!!!:)

Here is a map and address, if your journey brings you to San Francisco. You will enjoy being there, I promise!