Hi! Are you having a fun Labor Day Weekend!? I sure hope you are having fun in the sun with your friends and loved ones. We have been having a lovely weekend so far...so much so that I wanted to share with you! This post has a ton of pictures and some of this and some of that. I'll put the card pictures first in case that's what you came to see! I have some funny pictures of Buddy too - since I know his fans have been waiting for some new pix of that handsome devil! Thanks for coming by today. Here goes nothin'....
This weekend was the Five Year Anniversary celebration of the Paper Garden Boutique and Dave Brethauer came back to see us in Sac-town to celebrate in style. I never miss a chance to hang out at PG or to take a class with Dave. Dave also designed a line of stamps just for the Paper Garden! That is very cool! I bought them...of course! Hee hee. Beautiful flowers and sayings...
Whenever Dave comes to town, I like to make him a card using his stamps...you know he is the owner/designer for Memory Box Stamps. His Autumn Collage image is a total favorite so I used that to make him this card:
I cut out the center of a piece of paper using my Nesties and then later mounted it over the top of a cream piece of cardstock with the stamped image. I think the tone on tone of the kraft helps keep it masculine.
Here is the beautiful stamp. Instead of stamping in black, I used dark brown. I stamped a second image and colored the leaves to cut out to add on the outside of my frame.
Colored pencils did the trick for this card...
Here are three of the lovely ladies from Paper Garden! Chelsea, Stephanie and Kelly! They make me happy! Aren't they beautiful?
Here's Dave in the classroom! A full house, as usual...
This is one of the cards we made in class...
And here's another one...This is one of the flower images he designed for the store...
Okay...so you thought my day was over??? After the festivites at Paper Garden, we drove to the bay area to watch the opening game of College Football Season! YAYAYAYAYAY! I am a die hard fan for my school and we go to games whenever we can. This year, our stadium is being renovated. The old girl was built in 1921 and she needed retro-fitting and updating. This is how she currently looks:
Well, as you can see, ain't no football happening there this year! Yikes! So, all of our games are being played in San Francisco. The game yesterday was played at Candlestick Park (home of the 49ers). It was weird to see the stadium all painted for us instead of the 49ers! I've been to a million games there before, but never like this! Ha. It was a gorgeous day for opening the season!
This made the trip even better! At least for right now, we are undefeated! We win some and we lose more, but I love my Bears no matter what. Great start to the season!
We had planned to stop on the way home and take night pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge and the city. It was SOOOO foggy that you couldn't even SEE the bridge! We'll have to save that for another time. We did manage to take a few pix of the Palace of Fine Arts though. It was gorgeous at night!
Today was time for Mr. Buddy to have a bath and a comb-out. Kind of a kitty spa day if you will. He got his nails trimmed and then a lovely warm bath, followed by a warm towel, a style, and a nap in the sun. I thought it would be fun to share some comparison pictures with you guys! Okay, so here's Buddy in 2007 in our kitchen sink....
And here's Buddy today in our kitchen sink! OMG.
2007.....
Today! I would say he grew just a bit! Um, yeah, like 17 pounds!!!! He's not really mad, just cold. But, we put the towels in the dryer for him so he can be toasty when he gets out.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your long weekend! HUGS!
The card that you made for Dave is simply beautiful! I always LOVE your designs! Great photographs too! Looks like you had a fantastic weekend! :D
Posted by: Kimberly Gajewski | 09/07/2011 at 03:33 PM
Poor little Buddy! I'm surprised he doesn't claw you guys to pieces! What a fabulous weekend you had! Love, love all the photos. You know you make me so homesick with all those shots of SF. ;)
Your card is just gorgeous! Fantastic masculine design and fabulous stamping. You know I'm loving all the kraft. :)
So glad you had a wonderful weekend. I've been hauling out my Halloween goodies, and came across the beautiful card you sent me last year. SO made me smile all over again.
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 09/06/2011 at 04:45 AM
Absouletly love the pictures of Buddy. I can't imagine getting my Golden Cat Dottie into any water. She would never sit in my lap again. That might be why she ran away from home to our house.
Posted by: Christine Mitchell | 09/05/2011 at 10:09 PM
Love all the pix girlfriend! I had FB'd you about getting together after the game but didn't hear from you .. if you ever want to stop by let us know. have a good week ahead!
Patty
Posted by: Patty Bennett | 09/05/2011 at 09:09 PM
Love the cards... Buddy looks gorgeous but I am afraid you wouldn't get me to bathe my 3 kitties, I would end up scratched from head to toe!!! just trying to get them to take meds is hard enough!!! oh how I love San Francisco, have visited a few times and cry every time I come home to UK, am back in the USA the end of this month but Vegas this time..... love reading your blog, I smile each time it comes up in email that there is a post.....
Posted by: Nikki Brown | 09/05/2011 at 02:23 PM
I still have his announcement at my desk. It's a boy! it makes me smile
Posted by: CJ | 09/05/2011 at 01:11 PM
Awww, love seeing Buddy's baby pictures. He is such a good sport. You might throw in a rubber duckie (or rubber mouse?) into the bath water to get his mind off the water and bubbles. LOL. What a sweetie.
Posted by: Olivia | 09/05/2011 at 08:50 AM
Oh my goodness Wanda! How do you get him to cooperate with a bath. That is AMAZING. I have tried several times to bathe my 2 ungrateful kitties, and I finally gave up, as it's usually ME that ends up in the ICU!!! Mine go completely berserk at wet fur! One time I had a routine Doctor visit about 3 days after attempting another cat-bath. I had scratches and nail puncture wounds everywhere. Doc says, "Uhh, what's going on here?" I told the truth--just trying to bathe a cat! =^..^=
Love, Judy
Posted by: Judy Gudeman | 09/05/2011 at 08:33 AM
I love the autumn card and yes it can be a good man card.
Once again, your pics are great. Buddy is sooo cute today as well as in 2007 (just bigger)! Bet he liked the warm towel!!
Posted by: Fonda Jo | 09/05/2011 at 08:27 AM
Buddy looks so cute on the second photo..but he indeed doesn't look the happiest Buddy on the last one...more like help me I am cold!
Love the cards and the class looks like so much fun again..you lucky girl!
LOVE all the ribbon in the shop.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 09/05/2011 at 04:25 AM
17 lbs-that is one big puddy tat!I think he may top my big boy.
Posted by: Beth W | 09/04/2011 at 10:40 PM