Green Bay Weekend - First Day and a Half

We survived and had a great time! Here's a ton of pics of our time....can you tell I went a little camera happy (as usual?!)

Waiting at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport for our flight to Green Bay

We made it!

View of Lambeau from our hotel room

1 of 3 Packers Practice Fields

Frightening!

5 hours before gametime - the tailgating had begun

And we made it to our tailgate party at Brett Favre's Steakhouse

Picking up some infant socks for our nephew Matthew

(his parents are Seahawks/Colts fans...they'll love the Packer socks...not!)

Best shirt!

(See pic of #52 below)

All decked out

Ready for the game

MrP loves his KD

The madhouse walking over to Lambeau field
(apparently it's alright to drink beer on the street on the way to the field - but only on game day!)

Awesome seats...yes, I'm super awesome!

Start of the game

And there they go!

C'mon Pack!

Rodgers working his magic

So close to the field

Driver, Jennings...everyone was there

Including my boy, Clay (#52)

I cheered for Clay Matthews when he played for USC (MrP's college team)

Second best shirt

She was also super fun. I was saying how I thought "Brett Favre Pass" (the road) should be renamed "Brett Favre Interception" and she said at the Vikings game, they had a sign (which didn't make it on TV) that said "Brett, even your sexual passes get intercepted!"

Broken candy cane, but a happy guy

With a final score of 45-17....it was a Giant beatdown
(and I loved every minute of it...thanks for some awesome passes, Eli!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

While I hope everyone is spending time with family and friends today, I didn't want to post these past Christmas Day so I'm posting them here on Christmas Day - while I'm on my way to Green Bay.

Three simple cards (two were loosely based around the Mojo Monday 170 sketch from Dec 20.

Two of the cards used up some of my rubons that are collecting dust. Note to self: use these up - some are getting impossible to actually rub on!

With any luck, I'll have some pics from the Packers vs. Giants game to share in the evening on the 26th...down with the Giants...

GO PACKERS!

Merry Christmas Eve!

As I'm sure is the case with everyone, it's been a total gong show around here. I'd blame my week of vacationing at the end of November, but I really just did let time get away from me this year.

Anyways, I've been spending most evenings working on a project for a Christmas gift for Chelsey and it's finally finished - and she's got it, so I can share with you!

She's always wanted one of the Taylored Expressions Calendar Stands - so I got it - and decorated/provided a year's worth of calendar!

Finally, the finished product (with my crazy 3 year old work poinsettia in the background - I can't grow ANYTHING, but I can't seem to kill this thing off, so it's a good compromise for some office greenery!)

I also finished up three last minute Christmas cards, but I've set those to post tomorrow while I'm flying on my way to Green Bay. Fingers crossed for a safe & speedy flight!

Have a lovely Christmas Eve, my friends!

Finally

Well I've been holding off but I can't do it any longer. I LOVE these cards. They're my absolute favorite. They're non-traditional colors, plus they're my awesome new PTI!

I suppose I've had the stocking stamps for a year, but the die was new from Laural and I loved these cards that I made for some very special friends.

These cards hold a special place in my heart since the first one I created was for the super friend who gave me the die =) and the second was for a non-traditional color master friend! Unfortunately, I'm not sure when they'll actually make it to their recipients, but I did want to show what can be done with completely non-traditional colors. I mean, really - Basic Gray, Basic Black, Crumb Cake & Elegant Eggplant? How much farther from a traditional Christmas can you get?

No matter what, I love 'em and I hope you'll give this beautiful color combo a try, too! It's great for any occasion! Afterall, this was a color combo from the Curtain Call Challenge Act 58 = but I didn't have Concord Crush, so I replaced it with Eggplant!

What do you think? Win??!!

No matter what, my day was a win. Shelly & I delivered Santa's Anonymous presents, made an Edmonton Humane Society drop off from the treat exchange gifts and still had time to have productive evenings (MrP & I hosted two other pairs of friends!) A fabulous day by all accounts!

Treat - for the horses of course!

Finally getting around to posting pics of my little treat bags that I made for the barn girls. I used my fabulous new PTI set Big & Bold Holiday Wishes. I just love this set - it's so versatile and stamps crystal clear every time. On the back, I had "to: , from:" stamped and then I just had to write in each girl & their horse's name.

The top die is perfect for these toppers and a little sponging around the edges gave some added 'oomph'.

Perfectly easy, quick and affordable to give to multiple people (8 in my case). While I'd planned to include some of my copycat Levain Bakery cookies for the people, I didn't get time. The good thing about horse people? Give them something for their horse and they're happy! So these bags are filled with peppermint & apple flavored horse treats from a local equine shop that I fear may get a whole lot more of my money in the upcoming year!

CAS Christmas

Having only once inked up this Ornamental Christmas set previously, I thought I'd give it another try. After completing the card, I sparkled it up with some pearl spritz...which didn't photograph really well so you can see a couple 'blobs', but oh well!

I had intended to post the pics of my little packages I gave the barn girls, but I didn't get around to uploading the pics last night after my last lesson of the year. Such a great time and Candid was a real trooper - only one 3' jump that we took out at the end! I can't wait for lessons in the new year =)