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BIG NEWS

After 20 plus years with Stampin Up! I have chosen to let my demonstratorship go-  I am involved with my Grandkids, quilting/sewing and gardening more than I have been with my stamping since moving 6 years ago.   I still love the products I have enough stocked up to last me a long time- lol 

At the end of April I will no longer be posting on this blog-  If you want to keep track of my projects follow my instagram account

I post stuff everyday there

thank you all for the many many years of fun here on the blog and do keep in touch!

love to all

Gwen

 

Here We Are~!

Photo was taken in October 2023 by Katie Skillman Photography and I wanted to share what we look like these days in case you see us out and about and want to say hi!  We love chatting!  Kay has been my "supporting demonstrator" for the past 20 years, when we had in person conventions and regionals he made the swap cards , created videos and wore his fancy apron to do swaps!  Altho that isn't happening anymore and its all online (boo)  we are still interested in swaps using current supplies and keeping up with other demonstrators~!  My focus is back to when I began- scrapbooking. This new grandson is so stinkin cute that I need to begin his pages, finish my own kids pages and work on the other 28 grandkids pages too!   I need to live to be as old as Methusela to get this all done not to mention the quilts~!

hugs!

Gwen and Kay

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20 years!

Yes you read right, I have been with Stampin Up! for 20 years! 

I know I haven't posted much in the last year, I have be more focused on my sewing and quilting (not to mention a full time job) but I am still selling the products and stashing away for myself for scrapbook pages to come!

And news-  I no longer work at the Bernina store,  I am now a night time Grammy Nanny for this little darling so Mommy can go back to work. He is 7mo old now and has me wrapped around his fingers!

This is a quilt top I just put together this week and I am waiting for the border fabric to arrive to finish it. I have no clue why typepad loaded it sideways- lol sorry!  I love these fabrics, my favorite collections are by Kansas Troubles-

I hope you have a lovely New Year! My focus is UFO's == unfinished projects  or UFP is you prefer!

I would love to hear about your projects!  I post a lot of projects on my Instagram page you can follow there~

Hugs!

Gwen

 

Pumpkin Machine Embroidery Potholder

I never thought in my sewing past that I would even TRY machine embroidery let alone fall in love with it and all the fun things that can be made!

Here is my first pumpkin pot holder in the hoop (all sewn in the embroidery hoop on the machine)  the design is by Jujudesigns and I will be making more  as this one will go to my daughter today. Its fun, easy and a really good size (not small)

Speaking of today, she will be here to rummage through my fall decor for her photography business,  the little man now 3.5 mo old will spend the day and at 5 she has gifted us with photos for our 20 year wedding anniversary. 

And on the fall decor note- I regrettably confess I am not decorated yet- sigh- this growing older experience is everything I have ever heard my elders comment and then some-

as for my knee- it carries on  some good days some bad -  and I am still loving my life and my sweetheart of 20 years. He is everything I ever prayed for and more.

hugs to all-  oh by the way I still sell Stampin Up --- www.starstamper.stampinup.net

I am just obsessed with sewing right now lol-

Gwen

 

It took 9 years

I am sad to say it took 9 years after the death of my Mom to finally get her ashes laid to rest, but we finally got her laid to rest in the Cochran family plot as she always wanted.

The people in the photo are Kay and I in the center- and my 3 kids, their spouses and their kids.  It was a beautiful day and yes even sad for all of us because we miss her so much. But time with family and even dexter the pup made it a fabulous day!

Life takes a lot of turns, dips and more and sometimes you just have to ride it all out.

This is my oldest and youngest grandkids- grandsons-  one is 16 the other 3 months   the 2 in the middle are 13 and 11

We have several adopted grandkids too-  Kay has the other 25 that give us 29 in total between us.  We rarely get to see the ones on his side of the family. But, we love them!

I am doing a LOT of sewing- hope to remember to post photos here  more than I have been-  Lots of tomatoes in the garden and I just found a cool tomato soup recipe I am going to try and if we love it will freeze dry it for food storage purposes.

How are all of you? What are you working on these days?   I confess that my scrapbooking room is such a mess I can barely get inside the door to reach anything-  downsizing financially was good but otherwise stinks! lol

Happy Labor day everyone   make the most of family time life is going by way to fast these days

hugs

Gwen

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Celebrating 19+ years with Stampin Up!