Baby Elephant Hello

Hi there!  Hope you had a great weekend!  Mine certainly was!  I attended a weekend crop at the Drury Inn in Arnold, MO and had such a fun time with the other croppers!  The accommodations were fantastic and the staff was AMAZING - super nice and very friendly!  Now it's just a matter of catching up on sleep... and getting back into a daily routine.
One of the cards I made at the crop is this funky elephant.  Isn't he just adorable?  He was made from the Cups & Kettle Framelits, with a few snips of the scissors here and there.  The idea came from Kelly Kent HERE posted Jan 24, 2016.  (Some people are just so clever!)  When I saw Kelly's card, I had to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) it to send to my daughter and son-in-law congratulating them on the birth of my new grandbaby!  It's the perfect card since his nursery just happens to have an elephant theme in blue and gray!  The free Sale-A-Bration set, Hello, was used for the "hello" sentiment and "baby" came from the Tin of Cards set. 

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.

Must get busy on some household chores.  Thanks for coming by today!

Stamp Out Breast Cancer Weekend Crop

Hi there!  Been catching up on emails and household stuff.  Thursday I left for Sally Nusbaum's Columbus Day weekend crop and returned Sunday evening.  These annual crops are held at the beautiful Holiday Shores Resort, (more info here) Lake of the Ozarks, MO. ( If you're looking for a place to vacation or a venue for business meetings, this place is great!  It is clean, well maintained, and the people are so nice and very accommodating.)  This years crop theme was Stamp Out Breast Cancer.  The pink covered tables and cowgirl décor was so fun.  Pictured above is the adorable frame that had each person's name designating their crop table.  (Everyone had their own 6' table. Yee haw!)  The local Hy-Vee grocery store catered our meals.  Oh my!  Not only were the meals absolutely delicious and the amounts more than plentiful, they were also prompt delivering them!  We had a ton of food left after each meal, so we gave it to the employees of the resort.

 

Pretty presentation of the menu

Our wonderful meals!

 

Not only did we have an abundance of food - we also had gifts and raffle prizes!  Pictured below are some of the table gifts.

 

A bag filled with yummy snacks

 

More yummy goodness - a cookie and a Ghirardelli chocolate



A mini chocolate bar in the pouch was a thank you gift for assembling cards at the
 Card Care Connection table

Sally had a table with card kits that we could assemble for Card Care Connection.  This is a non-profit agency that sends the cards with an uplifting message to cancer patients.

 

 

A group shot of the "cowgirl" croppers!



Oh, forgot to mention that on Saturday there was a massage therapist!  It was a FUN weekend with very little sleep.  A huge thanks to Sally for organizing a great weekend crop!  Can't wait for next year!  Sally has already started making plans.  She's calling it Save the Hooters - an owl theme.  Come join us next Columbus Day weekend!
 

 

Must get to bed now.  Thank you for stopping by today!