Baby It's Cold Outside!!

Hello there bloggers!!  Man, it really is cold outside.  Maybe it is just me but staying home and keeping toasty warm is rather appealing.  I have wanted to make some pumpkin soup so now may be the time.  Soups are my thing in the winter anyway.  Just love them whether I buy a bowl or make it myself.  With all this time on my hands, it's likely that I will make more soup this year.  Looking for a really GREAT beef barley soup if anyone has one.

Hope your Halloween was all that you wanted it to be.  I love this time of the year and especially all the colors of fall.  My demo at Mimi's Crop Circle in Burien today was on Iris Folding.  I have Yvonne Grimes to thank for this very addictive form of card design.  Although I had been exposed to it for many years via Lindy Combs when she taught all those years at the West Seattle location, it was not until I decided to take a beginners class from Yvonne that I fell in love with it.  It is in one word "fabulous".  Not many folks stopped in today (I suspect because of Halloween) but for those who did, I think the demo was well received.

This past Friday was an Operation Write Home card making day where participants made 315 cards for holiday shipping.  Way to go team.  See one of the photos that Dotti took with everyone in full card making mode.  It was held at Lila's Scrapbooking in Everett with hostess "Lila" providing us with goodies to munch on and, of course, a fabulous space to work in.  It was my first visit to Lila's and felt so at home.  It's a great shop and I would encourage anyone to make it part of one of your next field trips.  Lots of great "stuff" to choose from.  Some additional funds were donated to help with some of the shipping.  Our thermometer is rising.  If everyone of my bloggers donated just $5.00, we would have quite a stash to contribute.  Something to think about and it is tax deductible. 

Now that it is the 1st of November, we are starting to zero in on the holidays.  I am already working on holiday projects so that the magic day doesn't get here before I am ready.  Hope you are able to do the same.  It's the first time in years that I have all this sort of "free" time so getting things done early is hopefully going to be great!  Stay tuned on that one.

Well bloggers, enough gibberish for one evening.  Thanks for letting me spend some time with you.  I miss all the camaraderie that the shop always drew so having a mechanism for reaching out and touching people has been great.  You know that I love hearing from you.  Have a WONDERFUL week and stay safe.

Take care - Hugs to All - Doris

Thank you Dotti Harris for helping to pull this event together.  Margaret was instrumental in getting it off the ground as well.  All the participants should be pround of the collective 315 cards that were completed for the troops.  Many thanks to Lila (front left) for opening her fabulous shop to all of us for this event.  Margaret is working on details to co-host this event on each last Friday of the month.  Stay tuned for more details.  WAY TO GO TEAM!!  Check out the thermomether.................

 

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Comments

[Robert Mosher]

Thanks again for the great demo yesterday at Mimi's. I planned to add some to the OWH money pot but forgot to give it to you. I will catch you later this week.HUGS back!

[Jean Engler]

Doris, I love hearing from you. Keep up the blog, I don't want to lose touch.

[Dotti]

Glad your demo went well yesterday - I'm VERY thankful for Yvonne showing me how to do that too (after all these years!).

Also had a ton of fun at the OWH party. Thank you for adding to the fun and supporting our heroes with all your efforts. From their feedback, they truly appreciate receiving all the cards to help them keep in touch with their families while they're so far away for so long. They love the personal touch of being able to write in beautiful, carefully handmade cards.

Keep it up - you're really making a difference in so many lives Doris. Love ya!