Santa Claus has come to town!

We managed to make it over to Valley Fair Mall on Sunday morning. Santa was not scheduled to arrive until 11a, but a line was already starting to form when we got there at 10a. Kevin was sweet to wait in line while Keiji and I ran a couple of errands. Ken ran around on one of the video playmats nearby the fast growing line.

Countdown to Santa's appearance... look up and what do we see?



Do you see them? In the window? Reindeer antlers!

We were fourth in line, so it was relatively quick. Ken is in the goofy "show all my teeth" phase. Keiji seemed a bit star struck. lol! This is a picture I took from my camera. Ken is telling Santa what he wants for Christmas.



Ho, ho, ho!!
Jane

Love me some Bellas!

Em has done it again. Another super cute bella, just in time for the Bella Ball at SCS!
Introducing, MwahBella!

There was a prechallenge to get a picture of ourselves as one of our favorite Bellas.
I couldn't help myself.



Still waiting for my Bowlin'Bella!

Here's My Bella Challenge cards!

# 1 - Kerianne's Tri-fold Card Challenge:


#2 - AmyR Sketch Challenge:


mwah!
Jane

It's time to say goodbye!

It's that time again to say goodbye to a few good stamps.
Here's the Stampin' Up! retiring list by page and by alphabetical order.

Aside from all of the hostess sets that I will have to set aside, I am happy to say that only twelve stamp sets will be put away for personal use only. It's hard to say goodbye to "Silly Sealife" since I got it just a couple of months ago. It's such a cute set! And having Print Pattern and French Script background stamps retired in the last round was really difficult. Now Linen is being retired. Phooey.

Well, if there are any stamp sets on the retiring list you have to have, now is the time to get it!

Cheers!
Jane

Wrapping Up The Holidays with Stampin' Up!

From now thru December 15th, Stampin' Up! is helping you wrap up the holidays! They are offering specials on wrapping paper, ribbon, gift card holders, tag-making supplies and more!

Color Flyer

Item Number - Description - Price
112409 Holiday Tag Bundle $ 4.95
110380 Tags for All Stamp Set* $24.76
110264 Designer Gift cards* $ 4.55
109862 Chocolate Chip satin ribbon* Buy 1, get 1 free!
109863 Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon* Buy 1, get 1 free!
112410 Tin 3-Pack $ 9.95
110147 Celebration wrapping paper* $17.95
110228 Hand Selected Accents & Elements $ 8.21

* This item is from the current Holiday Mini Collection. Only this and other items indicated will be extended through the campaign period while supplies last. All other Holiday Mini items will be available until November 30.

There is no limit to the number of items a customer may purchase, but Holiday Mini items are available only while supplies last.

The Holiday Tag Bundle includes 30 of each of the following pieces:
-Whisper White card stock
-Real Red textured card stock
-Soft Sky Prints Designer Series Paper (Dotted Diamond pattern)
-Real Red twill tape

The pieces for this bundle make 15 cellophane bag toppers that are perfect for neighbor or teacher gifts.

The satin ribbon offer (buy one, get one free) is good on both the Purely Pomegranate and Chocolate Chip ribbon. You may select any combination of ribbon for their free ribbon. For example, you can buy one Chocolate Chip and choose a second Chocolate Chip or a Purely Pomegranate ribbon for the free ribbon!

The Tin 3-Pack contains three empty Accents & Elements tins. These tins have never been available for purchase separately! Terrific for altering as stocking stuffers!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Some have asked about why I haven't posted in such a long time.
I have missed you too! I have been having severe migraine attacks for a few months now and it has become worse with the vertigo and nausea. Thankfully, I have found a chiropractor and massage therapist who have helped relieve a lot of the pressure and pain. X-rays have shown that I sustained trauma to my spine in the car accident back in 2006. And there seems to be fused vetebral bodies that I have had all my life. Next stop is to see a neurologist.

Anyways, I just wanted to get back online and wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.

xoxo
Jane

What happened to August?

I can not believe it's the end of August! And I didn't blog once during the entire month.
It's been a long month and I am really glad it's coming to an end.
I have been working on different projects, including a submission to Stampin' Up! I will start posting again this weekend, so keep checking back in.

Tomorrow will be a very long day for the Matsumoto family.
The Matsumoto siblings, husbands and wives, and children will all be flying out to Los Angeles for Grandma's funeral service at 2p. Kevin has been in Taiwan this week, so he will fly from SFO and meet up with us at LAX. His grandma (father's side) suffered a massive stroke on Thursday and passed away on Saturday. We are all very sad and will miss her. She was going to be 90 years old in November.

Preschool starts for Ken next week. I will start working with the 2 yr olds (Tot Time) on Wednesday. Keiji will be in my class. I am really excited and can't wait for my class to meet! I get the feeling Keiji will rule the roost with my being the teacher. lol!

I have to get dinner ready and the boys in a bath. It has been so hot and humid the past few days! With the boys in bed relatively early, I might be able to get some stamping done!
Just wait until I show you the "Teacher Appreciation" gift I am working on. It's a notebook made up of clasped envelopes, decorated with Cutie Pie DSP and pretty ribbon. And it comes with a matching beaded pen!

Inky hugs,
Jane

Workshop Cards

Hostess club and Japanese workshop cards:

Baby Wipe Technique and Crinkled Ink Technique:



Pick-A-Petals stamp set, Holidays & Wishes stamp set


A Baroque Christmas Card:


Baroque Motifs stamp set, Shimmery White cardstock, new In-Colors (Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate), Rhinestone Brads!


Tri-fold Cami style Christmas Card:


Fun & Fast Notes stamp set, Whimsy Wheel, new Scallop Punch


Cheers!
Jane

My first rock concert!

Sunday night, Kevin took me to my first rock concert. Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at the Mountain Winery.

We ate dinner at Crepe Danielle:


We made our way up to the "winery in the sky":

(the most amazing view overlooking San Jose)

The concert was opened by Lennon Murphy.
I was blown away by this woman. It was just her and her keyboard and she was incredible!
So much so that I bought her CD and got in line for her autograph. Then Kevin encouraged me to get back in line and ask her to have a picture taken with me. And she did without any hesitation!

Can you see I can't stop beaming? lol!
Lennon... if you ever read this... YOU ROCK MY WORLD, GIRL!

Then of course, the one and only Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.


OMG! What an amazing concert! Can you believe it's the first time Kevin has seen them live? Most of you will know what a Benatar fan Kevin is. So it's so cool that we were able to experience this together. This experience is right up there with my wedding and the births of my children. Seriously.

xoxo
Jane

Bridal Shower Cake (part deux)

I woke up this morning and took a look at my bridal shower cake for Meredith.
Here's what it looked like (it's also in the post down below):



I didn't like it... looked kinda plain.
Please leave me comments on what you think...
There's always room for improvement! lol!

Here's what it looks like now:


Off to get ready for the bridal shower!
Have a wonderful Sunday, my friends.

Jane

Bridal Shower Cake

My friend, Meredith, is going to have her bridal shower tomorrow afternoon.
I purchased 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels, and 2 wash cloths off of her bridal registry, and made a towel cake as a gift. The white tulle, moss green tulle, and orchids are from Michael's.



** I noticed that there have been a lot of traffic from Google for this post.
If you are coming in directly from there, you may not be able to see that I had updated this bridal shower cake the next day! Here's a link to what the "cake" ended up looking like:
http://whoopsiedaisy-jane.blogspot.com/2007/07/bridal-shower-cake-part-deux.html

If you like what you see, please leave comments... would love to hear what you think of the cake.