Stampin' Up!!

I went to my friend's card-making party last night, and it was a blast. As people may know, Im into scrapbooking. I have a die cutting machine and lots of paper, stickers, glue, ribbon, buttons, brads, etc hanging around in my "craft" room. Basically the only supply Im short on is TIME. I wish I could scrapbook more, about vacations and events.... *daydreaming*

Matt encourages me in this hobby, as well as sewing, and I am thankful for that. I've made some stationery for people before (people = my mom) and they turned out really cute. I just used cardstock and patterned paper die cuts and letters. However, I have never really gotten into stamping. There are soooooo many cute stamps out there, that it can get really expensive! After going to this party last night, I feel like getting more into card-making and stationery gifts. Im pretty excited. Now I just need to look through this awesome catalog at all of their adorable stamp sets and get started!

In other news, the Fourth of July is coming up! I bought our FIRST American flag to hang in our front yard (we had a flag holder on one of our trees already, just no flag). I found some USA window clings and Im making a wreath for our porch. I love decorating for holidays! Something I know I learned from my mom. Thanks a lot, Denisa, for giving me this obsession.... There may or may not also be stars-and-stripes-themed table linens on my dining room table right now....
We're going to the lake for the holiday with family for some wakeboarding and waterskiing, but thanks to hurricane Alex, we may be playing dominoes and eating in the house the whole time! But thank God for rain. Our yard looks thirsty!