Happy 4th of July!

4th of July Flip Flops

Today our neighborhood has its annual 4th of July parade. My oldest daughter loves getting dressed up for it. A couple of weeks ago I got a truck load of flip flops for her her for only.80 each. So I pulled out the red ones today to make 4th of July flip flops. I got to thinking she would only be able to wear them on the 4th. So instead of attaching the stars directly to them, I attached them to clips that can be clipped onto the flip flop and taken off when she wants to wear the red ones without the stars. I can't take credit for this idea. I'm planning something later with this very concept, so I wont' go into details. But I wanted to give Emily a shout out for coming up with the idea.

And here they are on her sweet feet.

Fireworks, Friend Card and Blog Candy!

Well the 4th of July weekend is winding down. We saw some really great fireworks Saturday night from my in law's home. The Texas World Speedway was celebrating its 40 anniversary and had a fireworks show. I was really impressed.

Here's a friend card I did using the Western Sky Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! I also used White, Ruby Red and Soft Sky CS. The stamp set is For a Friend Hostess Set. I really like these colors together. It reminds me of the triple smile card I did a while back, click here to see it.

I'm expecting an order tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it as usual, but this order is especially exciting because it includes stamps that I'm going to be using to make cards that I'm going to sell at my friend Kathy's shop, The 4 Queens. I have several cards already made for her, but these new ones are being made with stamps with her and her shop in mind. Here's a hint....these stamps are found in the Spring/Summer Stampin' Up! catalog and if you check out my previous blog about The 4 Queens, you should be able to figure out at least one of the 4 stamp sets I ordered. Post a comment with your guess and I'll randomly select someone to receive a card using that stamp set. You have until Thursday at 8:00am to post.