May flowers you can make

Published: Tue, 05/05/20

Thank goodness for sunshine! The last three days have been beautiful. I know rain is important for the flowers, but I'm so happy to have a break from it. I spent lots of time in my garden transplanting and dividing. It felt so good, except that it left me sunburned and sore (but that's a tradeoff I was happy to accept). We are limited in the amount of flowers blooming at the moment, so be sure to take a few extra minutes (and we all have them) to enjoy what is there. This is a trillium, a slow growing flower. Once established, these flowers can live up to 25 years. My vibrant eighty something neighbor gave it to me many years ago and it looks like I will have three flowers this year! It's a flower that makes you appreciate patience and one that reminds me of Jane. I love how flowers do that. Many of my flowers have been given to me by friends.

Flower Pot Card

Warning - Making this card can become addictive. I forgot all about this card design until Sue showed us she was making them on our team Zoom meeting. It had been a while since I made one, so I hopped on Pinterest to get the measurements and couldn’t find a post that had them. So, I came up with my own and am happily sharing with you.

This will make a great Mother’s day card and I bet you can find what you need among your craft stash. I was going to make only three samples to show you the versatility, but I got carried away and couldn’t stop.

Flower pot card

Two Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Since we can’t go to stores at the moment, I thought I would give you two ideas that would make great Mother’s Day gifts. How about an IOU? It’s fun to do things together, and right now we unfortunately can’t. Give your mom (daughter or daughter-in-law) an IOU for a fun activity to do when we all feel safe to get together and things open again. Something to look forward to and something to enjoy while you are doing it together.

I usually mention this around the winter holidays, but I do gift certificates, for classes and products. I can send you a temporary virtual gift certificate and then follow up with an actual one, along with a new catalog. Reach out to me and we can square away the details if you are interested. christine@mailsomethingpretty.com.

Stamp Club

The next cycle of Stamp Club will be beginning in June. Just in time for the new catalog! Anyone can join Club, whether you live near or far from me. Here are the details:

~ Club will run from June - December.

~ Club Class will be on the 2nd Monday of each month, at 10 am and 7 pm. If you can not attend Club Class, I will make up your projects for you. (For those who do not live local, you will need to cover postage to have these mailed to you).

~ Each member will place a $30 order for each of the 6 months.

~ Each member will be a host and receive the host benefits for their assigned month.

~ Everyone will have fun creating, sharing, learning new things and being with other crafters.

If you are interested, please let me know by June 1 so I can have a new catalog mailed to you.

Fun TP Card!

Ellen, one of my Club members, sent me this super fun card that made me laugh out loud. I am sure you can figure out how to make it by the pictures, or look it up online because there are different versions floating around. Look at your embossing folders to find a good TP pattern. You could even combine this special card with one of the sentiments from the Share Sunshine PDF (details below). Thank you Ellen, I love it and wanted to share it!

Past Announcements

Card Kits: A few card kits to-go are still available for purchase: 4 bee card kits and 2 floral card kits. If you would like one of these kits, please send me an email. $30/kit and $4 for postage if you would like it mailed to you.

To see photos & videos:

https://mailsomethingpretty.com/bee-card-class-to-go/

https://mailsomethingpretty.com/floral-to-go-card-kit-available/

Last Chance/Retiring Products: Getting ready for the new catalog launch means retiring some of the current products. Many items are on sale, including all the current Designer Series Papers. All items on this list except stamp sets are while supplies last or until June 2. Shop Last Chance Items

Share Sunshine PDF - COVID19 Giveback. Stampin' Up! created a 15 page, black & white and color printable with all sorts of useful sentiments and a few images for this time of social distancing. All $12 will go towards helping combat and assist with COVID19.

Order link: https://covid19.stampinup.com/products/giving-back-us-ca