Monday, November 2, 2009

November

November this year to me is remembering the good times I was able to experience at Silver Bella last year.......going into November this year I was going to challenge myself to the November Creative Every Day challenge.  I can remember seeing the buttons in the new year on blogs and thinking I should challenge myself.  I feel challenged enough to make a huge commitment like that....I thought I could start taking pictures in October and it wouldn't be that hard....well I am off to a bad start already.....it's November 2nd already.  So, I will put that thought aside---no pressure here.  But, I would like to keep sharing what we are up to at Princeton Paper Source.  Our holiday window is up and I can't wait to share it.  We also have open houses with free demos and make and takes for the next two weekends I would like to share.  We sold out again for our Girl's Night Out which was called the Grateful Table.  I loved this night.  It is good to take some time out and think about what you are grateful for and do some paper crafts to go along with the holiday.  Well big day tomorrow for the future of New Jersey----the Governors race-----time to vote....and another goodie is Starbucks is giving out free coffee tomorrow and they switch to red cups.  I love when the new cups come out to check out the graphics.  

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Paper Sourcererrrrrrs

Denise is a co-worker at Paper Source.  She is hugely talented and I wish I had a link to her ebay so you can see the beautiful felt corsages she makes.  She also made this hat and I am so glad I was able to share Halloween with her.  We shared many laughs today......RibbOn.....sorry inside joke.
Ashley started the day with this lovely homemade baked brownie----they were so  tasty and full of chocolate goodness.  Thanks Ashley you made my day!!!!!!
Kristen made my day too.  Always fun and upbeat....is she the cutest flapper or what???
And here we are the Paper Sourcererrrrrs......is there such a thing as having too much fun at work?  Christina was there, too and we shared many laughs.  She was supposed to be a cat......I couldn't find a costume this morning and all I could find were cat ears.  I knew Christina was going to be a cat so that wouldn't work......thinking......thinking.......I thought I could wear the ears and when she asked what I was I would say I was a copy cat.......lol!!!!  I went out and bought a robe and realized halfway through the day we were Paper Sourcererrrrs....too funny.  I hope you all had an Happy Halloween.  This was a little different for me this year---but, my husband Glen survived answering the door for over 100 trick or treaters this year (that's what you get for always giving out the BIG candy bars!!!!!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Big Man

Went to Barnes and Noble last night in Princeton to get Clarence Clemons new book "The Big Man''.  I met up with Sue Hensler and Laura Meschio.....sharing stories of glory days and some good memories of college.  It was funny for me because a lot of times I was like I remember this..... did it happen.???   My friend was like yes, you are on the video....and I am like they taped that stuff??? T000  funnyyyyyy!!!!  I was laughing so much---it felt good.  We had a good time in college and hope for that for our kids......but, we were still hoping they didn't get into any trouble......we were lucky enough to just have fun.....but, no trouble.  There was a long line which went very fast....not fast enough without running in to get a price of a sweater I really liked in Anthropologie....which I need to get out of my head......but, it was so pretty!!!!!! 
Our encounter with Clarence was to get book signed, picture and please move away....I at least wanted him to sign it to my son Ian, but it was a long line and they wanted to get everyone's books signed.  The most fun was just remembering good times from times gone by.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I don't hate Mondays

I was able to see Ian and Kaylyn in Phillie last night.  I am so proud of them.  It was great to catch up and hear the latest and the greatest in their lives.  So many things for them.....Halloween parties......living in the city where the baseball team is in the World Series---they have seen and heard a lot so far with the Phillies winning the league championship.....they both started part time jobs last weekend......Ian is organizing a jazz Christmas band (he was surprised they didn't already have one)........and last night we were able to see the Jazz Ensemble he is in perform.....
Wow......they were good.....I am so glad Ian is performing.  We love to see the performances.  The music was swing meets bop....a lot of Dizzie Gillespie...they also had Jazz singers perform one song....it was upbeat and fun to listen to.
I started the day at work at Paper Source yesterday.  It was such a great day.  I love when customers bring in what they create with our products(canvas not available through Paper Source).  Melissa Cookman made this for a gift someone.  We were lucky enough to see it before she gave her present.  My favorite part of the job is when customers bring in what they have made.  Another customer Diane Faye came in and showed us the best usage of our papers so far.  She is a graphic designer and has a great blog and you can see her steamship invitations here.
The other great thing about Mondays is to see all the new product coming in.........and the other good thing about this Monday is I have Tuesday and Wednesday off so it was like tgim........I am catching up on my computer.....my car is getting fixed and now I must do something with this house........it is a disaster.........with the no children in the house it has left me feeling very unmotivated.....but, it has gone on long enough....my biggest problem is which pile to attack first.........the laundry.......the bills.........the dirty bathrooms........the empty refrigerator.....ok......get me off this computer so I can tackle these things!

I don't hate Mondays

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Haunted Masquerade

The video below is part of the haunted masquerade post for Cassandra's Haunted Masquerade over at My Artful Adventures.  Cassandra is a great hostess and gave us plenty of time for our contributions.  I was ready and inspired to make an altered Marie for the event......instead I saw this video and wondered what I would like if I was Marie with the big hair (and Mustache?????).  So I made a little video for my post for the party.  Please visit Cassandra at My Artful Adventures for some Marie Antoinette inspired Halloween goodness......and an early Happy Halloween from me to you!!!!!
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