Eagerly Approaching Autumn

     Hi everyone! Happy September, and Happy everything that  makes  September special.  I'm so excited today I can't stand it! Although, i'm a little bit confused because it's 85 degrees out here in Massachusetts but it feels like fall.  Signs are out for apple picking, Dunkin' has their Apple Cider, apple pies and apple crumb muffins back and the Pumpkin Swirl latte is to die for according to Curtiss. I was so happy to have had a large apple cider!  For me it doesn't get much better than that. I did as promised and took the entire summer off from bloggin'! Seeing as how this was the last summer before my son entered high school.  I figured it won't be long before it's no longer "cool" to just hang out with mom.  We did a lot of nothing, went camping, shopping and to a Whole bunch a' lacrosse tournaments!  You name it, my truck has seen it...Mass, NH, NY, MD, Long Island, PA, jeesh..Thank Goodness Toyota makes a great product.  Now that he's a Freshmen the level of business is one up.  He's attending the local Catholic Central High school  and is playing on the golf team now then basketball.
     I baked blueberry muffins last week end and i'm going to pick up apples tonight for a bread.  Some of the leaves are starting to change here but we're still about a month from peak foliage.  Good because leaf peepers add to my weekend commute on my weekend to work.  I hadn't been to any crops in a while and I've registered for two;  Ready...Set...Crop's Fall Frolic Weekend in Westminster, MA Nov.2-4 and Cool Crops February Andover, MA Crop 2/14-2/17.  RSC can be found here and Cool Crops on google if you like. I can't wait, it seems like forever since i've gone away to crop/craft. Well (almost) hee hee.  Today I treated myself to a trip up to Absolutely Everything in Topsfield, MA.  This scrapbooking store isn't as big as Archivers but it is BIG! They have a Great on line store too that can be found  here.  I got a few new Magnolia stamps: Scooter Tilda, Tilda hugging a heart, Tilda and Wiola, Cuddly siblings and the Tropicana Tilda (not the real name but close) and a nice Penny Black clear stamp set. But man lately i've been on a roll with the Digi stamps.  There are sooooo many great sites.  I bought a bunch from Saturated Canary and Wee Stamps I love Krista & Sylvia's images. The girls are gorgeous, with those eyes to die for!  So much fun to color!  Here's a card that I colored up and assembled last night.  I still have to do the inside though.  I ran out of oumpf!  It's just a "Hello" card to have on hand. I love everything about it!  The Stamp is a digital image i've had for a little bit by Sylvia Zet.  She is "Silver Fairy" and can be found here.

The DP are Memory box- "Viola," Cardstock is Bazzill, Memory box dies, Cuttlebug embossing folder and machine, Marvy Puch, Prima flowers, The pearls are from Recollections and the doily from my stash of UFO's and of course all those Copics! Clothing and wings:  YG91, YG93, YG95 & YG97. Creams in wings-E40, E41, E42, & E43. Hair is E31,E25 & E50, Skin-E000,E02, E11, & E35. BV01 for her hair flower. The bell on the end of her wing is the Sand at you Spica pen from too marker company.  Hope you like her. I had fun with this one! I will enter this into a few challenges as well. Why not?
     Tonight i'll ink up some Maggies for the upcoming card kit swap over at Magnolia-licious yahoo group.  It will get going again in October led by the infamous Audrey. Lots of country fairs and carnivals coming up this time of the year too. The Big E starts next week which is huge! It's the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, MA.  you'll becha' there's something there for everyone! Along with fall comes my running again.  I don't run in the summer months because I'm afraid of heat stroke, dehydration and all the other just plain old bad stuff that could happen. I'm looking forward to a little, no alot more me time. No more crazy traveling for work.  I'm back in the Intensive Care Setting where I belong.  Critical Care Medicine is much more exciting to me than Internal Medicine.  Oh, almost forgot, wanted to say hi to the library group Copic class that I held a couple weeks ago.  Hope you're all coloring like Crazy.  I also can't wait to see Suzanne Dean again in CT. at the Inspiration Station.  She'll be giving some of her CMC classes "on the road" the end of Septemper.  She does such a nice job with the classes as well. Busy, Busy, Busy...Guess that's one way to keep the old mind Sharp.  Stay posted, I will begin a card kit swap from this Blog as well in the next few weeks.  A great way to get enough materials for Christmas cards.  Happy Stamping and Carpe Diem!