One of my favorite summer events I look forward to every year is the Indiana State Fair. I like to go at least once a year with my mom. I take off work and we go on a weekday, when it’s easier to find parking and not as crowded. This year it turned out we went on a very busy day though! The second Tuesday of the fair set a new weekday attendance record. We chose the always popular $2 Tuesday ($2 admission, $2 food specials at every vendor, and $2 midway rides), plus lots of rain was forecast…
Papertrey Ink hosted a live crafting event in Cincinnati August 24-25 to go along with their annual online Stamp-a-Faire. I was really excited when I heard about the option to attend in person. The only other live event was held in 2011 for the first ever Stamp-a-Faire, before I knew about Papertrey Ink; I became a customer in 2015. I had so much fun participating in Stamp-a-Faire from home last year that I decided spur of the moment to attend the live event on May 20, the day it was announced and tickets…
August’s challenge hosted by the blog Where Creativity Meets C9 is Anything Goes. Since there wasn’t a set theme, I knew immediately that I wanted to make a unicorn card with the Concord & 9th Unicorn Awesomeness stamp set I hadn’t had a chance to craft with yet. My July challenge card was all about shiny things, and I’m still on a glitz kick. Lately, the more glitter the better! So I knew my unicorn would end up with some sparkle. By the way, black stars are still raining out of my die cut…