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August 2018

My Fair Favorites: Top Ten Things I Loved About the 2018 Indiana State Fair

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…

Crafting A Community Garden: Stamp-A-Faire 2018

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…

Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #24: Anything Goes

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…