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Stitch Rock

South Floridians, here you go...

Our BIG Day is finally here! Happy 5th Birthday STITCH ROCK!

THIS Saturday, October 1st 2011
12noon-6pm
$5 admission FREE parking!

It’s hard to believe our little bundle of crafty joy is turning 5 this year! South Florida’s crafty scene has come a long way since Stitch Rock was born, so help us celebrate D.I.Y style with a great big Stitch Rock indie craft show and party!

• Over 80 vendors with the best handmade goods around!
• Lots of party themed freebies & giveaways all day
• 100 goodie bags stuffed like never before for the first 100 people!
• 500 comemmorative give away goodies
• D.I.Y Fashion show at 3pm
• **Make a Monster with WeMerge Table**
• **T-shirt screen printing right before your eyes with Jinx Remover & Squgee Sceince**

Have lunch with our food truck friends PS561 and enjoy a gourmet hot dog (veggie dogs too!!)

Come be a part of South Florida's indie craft scene!
www.RockTheStitch.com

 

Refrigerator dish gift

It was my good friend's birthday a couple days ago and I wondered what I should make her.  She loves handmade, crafty things and she likes retro, thrifty stuff.  I decided I'd make her white and milk chocolate dipped pretzels sprinkled white nonpareils. I layered the pretzels in a glass refrigerator dish and added this cupcake liner flower on top.

I'm going to make more, these were so easy and I feel like a gift I would LOVE to get.

Flipper's home

Yesterday we went down to Marathon, Florida to the Dolphin Research Center for a "dolphin encounter" as they call it.  Little sis had said she wanted to swim with dolphins for her bday gift from us, and after asking around about places that have safe, clean and humane dolphin experiences, we found out this place was the best.  The DRC is the original home of Flipper and they currently do rehab and house dolphins that other aquariums cannot keep.  It's a beautiful little place and you can tell the staff really love these flipper-ed guys and take really good care of them.  What a beautiful afternoon!  The girls loved it as much as I did! Bear acted as photographer and took pictures. 

 

Little sis started it off with a hand shake, so cute, they come up and stick their little flippers in your hands.

Then they gave us each a kiss on the cheek!

 

 We got a dorsal pull ride and got to do hand signals for them to show us their favorite tricks!

 

The DRC also has small water park area and some beautiful waterfall and gardens.

    

After we grabbed lunch at this neat little place on the water (the ahi tuna nachos were delish!). The windows are all open and while it was warm and humid, it was also relaxing. We watched the boats pull up and dock in the back, people coming to grab a piece of key lime pie or a cold beer from the bamboo-covered bar. (And while there was a lot of Tommy Hilfiger tropical shirts going on, but it was still nice...)

          

  
(Pretty sure she cheated here...)

and finally, had to laugh and snap a photo of this beauty. I just about peed my pants at this billboard, so fab-u-lous!

camera bag love

I've been wanting an Epiphanie camera bag for awhile now. I love the idea of a fun, stylish camera bag other than my diaper bag ( I have an 11 and 8 year here people, there's no real reason to carry a diaper bag). I wondered what shall I get, which style, which color. I wear a lot of colors, but red I noticed is in a lot of my dresses and blouses, so I picked the Lola in red. 
 Next I think the Lyric in mustard.

(plus they just lowered their shipping rate, due to my bitching...)

Sketch Thursday

October Afternoon's Sketch Thursday  was a great sketch, and it prompted me to grab a couple pictures.  These are from our European vacation 2 years ago...I still haven't scrapbooked that trip...or the European trip last year, I am slacking...

Hope everyone has a happy, safe weekend.

Misting 101

I am loving Vee's Misting 101 class.  I use mists regularly and love the effects they give to my scrapbooking, but let's face it, the Queen of Mists is Vee, and when she offered this class, I jumped on it!

Here's my day 1 layout:

You should check it out!

vice

The Creative Type's September prompt is "my vice." What's yours?  Come play along with us!!! We have prizes, guest designer, You Tube tutorials...c'mon, everyone is doing it... Here's my vice (among others); coffee, namely iced lattes. Speaking of, I need caffeine.