Night With A Friend

The other night my friend's husband was on the night shift.  She asked me to come over and "catch up."  She has an amazing craft room.  One day I'll talk her into letting me photograph it for this blog.  But I digress.  I didn't have anything to work on so she handed me some things to do.



First she had me sort the flowers she had already punched.
She likes to do this with her scraps while she's watching television.



Then she had me shape the flowers.  I accomplished this by using the ball of an embossing stylus to press the tiny flower into the palm of my hand.



Then she had me punch and shape more! 
I think I finished around 2am.



Meanwhile, she was working on these tedious, but adorable little darlings.
 

We had a really sweet time together talking about crafting, children, and everything possible in-between.  If you have a friend you haven't talked to in a while don't wait any longer. 

Here's a link to her website if you'd like to check it out:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingwithcindyowens/

 

Christmas Tags

As a Christmas gift my friend, and Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, gathered together gift tag elements and put them together in a little kit.  I don't know all of the details about what she put into it, but I sure enjoyed assembling it all together.

Here's the front of the gift bag:

 

Here's the back:



 

 

Here's the un-assembled contents:

 

Here's what they looked like after I assembled them:



 

 

Some more:

 

I know how much I enjoyed this bit of craftiness, and I will enjoy using them on future gifts.  So she blessed me twice!  I really liked this idea.  This is an idea I just might incorporate in my future gift giving.  Leave me a comment and tell me what you think!