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Hot Off the Press: STAMPIN’ UP! 2013 COLOR REFRESH!

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Yes, my friends, it’s true:  with the new 2013-2014 catalog, Stampin’ Up! will refresh the four color families!  Never fear, there are familiar names here, and Stampin’ Up! will continue to provide outstanding coordination between ink, paper and embellishment.

But you want details, I know!

Stampin' Up! 2013 Color Refresh

With one exception, the “new” colors are familiar – they are In Colors from years past.  The exception is what promises to be a delicious new shade of grey called Smoky Slate!

I’m personally thrilled with these changes – the colors that are retiring are colors I have seldom used – with the notable exception of Baja Breeze.  The In Colors from years past that are becoming permanent include some of my absolute favorites – Pear Pizazz, Soft Sky, and the recent 2011-2013 colors of Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder (yay!), Pool Party (double yay!)  and Island Indigo.

Some remaining colors have changed color families – see if you can spot them!

Don’t delay in stocking up on your discontinuing favorites!  There’s an added bonus – Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING April 6 through 8!!  Free shipping on stamps, paper, ink, embellishments, This ‘n That, My Digital Studio orders – there’s free shipping on it all!!

Rows and rows and rows….

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If it hadn’t been for my girlfriends this would have never happened:

Maui Stamper Wedding FavorsHave you ever made one of those little paper rosettes?  You stack 6 or so scallop circles, push a brad through the middle to hold them together, dampen the paper and then scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.

It took a LOT of loving hands to make all of those rosettes!

Maui Stamper Wedding Favor MakersRobbie, Peggy, Cheryl and Crystal literally saved my life – and my fingers – and we had a wonderful time doing it (ok, mostly – it was a little bit insane).  Once the rosettes were made it was pretty simple:  a doily from the Petite Pennants Bigz die, a flower trimmed from the 5/8 inch Flower Trim, some Pear Pizazz Seam Binding (a Clearance Rack SCORE!), Hemp Twine (also from the Rack) and Linen Thread.

Maui Stamper Wedding FavorsI made the tags a couple of days later, although Crystal was the one who designed them so that I could print them on my printer and then punch them out.

These favor jars were filled with an amazing seasoning salt made here on Maui by a dear, wonderful woman named Iris Nitta.  Carol knew her from her Baldwin High School days, and when Carol graduated from college she worked on Maui with Iris’s son-in-law for a while.  He brought the season salt to his co-workers as a Christmas gift that year, and when it was time to find something for the favors Carol knew exactly what she wanted.  Iris made up a special batch for us and for a few days my car – and my house – smelled divinely as nearly 40 pounds of salt waited to be put into jars!  All the loving hands that participated in this wedding made every aspect so special.

I’m really glad Carol and Clarence decided to keep the guest list under 100 guests.

A special wedding welcome

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My daughter Carol and her husband Clarence wanted to be sure every guest at their wedding felt welcomed, and they wanted that welcome to be very personal.  They decided to give each guest a lei greeting and take a photo with them.  We set up a table for the lei:

MauiStamper wedding pennantsOne thing I have to make clear before I go any further is that when I say “we” I mean Crystal.  Honestly, if you are planning a wedding you need a lot of friends to help!  Crystal has a great designer’s eye, and she offered to set up decorations at the reception site while I was being MOTB.  We did lots of pennants – sorry to say I don’t have photos of all of them.  The bird cage (courtesy of Cheryl) was to hold cards and our idea of a guest book.  Wish I had another photo of those goofy birds at the foot of the birdcage – they were hilarious – and 75% off after-Christmas clearance!

Maui Stamper Birdcage Pennants

The pennants were cut from the Perfect Pennants Bigz die and embellished wtih the new Needlepoint Border TIEF from the Spring catalog.  I also used the fabulous new 5/8 inch flower trim from that Spring catalog – THANK YOU STAMPIN’ UP!, your timing was impeccable!!  And if you are wondering about the color scheme, we used Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz – both retired In Colors from 2010-2012.  Again, Stampin’ Up! had incredible timing as these two colors of cardstock (and a number of related accessories) hit the Clearance Rack just when I needed them!  I had been hoarding bits and pieces, but with all the paper I bought I was able to do anything I wanted!

Check in later this week – I have more photos for you to enjoy!  It was such fun to create these small touches for my daughter’s wedding day.