Owl | The Maui Stamper

I turned my back for just a little bit and look what happened:

All of a sudden there was a flock of owls! (HIJACK: I have a thing for collective nouns, and I found a website that claimed the correct term for an assembly of owls is a Parliament of Owls. Love it.)

These owls descend from THIS website, although they’ve mutated ever so slightly. They’re so much fun to do that I’ve become slightly addicted. They have the added benefit of being just the right size to stuff with a little wad of cash, which is the Gift of Choice for every graduate I know. I made a couple in school colors for some of my favorite members of the Class of 2011, but I’m not showing you those just yet because they haven’t been delivered. I’m trying to figure out how to put a mortarboard on them, but if they’re to be delivered before the Grads head off to school I’d better get moving.

These just crack me up!!!

We shared a bittersweet evening a couple of weeks ago. Kellie and her family are moving to the Mainland. Their reasons are good and of course we all support them in this move, but the truth is we don’t like it. Kellie’s loving, gentle presence and her inspired projects bring such light to our demonstrator meetings! We couldn’t let her leave without getting together for some laughter and lovin’.

Being SU demos, we had to have a project:

I know. Can you stand it? This isn’t an original idea – it’s an absolute CASE (Copy And Share with Everyone). I saw them on Jill Hilliard‘s blog and she in turn credited Card a la Carte, where you can find details on construction.

My plan was for all of us to make these at Kellie’s Aloha party, but I hadn’t even made a sample – I just had the link. You should have seen us sitting around my dining table:

Well, now you can see us! Everyone scrolling through their smart phones, looking at the pictures and instructions. (And Kellie in the background trying to sort out a mini-crisis!)

Peggy and Crystal got busy with the punches.

Robbie got a little punchy herself! And we were all so happy to see Cheryl feeling back to normal.

Lisa and Kellie – and Lisa, you’d better watch out for that dino behind you!! Kellie has been packing for weeks, if not months. Every time I’d see her she’d tell me how she was improvising because this item was packed, or they’d sold that item (little things, you know, BEDS). When she came in she laughed and told us she’d brought her adhesive with her: