Happy New Year!

2012 is here and I have a feeling that it is going to be a fabulous year! There will be lots happening at Scrapbookers, and I will keep you posted!

New Year's Eve was a little different this year. We actually stayed up until midnight and saw the ball fall. (well I did, Howie was downstairs doing laundry while I was yelling, "Get up here!") I was babysitting Brooklynn and she was fast asleep. Boy, do we know how to celebrate on New Year's Eve!

I wanted to show you one of my Christmas presents. My sister Anne sent me this Quilled creation. She and her husband were in Vietnam a few months ago and she picked this up in a store in Hanoi. Amazing isn't it! It is 8" x 8". Can you imagine how many hours that took to make. The quilling strips are 1/16" wide.

Quilled village picture

Close up of the work

She also gave me a trip to Florida! Don't I have the best sisters! Anne turns 50 on January 27th (I have very young sisters!) and we will be celebrating in Sarasota, Florida. She said that I am her Birthday present to herself. Wow, I just love her to bits! Also, her husband will be away and my mom will be in Florida, so she wasn't going to celebrate on her own. So, Anne, my niece Carrie and myself are leaving on January 24 and returning January 30th. A week in the sunshine. Can't wait. Cindy will be looking after the store and I thank her so much for doing that for me.
I will also be going on the Jessica Lake Retreat with eight ladies on the weekend of January 14th. My girlfriend owns Jessica Lake Lodge and we go there a couple of times a year to scrapbook.
And an end to the post brings a game of Memory with Dylan. He got the game all set up to play on my iPad. Note the names of the players!