More is More

Last night I held my first Stampin’ Up! class of the year.  I was really looking forward to it even though I was not feeling well at all.  I’m so thankful Curt was still on vacation and feeling better so he could help clean house..without him I would have needed to cancel class.  I love my customers!  Everyone was so understanding about me being under the weather and not quite as organized as usual.  I think everyone still had a really good time – I hope so anyway!

We made the purse project I shared in my last post along with 3 cards using Double Time Stamping (or One Sheet Wonder).  Everyone started with a full sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock and created a page similar to this.    You can click on the thumbnail to see it larger.

We used the stamp sets A Beautiful Thing, Carte Postale and Itty Bitty Backgrounds with ink colors Almost Amethyst, Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Always Artichoke and Pumpkin Pie.  Then we cut the full sheet into quarters and further trimmed those pieces to make these cards:

I made 6 cards (plus a little sample for a technique reference card) from one full sheet.  In class everyone made 3 of the above cards and took the rest of the pieces home.  This is a great way to make a set of cards for a gift or to make up a number of birthday or thank you cards that you might need in a given month.

Last night was my turn to be hostess and since I wasn’t up to baking I served a choice of Root Beer Float or Hot Fudge Sundae…simple and yummy!  I was really spent by the end of class and it was so super sweet of several customers to stay and get everything cleaned up for me.  🙂

So today I spent all day in my jammies on the couch watching tv and looking through my SU catty.  At one point I saw a recipe by Giada De Laurentis for Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Spinach (click here for recipe) that looked so yummy that I mentioned it to Curt later in the afternoon thinking I might even venture to try to make it sometime.  Well around 4:00 Curt announced that he was going to the grocery store.  “For what?” I asked.  “To get the stuff to make those pork chops you saw!”

Wow!  Is he a keeper or what?  He found the recipe on Foodtv.com and went to the store to get all the ingredients and then came home and made one of the MOST delicious dinners I have ever had!  I’m not even a fan of pork chops!  I highly recommend that recipe if you’d like to try something a little special…and it was even a part of a healthy cooking episode…using low fat cream cheese, low sodium chicken stock and limited olive oil.  I just gotta say – my hubby ROCKS!

I’m sure hoping we make it to church tomorrow morning.  Tomorrow is the last day of Curt’s vacation and it’s back to regular everyday schedule.  Hope you’re having a great weekend!  Thanks for stopping by.