OT: Mike Green

Hi, I wanted to share something a little off topic. This past Saturday, I volunteered at an elementary school in DC with Mike Green, defenseman for the Washington Capitals, and about 100 other Caps fans. The Caps donated paint, supplies for kids and teachers, plants & flowers, etc and we spent the morning sprucing up the school. This school definitely needed our help, it was in bad shape. I was on the goody bag committee. I never got a goody bag for going back to school, so I was a tad jealous. Especially because the goody bags were filled with school supplies and Caps trinkets! We also filled goody bags for the teachers, which consisted of construction paper, Lysol wipes, hand sanitizer and an electric pencil sharpener. We delivered the goody bags to the classrooms and I was amazed at the teacher's reactions. Every one of them was SO thankful for all the supplies, but especially for that pencil sharpener. One teacher said she had been asking for a pencil sharpener for 3 years and the school couldn't afford it. How sad is it that an electric pencil sharpener is so high on their list!!? I was sad and amazed at the same time. Mike Green was very nice and took the time to speak with each volunteer and sign autographs. I love this picture of me with him. When I first met him several years ago, I was so excited, I had a huge goofy smile on my face and I was blushing so badly (can you blame me, he's sort of cute) so the picture turned out horrible. At least I was able to take a better picture with him this time! Hope to be back later this week with some crafty posts!

Pop Up Birthday Card... and a Lamborghini

Here's another pop up card I made similar to my owl card that I posted recently. The link for the tutorial is in that post. I used my favorite distressed line of Lasting Impressions paper and the cupcake is dry embossed using a Lasting Impressions template. The Happy Birthday sentiment is stamped.

And now for the Lamborghini... On Friday night I went to see my favorite hockey player Mike Green at a local sports bar. He and another Capital, Nick Backstrom, were bartending and trying to raise money for charity. There were a ton of people there and I feel lucky to get close enough to take these pictures. I left there kind of disappointed that I wasn't able to have either one of them serve me a drink! We were walking down the road to where our car was parked, and noticed Mike Green's lamborghini parked on the street!! I took advantage of the photo op. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Hockey Night!

I found the template for this skate treat holder on the Stamp Shack. You have to be a member of the website (I think it was about $10/year to join) to get the template. Isn't it the cutest?! We have season tickets for the Washington Capitals games, and there are two little boys who sit in our section that I wanted to give a small gift to. When I saw the template for this skate treat holder, I knew it would be perfect! I made the skate (it was super easy), and then put a few treats inside it. I found the Capitals logo on a google search, and added it to the side of the skate. Hope you're having a great week!

Cat Cards

Sorry for not posting in awhile. I've been creating, but just not liking anything I make. Does that ever happen to you? I wanted to make a cat card for a friend, but I don't even think this looks like a cat! I hope with the fish, the recipients will be able to tell that it's a cat.

On a personal note, yesterday I was so happy because the Caps re-signed my fav player Mike Green. But then this morning I wake up to some depressing news, my fav goaltender didn't resign with the Caps, instead he went to Chicago. I'm so bummed out. I don't know anything about the new goaltender we're getting.

Oh! Yesterday I booked a vacation... I cannot wait! The last week-long vacation I had was in September 2003! We went on a Carribbean cruise. Since that time, I've had to take leave from work for a lot of family emergencies, putting the addition on the house, etc. So I haven't had enough leave accrued to take a nice long vacation. We're going here - to Gatlinburg TN. Don't these cabins look so relaxing!? Hope you're having a nice week!

Meeting Mike Green!

Once a month, ESPN Zone in DC hosts a Q&A session with a player from the Washington Capitals. This month my favorite player, Mike Green, was going to be that player! So on Wednesday night I went into the city to hear him speak. He is even more good looking in person and is really funny. I had a great time and learned a few things about him. After the Q&A session, he signed autographs, so I got him to sign my #52 Mike Green jersey!