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Hi All!

Shipping Time for the Holiday - If you want your order in time for Christmas it needs to be placed by 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 16th to ensure delivery before December 25th.

Free Shipping and 10% Off Retired Stamps - Limited-Time Offer (Dec 9, 2008 to Dec 23, 2008)!

Fall-Winter 2008 retiring stamp sets are available for purchase December 9, 2008 - January 18, 2009. Buy your favorites today before they're gone! Check the retiring list out: Retiring Stamp Set List.

Plus, now through December 23, you can get 10% OFF all retiring stamp sets and FREE SHIPPING on orders over $70-don't wait to take advantage of this limited-time offer! Check out : Stampin' Up Promotions

Also, don't forget that any stamp set in the Fall/Winter Sampler is 20% off from December 1st to January 18th.

If you have any questions on these promotions or would like to place an order contact me at 609-335-3586 or hustedde@msn.com. Place an order during this time period December 9th to December 23rd (this includes orders directly through me or through my website) and you will receive a $5.00 off coupon from me to be used on a future order.

Donna

Big Shot

Just wanted to show you this Felt Christmas Tree I made. I used green, adhesive backed, felt and the Sizzix Tree die. I ran it through the Big Shot and it cut is perfectly. I then stamped on the felt, using versamark ink, sprinkled with glittery red embossing powder and heat set. I then had a beautiful Tree Die Cut that I stuck on Gift Bags and Tied with green and red ribbon. One of the items I have been selling at my craft shows.

Update on My Toe

Well, it has been a week and a half and my foot still hurts really bad. The swelling has gone down but the 3 neighboring toes, to the fractured baby toe, are still black and blue. The specialist said that had I fractured any other toe on my foot this way they'd have to do surgery. The fractured off piece of bone is near the joint so they are going to x-ray it again this coming Monday to make sure it's healing and the piece of bone hasn't moved. Hard to believe I did this just by walking into our dog.

I Love the Holiday Season

Each month, on a Monday, the SJ Stampers meet at the Atlantic County Library in Mays Landing, NJ, to share ideas and learn new techniques. This past Monday was the Holiday Celebration. We each brought food to share and a Pollyanna Gift. We also did a Holiday card swap.

You make a card to swap, bring it, and get a card in return. Here is the beautiful card I got. It is made by one of my Stampin' Up! customers, Mary Jo. Great Job Mary Jo! It is a beautiful card.

Here is the Pollyanna Gift I received. It is Martha Stewarts Glittering Set. I'm looking forward to trying it. I don't know who brought it but I hope they see this because I want to say THANK YOU!

I love this time of year. I enjoy getting together with family and friends. I love the sites and sounds of the holiday also. Boy, Monday was really cold too. Sure felt like winter. Today it was 60 degrees, didn't feel like winter. But I believe the cold is coming back Friday.

Stay Warm!

Donna

Craft Show

Today I spent the day at a craft show at a friends home selling items I made. There were lots of great gift ideas for Stocking Stuffers, Pollyanna Gifts, Teacher Gifts, etc. Here is a picture of my table.

I will be at the Oakcrest High School, in Mays Landing on Saturday, 12/13/08, from 10 am to 3 pm along with over 30 other crafters and vendors. Come out and do some Christmas Shopping. Here is the flyer with details on this craft show.

24 Days till Christmas

Can you believe Christmas is only 24 days away? I can't. I hope you all enjoyed the rest of your Thanksgiving weekend. We had a wonderful dinner at my parents on Saturday.

I spent the rest of Saturday busily working on my craft show items and then again yesterday till around 5 pm when I walked into the dog, at a good clip, and broke my baby toe on my right foot. Yes, it swelled right away and after putting ice on it a few times and trying to walk on it I decided to head to Urgent Care to get it check out. It's broke. There is a piece of bone chipped off at the bottom of the toe where the top of the foot starts. Boy does it hurt. As long as I don't move it, try to walk on it or touch it I'm fine. They gave me crutches and told me to stay off of it for a week. Well, you should see me try to use the crutches. That is another injury waiting to happen so I think I have to bag them. They also gave me a surgical shoe to where and taped the toe to the neighboring toe. The shoe does help when walking.

So, here I sit at home resting my foot. I have an appointment this afternoon with an Orthopedic doctor to have it checked and find out what I should and shouldn't do. I didn't have much confidence in the doctor at Urgent care. Kind of feel the crutches was a bit overkill. So we'll see what the specialist says.