GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION!!!

3 Craft Chicks is so very excited to announce the grand opening of both of our shops!!!

The COOP is a cute little house that has scrapbooking and crafting items and a large {well lit} area for working on all your latest and greatest projects!!! There will be paper crafting supplies for sale in this area. While attending crops and classes you will have full use of a wonderful room full of thousands of rubber stamps, a Cricut die cut machine, many cartridges, sizzix machine and punches. I would like to give a HUGE shout out & THANK YOU to my dear dear friend Pat known to most as Grammy Pat, for all the fabulous rubber stamp sets!!! Thank you does not even begin to say the heart full of gratitude I have!!! There will be some vintage treasures for sale in the COOP along with handmade cards and other goodies!!!

The Nesting Box is an adorable very! little building out in front of the COOP! It is filled to the brim with vintage and re purposed household items, furniture, custom paper garlands, banners and vintage baby items!

The location of both shops is 14915 W Hwy 2 ~ Medical Lake, WA. It is 1 mile east of Fairchild Air Force Base and 15 minutes from downtown Spokane!!!

Come celebrate with us beginning Friday night, March 15th beginning at 4 p.m. Festivities will continue on Saturday as we open for normal business hours at 11 a.m. We are hosting the first crafting event at the COOP on Saturday, March 16th from 9 a.m. until midnight!!! 

This fun filled day of scrap booking {or whatever craft you choose to bring} is $25 which includes snacks, door prizes and a yummy dinner. Reserve your spot now by calling Michele at (509) 475-9026 or sending an email to craftchicksx3@yahoo.com.

Thank you to my sweet friend Jennifer Wood for coming up with the name the COOP and also naming our very first crop!!! How appropriate for St. Patrick's Day weekend! I have so appreciated her support as we began this very new to us business. She has spent endless time with me over the phone weighing the pros and cons of ideas and allowing me to ramble on and bounce ideas off even when I'm sure at times I sounded absolutely ridiculous!!! What a treasured friend she is to me and my whole entire family!!!

BRING 3 CANS OF FOOD TO DONATE TO 2ND HARVEST AND RECEIVE 15% OFF YOUR FIRST PURCHASE THIS GRAND OPENING WEEKEND!!!

We feel so very blessed as we undertake this endeavor and look forward to seeing many of you 

at

the COOP 

and

The Nesting Box!!!

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Birthday celebration ~ #1!!!

This year my birthday went on for a few days with much celebration & fun!!! 

It began on my actual birthday 10/23 with a PARTY ON THE GO...

My friend, Jennifer planned a day full of surprise & sheer fabulousness!!! Lauren, Nat & I met Jenn at 12:30 and the fun began right then...I entered the "PARTY WAGON"...it was decorated with pretty pink cotton puffs on my side of the van to represent some of my favorite things which are ~ polka dots, pink & all things vintage!!! 

This brought such joy to my day!!!

Next stop was for lunch...

TACO TIME ~ it's at the tippy top of my most favorites so we went through the drive thru and went up to Manito Park and ate it there.

2 Crisp Taco's & STUFFED Mexi fries with ranch dressing!!! That's what I ALWAYS have & this day wasn't any different!!!

Whenever sitting in the birthday seat I was to wear the pretty pink boa! :)

The next stop & surprise was just that  ~ A COMPLETE SURPRISE!!!

We pulled up to St. John's Cathedral and I could not figure out what Jenn had in mind for this stop! She went in ahead of us girls and spoke to the secretary and before I knew it I was being ushered into the sanctuary to PLAY THE PIPE ORGAN!!! Jennifer knew I played the piano & the organ and wanted to hear me play the pipe organ...IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!

Glad it came back to me since I had not played the organ in about 12 years!!!

BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

MY FRIEND JENNIFER~WHAT A TREASURE!!!

NEXT STOP & SURPRISE...
Drove out to Rockford and went to Hurd Mercantile ~ a store I wanted to visit but hadn't yet ~ Jenn remembered!!! What a girl!!!

Words cannot express how thankful I am for this dear friend!!!

So much fun ~ shopping, spending time with my girls & just being together!
Hurd Mercantile is definitely worth the drive out to Rockford!!!

YET ANOTHER STOP & SURPRISE...
Jenn dropped Lauren & I off at the drugstore in Fairfield and said she & Nat would be back for us! I sure did wonder what was going now!!! She came back about 15 minutes later and took us down to the city park where she had a party set up in the pavilion!!!
THE REASON FOR THAT:
 She wanted to celebrate where & how our friendship began which was at Farm Chicks but knew she couldn't have a party at the fairgrounds so next best place...the spot where the original Farm Chicks show took place. The pavilion at the park {in Fairfield, WA} is directly in front of where Jenn's spot used to be! Now you can bet that made me teary eyed!

Jennifer's {vintage} tablecloth ~ birthday on one side ~ Christmas on the other!

Alittle chilly ~ glad for a {vintage} quilt!

Even the graffiti is sweeter in Fairfield!!!

 

 

SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!

Last stop ~ at my mom's ... I wanted her to see the party wagon. We called her and said we would be to her home in about 30 minutes and when we arrived she had set alittle party up for the 3 of us! It was so sweet!

So very grateful for this lovely lady who gave birth to me on
10/23
at 10/23 a.m.

This day was such a blessing to me and one that I will always remember fondly!!! So many great surprises and all with people I love so dearly!!! 

THANK YOU JENNIFER ~ you are truly amazing!!! 

3 wonderful weeks down south ~ WEEK #1

ALABAMA, GEORGIA and FLORIDA

It was a really a fun filled -  jam packed vacation! Let me just start by saying...

I LOVE THE SOUTH!!! 

So after being there for 3 weeks!!! 21 days!!! I may have come home with just a slight southern accent ~

YA ALL DON'T MIND NOW DO YA???

I flew out on September 11th. It was a very somber day to be flying. In the morning at the exact time that the Twin Towers were bombed there was a moment of silence at the airport. It was a vivid reminder to pray throughout the day for all the thousands who lost loved ones on that dreadful day. Their grief is most likely still very real and many are still trying to cope and heal. 

My first stop on my vacation was a few days in Alabama. I went to see my dearest friend Shara and her sweet family. We met 12 years ago when our husbands were stationed together here at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane. I love how the military brings such special people into our lives! Our friendship has stood the test of time & distance. I'm so very thankful for that!

Just after Shara picked me up at the airport!!! LET OUR FUN BEGIN!!!

Could hardly wait to see these 3 little darlings...

I made them each a banner for their bedroom.

We managed to fit alot in the few short days we had together. We ate way too much yummy food...I love.love.love. many eating places they have down south that we.don't.have.here! We shopped at my favorite stores and found a new one ~ again that they only have down south and we.don't.have.here! Not that I'm bitter or anything right??? I loved being with the kiddos and seeing them do all the things they are involved in. They just are growing up too fast! I loved being with Shara and visiting and laughing and visiting and laughing and...well you get the picture that I absolutely treasured every minute with Shara!  We're convinced her husband Greg may have thought we lost our minds a few times!

Good times in Alabama...

Going to pick up Jordan & Jannah in the golf cart...how fun!!!

Could someone please tell me how they've grown up so fast?!?!?

To say Jamison likes to do puzzles is an understatement!

Jordan said my chicken taco's were "heaven...pure heaven"

Jannah is quite a fashionista...we 3 girls had fun shopping together!

Me & my sweet Jannie...love this girl with all my heart!

J-mo at his brother Jordan's football game ~ isn't he the cutest???

Jordan ~ #49 ~ so glad I got to see him in action!

Cheering on our Jordi!!!

After the big game we hit the road for Valdosta, Georgia. Shara's mama & daddy live there and we were going to spend the night there. Her sister, Lori and her family were meeting us there also! I was so excited! Through the years of visiting Shara, I've been able to see her family several times and absolutely adore each one of them. It took us 4.5 hours to make the drive to GA. I sat in the van next to Jamison and I'm quite sure he may have asked every 10 minutes of the 4.5 hrs. how much longer! :)  After we arrived there I could see why he was so antsy to get to his Gamma & Gampa's...you'll see from the next several  pictures!!!

At Jimmy & Barbara Jordan's home ~

I really think  the back yard at the Jordan's should be call GRANDKIDLAND!!!

Apparently age is not an issue in GRANDKIDLAND...

Jannah and her Aunt Lori

A traditional favorite of mine that Shara's daddy makes ~ BOILED PEANUTS!

NOW...LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO...
KAEDE JO ~

I'll be honest I've only seen "house pigs" on tv shows ~ Suzanne Sugarbaker owned a pig on Designing Women - an all time favorite {old} tv show of mine and Honey Boo Boo owned a pig named Glitzy {yes I watch that silly show! just can't help myself} on her reality tv show. I never thought I would meet someone in REAL LIFE who owned a house pig...but I did. Kaede Jo belongs to Lori & Bill and I have to admit she wasn't too bad. Now I'm not saying I'd ever want one, I'm just saying it was better than I expected.

Just as shocking as Lori's pig is the fact that MY Shara owns a dog! Cute little Junie ~ I will readily admit I never thought the Bailey's would own a dog! Wonders never cease...

Kisses for Kaede Jo...

SOMETHING I'VE WANTED MY WHOLE LIFE...
well my whole life since I've known this family...
LOW COUNTRY BOIL

 

 YUM! YUM! YUM!

Barbara was so surprised by the "Granny" cookie jar I brought her. It was just like one that had been in her family when she was younger! 

Lunch on Sunday was at The Smokin' Pig ~ it's my FAVORITE barbeque place to eat while in Valdosta! It did not disappoint this time!
Oh...please don't tell Kaede Jo we ate at The Smokin' Pig ~ I think it may offend her!

Me & my Jordi-roo! This boy holds the most treasured spot in my heart!

Shara, me & Lori ~ I so enjoyed my time with both of them!

There are such pretty ~ pretty flowers in the south!

That evening Jimmy & Barbara drove me about an hour & a half to meet Jim who was at a conference in Orlando, FL.

Jim's conference was here at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL.
Stay tuned for my next post ~ week #2...

AS THE FUN CONTINUES...