Sharing a Little Somethin'

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I have just a quick project for you today, but I did

want to share a little exciting information as well.

First...let's get to this sweet little greeting that I created

a couple of days ago.

I love stamps that can give a clean and easy look with very 

little effort, especially during this time of the year and this

stamp from Recollections was perfect.

Just a little coloring and it was done.

The background was created using one of my new

favorite stamp sets from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

I used my favorite ink from A l Muse Studio in 'Sky'

to stamp the snowflakes and then just embellished

with bling and brads to finish it off.

If you've been a reader of my blog, you can probably guess

that I am in the process of a little 'make-over' right now.

It has been over a year since I re-decorated.

I have my dear friend  

Nicole Rixon of Sweet Stamp Shop

to thank for the fun blog header.

She designed this for me during the summer, but I've just

not had time to get things changed around.

It's a fab change, don't you think?!

I think it's a good thing to re-decorate once in awhile

and I am STILL in the process of moving the furniture,

so I hope you will bear with me.  When you switch from a

3-column blog back to a 2-column, there are a lot of

'bits 'n pieces' that need to find a new home or even...

be deleted.  So I appreciate your patience as things evolve.

OH and HEY!  I also now own the domain name to my blog,

so for those of you who bookmark me in ANY way, you may

want to change my blog name to

www.juliesopenwindow.com

It is taking Google a few days to get things all caught up,

but you will always be able to access my blog from my

'blogspot' address.

Well...that's it for me today, but I have some fun news

coming up this week and don't forget, the challenge

over at The Play Date Cafe is a two-week challenge

due to the Thanksgiving holiday, so you have plenty of

time to play along!

The colors are perfect for the week!

 

I say you leave the dinner dishes sit and do some stampin'!

See you soon!

Project Recipe: 

Stamps: Snowflake Flourish by Sweet 'N Sassy
Merry Christmas by Recollections
Ink: Sky from A Muse Studio
 Tools:  Corner Rounder by Fiskars

Embellishments: Gems & mini-brads from Recollections

A VERY BIG THANK YOU...OJS

For CAS-ual Fridays
please click here

It has been one pretty amazing week.

Last Friday, a very personal journey began for me

as the OJS Blog Hop began.

A benefit which was organized by my friend

Nicole, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop.

I've shared the story of how surprised I

was, to awake to find this idea already in motion.

If you missed any of it, you can read about it HERE.

I said all along that I felt that, although people were

interested in participating out of the kindness of

their hearts, that I still wanted to be able to

'earn' any money that might be donated.
It was quite a large sum that was needed
to be sure....$7000 total.

So I put myself to work for three weeks and hoped that

my intentions would never be MIS-understood.

To be able to do what I've done for a living for over

20 years...to make everyone else's efforts a success...

that was the goal and in turn, I would have 'earned'

any donations that might come through.

So today, I want to honor YOU.

Those of you who were kind enough 
to donate prizes

Those of you who were a host on the hop

Those of you who hopped

Those of you who played 
in the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge

Those of you who donated

You all came together

 and together

raised just over $2800!

Most of you recognize me from this photo.

I am so looking forward to the day that I can

share a much bigger smile with you and with

the money that has been donated, I can say

that the day will come sooner rather than later.

I now have a size-able down-payment on the work

that needs to be done to have my new smile.

I have a couple of consultation appointments to

find a dentist who will work with this and treat

me with the dignity that I deserve.

It was & continues to be 
emotional journey for me.

To realize that people don't 
just view me as a blogger,

as a designer or as a team leader.

I am viewed as a fellow human being

and clearly, I am loved.

Thank you for reading this post...

for being a follower...

for being a friend.


Over 250 donations, nearly 200 comments
on my blog and over 80 players for
the OJS challenge at CAS-ual Fridays
so please bear with me as I work on all
the thank you comments and cards.
It will take me quite sometime to
complete them all, but I promise to
do my best...just as you did for me.

There were over $2500 in prizes donated

and over 80 prize packages to be won.

It's time to head over to the

Sweet Stamp Shop Blog

and find out the names of the winners.

I sincerely hope it is you.

Socializing at the Sweet Stamp Shop!

It's Blog Hop Time for 

The Craft's Meow

Click HERE to hop along!!!

It's a busy Monday here at The Open Window!

I have a *sweet* announcement that I have been

excited to share and today is the day....

There's a *sweet* new stamp company in town!

Talented designer Nicole Rixon is bringing

her own brand of *sweet* to you at

Sweet Stamp Shop

and I am

very happy to be a part of the

brand new design team as a the

Social Media Coordinator

I will also be designing as a

*Sweet Tooth Girl*

and it's going to be a blast!

Take a look at these images from

'Old School Rock'

You know I'm not much of a color-er, but these stamps make

me HAPPY to get out the Copics...and the 'Radiant Circles'

punch as the 'sound waves' was a really fun element.

I hope you will join us for the

*Sweet Stamp Grand Opening Blog Hop'

It's gonna be *sweet*!!!

(you know I had to : )))))

Today's Project Recipe:

Stamps: 'Old School Rock' by Sweet Stamp Shop

Ink:  'Tuxedo Black' by Memento, Copic Markers
Tools: 'Radiant Circles' by EK Success, Fiskars corner rounder