Celebration starts tomorrow

 So the celebration will start tomorrow and I will be giving away goodies on the blog to my followers both stateside and international.  I will show some photos so people can let me know what goodies they like and what things they may be interested in.

THANK YOU ALL for celebrating with me this year and thanks to all of you who have been there with me from the beginning when I was getting the brain surgery and going through all of this 15 years ago!!

Y'all interested in a card contest this year?  I was thinking about a thank you card contest?  you make a thank you card and just take a photo for me to see, I will post them and we can have a vote?

Let's see if people are interested.

Here's my THANKS to you all, this card come from goodies by Bo Bunny

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Love you

 WOW, so it's just two days to the celebration month this year.  It's going to be way lower key this year than in years past but I am still handing out TONS of amazing goodies to everyone in huge thankfulness. Love you guys SNOW MUCH!!

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Enjoy the small things

 Happy Jan 29th.  I can't believe the month is almost over and there's just 125 days.  WOO HOO.  now that's something to be excited about.  

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Snowflake Kisses

Here's another little taste of wintertime using a lovely card from Simple stories. I love the color palette on this card.  

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Happy Birthday Carla

 Happy Birthday Carla. John and I send you many good wishes from Texas.  Cheers, Holley and John

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Guest Designer Gayle

Sharing a Guest Designer this weekend, this card happened during a crafting party and this one is done by my mother Gayle Tondre 

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You melt my heart

 For my DH, you are the best! You melt me heart even still after 26 years, I can't wait until I am home with you in the evening and we are together.  You are the best.  Love you so much,

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Thanks so much!

 Happy Friday!  just one more week until celebration month.  I hope you are all ready to join in the fun and get a little gift from me in celebration of year #15!!  WOW.  what a true miracle I have been given. I am so thankful.  You will get to see lots of thanks cards coming soon,

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Wishes?

 So what is everyone WISHING for this year? anything special you are looking for say during a huge celebration that is coming up? I have so many photos coming, many of  you have seen them of Facebook, else you will get to see them in the posts during Februrary this year!

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Mini Calendar Project

 Happy Hump Day everyone!  I am looking forward to seeing my kiddos today. Here's a little project I did this year. I made about two dozen of these little calendars on mini 3x3" cards (so they will just stand up right). I used some seasonal bling on the top and added pull off calendars on the front.

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There's snow place like home....

 Here's an adorable card, "There's snow place like HOME."  How sweet is that?  don't you just love a little winter cards now and again?  of course, I like a winter card WAY more than I like winter.  I am not at all a winter person.  I am a summer person.  Always.  

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Glory to God

 Good morning everyone!  Happy Monday.  I can't believe there's just 11 days left of January and the celebration in February is starting soon.  15 years,  WOW, for those of you who don't know what I am talking about, I am excited that we will be celebrating 15 years post brain surgery!  WOW.  Who would have thought that I would still even be alive?  Glory to god.  

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Guest Susan T

 Here's a stunning card shared by Susan T. of Austin TX.  She always sends me the loveliest cards using her prizes from the February celebration.  If you have projects you made with your prizes, I'd love to see them, email htondre@aol.com

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I cross my heart

 Happy Saturday!  I wanted to share a little love as we approach valentines season. As this cute card says, "I cross my heart"  How sweet is that?  I made this card in a class with beautiful papers from Echo Park.  You take  12 sheets of 6x6 echo park paper and create 8 card fronts.  It was a fun class.

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Happy Birthday Nikki!

 Happy Birthday Nikki!  Wishing you the very best this year. I hope your birthday is special and you get all that you want. Big Hugs   

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Happy Birthday Desi

 Hapy Birthday Desi!  I hope this year goes well for you and brings you all your hopes and dreams.  Huge hugs from Holley and John on your special day today.

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Have some Hot Cocoa

 Wow, mid January!  (or as some like to call it, PAY DAY).  woo hoo.  Here's another cute Simple Stories card today that's winter themed, just needed to at least feel the breeze, lol  Have some lovely hot cocoa

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Happy Birthday Brother

 Happy Birthday Larry.  Hope your family has something special planned for you today.  Huge hugs.

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Snowflake kisses

 Happy Monday everyone, Can you believe we are just two days from HALF way through the month?  what?  where has the beginning of 2025 gone?  well, all the closer to Istanbul I say.  I am sharing this card with you all today:

I had to sneak in a few winter theme cards in well, January....ha ha.

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Guest Designer Tina

 Here's a wonderful card that I got from Tina. She created this lovely cards and sent it to me.  I am so thankful for that! 

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Happy Birthday Samantha!

 Happy Birthday Sam from Aunt Holley and Uncle John!  Wishing you the very best day.  Huge hugs from us

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Enjoy little moments

Hope you have had a great week, glad today is Friday and I will spend it with the kiddos in school and then get to enjoy the weekend.  No major plans for the weekend yet, but I will be starting to make plans for celebrating in February. I bought some wonderful goodies to share with everyone. I hope you will join in and have fun with me.

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Life is better...

 Whew!  happy to have a day off this week to catch up on things I need to do at home.  Here's a cute card I made using some gorgeous paper from Echo Park.  I know I have lots of followers who are pet lovers.

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You can't stop AWESOME

 Happy Wednesday, not used to it, esp. with that Christmas break I just had but today is my third day at work, lol!  I am so spoiled, ha ha.  I am sure to be exhausted by the end of today.  I am sharing this cutie today, can you believe that February is approaching?  I am going to hit 15 years post brain surgery?  How unbelievable is that? 

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Grateful for you

 Today we are welcoming the kids back to school.  Normally I would not be working today but I am substituting for a peer at work.  So this week I am doing 4 days plus an extra before and after school duty time.  We'll see if that makes the week long....

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Coffee please

 Happy Monday everyone!  Today is a teacher workday, so back to the office, well, not exactly, we are going to another location for teacher training then back to our school in the afternoon.  Tomorrow will start up the school week with the kiddos. 

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2025

Here's a lovely card made by a kid who had a store in the Maker's markert by the Texas capitol building in December on the day of the christmas tree lighting. It was so rainy and cold.  All these wonderful booths were filled with kiddos who made their own goodies to sell.  They all kept telling me how cold they were and how they had been outside ALL DAY.  among the things I got for them was cards from a couple of different vendors.  This vendor was Adelaide who made the cutest cards to sell.

I love her drawing of the Capitol of Texas.  Great job, just wait until you see the other creations I got from her.  (Posted with her permission)

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Wishing you

 First weekend of the new year.  I haven't yet decided if I will stay home or go to the local bead show this year. Sounds like fun maybe if my sister or mom wants to go too.  Here's a little card for you to enjoy Wishing you all peace and comfort for the upcoming year.  Many blessings to all of you.

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Thinking of you

 And now we are on the first Friday of the new year!  Goes fast doesn't it? Does anyone have any good plans for January?  Thinking of all of you today and hoping your New Year is off to a good start.  

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Happy Thursday

Wow, here we are the first week of 2025!  Can you believe I am just 152 DAYS from Turkiye this year?  I am so excited.  I hope to have a great trip.  But I am also considering going to a convention that is in Irving, TX in March (during spring break).  I went the last couple years.  It was so much fun.  I hope to go this year.  That would be the 19th to the 23rd of March, so if I am counting, lol, just 76 days to that event.  WOO HOO. Let's fill this year with Happy Moments

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Happy Birthday Brian

 Happy Birthday Brian!  Hope you have a special day!  May your family do something special for you.  Here's a fun card I made to share in your honor.  Hugs old friend (and I mean that because we've been friends over 30 years, not because we're both OLD as dirt).

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