Operation Write Home Bunny Hop Blog Hop

Good morning!  If you arrived here from Patricia's blog, you 

are in the right place. If not, the blog starts here.  It is 

time for Spring and OWH is celebrating with a hop to feature

Spring cards. 

I apologize if this post looks odd, blogger and I are not getting

along at the moment! LOL 

Please remember the following dates for your cards to be at 

your shipper.  Easter is March 18th and Mother's Day is 

March 31.  If you ever have questions about due dates,you can 

check the OWH web site for their one page calendar. Spend some 

time exploring the website; I particularly like the tutorial page, 

I always find new techniques and tips which helps keep my 

creativity fresh.

I've got 5 cards for you today - I couldn't pick just one! As you 

can see, my "hello" stamp is a favorite.  I figure it can be used for

just about any occasion.  I try to keep my cards fairly simple, but I love

dimension so all the butterflies add that to the cards.  They'll flatten out

for mailing but will pop back up. 

I just spent the week at a wonderful camp called Camp Kieve in 

Nobleboro, ME.  The wonderfully generous people there offer programs 

for veterans for free.  They have had family weeks, Vietnam Vets week 

and a Women Veterans week which I went to.  This is a time for reflection

on our service and an opportunity to center ourselves.  Many of the women

I met had multiple tours in Iraq or Afghanistan along with the first 

Persian Gulf war, there were "peacetime" vets and vets who served as 

peacekeepers such as my time in Bosnia.  All had poignant stories to 

share about how serving in the military changed their lives.  I even 

had a reunion with a woman I served with whom I haven't seen in almost

10 years. There were many generous contributors who made this experience

possible for us and I'd like to thank them all.

The next stop on this Hop is  Christy  at lone pine designs!  Have 

fun as you continue on!  I love to read comments, so please feel free

to leave me a hello and browse through my other posts.

Happy Spring!