. . . card tricks . . .

. . . for about twelve years now . . . 

. . . i've signed up for and taken 

a card making class 

every month . . .

{i haven't missed more then a handful of times}

. . . it's held at my 

local {favorite} scrapbook store . . .

. . . i started when my first daughter

 was working there . . .

. . . continued through daughter two

 and daughter three 

working there . . .

. . . and even now that 

no daughters work there, 

i still go to class . . .

. . . the teachers are/have always 

been so creative . . . 

. . . first was margie . . .

. . . then lesli . . .

. . . and now it's amy . . .

. . . each teacher has her own style . . .

. . . but here's the truth . . .

{it's not about the cards}

. . . it's just another form 

of creative {relatively cheap} therapy . . .

. . . one more weapon in 

the "let's keep steph sane" 

arsenal . . .

{creations from last week's class}

. . . and {icing on the cake} scrapbooks, etc. 

is now also my 

local {favorite} fabric store . . .

. . . it has morphed 

over the last couple of years . . .

. . . now they carry 

all the latest 

quilting fabric lines . . .

. . . and patterns . . .

. . . and tools . . .

. . . and classes . . .

. . . it's a happy place to be . . .

. . . check out their calendar . . .

. . . sign up for a class or two . . .

. . . you'll see . . .

{just a reminder: i'll be picking a winner on wednesday ~
so, there's still time to enter}