maui craft day '09 (mcd09)

milton and i were able to take a few days off and head over to maui for a short vacation last week. we were there from wednesday night until saturday night. we didn't do much, a little shopping, some relaxing, and a whole lot of eating. we had a really good time! the main purpose of the trip was for sarah and i to craft. milton decided to come along so that he and jesse could golf. here's sarah and i with our stuff heading over to jen's house for a whole day of paper crafting. we were so excited!

here's a "candid" shot of the three of us working away (milton came over after he and jesse were done golfing, so he was able to take the picture). you'll notice that we are all looking pretty content...we had just finished scarfing down some taco bell. yummy!

when sarah and i went over to island paperie on thursday, she sneakily put together "kits" for the three of us to do. we each had to make a card using whatever of the paper we wanted, but the tricky part was that we had to use at least one of all the different embellies that were in the kit. it was so much fun...here are our finished cards. sarah's is the "happy birthday", jen's is the "hi", and mine is the one in back that says "emma".

jen made the cutest little gift for me as a thank you for a journal i gave her a while back. she actually posted it on her blog last week thursday and told sarah not to let me look at it 'cuz it was a surprise...it was killing me not to look. it's a little box decorated with digi paper and ribbon, full of hershey nuggets, and a matching card. so sweet of her!

we three ladies had a wonderful day playing with all our stuff and talking story. i think i speak for all of us when i say i'm looking forward to our next "mcd".