Simply INKredible Stamping

Victoria, BC and Seattle

 
 
 
This is the famous Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC.  We went inside and it is a beautiful, old hotel.  Joe did not want to have tea.

Pike's Market - If you like seafood, this is the place to get it.  Very fresh veggies too.  We watched them throw fish when an order was taken.  We ate fresh seafood at Lowell's.  Best seafood I ever had.  The next day, we had dinner at Ivar's.  The crab soup is fabulous.

We visited a park on Puget Sound.  This looks like a top of a submarine and about every 5 minutes it shot water out of the top.  There was about 5 of them, so you got to see the water spout often.

Thanks for looking today.  Blessings, Martha
 
 

More of Alaska

 Thanks for visiting today.  I don't know why some of my pictures are coming out so small.  Sorry.  I think if you click on them they will enlarge.  I am so computer illiterate.  This is cruising up the inside passage.  The mountains were so beautiful covered in snow.  I hope you can see the beauty of this one day(if you have not already).

  
 

We had a business share at 11:30 one night.  This is the desserts they served.  The glasses were special Stampin' Up! Plus One glasses.  Plus One is our theme this year.  I had so many desserts to eat and gained a few pounds for eating them, but WOW, I enjoyed it.  The samples share was fabulous.  Here are some of the samples.  I am sorry I can't give credit where it is due because I didn't write the names down.

You know I love quilting so I was interested in these designs.

 

Here is a t-shirt made by Christie Harsch. She used My Digital Studio and printed on transfer paper and ironed it on her t-shirt. She had several samples and all were just beautiful. Great job Christie.
 

 
 
Here is a interesting book.  It uses our new Paisley Petals designer paper that was a sneek peek last month.  It's a great project.


 
 

 

Here are some items that were on display in our trading post. We went to the trading post everyday to spin the wheel for free product.  Stampin' Up! is so good to us.

Thanks for visiting my site today.  Blessings, Martha
 
 
 
 
 
 

My Alaska Adventure

Joe and I returned from our Alaska trip with Stampin' Up! a week ago.  It was the MOST fabulous vacation.  We stayed in Seattle a couple of days after the cruise to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary.  We each deserve medals for putting up with each other for 45+ years.  I want to show you some of our breath taking pictures.  I am not a photographer, so keep that in mind.

This is Ketchikan, Alaska.  It was our first stop.  Joe and I walked around town and viewed the sights.  It is a quaint little town.  This is our second visit to Ketchikan (2003 was the 1st)

   
Next day, we cruised up the Tracy Arm Fjord in the morning.  There was ice floting everywhere.  The scenery was absolutely beautiful.  We had a balcony in our room, so we took pictures from the balcony.  I should have put on my coat and walked to the bough of the boat and took pictures from there.  In the first picture you can see the iceburg in the top left corner.  In the other picture was the rock formations caused by icebergs and there were waterfalls coming down everywhere.  I guess I should say frozen waterfalls.  The temperatures were always in the 50's so it was never very cold.Ice was floating everywhere and the passage was narrow.  The closer we got to the iceberg, the more floating ice.  I could not tell if the larger chunks were smaller icebergs or just large chunks floating.

   

That same day, we docked at Juneau, Alaska.  This is a fun town.  We could not wait to return to the Red Dog Saloon for some whimsical entertainment.  We laughed so hard at the piano player's jokes.  What a fun day.  Joe loved this place so I took a picture of hem outside the door.  Click on the pictures and they should get bigger.

   
Off to Skagway.  Joe was particularly interested in seeing the trains there.  You know he loves trains.  In Skagway, I bought a ring at Diamonds International.  It is a beautiful opal ring (not my birthstone). Just a little memento to remember the times in Alaska. The other picture is our ship docked in Skagway.

   
 
 

  


I will continue with pictures tomorrow. Thanks for visiting my site.   Blessings, Martha