Nov 07 2009
Note To Self - Blog Candy!!!
I am currently teaching in Oklahoma but I have some blog candy for you.
If you wish to throw your hat in the ring to try to win this great Stampin’ Up! set, Note to Self, please leave a comment telling me about a favorite note you have sent someone or someone has sent to you. :) If you are receiving this blog update via e-mail, you will need to click this link and then leave a comment: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/07/note-to-self-blog-candy/
I will select the winner using a random number generator on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
Good luck to all!
Until my next post. . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
My favorite notes have been notes (and they were short notes… lol) that my husband sent me while he was away at Basic Training. He wasn’t able to write often and when he was able to write he never had much time, so the fact that he wrote at all made me so happy. My favorite was the one where he said (I’m copying it here… lol)
“Yes I do remember you sneaking over and all the secret calls and emails and exciting as all that was, I’m glad I can tell anyone I want that you’re my wife and I love you more than any man ever loved a woman. No matter what happens you can be certain that is true, and even if I get deployed we will be together in the end and we will be happy. That is a promise.”
I cried and cried when I got that letter. I am the luckiest woman I think.
I have notes all over! I love the notes from my husband so very much BUT some of the favorite notes I’ve gotten have been from the kids at different points in their lives. From the hard to read 6 year old handwriting to the text from my 18 year old in college. “Love you Mom”. I always smile when I think of those notes.
Hope you had a great trip.
My husband and I trade notes all the time since we are very different schedules - my favorite ones are the ones that simply say “I love you”.
My favorite notes don’t last long. We keep a dry erase marker in our upstairs bathroom. Since my husband and I work such different shifts, we often don’t even see each other in the morning, so we leave each other notes. Sometimes it’s just “pick up more paper towels at the grocery store” but other times it’s “I miss you, I love you!” those ones are the best!
I love this set, and never got it for myself, so thanks for sharing yours!
I have gotten several wonderful notes from my kids over time. I keep them all as they are written with love!
I live on notes. Notes to self and others. My favorite are note sets that I can make for others. My secret pal always gets notes of some kind throughout the year.
Every so often, I’ll include a note in my DS’s lunch box… A simple post-it with a “Love ya!” or “Good luck on the test” etc. I’m taking advantage of this now while he’s still young enough to appreciate and enjoy it, rather than when he’s older and may be embarassed by the lovey-dovey notes I send.
I love the notes that I receive from my grandkids! They usually include a sweet drawing and they make my day. I once saw a Christmas letter from a busy single mom that was just notes beween her kids and herself. They were hilarious and made such a fun Christmas letter of what life was like in their house this past year! Have fun in OK and drive carefully.
My favorite notes are ones sent to me by my kids when they were little. I just love them. THanks for the chance to win.
Janet jberezowecki@hotmail.com
My (long distance) boyfriend works in a lab as a biochemist. He tried all summer to get an experiment to work and failed..and failed..and failed. Earlier this year he finally got it! I sent him a note in the mail with Beeker on it (from the muppets). It was adorable and he loved it!
My favorite notes are those that come from my 80 year old mother. She loves to write all the details of her busy life. I will cherish those for a long time to come.
I love to send little love notes to my husband and daughter, I randomly tuck them in their lunch box. My 10yr DD said her friends gather round at lunch to see if there is a note
I have loved this set and have still not gotten it yet-can you believe it!!
I love to send little notes. Some of my favorite ones have been the most recent ones. They were 3 different ones that I ‘hid’ in my husbands luggage before his business trip. He left Wednesday and gets back Monday. But I also have about 4 on my desk ready to be mailed to friends, but those don’t count since they haven’t been mailed..yet!
Have a great trip!
On his 75th birthday, many years ago, I sent my father in law a letter telling him what he meant to me. He was very moved and he cried. I was so upset that he cried but glad the note was special for him. He was a very wonderful person.
Mary
http://www.primitiveseasons.blogspot.com
My most favourite note I ever received was from my husband over 21 years ago which I still have. In that note he told me how much he loved me and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life showing me how much and you know he does every single day. At the time we had been married two months lol. But he has never wavered or changed his opinion and occasionally I pull out the note and get all mushy about it all over again hehe. Gosh that reminds me I should get it out cause it has been a while since I read it.
Regards
Michelle
I used to put notes into my kids lunches, silly stuff, quotes - what ever I thought about at 1 in the morning before I went to bed - I don’t have a favorite note, but it did make me feel good when I found a pile of the notes tucked away in a school backpack years later.
Hope you are having fun!
Sandra
My favorite notes are the ones my daughters write to me. Usually just a few lines long, they tell me they love me and miss me when I’m gone. Bittersweet.
I’m always getting notes from one of my dear stampin’ friends. She’s always making me cards and sending them to me and they are so uplifiting. She’s a wonderful friend.
Deborah Whitlow
My favorite notes will always be the ones I left my kids in their sack lunches. The best one I received was from my kids when I went on a trip to D.C. They both wrote I miss you & love you & stuck it in my suitcase. I still tear up when I think about it!
my favorite notes are the one the kids from my work make for me. Combined with cute colored images.
The most adorable note was one that my daughter left for me and my husband for our 21st anniversary . She stamped and cut out and glued stuff on the front of the card….a real keeper - it was so special for her to make us a card.
I don’t ever remember seeing this set and I’m not sure how I missed it.. It’s very cute.
Favorite notes? I am one of those people that sends a note just to make someone smile, no other reason, a just because. I think I send them much more than receiving them, but when one of those random thinking of you’s arrives it warms my heart!
Thank you for all you do!
I like any nice note—my DH leaves me one on my coffee cup sometimes–very nice! TY for the chance to win.
what a great stamp set. I miss your card of the day. Looking forward to it next time!
I have notes on top of notes!
I made a note to myself to win NOTES
hugs
JoAnne
a love the notes that my dad used to leave my mother telling her he had gone somewhere, usually fishing, but always adding that he loved her. I found these little notes from him in her Bible, in books, in drawers, that she had kept over the years. Now, I treasure them for the 65 happy years they shared.
My favorite notes were of course little love letters from my then boyfriend now hubs.
I worked 5 days a week in a day care facility for children age 2 weeks to 9 years. MY ag group to take care of was the 2 weeks to toddler ages. Which, can be a very stressful job. One day in particular one of my charges learned she could climb out of her crib (during nap time, when all the babies & toddlers are usually asleep). She proceeded to swap diaper bag items with her room mates. By the time I got off work that evening I was both brained fried and body exhausted. But there on my windshield tucked under my windshield wiper was a little slip of paper. Which when opened simply said, “I miss you. I love you. Can’t wait till you get off work!”
At that moment all the baggage of the day was lifted and I too “missed him”. “loved him” and I was happy to be off work so I could see him. He wrote me many such notes over the 6 months period we dated. I still have most of them.
That’s my story and I am sticking too it.
notes -notes-notes….. what do I do without notes - all over my desk- refrigerator - my sewing station - my craft station - so many thinks to do - everything is important- notes saves my days-
my favorite note is the one i just received from my daughter, who recently became a mom, making me a grandmother for the first time. it was a very sweet (long) thank you, listing all the things she and my son in law were thankful for that i did for them when i spent a month helping them when my granddaughter was born. I enjoyed every minute I was able to spend with them!
One of my precious notes is one that my duaghter wrote to her Dad and me when she was in college. she was traveling with a summer ministries team from her Christian college. The team went to different teen camps and churches. She wrote an appreciative note thanking us for being her parents and giving her the care and counsel she often needed — as all kids do! She was working with teens who had enormous problems and she found herself grateful for her parents. I still have the note today — and she is now married and a mother of a one year old.
My husband got in my craft room and made me an anniversary note, I will keep it forever.
I don’t have this set and would love to win it, thanks for the chance. Love your blog and wonderful ides,
I remember leaving notes for the boys. Their response, “Mom please don’t leave notes anymore, so embarrassing”. That’s boys.
thanks much
in this age of cell phones, email, and text messages, I value any few words that actually come to me in the form of a handwritten note, that’s why I like stamping….real paper and ink!
My current note thing is sending a friend in TN notes of encouragement. She’s dealing with several issues right now and her life is in turmoil…I can’t be there to give her a hug, but I can send my hugs in my notes.
My favorite notes are the little poems that my DH leaves for me on our “fridge” shopping note pad!! He “notes” me much!! thank you….L.
Linda LaCrone
I enjoy writing notes family, friends, and coworkers. Using my created SU cards to include messages are a bonus. Looking at their expression when they read the notes is priceless.
Thanks much.
My favorite note is from my Grandmother. She sent it along time ago with a birthday card. I keep it in a meditation book and read it once in a while. She has been gone from earth for nine years. So nice to have a hand written note from our loved ones to remember them by.
I am a one year survivor of Breast Cancer. During my darkest days, my husband would leave me notes of encouragement, like, “Lean on me.” ” I love you, hair or no hair, breast or no breast. I will always be here of you.” ” Next year at this time we will be…………” My sons would leave me notes: “Mom, it’s me, Eric. I luv u” Notes can be the brightest part of the day.
Love notes, notes to my husband, notes as reminders, and notes as reminder that I Love YOU!!!
My Favorite notes are from all my Kota’s Pen pals all over the USA and other countires. I love getting the notes more then I do the cards. But the cards are nice to get also.
Thanks
I leave notes to myself..so I won’t forget to do something..then I cannot find my note…so something did not get done…I would love to have this Note set.
Thanks, Deanna
I love notes…..my favs are the ones my DH writes in the morning before leaving for work. He leaves early, before I’m up….. Just to say I love you!!!
Our family members often leave notes for one another. We commonly leave notes saying, “I’ve gone to ____. Will be back later.” In fact, when our kids were teenagers they were expected to do so if they left while we were not home, so we often found little handwritten notes. However, I think my favorite note was the one my DS left for me typed on my computer screen…. I guess he knew I’d soon find it since I spend so much time here on the computer. LOL!
A friend of mine from out of state, is very good at sending letters, birthday cards and thank you notes. She puts me to shame, yes me the card maker! Anyway, each of her letters and notes have just the right words, she always seems to know just what to say and she does it with beautiful and consistent handwriting. I think my hand writing is what holds me back from sending out more cards, I always fear I will ruin what I just created by screwing up what I want to write. Thanks for the chance to win the set, I promise I’ll send that very friends some notes made with this set, if i win it!
Dina
I use notes for everything. I love leaving little notes here and there for my family for encouragement, love, and just for them to have a good day. I love making note cards for my family and friends too. Thanks for a chance at this awesome stamp set. Have a fabulous class.
I love sending handmade cards/notes to my SIL in TN. We don’t get to see each other very often and she appreciates my cards more than any person I know. Thanks for giving away the set, it looks terrific!
My favorite note I’ve sent…probably the little notes I sometimes put in hubby’s and daughter’s lunches that just let them know I’m thinking about them and love them.
Good Morning Michelle, enjoy Oklahoma.
Love your blog candy, it always make it feel special that you offer us a chance to win something…
These notes are much better than post its! So much more attractive. Of course the older I get…the more notes I need to remind me of things.
One of my favorite notes was an email from my niece and nephew. They were too young to type or write, so they told my sister what they wanted to say. It’s was the cutest email I ever got…I still have it…many years later! Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite note (that I will keep forever) is a note from my nephew who was 8 at the time. He’s an avid Red Sox fan and loved Johnny Damon. When Damon left the Red Sox to go to the Yankees he was so mad. The note had only 3 words on it and was in giant bold letters. It read “JOHNNY DAMON SUCKS”. His mother also found his Red Sox Johnny Damon T-shirt I bought him at a game in the trash. I still chuckle when I think of it.
Notes… stopping for just a moment in time to think of someone special and let them know how blessed we are, because of what that person means in your life. I loving send quick, short notes to my girlfriends, kids, and my loving husband. This set would be a perfec way to combine 2 loves - stamping and telling others what they mean to me!
Hi Michelle, My favorites are from my son when he was in Iraq. He is a Marine, and he didn’t write often, but i waited anxiously everyday to hear from him. When I did it was always filled with love and emotion. Thank God for our military men and women!
Sheila
My favorite notes actually came attached to bouquets of flowers. On my 25th anniversary, my husband gave me two bouquets of roses - one with a note that said Thanks for the wonderful 25 years of marriage that we have had. The second note said, this is for the next 25 years that I will spend with you. Brought tears to my eyes!
My favorite notes were the notes I received from my husband when he was in Saudia and then the year he was in Korea, but my favorite of all was when he was stationed in The Netherlands and he asked me to marry him. There were many notes before he came home to marry me and we ended up living in The Netherlands 6 1/2 years. This Thanksgiving we will be married 21 years. This stamp set could be used in so many ways…………
catherinesangels@yahoo.com
I asked a colleague to remind me to do something. He posted a note on my desk asking me to remind him to remind me.
This set is just too cute I would be honored to get it…
Little notes are the most important notes! When I started teaching (I am a late bloomer!) my daughters were attending the same high school where I was teaching. Not cool! However, as much as I was ‘ignored’ during the school day, I would daily find love notes from the girls - in the car, in my grade book, clipped to a page in a textbook, etc. My family was so supportive of my new career and those notes gave me a daily lift to help with the transition. The girls tell me today that those notes were pay-back for all the notes I would tuck into their lunches while in grade school - whatever the reason, I appreciated the notes during that beginning of my teaching career and the closeness we have today!
My favorite notes are the ones my husband leaves in a lunch he’s packed or a note left in the car, often with flowers for me to find in the morning when I am going to work.
My favorite note was one from my daughter that was written when she was around six. I loved to have her sound out her words rather than me spelling them for her. I received a note from her that took me a week to decipher because she insisted I sound out the words as she wrote them. I still have the note. She is 39 years old now.
over 40 years ago I wrote a note to my dad:
I owe you 10 cents….
when he died in 2002 he still had that note in his wallet…
Notes that my daughter would leave me when she was a little girl…..and notes that my mom sent to me while I was in college.
After my dad died last year, we had to move my mom out of her home into an assisted living facility closer to my home. In the process of cleaning out her house, I found boxes and boxes of note my mom had written to herself. This was a lifetime habit for her, starting when she jotted down recipes she saw prepared on tv or a good idea on a decorating show. The note taking habit became a necessity as she aged and developed dementia. We found notes with all her brothers and sisters names written on it as she was afraid she would forget them.
I kept a good deal of these notes and for bittersweet reasons, they have become my favorites.
After my DH lost a job he had worked at 41 years. he learned to drive an 18 wheeler, so he was always gone all week. I would hide notes in different places in his luggage to find at different times to let him know I was thinking of him, now he has another job and after 51 years of marriage I still write a “love ya” note to him, and he still calls me “His little Bride”.
Hello,
Thanks for a chance to win. I recall two incidents. Once was a lipstick note on the bathroom mirror when I was married.
And the others are the notes my nieces wrote to me when I would wake in the morning along with the pictures they had drawn.
Rubber Hugs,
Robin
I love this site! She has so many GREAT IDEAS and what talent!! Please include me in your drawing:)
Hello Michelle
Have a great time in Oklahoma
We here in Barrie, Ontario are having a beautiful fall day so, after a long walk with my puppy, I will be heading to my craft room to make a few cards.
Again, many thanks for all your e-mails with inspirational cards, fantastic instructions, and ‘blog candy’.
I received my favorite note from my 22 year old son this last Mother’s Day. He didn’t have money to buy a mother’s day gift so he drew a picture of a young man running away and wrote “I know if I run away or come back home. That no matter how far I go… You will always be with me no matter what may happen, because you’re my mother and I love you. Happy Mother’s Day” I have told him he will have trouble topping this one in the years to come.
Hi!
The best notes that I recieve in my E-mails are from a high school firend, who has terminal cancer. She is always up beat and sees the good in everything and can still laugh..after all she is been threw. She sends me the neatest funny and then ones which really make you think about life–in a good way. God has blessed her to help her stay positive! She never says anything negative– this has been over 25 years now. It has help her get passed how she really feels. I send her stamped images that she can color in with color pencils and water color markers when she goes for her Chemo treatments. So, I would love to send her something new. Plus she makes little note cards etc. for the nurses that help in her care.
Keep up the good work Michelle — as I love your site!
My favorite note is one that I received from my Mom. I tucked it away and then it became more special because she died shortly after that at the age of 58.
The most precious person in my life is my husband. For all his unselfishness and love for me I love to send him thank you notes which I feel that what I say in those notes could not ever express in words my thankfulness for him.
Sincerely,
Peggy
My hubby and I were high school sweethearts. During the high school and college years, we sent many notes and letters. I have saved most of them and love to see the love we now share as a result of those early correspondences.
I have a friend whose niece is in prision and I have been trying to send her a card a month for encouragement. I am due to send her one yet this month!
My favorite notes are the ones from my grandchildren. My grandson, age 13, while visiting us in the summer left me an especially cute one. He took a self portriat of himself in the mirror #1 was I, #2 picture of heart drawn on paper & #3 picturing of himself pointing. Kids are truly inegnious and special!
Have fun in OK! I am wishing now i had gone to visit my mom and taken the class!
and the best note I ever got was this…
I was having a really bad day and a super friend sent me an IM note…
“hey … my shoulder is a bit cold… would you mind warming it up by resting your head on it please? ” was soo sweet and made my day all better.
have great time! Love the inspiration you give and I wish you were coming to Kansas!!!
Hi Michelle
Please count me in.
My favorite note is my husband’s: “I love you”. He is still leaving this little note after 34 years of mariage.
Thanks for giving us a chance to win!
My favorite notes have been those that are handstamped cards from friends and from former patients that I have taken care of (I’m a nurse), I love stampin up and hope I win! Your cards are awesome!
Thanks!
Diane
When I started a new job 25 years ago, my husband drove 17 miles to put a note on my windshield telling me he hoped my first day was wonderful and that he loved me. He never came in, just drove down, put it on my windshield and left. I have never forgotten that note and in fact, still have it.
I recently sent a note to 2 ladies that hosted a business luncheon for our executive assitant group. I chose cards I had made that reminded me of them. I received an email note back thanking me for the cards! A thank you note for a thank you note is pretty fantastic!
I have two favorite notes from two friends. One was for my real birthday two years ago (I’m a leap year baby). My friend, Katie, is a certified pergamano trainer and makes these beautiful gorgeous cards for people’s extra special occassions. She made one for me. It’s so beautiful that I put it in a silver frame to preserve it over time. My other favorite note was from another friend, Vicky, that I admire her talent so much. She made me a card when my dad passed away a little over two and a half years ago. When I look at the outdoor scene on the card I see my dad as he is fishing and looking around him at the beauty nature has to offer. The card was so beautiful I just had to put it in a frame. I have them both in my stamp room and see them every day. They remind me of their precious freindships.
Ohhhh. I love to write notes! I think my favorites were the ones I wrote a couple of months after I’d met my (now) husband. He had to be away for 2 weeks with the National Guard. I wrote different notes for him to open every day. Some were just thoughts about how he made me feel — some contained my favorite poems. It was silly; I was so romantic…but I knew he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. 14 great, fun years and counting!
I looked long and hard at this set — just didn’t get it. Thanks for offering though!
Always excited to see your site! I appreciate all your effort in making your creativity so
available to your readers!
A thousand thanks for the “blog candy!!”
My favorite notes are from my sons who in their early childhood years wrote in precious scrawl, “I love you”and now write notes of appreciation. Really lifts the spirit!
I’ve had this set on my wish list for a while! Thanks, for a chance to win it! My favorite notes lately have come from long-lost friends on facebook. I know those don’t actually qualify as “notes” but it has meant a lot to me to reconnect with people.
Where would we be without notes… late, forgotten, behind, disorganized etc.. I for one love to be the giver and receiver a handwritten note, and I especially love to get them from my husband, my children and my grandchildren (because theirs is always accompanied by a darling little drawing)! When my DGD was 6 she wrote this note “Why do you love me? I love you all my hart” … awwwwww, how sweet is that! I put it on my craft room door along with other notes from her and her younger brother over the years so I can see the changes in their writing and drawing.. and it makes me happy every time I enter that room! Thanks for the opportunity to win such a wonderful set!
The most favorite note I ever received was from my DH (then BF)– he wrote on the wall calendar on his bday “My birthday - I’m 21 with twenty years of experience.” I didn’t know he had written it until I turned the calendar over to that month. I cut that day’s square out of the calendar and I still have it many, many years later! Are you ever going to do a Brayer Workshop in Albuquerque?
Love the blog candy! Thanks for the chance to win!
My granddaughter recently had been in my craft room and when I went back down there there was a picture she had colored and had left me a note “Grandma - I love you! I still have that hanging in my craft room and will be there until I die. Have a safe trip back home again.
I love surprising my family with notes in places they won’t expect. I have left notes in lunchboxes, backpacks, and more recently when my husband deployed in his bag he was taking on the plane. I wanted him to have a note to say I LOVE YOU!
Thank you for the chance to win!
I was just reminded my daughter of the note I sent in a mothers day card to my Mother in Law. I thanked her for raising a wonderful son, who is my wonderful husband!
My mother was famous for her letters and notes. She wrote everyone in both families once a week. I remember in College receiving notes each week, but the most special was after I got married and had children. I got an Easter note with a recipe card with her recipe for crab cakes. I still have the card. Even though my mom has passed many years ago, I remember that so well and can still taste her crab cakes!
See you are on the move again!
My favorite note is a post-it note, sorry just kidding!
I love to attache a small note in a card..telling that person to have a wonderfull day.
Or just sayong HI.
Hope your classes a filled with enthousiastic ladies again.
a
During a darkk period in my life, my son left a note on the fridge that read, May the Lord give you enough sunshine to brighten your day, and enough rain to make you appreciate the sunshine. I’ve left it there, it’s been several years now. I also have a note from my mother, tucked away in my keepsakes; saying that she was incredibly proud of me. Both notes really touched my heart.
Thanks for the opportunity for blog candy, always fun.
Most importantly, be safe in your many travels. It sounds like you are having a great time and your glass is clearly full and overflowing.
Blessings,
Teresa
Very nice set.
I hope you have lots of fun in OK. It is so close, yet so far away to me with a 2.5 year old, so I will not be attending
NOTES: favorites are from my Husband when he was at basic 5+ years ago. I still have them and read them once a year to remind me of the craziness life can throw at us and what brought us together!
Methinks it’d be my latest “get well” greeting, which is one I’d rec’d in a greeting within the last year or so … it goes
“comfy jammies,
cozy bed,
big soft pillow
for your head.
worry not,
the world can wait.
take your time,
recuperate!”
Hope this finds you and yours doing well!
I love the set! I send notes to a good frien across the country quite often. Just a funny to make her smile.
My mother wrote notes or letters to everyone in our family. My most favorite is one I received after I was married and had children. She sent it at Easter with a recipe card for Crab cakes. I still have it and even though she has passed many years ago, I can still taste her crab cakes and the lovely handwriting is there for me to see.
I guess I love every note or card I receive they all are so special. Please enter me to win the neat set. Thanks for all you do for us………..
Evelynn
I recently found my son’s note to Santa. I had it tucked away in my sock drawer. In child writing it read “Dear Santa, Please bring me a race track for Christmas. I love you”. This note is now 22 years old. It brings back memories of a little red haired boy. I shared it with him recently and he was surprised that I still had it. And yes, Santa did bring him a racetrack that year. Thank you for the walk down memory lane!
Teri
A favorite note I received recently was from my husband’s old college friend. They had completely lost touch for a period of about 25 years, and my husband managed to track him and his wife down — and found that they were living four hours’ train journey away from us. The note was from his friend, saying that he and his wife would be delighted to come visit us for a few days . . . and it so pleased my hubby! . . . . . and, later, it turned out to be a really fun weekend!
Sally in France
My favorite note is each new note that my husband leaves me. We have been married for 34 years and he still leaves me little notes to tell me he loves me.
My favorite notes are the ones my grandsons leave me on my computer on days they may be here. I have a little virtual post it note on my desk top and I am finding notes all the time that say “I love you Grandma” then signed by whoever wrote it.
I guess my favorite notes would be those I have gotten from my youngest daughter now that she no longer hates the sight of us. She was angry all the time when she was in her teenage years but now seems to recognize that it was NOT all our fault! She is making up for all the times she wouldn’t let us close!
What a great stamp set. My favourite notes, and I still have them, are some post it notes my husband wrote to me not long after we first met and they are sooo romantic. I used to find them in random places and it really brightened up my day.
My newest fave is this one I got last week:
“You belong, you are loved, you are cherished. Your adopted family.”
I love your blog candy, you are so generous. Love your
art too!
Love it! one of the many “want’s” on my Stampin Up list
can’t wait to see you in Washington State.. thanks for the opportunity to win this.
My fav note would have to be a gal in MN, when we started trading atc’s she always wrote a nice letter. It was refreshing. Took me back to the day when writing letters where “IN”
LOVE IT!!!! Have fun in OK! Hope the weather is nice for you! Thanks for the CANDY!~Kristi~
Rats! I used to live in Oklahoma. If I were still there, I’d be in that class!
You give out the best blog candy. Wouldn’t mind winning this! Thanks for all the tutorials - I’ve learned a lot from you.
My son left me a note that said, “Mom, you rock!” It was awesome!
Like many others, my favorite notes were the simple ones - ones that my mom would put in my lunchbox when I went to school. They didn’t happen often, but they’re still very memorable to me - 25 years later!
My husband occasionally puts notes in my lunches when he makes my lunches (not very often) & it reminds me of my mom (who has long been deceased).
Hope you have a fabulous trip in OK!!
I have a collections of notes, some from my husband when we first started dating, and plenty from my two daughters. some of my special ones are from my grandmother who lives in England. she’s deaf and so we can’t speak on the phone, and so I cherish all the notes from her.
Well, this isn’t exactly a note, but I have to share. My husband is not from the U.S.A. He grew up overseas and although he has been here for right at 22 years, he still has some problems with spelling. He sounds like he is from the south, cuz that’s where we live, but his spelling is atrocious. A couple of weeks ago, he went to Louisiana. He had
been gone a few days when my daughter said to me. “Hey Mom, Dad sent me a text (the new notes) today to see if I missed him. He called me sweatheart again.” I thought I would die, I was laughing so hard. I always get a good laugh off of his notes, etc. the spelling at times is so hilarious.
Michelle, I hope you are having a great time at your workshop. Thanks for all you do to inspire us.
I have received many special notes over the years, but the one that comes to mind today is one a received from the parent of a former student at the close of the school year. She wrote that her son was had his mind set on his end of year gift to me….a watch. He is a special needs student which makes it all the more special. His mother wrote that his choice was so appropriate because it symbolized the time that I had spent working with her son…very sweet and heartfelt.
Thanks for offering this special blog candy. Hope to attend one of your classes some day!
The notes I like the best are the ones my husband leaves me telling me where he is going or what he is doing, when I’m not home. He always signs them with love you and XOXOXOX!
When my husband was ill, my sister sent me a note that said, “God is never late, but He is always on time.” It helped me get through that day and many others.
My favorite note, was actually the part where my new boyfriend that later became my husband for 42 years now, wrote my name - the way it sounds….
He wrote Doorrene…I had told him that it was prounced as door with a rene…
He still leaves me notes near the coffe pot, or on the computer….ahhhh what a love…
Oh so lovely, in every way!
Oh, crickey, that’s a great set, I’d love to have it. It reminds me of a note I sent a friend a couple of days ago: I’m cutting paper trees and I’m thinking of you
She responded saying that that’s the most romantic thing that was ever said to her.
I was cutting up trees for the background scene of today’s concert, she’s feeling poorly and cannot play, I was swamped with work and I cannot play as well. She wanted to help with the scenery, but she wasn’t strong enough, and I wanted to let her know that she’s not excluded.
Bye, Kitty
OMG — I always need to leave myself a note — to remind me what I need to do — make card, make card, make card.
jo
My daughter, who is 13, occassionally stamps a thank you card for me and tells me something she appreciates that I have done for her. I treasure each one since at this age she could easily forget to be grateful for other people.
Michelle I hope you are having a great trip and enjoying all of the students that you are inspiring….maybe there well be a new batch of autographed brayers!!! (Wonder how much they would go for on e-bay……….) OK on a serious note….. I worked on a bit of family genealogy a few years back, and uncovered that my Father saved letters he received from his Father when he was first married. He has a weekly letter for 2 or 3 years. My Grandfather died when I was almost one, and since there were no video cameras back then, this was a real life glimse of my Grandfather and his personality. (Of course I have heard many stories, but to read the letter he wrote in his own hand - well, that was such an amazing experience). My Mother let me sneak them out of their home and I copied them before returning them- they really are a treasure to me! The gift of gab I inherited came from that side of the family……. Grandpa offers alot of advise about buying homes and cars- so it is also a glimse of the world and the way ordinary people lived and the issues that concerned them in the 1950’s. There are a few ad’s from newspapers in it as well- very neat! Thanks for asking- that was a nice memory this AM!
My favorite notes are from my sister, my best friend - she always know just the right things to say!
I love your work. Little pieces of art. Notes are the best and aren’t we blessed with the wonderful stamps from stampin up. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with us all.
Stacey Koehler
Nov. 5th was our 43rd anniversary and though there was no note, a beautiful bunch of really red roses said ‘I still love you’ but the best note that day was from our granddaughter. She’s almost 7 and made us a ‘card’ out of a folded 12 x18 sheet of construction paper with her hand drawn picture of us and of course her in the middle. Inside it said ‘Happy Anniversary Gram & Papa’ and ‘I love you’. How great is that?
Michelle, thanks for the chance to win a cute stamp set. and thanks for all of the wonderful tutorials.
Jan
Michelle,
XThe note that had stayed with me all these years was when I had to discipline my son one morning.
I got all four off to school and went back to sit down and drink my coffee and get a breathe of air. I lifted my cup and there was a note folded up under the cup. I opened it and it just said I love you. I reognized my little first graders handwriting, and realized that it was my son’s note.
Nothing more precious to me, I kept it hidden in jewlry box and when he graduated from college, I framed it and gave it back to him with the story and date on the back of he frame.
Thanks for the memory… kathleen
My favorite note always contains a photograph.
Lease
the best notes I have recieved have been from my grandchildren. Some are just scribble since three of them don’t write yet but they are precious to me.
Thank you for all the wonderful tutorials you put out daily, I admire your work very much, I look forward to all your creations weekly….please enter me in your blog candy give-away, thank you!
My friend, Mary, is always sending notes. They are special because she has designed and watercolored them herself. She is now stamping too. Her messages always make my day. If you choose me, I will give this set to her.
My favorite and most memorable note was from my niece several years ago. She was 9 years old and sent me a get well note while I was doing chemo. She said “I hope your cancer goes away soon”, and drew a picture for me.
I treasure all the notes I’ve received through the years, but the one that stands out to me the most is the one from my adult son thanking me for not giving up on him during his troublesome teen years. It washed away sooo much pain!
Thanks,
Freida
freida38801@yahoo.com
I guess the best note I ever received was from our granddaughter - telling us she missed us, and wanted us to come visit. Thanks for the chance to win.
I am the note queen so I would love love love to win this stamp set. The best note I have ever left was to my future husband who was my first date then.
After our first date I sent him a note at work. One of his job duties was picking up the office mail at the post office so I sent a note on bear stationary and I wrote “I had a beary nice time with you last night.” 1 - 1/2 years later he asked me to marry him which I did and we’ve been married 20 years.
My favorite notes to send are beachy scenes (we live in Florida) with encouragement sentiments and/or scripture. Everyone can use a little encouragement!
My lists have lists. This is the perfect set for me! Pick me, pick me!
Thanks for the opportunity for more candy!
xxoo
Jane
Hi…luv your work! and your blog…My fav note…When my kids were young and in elementary school I used to tuck notes in their lunches…some funny, some reminders, but just something…One day I opened the fridge to grab my coffee creamer…and there was a post it from my little girl (about 8 at the time) saying: Mom, I couldn’t find my note yesterday, did you forget? lol… I hadn’t forgotten but tucked it inside something she didn’t eat! So I guess the moral of the story…kids like lil notes! as much as mom’s do…
Thanks for a chance, Cher
Just a few more months and then I will be learning from the best. I’m taking your class in St. Louis and can’t wait. Happy holidays to you!
Marilyn
PS: I’d love to have your blog candy!
I love note pads because I constantly have to write lists to keep it all organized. So, as sad as it sounds, my favorite kind of note is a to-do list so I don’t forget anything! haha. thanks for offering this beautiful set!
Jennifer
WOW! Look at all the comments you get when you have blog candy [me, included!]. Still, I want to win so add me to the group of hopefuls.
I have kept alot of notes that I have received over the years but the one I treasure most was the note my son gave me (in person) telling me I was going to be a grandma! I get it out and remember that day all over.
Thanks for the chance to win some blog candy.
Pam
Thank you so much for your inspiriation, and the chance to win! I make notes to remind me to make notes! I even make notes on my used mask sticky notes!!
Sometimes you need inspiration and sometimes you provide it. I got a note from a dear friend who had been tutoring me in my piano. It was a wonderful note that talked about our friendship and how proud she was of my accomplishments and ability. Sometimes you just need little notes like that to encourage you!! I have saved that little note and whenever I feel that I’m in a slump, I usually happen to run across it (in my music notebook) and it encourages me all over again!
I remember it as about a month ago, one of my potential clients left me a note after spending an entire day and 100+ miles of driving together. She said Thank you for the gift of your time. I was so touched I cried for almost a half hour. Every time I showed the note to someone I welled up with tears all over again. To think someone who I barely knew felt that my time was a gift to them. Wow! So I want to say thank you to you for your gifts that you share with us. Your time and talent.
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for the chance to win! My favorites were giving the kids notes in the lunch bags during grade school. Now I am making notes to myself to remember little errands I need to do. Note to myself please check Michelle’s blog Nov. 10th! lol.
My “hang in there” little note to a fairly new co-worker at out other plant. She was acused of tampering with the books and strealing money from a former employer. Whether she is guilty or not, I just needed to let her know I was to help if need be. So, from an older SU set with the possum hanging from the tree I made a little card and stamped the “Hang in there” with it. They actually took her jail and when she got out the next day - the card was on her desk. Of course, she cried.
The best note that I have done is every time I enter a note to you for blog candy
So, I have been known in the past as a note leaver…I used to live with adults with disabilities as a support to them…I used to leave notes in their lunch boxes, and notes to the staff i worked with encouraging and spuring them on. I always thought of myself as a good note leaver…until i met my hubby! now he takes the cake. He always address the notes ‘to my peanut butter’ seeing as i call him honey…what goes better than peanut butter and honey??? sometimes they are simple little notes like, “…didnt want to wake you, you looked soo beautiful sleeping..had to leave early this a.m for a meeting..see you at dinner” to the deeper “you are my heart, my everything’ kidna letters…but I must say…his notes warm my heart..they are better than any store bought gift.
I absolutely love your work and you are an inspiration! I am excited to be considered for this blog candy also. I am striving to one day create as beautifully as you!
I remember coming across a note my deceased mother wrote to me as I was packing up her things. It took me right back to when I had first received it. To me it was a little “note from Heaven” letting me know she was still watching over me!
Thanks,
CeeCee
CeeCee6496@aol.com
My husband calls me the note queen, I post notes all over, for every thing! Please enter my name into your drawing.
Jannette D.
You are soooo talented, I wish I had a quarter of it! Thanks for the chance to win.
I would have to say that when my husband was leaving on Sunday mornings about 3 AM I would pack his cooler and throw a note in there for having a good day. Sometimes he found it right away, sometimes it was hours later depending how fr down I packed it in the bottles of water.
Just a missing you encouragement note!
Thanks for the chance!
Denise Wells
I live by notes. There a notes everywhere!!! Heaven help me if I ever lose one, LOL .
We have an antique school house chalk baord (relly big!) on one wall in the kitchen. It is always full of notes. Things to get, things to do, love notes, etc… My favorite notes to send are notes of encouragement to friends and family an doccasionally strangers. Get well, hang in there and good job are just a few. This would be a fun little set to own, thanks for the cahnce to win it. hugs…
i have many favorite notes but my most favorite of all is on a napkin that is kept in my little “go to the beach” insulated bag. years ago, my boyfriend wrote “i (heart) u” in sharpie marker on a paper towel and put it in my bag so that i would find this little surprise at lunchtime… i was delighted — and it has stayed in that little bag ever since… every time we go to the beach or on a picnic i pull out that paper towel and remind myself of how much love there is in our lives!
thanks for the blog candy, michelle !!!!!
-maria.
mine is a picture not that my 4yrs at the time did for me. It is a puture of a heart and the word mum(with the u upside down) what makes this so special is my boy is ASD and it is a great step for him.
please enter me.
love your blog.
Hi Michelle
When I first started to make cards I sent one to my mother and inside it said I”m sending you this card because I can. I love my mother very much and enjoy brightening her day. Also since I was just starting it wasn’t the best work but my mother thinks all her kids( ages 30-50) can do nothing wrong and are very talented. I guess that’s what moms do. Thanks for all your tutorials they make me very happy to see at the end of the day when I check my emails. You are amazingly talented.
I live in teh middle of nowhere and I had to go away when I was going to have my baby due to distance frm a hospital a week before I was due. My husband couldnt’ come until the last minute. I left ‘I love you’ notes all over the house - must have been fifty of them - ans some we didn’t find until months later LOL
Some of my favorite notes are the ones I find written on random pages in my calender/to do book. Over the years my daughter has written “I love you, Mom” on different pages and left it for me to find when I get to that week. It always cheers my heart when I find them and I also enjoy going back through my books from years past and seeing how her handwriting and spelling have changed.
Thank you for the chance to win this great stamp set. Be safe and enjoy Oklahoma.
Just within the last month a woman at my church sent me a note saying she was thinking of me and praying for me after I had shared some struggles I’m going through. Getting that note really made my day!
One of my favorite notes was one my son left for me me in my suitcase. I was going on a business trip and would be away for a week. When I opened my suitcase I saw a little note from my son saying I was the best mom in the world and that he loved me. It really made my day. I think I still have that little note somewhere
Michelle,
Favorite note I have sent or received. Hands down it would be the very first not I got from my first grandchild expressing their love for me. It was so precious. Even though their were words that were spelled incorrectly or backwards written letters, it is still my most favorite note.
When I first read the title of this set “Note to Self”, I sort of grinned because I am the “QUEEN” of notes to myself. I always jot down all reminders, grocery lists, events or I would forget. Wonderful set, and I would be honored if I was the lucky winner.
Thanks for being so generous.
Dianna
Michelle,
Thank you for this creative blog of inspiration. I have so many favorite notes–but they are all handmade and handwritten because “from my hand” usually means “from my heart.”
Michelle,
I look forward to your blog every day….I just love the beautiful things you do. I’m always making notes to self, but my favorite would be the note from my husband (packed amongst my suitcase on a business trip w/o him) that said “have a great time and know that I love you more every day”. We’ll celebrate our 36th anniversary in April. Thank you for the inspiration. Angela
Reading the responses makes me realize I need to send /leave more notes! I used to tuck them into the boys lunches when they were young- I loved that! Now that they are adults(somewhat-LOL), I seem to only leave instructions- I will now get back to notes - for them and hubby and friends and relatives, etc! Thanks for the opp and the reminder!
Michelle,
I’m new to this and don’t have a blog or even know how to yet. I receive your info via email at the present time; eventually, I’ll learn to blog too.
I love your art and creativity! Every card you make inspires me. I plan to attend your Brayer workshop in Monroe, LA in February. Can’t wait!!!
My favorite note of all times was from my daughter on her wedding day. She left me a note thanking me for everything I had done and put into her wedding and telling me that it was the happiest day of her life. That made my day, month and year!
I love the set!
Joyce
My sweetest note came from my granddaughter and she wrote it my grocery list “grandma I love you so much.” Doesn’t get much better than that!
Love that little note stamp!
My favorite notes are those that I get form my husband and children. They can always brighten my day and makes me feel so good.
Thank you for the chance to win this stamp set.
Peggy
Mu husband is very sentimental and always leaves sweet notes. My fav was over 20 years ago. He left it on my windshield at work when he was “courting ” me. Part of the note were the words to a favorite song by Bob Seger, “Its You”
Another was when I was going through a rough time in life. My daughter was about 10. She drew a picture of our dog Sam and a big sun and wrote in big words I LOVE YOU. and left it under my plate at breakfast. Its in my craft room in a box of other mushy stuff I have saved over the years…its a BIG box
I just sent a note to our son who is stationed at Ft. Benning GA. He is in basic training, preparing to serve our country. I told him thank-you, we are proud of what he is doing and that we love him.
I love surprise little notes from my husband, they don’t happen often, but I love them. I too try to surprise him with a little note in his lunch every so often.
Thanks for the chance to win
Mandy kirk
mandykirk@hotmail.com
When my husband and I were dating I would send him little notes. One time, I drove by his house and left one on his windshield under the wiper. Many years later, we were unpacking boxes from a move. In the moving box I found a smaller box that I didn’t recognize. I opened it and inside were all the notes that I had written him. It really touched me that he had kept them.
Your blog candy just reminded me of all the notes my husband and I left for each other when he worked second shift and I worked days.
My favourite note is one from my Dad, giving me permission to marry. Dad was away at sea at the time (he was in the Navy) and I still have his note, forty six years later. He told me that even though he felt I was too young to marry, I was old enough to know my own mind so he gave us his blessing.
Love notes are the best! My husband and I exchanged tons when we were dating. I still have them all. Now I like to send little love notes in my son’s lunch from time to time and my hubby too!
Thanks for the opportunity at such nice blog candy.
Gloria
Michelle,
What a cute set! I forgot this was in the current catalog. I can see using this in all kinds of ways, even joined with other sets. Would love to win!
Colleen
I have such a bad memory, so I am always writing myself notes. Without them, I probably wouldn’t get anything done!
For a short time when my middle son Andy was small he had a note book on his desk.. We would leave random notes for each other about many things.. Like have a great day at school, do you know how much I love you, Sleep well.. and i would get those wonderful responses you can only get from an 9 year old.. I found it one day when cleaning his room and cried as I reread all the wonderful thing we shared in that notebook..
I love the notes that people give me. I see them as being random acts of kindness. ….but just lately it was a note sent to me from a friend and this phrase was quoted in it “life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”
It jogged me into remembering the happier moments of when my son was still alive. So notes do arrive to help us along in life when we need them the most
Thanks for the chance to win
I hope you have a good weekend
Brenda
Lunch box notes that I would put in my daughter’s lunch when she was in school.
She’s an adult now, but still has fond memories of her lunch box notes.
Oh what a cute set, would love to win!
I try to stick a card in DH’s suitcase for him to find when goes on business trips.
During one of bridal showers, the hostess asked each attendee to write words of advice on a small notecard that she compiled into an album. Two years later, after my mother had passed away due to cancer, one of my friends started looking through the album one night. She laughed at the funny words of advice, then found the notecard from my mother, who was never able to meet my daughter (or my son).
She advised me to take care of my husband, only have two kids, and wrote that she loved me. At the end of the card, she wrote: P.S. Mary Anne is a good name (which was her name). And she ended with a silly smiley face.
My daughter’s name is Marianne.
That was my favorite note…ever. Thanks for the chance to tell that story.
cute set! I like it! I think my DD will love to use it for her little notes she makes for her homework and silly notes for her friends, I used to do the same little notes for my friends and teachers too, thanks…Gina F
From my mom,
“Dearest Little Heart, you gave me my wings long ago. If we learn to this right, we can fly together. Love you always, Your Mom!
I have it posted where I can read it every day.”
LA
I write myself notes, reminders, shopping lists and then cannot find them so that I am reminded…ewwww…I think it must be an age thing!! I love that set though and think I would leave notes in more prominent places if I owned it!!! Thanks for offering it!
My husband and I often leave each other notes, sometimes just XO R/. I’m forever writing notes to myself, since without them I get sidetracked and forget to do things that I meant to do! I couldn’t exist without post it notes. But they are never big enough so I make my own! Would love to use this set for that. Thanks for the chance. Hope you’re having fun with this weekends class, and YES it’s a good thing you like to drive!
R/
I sent my hubby a picture of a flower via text message and asked him if this counted as sending flowers to him? He said yes and seemed to really like that, just that I was thinking of him enough to do that….
Have a great week end…
Julie G.
The nicest note I ever received was from a woman named Marilyn. She is a very good friend of my mother’s, and a former neighbor of mine. When her 5th son, Mitch, was 29, he died suddenly of a brain anuerysm. I was 27 at the time and took his death really hard. Mitch and my older brother were best friends. This was in 1990. Every year since, on the anniversary of Mitch’s death, I visit his grave and leave a flower or some other small token, and always a stone on his headstone. Several years ago I received a note from Marilyn thanking me for taking the time to always remember Mitch, and how much my thoughtfulness meant to her. It was genuine and heartfelt and made me feel good knowing I was bringing her joy on a day wrought with such sadness.
This is probably not what you are looking for, but my friend SCS’er Debzi333 has broken her ankle and her wrist. In order to give her a smile I emailed her a note offering to go on up there and French braid the hair on her legs as I’m sure she can’t shave.
My husband and i started going out in high school and my favourite note is from him and it says “can i have a hug?”
How sweet and innocent things used to be. Sigh….
When I was in high school I would leave small notes for classmates. They never found out who sent them but I got so much joy out of putting smiles on their faces. It was wonderful to see them just beam after reading it. I still do that every once in a while, try it sometine. It’s a great feeling!! julie
My favorite notes were the ones that my children wrote when they were school age. I sift thru things and build a box of mementos for each of them and read the notes on their essays and artwork. Maybe they weren’t things we said to each other everyday…but it feels good to know that they felt the things they wrote about. They are grown up and gone now…and I guess I am still having empty nest syndrome. It seems like poof…and they are gone..tho it didn’t feel that during it. I was a single mom of 3 sons.
One time my wife went out of town with our children while I was still at work. When I got home late at night, I found sweet little love notes around the house in places she knew I would see them. They were on the mirror, on my pillow, in the fridge, in my sock drawer, and other places.
It was very sweet to continue to find them around the house that night and the next morning.
I love notes. I love to get notes (good ones) and love to send notes. I make and send cards to those on the church prayer list. Many times I don’t know the situations they are in, just that they are requesting special prayer. So as my little “hidden” ministry I send these people cards about every other week as long as their name appears on the list. My cards are unsigned but include a note or scripture verse, either one stamped, typed or a little hand written. For me it is fun to do and for those who receive it I know it is a blessing - I know this because once a very long long time ago in another place someone sent me a card that arrived every Sabbath Day until the crisis was over and it so touched my life and meant so much to me. I never discovered who the person was that sent them.
My most favorite recent note was a forwarded email from my husband. It was an email from an HR rep saying that they will have a formal job offer for him early next week! After 6 months of unemployment, happy times are here again!!!!!
My most favorite note was one I received from my daughter-in-law thanking me for a scriptural activity I shared with my beautiful grandchildren. It is nice to have such a wonderful relationship with your daughter-in-law. I think she is pretty special and I love her dearly.
Hey Michelle. My favorite note was from my daughter when she was about 7. She made me a little booklet titled “My MommY”. During the whole book she mispelled the word true and instead spelled it ture. Things like “my mommy is the most beautiful mommy in the word, it is ture, or at least I think it is, I don’t know, I’ll go ask her”! Ah innocence! I saved that little book and to this day (20) years later, we still read it out loud and just laugh and laugh together. Wish they never had to grow up! Thanks for all you do for us! Sherry
My hubby wrote me a sweet note when we first got married. I still carry it in my wallet, and our 30th anniversary is in May!
Love your site! Would love to win this cute set! Thank you for the opportunity! Woo hoo!!!
My favorite note came from a music student of mine who posted on facebook that
I had changed her life…my goodness! what an affirmation for a teacher! This has prompted me to send notes to express my appreciation of those who have touched my life. This set would make some wonderful notes!
I like to send notes to someone for no reason (like birthday, holiday, etc.) and think about the smile they will have on their face when they get “fun mail” in their mailbox.
I have been looking at this particular set, please add me to the pot for the drawing! Thanks Michelle.
Kathy N.
Would love this set to send a note to a stamping friend thousands of miles away.
Love your stuff
I am a teacher also. This year has started out tough for one of my students. Her mother wrote and told me how grateful she was to have me on her side and the fact I would support and fight for her child was very important to her. This made my day…I am so grateful for notes like that! A few crumbs keep me going. kt
My son just turned seven, and he loves writing us poems and putting the under our pillows. My daughter does the same with pictures.
Have a safe drive back!
Count me in on this blog candy. Now that I’m a senior citizen, I have notes all over the house telling me what to do and where something is. Plus I leave notes for my senior citizen hubby telling him what to do (let’s not go there) and so on. Without notes to self, I couldn’t function! Carol
When my husband travels on business, he leaves little notes all over the house to encourage me while he’s away. This set caught my eye and I’d love to add it to my collection. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
I’ve saved all of my boys little notes and cards that they started making for me in grade school. The are so much fun to look back at. Second best is my boys letters to Santa. Thanks for the opportunity to win some candy!
I was a student teacher at a very poor school. The kids gave me notes and drawings as a thank you gift. I still have them 40 years later.
My favourite note would be from my 8 year old. She wrote me a note and slipped it in my handbag without me knowing. I was having one of those days where I just felt “bleuch” and I found the note it said “Mummy you are beautiful, you are the best Mum in the whole world, Love Abbey xoxoxo” It picked up my day immensley and I still have it in my purse for those “bleuch” days to pick me up.
Hi Michelle
My fav note is from my MIL.
She wrote to tell my husband and I what a wonderful job we did on raising two beautiful and caring daughters.
If I had this note set I would send out more notes to friends and family to remind them i am thinking of them.
I don’t have a favorite note in particular but I am a saver and I have all the birthday cards and letters from special people in my life, some who have passed. I love to get them out now and then and read them. Some make me cry, but they give me good memories.
My favorite note was from my husband left year inviting me to join him for a weekend at the beachfront. It was so romantic and I of course saved it to cherish for many years to come. Being in our fifties just goes to show that you can be romantic at any age!!!
My most favorite note was the first “love letter” I received from my then 2 year old grandson! It’s a treasure!
There is no one favorite note but many have touched my heart through the years. Count me in for the candy. I really love your blog!
My husband’s Aunt Sylvia made simple but very beautiful notes with a small tatted flower and a handdrawn stem and leaves in green ink. Aunt Sylvia died many years ago but I remain impressed! Thanks for sharing your talents every day and for the chance to win some blog candy.
My favorites notes are the ones i put in my sons lunch box- just a little happy hello to brighten his day! Thanks for all you fantastic creations- they really inspire!
My grandchildren have dry erase boards for notes and my granddaughter loves her special craft area in my craft room. Her notes she makes for my are the most special.
Love this set…thanks for this chance to win! Also ‘love all your tutorials…thanks for sharing all your creativity with us!
My favorite note was from my amazing hubby…sharing the “Top ten reasons to be in love with you”.
~Brenda H.
Every little note I receive from my husband is so sweet.
And when I have to be away from home, I try to leave a little love note under his pillow.
We have been married going on 26 years and we are still so in love and are best friends. I am blessed.
Janet
My favorite note was from a student who said I was the niftiest college instructor she had ever had!
I have notes that my husband (then boyfriend) left on the windshield of my car when we were teenagers. He had to be at work very early (5:30) and on his way he would leave a note on my car windshield telling me to have a great day and that he loved me.
He was a keeper…so I married him!
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My daughter(now 26 yrs.old) often would make my lunch to take to work.Her specialty was PB&J(heavy on the ‘J’)Ofcourse I ate every soggy sandwich.How could I not when she always included a note telling me I was the “best Mom”.Istill have all her notes in a box she gave me.
My favorite note I’ve received is from my son after his wedding, thanking my husband and myself for giving him a good start in life along with some other thoughtful things. It hangs on my fridge as a reminder of him.
How can one single out that special note? I have been blessed with many ( which I have squirreled away for days when might be down and need a pick-me -up) but one which stands out, is a thank you from a now “in Heaven” dear friend, who wrote to thank me for being the encouragement she needed when days were so hard, she did not know if she could go on. She sat next to me in choir, and I never knew life was that bad for her. But evidently, God used me to say the right things, and it helped her through the worst of times. That has to be one of special ones…….along with so many that I cherish.
The favorite note I ever sent was for my daughter’s fifth grade teacher. She had a very special connection with my daughter and I wrote her a note thanking her for being such a wonderful teacher. It made her cry!
My special notes come from my daughters, 9 & 6, they always write me notes when I don’t feel well, or am having a bad day. They also like to draw pictures on the notes for me.
My favorite notes are the ones I’ve saved from loved ones that have passed on.
I still have the ones my father wrote to me when I was a child
my favorite note that I have received is one from my sweet husband. He gave me a card just before our son was born….it made me cry it was so beautiful!! Thanks the the chance to win this set!!
My favorite notes have always been from my husband. From the simple “go get them tiger” when I was having a bad week to the much appreciated notes when he was on annual training (most notably his month in Egypt). It’s a relief to know your other half is safe when they are far away. He retired from the reserves a few years ago (to many jumps with a 60 pound ruck on his back) so I no longer have to worry about my guy - just all the others who are out there defending our rights.
Thanks for bringing this to mind, Michelle!
I just love this set. my son and I talked about buying this set so we could leave each other notes. We also talk about adding the calendar set to make our messages to each other complete. Thanks for the great candy!
My favorite notes were the ones that told us we were soon to be grandparents. And now the ones from the grandchildren.
Thanks for a chance to win.
My favorite note is the one that Santa Claus sends to my daughter every year. He is sure to talk about the high lights of the past year and mention the ways that he sees her helping out around the house or being a good friend to others. She is always so excited to get them and she simply glows for days. I am going to be sad when she no longer believes in Santa.
the most precious note that i ever rcvd was on line..via email… it came from my husband..who was hospitalized…
he wrote me a love letter at about midnight..and then passed away at 5 a.m….the email was waiting for me in my on line mailbox in the morning…after he passed away…
Thanks for all you share Michelle. I love writing little handwritten notes and putting them in lunch bags. They always seem to get a big smile…8-)
In scrapping I am just learning to journel and this will really help because of the beauty. In my everyday life, I love to send special “just because” cards each day to special people and YOU have helped me with that…and I thank you. I love to leave notes in my special cards to someone that is having a bad day and not sign my name…this picks them up (and me also)!! The scrolling would add such a wonderful touch.
Thanks for the chance to win this, I think it is a very cute stamp set! Hope you are having a blast… Can’t wait to see you again in July!
First thank you for all your inspiration you share with us! I always love coming to your blog!
my favorite notes were the love notes my husband always sent to me while he was deployed to Iraq. He will be leaving again soon, im sure i will be looking back at the ones he sent last time, while waiting for new ones to arrive!
thank you for the inspiration and knowledge you give us through your blog..well - one note to self that i sent to my online stamp group..note to self - do not pour glitter when an overhead fan is on!!!!
thank you for the chance to win this stamp set.
I am a Girl Scout Leader, and I like sending Thank You notes to ANYONE who helps out with my troop. I always send handmade cards to people who are guest speakers at our meetings, and the girls and I attach Thank You “receipts” to all of our boxes of the Girl Scout Cookies that we sell.
My best “note memory” was when a boy I had a HUGE crush on in junior high wrote me a note that he liked me & slipped it into my locker. What a fun find that was when I opened my locker the next time. it’s been 30 years, but I remember it like yesterday!
Wendy
My most favorite note received came from my sister. She sent a beautiful card she had made at one of your workshops! Wow, do you inspire us all with your creations. You have a wonderful artistic gift. It is so nice to receive notes from my sisters and friends. I frame some of the creative treasures I receive. Then I can enjoy them for years (or months) to come.
Martha
The most recent note that I wrote was to my grandson ……after his high school football team lost in the quarter-final playoffs…..in quadruple overtime. He was so sad that they lost…….and I wanted him to know how proud were are of him and that “win or lose” he is still #1 to us.
Hhhhmmm….I don’t have 1 favorite note. But, when my hubby and I were dating, he used to leave me notes in the most unusual places!!! We lived together before we married (gasp!!!), and it did take some creativity for him to be able to hide them as our house was rather small. I have them stashed all over the place (moved once since then) and find them, randomly, from time to time. Where did that sweet, romantic guy go??? If anyone finds him…please send him home!!! Hisses, Rockin Robin Caldwell (stampinsavage at yahoo dot com)
I love leaving notes for myself, as I would forget things if I didn’t. But love when hubby leaves me little notes also. After 26 years, it doesn’t happen as often as it use to, but once in a while.
I put notes for my kids in everything that I can so that it will put a smile on there face or give them a chuckle when they read them when they were kids. Now I will put a note on there car or at the apartment/house to let them know that I miss them or just let them know that I am thinking about them. Now my youngiest does the same thing and boy does that brighten the day when she does. I have found that even the smallest of thoughts makes everyones day much brighter. And it will even brighten someones day when they are not even having a good day. A girl friend of mind called me one day to say that my note made such a difference in her horrible day, that it was a joy to read and really made a bad day go away.
When I was working, when someone from another dept went out of their way to help me, I would stamp a note thanking them. I would see my notes to them posted on their bulletin boards. Such a small thing would please one.
HI, hope you are having a wonderful time!!! I have alot of friends with breast cancer so i do the 3 day 60 mile walk every year, this year i made small cards cut out as sneakers and even used lases to lase them up, i sent notes to over 200 walkers who go them at camp during the walk, just small notes telling them to keep smiling and stuff like that. That is my fav note i have writen lately!! I am crossing my fingers for some good luck!
One of my favorite notes I received in a hotel in Paris. It had been translated to invite me to a ron-de-vous (sp.) I was suspect and decided I was only being invited to meet with someone–a business associate.
Hi, Hope you are having a super time !!! My favorite note or notes are the ones that my husband puts in my lunch every so often.
I recieve little notes at work from a high school student…to darn cute! Always makes me smile…love your website! thanks for chance to win!
I have received so many lovely notes over the years from some very thoughtful friends. The most recent note came from a friend who wanted to lift my spirits after I lost my cat who was 14 years old. Such a simple gesture that warmed my heart!
Safe travels to and from Okalahoma. My favorite notes are the ones I send to my two boys since they no longer live at home. Once lives in Boston and the other is away at college in Angola, IN. I try to send them something every other week! I love to hear their comments when they get them!
I travel some for my job and my favorite notes are the ones hidden in my suitcase. Sometimes they are in a pants pocket, sometimes in a shoe but I am always delighted when I find them where ever they are! I just want to say “Thank You” for sharing your talent with us.
Everybody needs to write themselves notes! Sign me up!
I have kept notes that have been written to me throughout the years. It is so much fun to go back thru them. Also, I am a note maker for things that I need to do. Thank you for sharing with us.
Cheryl Sims
One of my favorite notes I have sent was when my friends invited us to go visit with them at her parents home in the country. Her parents were away and thought it would be the perfect mini-getaway. Well it was lovely. 75 acres of paradise. It was spring and the weather was wonderful. My husband and I took our little chihuahua Chula. She loved it. Their home is two stories and she loved going up and down the stairs just like a small child. I took pictures of her on the stairs and in my thank you note to her parents I sent a picture of Chula at the top of the stairs. I later found out the picture of Chula put a smile on their face. Great memory!
my favorite notes have been recently from friends sending me prayers and well wishes for my recent brain surgery. this has lifted my spirits more than ou can imagine and now I know what it truly feels like to be on the recieving end of well wishes. Feeling humbled gratitude. Trish Kindberg
My most favorite note was a thank you note written by my 7 year old grandson. Had a little trouble deciphering it but it was wonderful. Thanks for a chance to win your blog candy–love your blog.
The BEST ever notes that my daughter and I leave for each other are written on the bathroom mirror…. quick and easy
The best part is the next time the shower makes the mirror fogged, the note comes back…love that!
S
Here is my hat. I am so impressed with you talent. Good job.
I would love, love, love to win this set! I love anything Christmas!
My favorite notes are cards I make for my son and put them in his school binder as a surprise for him.
Oh, yes! Hope to win!!!
When I was in college and asked for money, my dad would send me the deposit slip with a little note on the back.
Even though he died over twenty years ago, I still think of those little notes and smile. Apparently, he liked my notes to him, too. When my brother went through my dad’s desk to settle his estate, he remarked that my father must have saved every note we ever sent him! Now technology has replaced these notes with texting, but I still try to send little notes. ****
gorgeous!!!! Just like all your artwork! Wish I could take a class. Ever thought of coming up to Canada?
I don’t have ONE favorite note that I’ve sent, but several. My baby went off to college this year and I have been making and sending her a card every week. I stick little handwritten notes in each one. I sure do miss her. *sigh* Thanks for the chance to win this great set. It sure would cheer me up. *wink*
The notes that meant so much to me were from my husband when we first started dating. He sure had a knack for saying just the right things…and he still does!
Lately, my favorite “notes” are the cards I make for Operation Write Home. The cards are sent to service people around the world and they use them to write home. I feel I share a little part in their service and I can show how much they are appreciated and loved.
who doesn’t like gettting mail the old fashion way! I love to make and send cards. and I really try to do that all the time. but I do like to buy and gift mary englebright cards. they are always soooo uplifting. I get a lot of inspiration from them too!
thanks for putting my name in the hat!
Lorene H
My favorite notes were from my first ever boyfriend in high school. Since we moved out the area of my high school when I was a senior, I got up at 3:30 every morning and dropped at my boyfriend’s house at 4:30 (his sister was also my best friend at the time). Every morning I would find a note something like…”good morning my beautiful, wonderful, etc…you get the idea…I had a difficult family life then, so it was very nice to have somone so supportive in my life. Unfortunately, he was in an accident and passed away when we were both 18. I love the wonderful memories that will stay with me forever!!!
I couldn’t survive without notes to remind me what I want or need to do and when. Notes from my grandson 1500 miles away are the biggest thrill to receive - he cares enough to send his very best!
But the one note that just blew me away was from my husband’s cousin whose mother had just died. Inside the box that the note arrived in was a fur coat! Her mom wrote and said she wanted me to have a hug from her every time I put the coat on! I am not even a blood relative. There was no way the coat would fit me since she was such a tiny lady - but the love that she sent with that gesture was worth SO much more than anything I could have ever imagined receiving.
While I have kept every note from my kids, and my husband, my favorite note was from my Mom when I was a child. It was the first time I took a sack lunch to school. I sat down at the lunch table, opened my little brown bag, and took out my napkin. When I opened the napkin, I read ‘Hope your day is G R E A T, Blue Eyes!! Love Mom’ I felt SO special! I smiled the rest of the day, and gave my Mom a great big hug as soon as I got back home!
I guess this is why I love making and sending cards, now! It makes people feel good, just knowing that you were thinking of them, and put some of yourself in the creation that they received!!
Hi Michelle,
Thank you for the opportunity to tell about favorite notes. I love writing and receiving them. The first one that comes to mind is my most recent tucked into a card patterned after the Courage card you recently made and sent to my son currently serving in Iraq. Of course, his dad and I are proud of him and wanted to encourage him in a most difficult situation. I know that our words and the beautiful card will do much to convey to him just how special he is.
Thanks again.
Trish
I think my favorite note would have to be one that my husband wrote to me when we were dating. He asked me to “go steady” on August 10, 1973. We would celebrate monthaversaries. Some months he’d give me a card and write a note in it.
Thanks for the chance to win.
My very favorite notes have been the little post it notes I find after my mom leaves from visiting. I find her little love notes in the silverware drawer, my shoes and even in my coffee cups! It’s like getting more hugs after she leaves and always makes me smile! (it’s the little things!)
Well, I’ve never won any Stampin’ up and you have a lot of followers! But, I thought I could share. My favorite note was a hand drawn card from a high school friend. She knew I was into crafts but all she had were some colored pencils. I was touched and she did a wonderful job!
I teach high school biology. Several years ago, one of my students used to write “Note to Self” on the top of her test, telling herself what she wanted to do better on next time. It was such a pleasure to watch her improvement through the course of the year. Whenever I hear the words “note to self”, I think of her.
My favorite note was one I wrote to my (then) husband on a banana in his lunch sack. My note had the people in the cafeteria rolling on the floor in laughter.
One of my most favorite notes I have gotten is from the FABULOUS Patty Bennett! i won one of her blog candies and of course she added a personal note. My second favorite is the only text I have gotten from my texting challenged husband that said I Love you
thanks for the chance to win and hope you have a safe journey home!
Elizabeth
I received a lovely fall note in the mail. Sure brightened my day. A simple card of orange plaid with brown leaves and an owl stamped .Have a fun trip Yvonne
One of my favorite notes I have received came from my mother when I turned 30! She remininced about the day I was born and being her first child! She told how special I was to her and how much she loved me. I still have that letter and it is in a scrapbook! It means the world to me because at the time my Mother and I weren’t getting along that well! But now we are BEST FRIENDS!!!
Thanks for reminding how special NOTES are and for the chance to win!!
Hope you are having fun teaching. Someday, I will take one of your classes.
A long time ago, about 20 years ago, my grandfather had a brain tumor and was in the hospital. Due to the tumor, had been depressed. I felt so bad, so wrote him a very long letter, describing all of the wonderful things he had done for other people and what he meant to me. He would show that letter to every medical person who came to his bed and tell them “this is the real me”. I was very glad that I did write that letter.
Hey Michelle,
I would love to win this stamp set so please enter me into your Blog Candy contest.
Surely enjoyed meeting you up in Broomfield, CO while you were visiting your sister. The brayering class was awesome! Sure makes a lot more sense when I look at your samples now.
Sylvia De Jong-Simpson
I received a sweet little candy gram from one of my previous team members. Being a supervisor isn’t always the easiest thing and a little note of appreciation sure means a lot!
My favorite notes are ones my daughter has sent me and I have sent her. We are not only mother and daughter but best friends too!
Sharon M
Recently, my boss gave me a nice thank you card for working hard on a project. And he said that he wished he could give me a bonus, but instead please take a Friday afternoon off. I jumped right on that and took the next one!
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for the opportunity to win blog candy. I always enjoy your brayer emails. Mine never come out as good as yours. One day I want to take a class when you are in my area. I like to leave my husband little notes every chance I get. My favorite times are when I leave him cards w/ sweet notes in them for his b’days. I will leave one wherever I know he looks each day. I wait until he goes to bed that night and stay up and get them ready. Some examples are below: Sock drawer, medicine cabinet, front seat of his truck, inside his golf bag, and even w/ his lunch. I like to give him one from the 4 cats as well. He has a b’day coming up this month, so I am going to make some ahead of time and get them ready for the big day.:-) Thanks for the reminder.
Put me in the drawing. I have a really sweet note that I have saved for many years. It is from a friend who had moved to another city. The front of the card has a teddy bear and inside it says only “miss you”. It spoke volumns and still does.
My favorite thing to do is leave a note for my husband on his windshield. It’s just a way of starting his day and letting him know that I love him.
Notes from my family in the last birthday card I received - everyone was so sweet and I love them so much!
I love the notes/pictures that I receive from my son. He turned 10 on Friday and is the joy of my life. Thanks for sharing!!!
I used to write notes to my best friend all the time in high school. If he was out for a day, I’d pretend like I was taking notes for class, but I was really writing him notes about what he was missing at school.
My family means the world to me and from day one of our marriage my husband and I have left notes upon notes over time to each other. I would make him lunch and inside the container there would be a note and when he come home sometimes there would be a note saying thank you and I love you. I have saved every note my children have written me and as I make there family history (scrapbook) the notes are sprinkled over pages. As they read them it brings back memories of the time when they wrote the notes and what was going on in their lives. We have laughed and cried together over them and my children ask, “don’t you throw any thing
away?” Thank you for the beautiful cards you share with me….
I have a dear friend who is going thru a rough time but always takes the time to send out thank you cards to those who drop off flowers/food etc. So, I made and bought her some thank you cards and mailed them to her and begged her not to send me a thank you card for the thank you cards - that made her laugh so I guess it would be my favorite note to someone.
Boy, do I need “Notes to Self”!!! Notes are what happens when the memory goes. Not quite but getting close.
Great tutorials and end results as usual, Michelle.
Hi Michelle
What a cute little set! My favourite note was one my Mom left on the kitchen table. All it said was….Phone Bill…. As each of us came home, we read the note and asked…Bill who? Too funny….it was a reminder to pay the phone bill! Even now, many years later, it still makes me smile, thinking of how we all laughed at that simple little note!
Judy
What a cute set I would love to ewin it
How generous of you!! I love having a chance to win!! Thanks!!!
My favorite notes have to be the ones my youngest daughter has sent me over the years. She decorates her notes with all sorts of little drawings and smilies that are so typical of her. The best ones are her cartoon strips. She creates entire stories with stick figures that are so expressive they are impressive. I’ve been saving her notes for years and when she’s grown with kids of her own I plan to take them out and show them to her so we can have a good laugh and a warm mother-daughter moment.
Ballo ergo sum,
- Gitana, the Creative Diva
My favourite note was left on my bed side table when my 7 year old grand son went home after staying with me for a few days ‘dear nan, read this when you are lonely and you will know how much I love you xoxoxo” not only did it make me cry but i cherish this note more than any i have ever received.
thanks for giving me a chance of winning this set.
I have received many notes over the years, from my children, my students, my mom, my siblings, and my hubby too. One of the sweetest notes I received from my husband was one a short time after we got married. It was a very simple note- on a post it note- but all that was on there was a big hand drawn smiley face, and the words : “Love Ya” ~B~. I have that on my dresser to look at often.
My favorite note was from my mother. I had left my home town to begin my new life with my husband. My mother and I never lived farther than an hour away from each other and relocating from Northern California to Southern California is the farthest away from each that we have ever been. One day I received a package in the mail, my mother sent me a super sweet, tear jerking card and inside of it was a refrigerator magnet which read, “Wherever you are, near or far, you are in my heart.” The magnet was shaped like a bird house complete with a mommy and baby bird. Even though it’s been 10 years and I’m only 800 miles away I have the beautiful gift my mom gave me posted on my computer desk so that I can glance at it and feel like my mom has given me a big hug.
My favorite notes are ones I send to people anonymously. What fun! For instance, I subscribe to a daily e-mail devotional and over the years have become acquainted with the writer and his family via these e-mails. I have sent a number of notes and cards to this husband/wife, yet have never even met them. They know me only by my closing words of “your Sister in Christ from Greeley, CO”.
Thanks again for the chance to win; and of course, for all the wonderful tutorials. I am always leaving myself notes (brain freeze), my husband would laugh to see I have now even stamped the notes to myself!
Travel safe,
Beth
My favorite notes are from my kids. I still get them and being a pack-rat have saved many from over the years. Thanks for offering the set - I love it!
One quick note was when I pinned a note on my husband on what he needed to get at the store….so the clerk could double check and make sure he got everything…good sport he was in going along with it…he is sooo forgetful!!!
thanks for the blog candy…
My Mom and I always had a special way of leaving notes, we both loved cookbooks, so we would buy each other a little cookbook of some kind and then put cute NOTES with pictures and the date in the front of the book…she died a few years ago, but everytime I open one of those cookbooks, it’s like she’s still here with me, I sure do miss her!
I don’t have children myself but I love the notes that my nephew and neice use to write to me. They usually included a drawing. They are both teenagers so they don’t send them any more.
My hubby and I have written so many notes to each other. The first note he ever wrote me was to ask if I would be his girlfriend, we were in 7th grade. I didn’t become his girlfriend til we both turned 16 our sophmore year in High School. =) He was very sweet. We’ve been together ever since. So Dec. 12th makes 12 years we’ve been together. I love notes, I still sometimes will write him a little note and stick it in his wallet so he’ll find it when he reaches for some money.
Sweet, silly, stupid little notes are gifts of love. My DH leaves me notes in his Levi pockets so I can find them when doing laundry. Yes, I check all the pockets to see what he has left me. But my favorite note from him is a note he wrote on a piece of waxed paper and wrapped my lunch in it. He etched it with his fingernail because he couldn’t make any ink stick to it. Yep it brought a tear and yep, I still have it.
My most favorite note would be one given to be from my stepson, on it he wrote in his very best cursive writing he was only 9 then and I have been with him since he was 5, Cory is his name, he wrote” love you mom and dad”, I have it framed in my room. I have been his best mom he says ever(their mom doesn’t come around but rarely, very rarely. My favorite note written would be the ones I leave in the kids lunches telling that I lovem
The best note, was actually a card my parents and sister gave me when my hubby and I were going through a rough patch. I felt like a failure. They reminded me that marriage was dealing with the ups and downs -> together and not laying blame. Well, it brought me out of my funk and reminded me that they will always have my back. And this past June we celebrated 14 years of marriage. Family can be a pain at times, but they are always a blessing!
What a cute giveaway.
The last note I gave to my best friend who has a hard time at the moment. I told her to be sure of her own strength, her precious personality and encouraged her to go her own way.
As with so many other mom’s (and wives) I have always put notes in lunches, on pillows in pockets or where ever they might find them. These were all sent with little bits of encouragement, love or humor, and my children (and husband) always felt just a little special when reading them. When one of my daughters was a teenager and we had been going through some difficult times she sent me a note that said “I know you have always been there for me, thank-you. I will always love you Mom”. It still gets to me when ever I think about that note.
Thank you for sharing with us.
I think the very favorite notes I had sent in the past are one that were more tucked than sent. I did little notes of encouragement in my kids lunches.
cute !!!
I would leave notes for my husband all the time and before we were dating. please enter me into the blog candy drawing.
I received a note from a friend whose husband is very ill. I have been sending them cards every week and she wrote to tell me she never really understood the hoopla surrounding card-making until they were on the receiving end and now she wants to get into the group. She said she has them all displayed around her house and can’t throw them away.
I definetly want to put my hat in!!!
Thanks for the opportunity !
Judy Parlin
I often leave little cards and notes for my kids in their lunch or waiting for them in their bedroom. My favorite note is from when both kids drew me a picture and left it in my bag I take every day. It was a great way to start the day!
Good morning Michelle,
I just love it every time I see your projects pop up in my inbox - so much fun seeing what you are up to. I have used some of your projects with my ladies, while teaching class and they love them all.
My favorite recent note was actually a quick card for a friend in the hospital asking if she thought the hospital would allow a slumber party - after all it’s not like they don’t have any beds, blankets and pillows!!
Thank you for offering this cute little set as blog candy - who knows, I may get lucky and win this
Deb :o)
My favorite note is a note of thanks from mother. We have always had a very special relationship which has now taken on new meaning since she will be 85 this month. I rearranged my work schedule so we have one special day together with each other every Monday. We both look forward to it and always enjoy each others company.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this set.
Gayle
My favorite notes are the notes I get from my students. Teaching special needs children in K, 1, and 2, the little notes they write to you are priceless!!!
My husband works in the same school system as I do but I’m a teacher and he’s a plumber so I stay in one place and he goes to different places all day long. Occasionally, he would be in my building, but I wouldn’t be in my room or I would be working in another classroom. I would often see a little “bunny” drawn in the corner of my board. Or I would get a picture of this little bunny in my mailbox. The bunny would say “I love you this much”. That is my favorite note.
My favorite note so far is the note my younger stepson wrote inside his Christmas card to me last year. He thanked me for being his stepmom and told me he felt I was more of a mother than his real mom had been to him over the last 13 years. I cried when I read it, especially as I have so often felt like I was still the outsider and that he just tolerated me, which was the most I had hoped for. I will always treasure that note.
My favorite note was not one that was written to me. It was written by my now deseased Mum to my best freind, Jean, in Canada. I had taken my up to Mum up to Canada to have lunch with my friend and her very elderly Mother.
Years later, on one of my friend’s visits, she gave me an envelope and in it was the Thank You note my mother had written, thanking her for the lovely time she had had that day with her Mum.
Any and all of the notes my mom gave me throughout my life. All the more precious now that she has passed on.
Notes are part of my life. I leave notes for my family members to remind them of daily activities, notes re groceries required and of course the endless ‘to do’ notes . Would love to win the blog candy.
One of my favorite notes that I have framed in my bedroom is from my son. He was in kindergarten at the time and learning to write. Certain letters were a bit confusing (what side does the lines go on??) . For mothers day that year - he drew me a picture and wrote “Haggy Mother’s Day” He was so proud of it and I didn’t say anything then - but now we laugh about it.
Hi Michelle, I am at that age that requires notes to self!!! I haven’t ordered this one for myself and your blog candy offer seemed like a good time to try to get picked!!! It would be nice to write a note to myself that is so pretty. Thank you for the chance. I continue to enjoy your e-mails!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite note is one I send to my chemo friend each week. I love sending a note each week to her to cheer her week. It is so rewarding to send a message letting her know I am thinking of her.
Robbie
notes! me and my boyfriend allways leave notes to eachother when we wake up or go to sleep in diffrent times… its very romantic i think!
thanks for the candy
That’s a gorgeous swirl! Love the stamps and you are so kind to share!! I hope your out of town stay goes well and you have fun with the class!!
my hubby used to leave me notes on my windshield…but he hasn’t done it in a long time
boo hoo!
my favourite note is one my husband left for me when I was feeling really down about myself. It was just a simple note, all it said was “I want to help you see yourself as I see you.”
He gave that to me about 9 years ago. It’s still on my dresser today.
Oh wow…… I have to say that my favorite is from my hubby…….
“Just to let you know you DO complete my life. I want to thank you for all you do. You’re a wonderful person and I’m very happy we found each other. I LOVE YOU!”
My favorite notes are ones sent to me by my kids when they were little. I just love them. THanks for the chance to win.
this is on my list of ’stamps to buy SOON’!!! I love it!
and my fave notes received are the ones from friends who have something to share about their faith walk, whether it is having just become a Christian (Love those!!), a baptism, a neat conference or concert they have attended or the like. those are just such happy cards to get!
I leave notes to myself all the time. I remember things better if I see them written down. I’m very visual. Would love to win this set.
Notes are such a wonderful way to communicate, whether they’re just a few words or long & chatty — is it still a note then? My most recent favorite came from my cousin (a transplant from Arizona & now living in Minnesota). She wrote, “Little balls of hate are falling from the sky.” Yes, we were having an October snowfall that delighted kids & skiers, but left others quite dismayed. Note to self: Treasure the day.
The best note I got was when I had to leave town to go to a funeral for my sister-in-law and a good friend gave words of thoughts and encouragement. It gave me the strenghth to go to the funeral and be there for my in-laws and my brother.
My favorite note(s) I like to send are the just thinking of you ones. They are unexpected and the person or persons always acknowledge receiving them. I also like those unexpected notes. I would love to add The note to self stamps you are giving as candy.’
I hope you had a great trip. And if you are every in the NW Indiana area I will be attending one of your classes.
thanks….Gloria
Wow! Your website is amazing!!! I would love to come to one of your workshops.
My favorite notes are the little love notes my hubby used to leave me when we were dating. It would make my heart do flip flops when I would unexpectedly find one somewhere. He was such a sweetie….Thanks for letting me enter. I think that little stamp set is so sweet.
How fun
My daughter just graduated and is currently a substitute teacher. The one thing she asked for Christmas was thank you notes or just notes cards. This would be a great gift for her and I know how much she would appreciate it and use it daily. Thank you for all your inspiration.
one of my favorite notes was from a stamping magazine (now defunct, sorry to say) telling me that not only would they publish the cards I sent in but that they’d make them into a story and that they’d pay me for my trouble!!!!!
Jeanie
Michelle I appreciate you daily e-mails.We are trult blessed that you share your talent with us.Glad to have the oppertinity to win blog candy
Thanks,Jocelan
love this set!
My favorite notes are from my kid’s. So unexpected! I love to slip little notes in my kid’s lunch bag’s, even though they are 10 and 15, I think they like the little reminder that they are still my ‘little one’s’.
Hope to take one of your classes when you are in my area.Your creativity alway’s inspires me.
Hello,
My favorite card creation so far is a tri-fold shutter card that I made for a special guy for his birthday. It used tangerine tango CS, with some fall-colored DP, some cuttlebug-embossed CS that I embellished with a sakura clear glitter pen. I used some nestabilities circles, and the only embellishments were some fall-colored maple leafs on top of the homemade textured glitter paper. I was really proud of this card, I have lots to learn in cardmaking but as long as I’m seeing improvement, then I’m happy.
I appreciate all that I learn from seeing the beautiful creations on your site.
Thanks,
Joanne
Probably one of my all-time favorite notes was left by my adult daughter (20-something) when she was here from CA visiting. My husband and I were down in our basement working out and we didn’t know that our daughter was sitting on the top step listening to our conversations. My husband made some comment about how cute I looked using the treadmill with my “sexy” red nitie on and then at some point I went from the treadmill to the weight bench and made a comment about the particular “thing” that I was doing with the hand weights (I couldn’t remember the exact term). Well anyways, days went by and my daughter left to head back to CA and we discovered an envelope that she left addressed to “Mom and Dad” and inside were three note-size pieces of paper with various comments about our conversations and one of them was “Mom, I’m sure you looked cute in that nitie when you were working out, but it’s not really appropriate attire, and then she goes on to say “and those things that you were doing on the weight bench were flys not curls.” I made her a scrapbook a couple of years ago for her birthday and included the littles notes that she left for us.
A favorite note that I have received came from a parent of a former student. I’m a teacher and received a note from a parent letting me know what a difference I made in teaching their child. It was nice to receive a positive note from a parent. If you have a child in school right now, I encourage you to write that teacher a positive note. We rarely receive them and who doesn’t like a note of appreciation once in a while? Thanks for the wonderful blog candy and the fabulous stamping inspiration! Your blog is definitely one of my faves!!!
One of the best notes that I have received was one from a little grandson then 4 to say Happy birthday and to tell me that I was the best Nana in the hole wide world.I still have it and plan to keep it a long time .Stay safe in all of your travels and may God be with you as you teach.I love your tutorials.Thanks .
What a beautiful stamp you’re giving away (again) Michelle.
have fun teaching!!
Love,
Jolanda
Love the blog candy! Hope you are having a great time in Oklahoma!! Just know that you are missed here in Dayton and we look forward to having you return! Thanks for all you do for us!
Thank you so much for your daily ideas. They are so inspiring!
I work with weight loss surgery patients before and after surgery. Their gratitude after being successful with both losing excess weight and keeping it off is astounding! I so enjoy receiving notes from them stating, “You’ve changed my life…I have a life now, and I didn’t have one before surgery! Thank you so much!” I thank God that I am so lucky to work in a program that is so fulfilling every single day!
I am such a fan of yours. I try many of the sthings you post and hope someday I will be half as good as you are with brayer and sponge backgrounds. I am going to attend a class when you come anywhere near where I live.
I’ve saved all the notes my husband left for me when we were first married. It’s a second marriage for both of us, so he’s very much cherished along with the notes.
My favorite notes are the ones that my grandmom has sent me over the years. Seeing her handwriting on an envelope when I get the mail always brightens up my day. Thanks for the chance to enter!
My husband wrote me a note on a painting that he bought for me. The artist entitled the painting “the jewel”. My husbands note read: The Jewel for my Jewel!
Michelle,
Oh, how I would love this set. I am teaching a free class at a women’s retreat and would to have this set. I would love the ladies to make a note to self notebook. Soo glad to see that you are giving it away.
I hope you are having a fantastic time in Ok.
My favorite note to give is anything I’ve spent too many hours on and sending it to my girlfriend in Denver who loves to stamp but doesn’t have enough time to stamp. She is always most appreciative and makes me feel like my effort was worth it and that it made her feel special!
Thanks
my favorite recent note was to a very good friend whose has taken me to PT and any other place I need to go. I did a watercolor flower, ribbon and many layers.
It was a thank you note to tell her how wonderful she is.
My favorite notes are from you Michelle - lol. I need to talk to you next week. I have a couple of questions.
Melba
My favorite note was one from my daughter. She is 5 and stamped a simply heart and drew a get better monster, to scary all my yuckies away. It was the best note ever!
Hey Michelle,
please enter my name in your blog candy contest. Love your work!
I would have to say my favorite note is one my husband left for me just a few months ago. He went out of town for a business class. When I pulled down the cover, there was a little note on my pillow from him….. It was great.
When I made lunches for my husband I would leave notes in it telling him to have a good day at work. One day I found a note for me in my lunch — it was a little 1×1 inch flip book that would draw out “I love you” and a heart. I thought it was the cutest thing!
Thank you for the chance to win this set, and keep up the great work!
My favorite note is a ten things I love about my husband that I inculuded in my 12th anniversary card to him. I think he really liked it.
Mickie-
You are so inspirational and fun. You go girl….. amazing things you do!!
Happy Day
Peggy in Illinois
Wheaton Illinois class
My mom sent me a quick “just saying hi” note when I went off to college. She never sends cards except for birthdays, so it was really special.
I love sending notes to friends, family, but esp to my husband. He also leaves me notes.
I love the little notes that my grandchildren write on the bottom and sides of the pictures that they draw. I try to save them all to give back to them when they’re grown. They always give my heart and spirit a lift.
My girlfriend sends me the sweetest notes. Shes fabulous
Thanks Cynthia
Wow, love the blog candy. Thanks for the chance. My husband used to leave me little notes when he would get up for work and I always loved waking up to those special little notes.
Angel hugs
Debby
I think one of the best notes I ever received was the one from you saying I was enrolled in your class when you came to Castro Valley, California, in September. I learned so much that day! I have used my brayer a few times and really enjoy the results I am getting. Thanks for a great learning adventure!
Fifteen years ago my husband gave me a note tha said. Marcy, Your time has come, I know you will make the best of it. I’m proud of you for making it happen. This was givne to me when I took the job with MDA. This year my VP sent a note stating the years keep clicking by and your consistency continues to amaze me. This is a tough job and you continue to provide great custumer service with a smile.
I feel blessed and encouraged when I read these.
That’s a tough one, I can’t think of a favorite note. I do have some old letters because they contain recipes I’ve kept. Some of them are over twenty years old and I love going back and rereading them. Reminds me of a time gone by. I also love the fact I can keep making the treasured recipes as well
My favorite notes are from my Husband, back when he worked as a Security guard he would right me long letters and my favorite was his poems. I still have all of them, I will cherish them forever. Thanks for reminding me of such a great memory.
I love looking at your blog, it is such an inspiration to me. thank you for the chance to win this candy blog.
Now a days, definitely need “Note to self” LOL. Only problem is I’ll have to remember where I left it
Please enter me for a chance to win. Thank you
I am so inspired by your works of art! Love your blog, but mostly your tutorials. Keep em coming!
It’s so great you’re offering blog candy again. I hope I’m lucky enough to win. I love your tutorials, you rock!
Hi Michelle, thanks for giving us another chance for a lovely blogcandy. The notes I cherish most are the ones written by my children when they were little, like: sorry mum for not listening to you…..
Fun blog candy! The best notes I’ve recently received are those from friends wishing me luck on a craft fair. I love my friends!
My favorite note, to this day, is a letter than my mom sent me one summer. I was spending it with my Grandparents in Florida and she was home in CT. I was (and still am) totally into gaming and always tried to get her to play. While I was gone she decided to try The Legend of Zelda (original one…) and I can still remember her letter chronicleing where she was in the game. So Cute!
My most favourite notes were the ones my dad (now deceased) used to put into my lunch bag when I was young. He always drew a little guy peaking out over the wall and I still have kept one of those notes, 45 years later….I need to go and look at it again.
My favorite notes where the ones my mother would write when I lived in Indiana and they lived in Ohio. Sometimes my dad would even sign his name - he wasn’t much for expressing feelings so those were the real special ones! Thanks for asking!
I have received many kinds of notes over the years from my kids, kids I taught at school, family etc. Right now, I receive text messages from my beloved husband when he’s at work and is thinking of me. It brightens my day and of course I send him love notes too.
Here’s a love note for you…….Michelle, I LOVE your work and all you do to share it with all of us!!! *HUGS*
Trish
OMG Michelle, I am always writing “Notes to Self!” This set is perfect me. Thanks for the chance to win
What a cute set!!! I would LOVE to win this set! Thank you!!!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend in OK. Lovely place!!! Thanks so much for sharing your talents and gifts with all of use in cyberspace! I look forward to your BLOG every day–gives me a chance to escape from work for a few minutes!
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!
My favorite note was one included in my 30th birthday card from my parents. My mom usually picks out a funny card, but for a change the one she gave me that year was sentimental with a verse about a mother watching her daughter get older. And the note inside said, “This expresses everything I feel, but I’ve never had the words to say…Love Mom”. I’ve kept it and every now and then, take it out and read it. Still makes me cry!
How I love to send handmade notes of encouragement to friends and family to share with them how much God loves them and is providing for their needs.
I also receive very special notes which I hang on the door of my craft room. These notes from my family and friends encourage me as they remind me of those who love me. I have special pictures posted there from those small grandchildren who cannot as yet write.
I have made some of my cards using your gorgeous ideas. They bless me, and I am sure they also bless others. Thank you for your wonderful ideas.
Blessings,
Phyllis Huie
I would love to have this set! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
One of my favorite notes was when my husband stopped by my office and left a note on my windshield that said, “I love you honey. You make my life sparkle like the stars. See you in a while. — Poppy”
What a cute set !!! I LOVE leaving little notes here and there for my family :-))) I can see that one getting LOTS of use !!
My favorite notes come from husband. Recently, he took the time to go through my stamp sets to find several “love themed” images and selected coordinating ink colors to stamp a simple I Love You note. He really put some thought and time into it.
He writes me little one or two line notes often, but this one end with a “PS: I cleaned your stamps properly too!” Yes…the thought had crossed my mind.
He’s soooooo sweet and knows me well. Even when I don’t think he’s paying attention, he often does notice.
I keep all of his notes, and some day I’m going to scrap them in a book just for me!
Love it….and love your blog! Would enjoy this set in my stock pile…LOL! Have a great day!
My favourite note has to be the one when DH asked me to marry him!!
This one is hilarious…you’ll love it. right after you were here in columbia doing the workshop, i was on splitcoast and saw a really neat brayered card with mailboxes and so i clicked on it and it was michelle from fenton, mo that had attended the advanced workshop. i left her a little note stating how much i liked her card. about two days later, that very card came in the mail to me. she wrote in her card that it was very ironic that I had commented on her brayered card, because she made it to send to me to thank me for hosting your workshop! How funny. I have it displayed in my room right along with your wonderful card and the creations from that workshop.
My favorite note is the one I left in my daughter’s backpack the night before she started middle school. She was so nervous so I made her a card based on the colors of one of her notebooks and wrote her a note about being herself. She found it in her backpack the next day at school. She loved it!
My favorite note I ever got was from my grandmother. I idolize her and her ability to be the most gracious host. She sent me a note telling me how proud she was of me and the Christmas dinner I hosted at my house. She is 87 years old and still going strong! I want to be her when I grow up!
I love this et! Hope I win!
Hi, Michelle, brayerist extraordinaire.
One of the notes I enjoyed doing the most was years ago to my elementary school music teacher, telling her how much the work she did with the music program had enriched my life and gave me such joy in school. She was wonderful!
Good morning and God Bless you for all the gifts you send our way. Just received a note from a friend I volunteered with at the White House. Notes are the best! Please throw my note in the ring. Thanks soooo much.
My very favorite note, which I received when I was 4 years old (and I still have it), is from my 12 year old sister who was in the hospital fighting cancer. It appears she must have had someone write it for her, but she was thinking of me. My sister passed on a few weeks later. The note is from 1957.
Love the Blog Candy! Toss my name in the hat please!
Thanks
Linda C
I would say my favorite notes are the ones my husband & daughters would leave me randomly around the house, telling me they love me or to just have a great day. My husband still does & my daughters are grown, & phone calls have replaced the notes from them!
Michelle, your blog, creations, & tutorials are wonderful!! I look forward to seeing what u create next!
Candy … right after Halloween! What a treat! Please add my name to the list. As always, thanks for ALL you do!
Debbie
You are so good to us! I have to say that my favorite notes are those my daughter wrote for me when she was little. Small children are so good at expressing themselves when they draw or write. Now that she is a teenager and wouldn’t write her mom a note if her life depended on it, it is nice to have those from when she was little!
Notes for no reason are the best ones to get. I went on a card making binge one weekend and numbered a bunch of cards and then hid them thru out my house for my husband to stumble upon. Months later they turn up when least expected and I cant even remember where I have hidden them all. He gets a little giggle when they turn up execpt when glitter was left all over socks from hiding out at the bottom of that drawer for awhile
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Boy, this sure would come in handy! Would love to have a chance to win this perfect stamp. Thank you and have a Great Day!
I love the notes my husband writes in my birthday card each year reminding me of how much he loves me. I look forward to meeting you in Nashville this week! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win fantastic blog candy, too!
I am hoping people will always recycle , so we will be able to leave notes for other, and we can still enjoy the trees… because notes are my life !!! I have a bad memory ….LOL…..Love this set.
Wow Michelle! This is a great set to share with us! Thanks for gving us all a shot at it!
I am such a huge fan of SU stamps and this is one set I would LOVE to see up close and personal. Thanks for the chance!
Hi, Michelle-
I’ve send jar of jam this morning to my friend with a note.
I’ve used my own hand writing, but would love to have stamp for that kind of occasion. This is a great set. I hope I win this time.
Thank you, Olga
This is so funny. My DH was at the police academy and I sent him little notes. Well on was a postcard and on the front it said my toes miss your toes. Well with this you had a bed and of course two set of feet. Little did I know that the police instructor would read anything on the front of letters and such!!! Boy, was my husband embrassed. He is very ridged with things like that, so a big surprise for him. Though he loved the card and still uses that saying to this day after 17 years of marriage. I love giving him notes in his briefcase today. Thanks for letting me share and for the Blog Candy-love the set.
Hi Michelle,
I love little love notes from my hubby….the the one he left that told me he loved me a gizillion-million-trillion! I cherish and keep them! I would love to win this Blog Candy, to make a special card for him! Thanks….Sandy
I love little notes to the kids in their lunches. Sooo embarassing, but I think they like it…deep down somewhere…
My favorite note is from a lady who I really didn’t know all that well. I saw her sitting outside my college classes one day and I knew that she would be waiting their for her daughter for some time. So, I brought her a coke to drink. She sent me a “thank you” and I’ve carried it in my Bible ever since. I take it out from time to time and read it again and it reminds me to be thoughtful.
I’ve always been a little note writer. My husband of 31 years is, too. Now, my 24 year old daughter does the same. It’s the little things that count. Love your stuff.
Phyl
I write notes all the time, bu usually don’t embellish them, maybe next time I will!
I leave notes all over the place. At work, at home, in my car…………………..Sometime I think I need to leave myself a note to remind myself to write a note!! I really love this set!! It would make the notes I leave in my wake a lot classier!!
I have been a note writer all my life, from sneaking notes to BFF’s in grade school to writing notes to myself - reminding me what to pick up at the grocery store.
My favorite note was in 10th grade, I wrote on my boyfriends locker - in lipstick..I love you. Then found out I wrote on the wrong one.. his was the one next to the one I wrote on. But I married the guy and 40 happy years later, we still talk fondly of that note.
Thanks for sharing your talent and the chance to win that cute set.. as always, Sue
When I was little, my mom would always write a note that she would put in my lunch box. It was a trill for me to open in every time to see what she had written. Sometimes it was long and sometime short but it always made me feel special that she was tacking the time to do it EVERYDAY.
Oh my gosh Michelle, there have been 427 responses to your blog candy already. How famous you are!! I know your techniques/cards/projects are awesome; that’s why I visit your blog all the time and of course pick up all kinds of tips on how to brayer and stamp. Thank you more than you know for sharing with us as I know how much time you must put aside for this. And now in response to my favorite note I have received. I absolutely cannot tell you of “one.” I do have to tell you that I treasure all notes to me because people just don’t send anything in the mail anymore like they used to and I so miss that. And my notes I treasure the most are all the ones I received from my mother. If anybody would have told me that prior to her passing, I would have looked at them like they were daffy. But there is no amount of money that you could pay to get these from me now. They are truly priceless. So take note: send notes to all you love on a regular basis. They will treasure them forever more than you know.
Sandi
My favorite note is from my Grandson, written to me when he was 4 yrs. old. He is now 9 yrs. old and that note still hangs on my fridge. It makes me smile whenever I look at it. It will hang there forever.
My favorite note was from my Mom on Valentine’s Day 1984. I was in school in TN and was feeling blue. I went to the Post office and discovered my Mom had sent me a box of goodies - inside was a note she wrote - that she and Daddy loved me and missed me. I was could not wait to call her and thank her.
Glenda
Fabulous CANDY!
My favorite note was one from my husband (then boyfriend) left for me with an ice cream candy bar after a long day of full shifts at two jobs. I found it at about 2:30 in the morning when I was exhausted and it just made me smile.
I love to send notes to my sister because she responds so well. I send very short notes and hes send ones that are so embellished and beautiful.
One of my favorite notes I rec’d was from my daughter after she went to her first year of college. She thanked me for being a great mom and for teaching her well! Wow, what a blessing
Now that she’s away, I like to send her little notes at college!
I will join the ranks on trying to win this stamp set. I just would like you to know that I have learned so much by following your tutorials! I have taught some classes on how to brayer, and they love it! thank you for helping those like me learn how to do something so beautiful!
wow! I loved the brayering technique you use! Very cool.
Coincidentally, I put a love note in my husband’s sandwich this morning. I wrote on a Post-It Note and slipped it in between the meat and cheese. I know, it sounds unsanitary, but he loves those types of surprises. And to my knowledge – he’s never swallowed the paper yet!
My favorite notes are the little ones that DH leaves for me. He goes out of town every week for several days, and doesn’t leave a note each time, but when he does, they are ‘just for my eyes’! Sometimes I’ll find one on the back of the bathroom door, or when I pull down my bedding, there will be one on my pillow, or in the shower….He leaves me little gifts that way now and then as well! Thanks for the chance to win, and I have enjoyed reading everyone’s comments! Safe travels!
My favourite notes are from my sister who always makes me smile when she sends them to me. There doesn’t have to be a special reason, which is why they are so special to me. Thanks for offering these stamps for blog candy. Sue C x
Hmmm…. how could I have missed seeing this stamp set? It’s too cute! It’s so hard to think of just one note that is my favorite, but I absolutely love to look at the notes and cards that my daughter gave to me when she was little. She’s 20 years old right now and not into sending or writing notes. I guess that’s part of the bad side of things like Facebook. But I will always treasure the notes that she wrote in her little handwriting. Adorable!
As I get older, I use notes all the time. I need them to help me remember! :>) This set would be soooo cute to have some made up, and have them in my purse for those fast notes that need to be written. My favorite notes are from my children and their expressions of love and appreciation of all the things my husband and I have done for them over the years. Thanks for including me in your drawing.
My most memerable note was to my husband a few day after we first met that was taken and kept by someone else, his best friend. A few days after we met I had seen his room mate and asked why I hadn’t been around and I said that Jeff hadnt called and couldnt coz he didn’t have my number…so I gave a note to him to give to Jeff that said “If you want to, give me a call sometime”. A month later while driving down the road, Jeff flagged me over and asked why I hadn’t came around and I told him that he didnt call so I thought he didnt want to see me. He then told me that he didnt have my number. I told him that about a month earlier I had given it to his room mate, Mike. So he asked me out and that night we waited for his room mate to come home….Mike walked in and see me and went white as a ghost. Jeff asked him if he had something to give him from me, and Mike laughed nervously and said “Oh yes, its in my wallet”. 27 years later we are still teasing Mike about keeping my number!
Hi Michelle! Do you eve come to Canada? I would love to take one of your classes! Such wonderful cards. Please enter me in your draw for blog candy!
thanks, Judith
Thanks for the offer and I hope you had fun in OK. I love when my Sunday School girls(6th graders) write me notes of thanks for things esp. for teaching them. Have a great week!
When I was first married I would leave my husband little notes. I need to start doing that again. It does make him smile.
Hi Michelle!
What a faboulous set you offer! How fun!
Here is my note memory for the blog candy:
When I was in the 3rd 4th grade, there was a cute little boy with strawberry blond hair cut in a crew cut in my class. He was so cute! He smiled all the time, and he had a cute little laugh! I thought I would be brave, and send him a note:
Check yes or no if you love me! I passed the note to Marty. He sent it back to me!
He answered with a yes!!
I was thrilled! I will never forget the surprise I had that he checked yes! I had anticipated a no, because all little guys and little girls at that age think each other have cooties! It was a memory I will never forget!
Hi Michelle.
I received a note today from my dentist giving me a price for the work that I need to have done. I probably won’t be buying any stamps for a while.
Love your work.
I have a paper mache box filled with cards and notes that I just can’t part with. It’s stuffed! What a cute stamp set! Thanks for the chance to win!
I wish I had half your talent. When will you be coming to an area near Noblesville, IN? I need a class!!! =)
I recently moved from a home I’d lived in for 30 years to a newly remodeled home. I was determined to clean out the clutter & be selective about what I moved with me. One thing I could not part with was an organizer book I have filled with special notes, cards, letters, etc. from family & friends over the past 30 years of my marriage. My kids are 24 & 28 & I still have notes they left me with a variety of messages written in “little people” handwriting. These are some of my most cherished possessions & of course they were moved & put in a place of safekeeping. Modern technology & emails are ok & I enjoy getting them from friends. But nothing can beat a handwritten note…..no matter how young or old the writer is. Thank you for entering me for a chance to win!!
My most treasured note is a little poem my grandmother wrote to me when I graduated from high school, but I also love the little notes my young daughter leaves for me, mispelled words, hard to read letters, and all! They make me smile everytime!!
My favorite giving/receiving notes were actually from high school. We got a little group of us girls together to basically give each other encouragement every day, so we’d slip little notes like - you rock; or thanks for “xx” - in each others lockers to keep us motivated and up to make it through some rough times.
I love notes of any kind and I am always writing them. My favorite was a note from my granddaughter when she was 6 yrs. she is now 23 and I still have her note. It said I love you Gramma and Grampa. I will treasure it always.
When my seven day old grandson died I received lots of store bought cards with the signatures of people.
But the kindest card I received was a simple home made card that just expressed the writer’s symathy for what I was going though. I knew she’d taken the time to make the card and did more than just write her name in the card. It meant a lot to me.
Tina
My favorite notes came from a young man that later became my husband.
We wrote them and left them in a secret spot… A place that we both could get to at separate times. Very romantic at the time…
A young man I have know since his birth recentrly graduated from Med School. His family threw him a party and of course gifts were received. The Thank You note I received from him was so thoughtful and personal, not the normal “Thanks for the gift” note I seem to receive now a days. The note just made my day. If I win the stamp set, I promise to send you a beautiful thank you note. T Cline
My favourite “note” was the one I wrote for my husband on our 15th wedding anniversary. I wanted to write to tell him what I love about him. The note turned into 15 pages! And even then I couldn’t put onto paper exactly how special he is to me.
That “note” was the best present I could have given my husband.
And, of course, it was accompanied by a hand-made card!
Here it is, years later, and I am still in love with him. How lucky am I??
Count me in. I found a cherished note just the other day that my little nephew left me. He’s just learned to write his name and he’d written it on his Playschool table in blue crayon (his favorite color) along with a picture of a dinasaur, one of his favorite things. I’ll never wash it off. How lucky am I?
My son left me my favorite note: When I went for my new stamp set it was missing. In it’s place was a note: I’m holding your stamp set for ransom. You need to make me a German Chocolate Cake for a safe return by Friday or I will donate the set to the school.
I hope I am not too late! I am a NOTE person. I leave notes for my hubby when I am going to be away.. even for a day.. and when I come home.. the list is completed! He is sooo awesome.
We can’t go on a trip without notes.. for weeks in advance! I make notes for what to pack for each day.. for the food we take and what can be taken to the camper now and the perishables that need to go in the day or 2 before.
I can’t function without notes!
I hope you are having fun in Oklahoma! I am from Stillwater and really loved that little town. but I love living in Colorado now!
I was thinking to myself and I said Self! I would love to have this stamp set. Thanks for the chance to win Michelle. You are an amazing artist.
My favorite note was one that my husband left me right after we found out I was pregnant with our first child. He was so happy and excited that we were able to get pregnant the first month that we tried! He left it for me on my craft room door. That was over 19 years ago and I still have it! It brings happy tears to my eyes every time I read it!
My favorite note is from my high school girl friend. We live in different states, but nothing like getting a handwritten note from her. It makes my day. Thanks for a chance for some wonderful blog candy!!
Donna
I would have to say my favorite notes are the ones I receive from your daughter on her drawings from pre-k, she always writes her name and writes I LOVE YOU MOM on every one.
my favorite note is more than one note: my mom and i are now sending each other notes as pen pals. it is a lovely way to re-connect.
I just sent a thank you note on an easel card to a friend. She works in the office of my gyn Dr. and kindly told me that the Dr. had just received 100 doses of H1N1 flue vaccine. She told me I was eligible to get the vaccine free as I am a patient. The one caveat…I had to get there in 24 hrs. Not a problem. I had been on the pot about the vaccine, but took her kindness to mean I needed to get off and so I did. I’m now innoculated against both flus. I feel blessed.
Erica (who is starting to do the happy dance as I get to do Michele’s class in January..whoopie).