Our Adventures in Hilton Head

Hello Stamping Friends,

 

As promised, I'm back with more pictures from our adventures in Hilton Head Island.  We really had a wonderful time. I hope you enjoy the little peak into our getaway. This was a trip earned by me through Stampin' Up! because of my customers, downline and family support.  It was a trip I was able to take my husband on for our 17th Anniversary, which is today. Happy Anniversary, honey!

 

So in honor of my anniversary I'm sharing our adventures.

 

 

Yes, my husband the fisherman. He caught this little guy in the ocean with his bare hands.

 

Upon closer inspection, you can see why he was able to do it, the poor little guy had no tail fin. He swam around us for awhile too.  Then Don found a conch type shell and was so excited because we have never found one of those while at the ocean. He turned it over to realize that the little guy inside was certainly 100% still alive. We let him go, don't worry.

 

Then another cool ocean thing was finding sand dollars. Neither of us have done that before. There were tons of them on the ocean floor. It felt like you were standing on really hard sand, but once you moved the "sand" you realized it was not sand at all. I did bring one of them home with me. 

 

And the last ocean adventure Don had was while I was laying on the beach. He went in the water to swim for a bit but came back pretty quickly and asked if I was ready to go in the pool. I said, why are you so ready now, you just went into the water. He is convinced there was a shark about 40 yards from him. He saw the triangle fin and got out of there. Glad I was on the beach for that one.

 

Then it was off for a big ride. Stampin' Up! had hundreds of bikes ready for us to take out at any time for a ride. Yes, my husband, the one who is NOT good at directions is looking at the map to figure out which way we should go. Yikes!

 

I feel like I look like the Wicked Witch on her bike in the Wizard of Oz. Enough said there.

 

Yes, these cute little flags were on each bike. Well, almost all of them, I do believe several husband's bikes somehow "lost" their flag. Of course, one of those is the one Don picked to ride.  I felt like I was 7 years old riding my bike with the flag on it. It was so fun.

 

Here we are on top of the lighthouse in Harbour Town. It was a beautiful sunset. Great time to go to the top.

 

Then we saw this sign and called home so the boys could see us. They thought that was pretty cool, well I think they did anyway. 

 

And while up at the top of the lighthouse we overlooked the harbor with the many big, huge yachts. See that tiny little boat by the dock (yes, the one that's horizontal not vertical like the rest)?  That's the one we said we can get one day. That's all we would be able to afford, lol.

 

This tree was ripped out during a storm 40-50 years ago but never died. What you are lookin at is the roots that should have been underground. It just continued to grow with whatever roots were still left in the ground. Our cab driver drove a different route just to show us. He actually pulled over for us so we could take a picture. Pretty cool, huh?

 

Then on Saturday we went on a Dolphin Eco Tour of the marshes.  There were so many birds to see on the way to see the dolphins. I loved this one on top of the pool. Yes, it's a real bird.  Looks like it could easily be a statue.

 

Also on the way to see the dolphins we saw this shrimpin' boat. Pretty neat. Thought of Forest Gump when I saw it.

 

And finally the dolphins.  See them in the distance?

 

 

There's 3 of them here that are "strand feeding"  Hilton Head Island is the only place where bottle nosed dolphins do this. They strand themselves on land (the muck) to feed from. Then they wiggle (I'm more than sure there's another term for that) themselves back into the water. It's something that is rare to see. I'm so glad we were lucky enough to witness it. They did it about 5 times while we were watching.

 

Here's the three of the dolphins with a bird watching them. This is where they just went back into the water after strand feeding.

And then there was lots of yummy food adventures. These were the plates we got at the Santa Fe Restaurant.  Yes, it was certainly as tasty as it looks.

 

Hope you enjoyed my trip. Well, enjoyed the pictures of my trip. I certainly had a great time and came home relaxed, rested and ready to go again.

Hilton Head Pillow Gifts

Hello Stamping Friends,

 

Back again with more Hilton Head stuff. This time it's all about the pillow gifts. Stampin' Up! really knows how to spoil their demonstrators and the spoiling is over the top on the incentive trips.  Don was laughing at me because I got so excited when I remembered there would be pillow gifts. Yes, it does make a girl happy. It's all about the little things.

 

This bag was left on our pillows on the first night. It's a beautiful Land's End canvas bag with the Stampin' Up! logo in rubber (yes, just like a stamp) on the front pocket. And the scarf is our very own fabric.  It had a cute postcard attached with the Hilton Head Getaway Logo on it and an adirondak chair. Great for the scrapbook.

 

Here's the close-up of the Stampin' Up! rubber logo

 

On the second night, we returned to our room and found a plate full of grapes, apples and strawberries, and cheese and crackers, along with two bottles of Voss water.  Again the Stampin' Up! fabric was used to accent the bottles and a postcard of the lighthouse with the getaway logo was attached. Yes, I know you don't see the plate of fruit, cheese and crackers. That's because I forgot to take a picture before we started digging in, so you just need to trust me.

 

And on Saturday night we returned to find this great craft box filled with lots of Stampin' Up! goodies. Love how they used the ribbon on each pillow gift to tie them all together.  Again, there was a postcard attached with the getaway logo attached. This time it had a portion of a bike on it.

 

Here is the box opened. We got buttons, two different seam binding ribbons, ruffled ribbon, baker's twine, two stamp pads, designer series paper pack and a stamp set. Pretty awesome stuff. 

 

I love what I do.  I love that I get to enjoy my work, teaching others to find their creativity, and you can do it too. I would love to help you work your business so you too can enjoy a getaway or grand vacation on Stampin' Up! Contact me today and we can get together to address any questions or concerns you may have about starting your own Stampin' Up! business.

 

It's almost 12 years since I first became a demonstrator and I don't have any regrets. Well, maybe one. And that is that I didn't join sooner. I love Stampin' Up!   

Our Wonderful Getaway to Hilton Head

Hello Stamping Friends,

I'm back and ready to get stamping again. However, I do want to share with you some of our memories from the Hilton Head Island Getaway that I earned from Stampin' Up!  It was a fabulous trip with lots of relaxation and rest on the agenda. It was great to just sit by the pool or on the beach and do NOTHING. It doesn't happen often but I sure know how to take advantage of it when it does.

We left last Thursday for our getaway. We had a delay from the start (that's our own fault, long story) so Don decided he would take a nap. There was only one other person besides us at the airport that early so he got to stretch out and use 4 chairs.

 

Then we encountered another long delay in Charlotte, so here I am showing you how excited I was to be sitting in that airport for an extended period of time. I promise it does get better. Hang in there and keep scrolling.

 

And finally, we have arrived. Yippee!  We got to the room, got settled quickly and headed right out to the ocean. Our favorite place to be.  Funny how calm the water is there versus in New Jersey. There were almost no waves.

 

Another view of the beach. This time in the day time with the umbrellas and chairs all set up waiting to be rented.

 

And here's a picture of the pool (and geez, look at that the ocean is right there in the background).

 

And there were butterflies all over the place. They were amazing. You would see a group of flowers and there would be at least a dozen butterflies flying around them. This is one of my favorite pictures I took of them. Let me tell you they are quick in flight so it isn't always easy to get a picture of them.

 

 

I've got more sharing with you of our trip. Tomorrow I'll share some of our adventures and then Saturday, I'll share the pillow gifts that were left each evening for us.

 

Again, it's all because of my faithful customers and awesome downline that I was able to achieve this goal and I thank each and every one of you. It was a great present that I was able to give my husband for our 17th anniversary which is this week. Thank you!