Sunday August 2, 2009
VIP Party Guest :: Amanda
Time to party on—and Amanda is our very next guest. This girl has been seriously partying: she’s made three projects for you to see! See them all at her blog, Invites by Amanda and check out how she added her own doodles to the printables for a look that is extra happy!
Of all the party guests, Amanda has the privilege of the very funniest ‘how we met’ story, because we actually met without knowing we had met. We grew up in the same town but went to different elementary schools, and in the fourth grade we were both winners in a scary-story-writing competition with a local newspaper. The prize was a tour of the newspaper offices, and I remember getting extra dressed up for this occasion and being in awe of all the printing presses, and just to make me feel old, that paper was still hand-placing type for headlines. Then they took our picture and printed our stories in the paper on Halloween and off we went on our own merry ways, never to think we would see those other kids (all from different schools) ever again.
Except it turned out that a year later, we went to the same school. And we had almost all the same classes. So we met properly and became proper middle school friends. In the seventh grade, this girl officially had the patience of a SAINT because she was my locker partner for an entire year and well, I never developed any skills in the ‘keeping your locker tidy’ department. Plus hello? Seventh grade? Is there a girl in the world who has gone through seventh grade without an average of six world-ending dramas a day? So yes, she was a rather patient girl to still speak to me after the seventh grade.
And eventually somewhere between then and the end of high school, we talk about embarrassing childhood moments and one of us mentions a story we had published in the Olathe Daily News in the fourth grade. Wait. You had a story published then? I had a story published then. So we dug out the picture of all of the winners printed in the paper and by gosh: there we both were. I have never stopped finding this funny.
Anyway, she is a super cool girl and you should start reading her blog, of course!
Amanda trivia time: what store did Amanda get to visit on the way to Branson?
Find the answer on her blog and post it in the comments here for a chance to win at the end of the weekend!
Thanks so much for partying with us Amanda! Party on!
xlovesx
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2 August 2009, 14:06
The Red Velvet Art Store and what a cute puppy!!!!
2 August 2009, 14:08
She got to visit the Red Velvet Art Store. And that new puppy is cute too! Great new (to me) blog for me to be inspired by!
2 August 2009, 14:12
Love the new puppy. Wonder what my cats would say if I brought one home? She was able to visit the Red Velvet Art store.
2 August 2009, 14:18
The Red Velvet Art Store.
Lovely puppy and a LO with no photos.
2 August 2009, 14:23
The very funky Red Velvet Art Store. I bet she had fun.
2 August 2009, 14:39
Amanda went to the Red Velvet Art Store. Why aren’t there places like that in Edinburgh?
2 August 2009, 14:49
Red Velvet Art Store
2 August 2009, 14:50
She went to the Red Velvet Art Store which sounds like a cool place xx
2 August 2009, 14:55
red velvet art store, sounds v v cool.
christine
2 August 2009, 15:13
Red velvet art store. Darling blog!
2 August 2009, 15:14
The Red Velvet Art Store. Cool.
2 August 2009, 15:23
The Red Velvet Art Store. What a cute puppy!!!! X
2 August 2009, 16:13
She stopped by the red velvet art store. sounds intriguing!
2 August 2009, 16:21
Elsie’s Red Velvet Art store! So cool! I wish I could go there too!
2 August 2009, 16:34
Love the fun& games lo!
2 August 2009, 16:36
Red Velvet Art Store. I only do the occasional doodling….
2 August 2009, 17:37
They made time for the Red Velvet Art Store, This is so much fun so many Great inspirational Blogs and great tips from Shimelle.
2 August 2009, 18:03
The Red Velvet Art store. And what a cool story!
2 August 2009, 18:38
The Red Velvet Art Store!
2 August 2009, 19:16
The Red Velvet Art Store.
2 August 2009, 19:40
The red velvet art store! xx
2 August 2009, 21:05
The Red Velvet Art Store :-) I’m so jealous!
2 August 2009, 21:17
red velvet art…yay!
2 August 2009, 21:50
The Red Velvet Art Store.
2 August 2009, 22:00
The lucky girl went to the Red Velvet Art Store
3 August 2009, 02:12
the RVA store…how cool is that? One day I’m going there too.
4 August 2009, 01:29
The Red Velvet Art store!
Jenn in Vancouver