Memorial Day

Wishing all of you a blessed Memorial Day. 

While you gather with friends and family, please remember those who have given so much so that we may have the liberties we enjoy.

Sam's Club Regional Results

A brief post to let you know we survived the trip to Albuquerque NM just fine.  I gotta say, it's a long drive, and we did all 600 miles in one day.  We had a nasty storm come through on Friday, but it held off Saturday for most of the event.  We had just a bit of rain Saturday.

We had a good cook and were blessed to have the judges like our product enough to earn a 4th in brisket and came in 7th overall!  That is good enough to make it to the Nationals in October...in the home of Sam's Club and Walmart...Bentonville, AR. 

If you'd like more details and photos, stop by our other blog Trailhound Smokers BBQ.

Thanks for everyone's support!

Sams Club National BBQ Tour

Since May is National BBQ month, it only seems fitting that we'll be participating in our biggest stakes contest to date.

Round two for the southwest regionals is in Albequerque,  NM this weekend.  Teams that made it through round one in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Utah will gather to cook against each other for a purse of $20,000 and a chance to move on to the finals in Bentonville, AR in October. 

I am pleased to say we are one of those teams that competed in Las Vegas and made the top 6, making us eligible to attend the regional finals.  This weekend we will make the 600 mile trek to Albequerque to compete with 29 other top teams in the southwest.  We're excited and nervous.  We'll keep you posted on the outcome.  We wish all the teams the best.

National BBQ Month

May is National BBQ Month!  Get outside, clean up the grill, and cook something!

Craft Show This Weekend

This & That Craft Boutique will be hosting their show this coming weekend.  If you in town I encourage attend and shop.  There will be lots of great items for you to choose from for gift giving, Spring, Summer, Mother's Day, Father's Day and more.  I'll be there, along with a bunch of other creative gals.  Please come out and support your local artists.

New picture frames

I've been working on some home decor pieces for a spring show.  These pieces are 18" wide, include one or two frames, are painted, distressed, hung with pretty organza ribbon, hold 4"x6" photos, and have a nice sentiment with background on the sign. 

I'll debuting them at the "This and That Craft Boutique".  See the flyer below.

Show and Tell Friday

I've been pretty much in full wedding mode around here the last month....meeting with brides, weddings, and painting some doors for a her daughter's wedding.  I'm not always really good about getting photos of the flowers.  But I thought I'd share some of what I did get pictures of. 

Loved this tulip bouquet!  Had to add freesia to get the magenta color.

This bride had some fun, funky centerpieces with feathers and rock candy.

Another bride had blue and white (big Dallas Cowboys fan).

Forgot to get a picture of the bouquets...:0(

Grooms boutinierre

Father's boutinierre

Mother's corsage...love the blue thistle (it's soft, not pokey)

Silk centerpieces...hydrangia, rose, tulip

A friend's daughter is getting merried this month.  We painted some new doors to look old and worn and then I painted quotes on some of them.

What's with the fork?  Hint...the best is yet to come.

These and several others, many are plain will serve as backdrops around the room for the reception.

Happy Friday everybody!