Snow Buddies Blog Candy!

816 Comments

dsc01280.JPG

Hi All, I’m soooo excited, I’m leaving on a Jet plane, sign along now. . . . . . .. .  and heading to Colorado to teach my Brayer Workshops in Broomfield and to spend some quality time with my Sister’s family who resides in Colorado.  I will be back on October 29th,  if I can pull myself away from that beautiful State.

In the mean time, I have some great blog candy you will not want to miss out on.  It is the Stampin’ Up Level Two Hostess Set “Snow Buddies”.  Just in time to make those Holiday cards!

To enter for a chance to win, please leave a comment on this blog post telling me your feelings/memories about Snowmen.  🙂  For instance, my Stampin’ Up! Up Line, Karen Barber hates Snowmen with legs, lol.  Sorry Karen, now everyone knows.  🙂

If you are getting this blog update via e-mail you will need to click this link: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/19/snow-buddies-blog-candy/  and then leave a comment on my blog, no e-mail entries, please.  

I will select the winner via Random number generator on October 30, 2009. 

Good luck to all!

Note:  Although I will be having a blast in Colorado I will be checking my e-mail should you need information on up coming workshops etc.

May your week be overflowing with all that makes you happy.  🙂

Until my next blog post. . . . . . . .. .

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

dsc04306-tiny.jpg  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Broomfield, Colorado

Moore, Oklahoma

Nashville, Indiana

Portland, Michigan

2010

Dayton, Ohio at Marco Paper

Phoenix, Arizona

Monroe, Louisiana

Jacksonville, Florida

 St. Louis, Missouri

Mechanicsville, Virginia

Raleigh, North Carolina 

Colleyville, Texas

Colorado Springs, Colorado

 Boise area of Meridian, Idaho

Riverside, California (Southern California)

Salem, Oregon

Wheaton, Illinois

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rockville, Maryland

North Chili, New York (near Rochester)

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Kenova, West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Ginnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/ 

816 thoughts on “Snow Buddies Blog Candy!”

  2. Evelyn's avatar Evelyn

    Building a snowman always brings me back to the show “Frosty the Snowman” you cannot build a snowman without having the song stuck in your mind by the time your done. Love snowmen.

    Like

    Reply
  3. Trish Hughes's avatar Trish Hughes

    Snowmen have always been one of my favorite stamp images along with angels and teddy bears. One of my favorite Christmas movies is “Jack Frost” starring Michael Keaton. I remember the good old days when my boys were young and we’d build a snowman together. Of course the snow ball fights that followed were a must for the boys as was the hot chocolate.

    Thanks for sharing your talent through the tutorials. I can’t wait until you come somewhere close where I can attend one of your classes. Trish

    Like

    Reply
  4. Michelle's avatar Michelle

    You have to have THE perfect snow to make a snowman…. kind of gets frustrating for my kiddos when the weather is too cold and the snow is NOT sticky.

    Like

    Reply
  5. Vicki's avatar Vicki

    I love snowmen and building them with my family. We even have snowmen lights! We are the only house on the block that has a snowman that lights up. Last year we just never seemed to have the right weather to make a really good snowman but this year I hope we do!

    Like

    Reply
  7. Eileen Slack's avatar Eileen Slack

    Snowmen are the magical people of our winter wonderlands reminding us that life can be grand, happy, and ever so fleeting….even when the sun is shining!

    Eileen Slack

    Like

    Reply
  8. barbara's avatar barbara

    Good Morning,

    I love snowmen from the window of my craft room….it’s the only time I really like snowmen!! I live in Minnesota…and not much of a winter weather kinda girl.

    Looking forward to you visiting (st.) Cloud in June; I’m so signing up!!

    Thank you!

    Like

    Reply
  11. Linda's avatar Linda

    Hi Michelle,

    Snowmen (and women) happen to be my favorites for Christmas decorations. They have such character and bring a sense of playfulness to Christmas! It’s so fun to dress them up or down…. how many of us really look that great totally naked! lol

    Blessings to you!

    Linda Cary

    Like

    Reply
  14. Jo McClain's avatar Jo McClain

    Where I live, we don’t get much snow, so whenever we do get a light dusting, we are out trying to make a little snowman. He usually has lots of grass and dirt mixed in, but he’s still adorable! Thanks for the chance for Blog Candy!

    Jo

    Like

    Reply
  17. Susan B's avatar Susan B

    You must know that I have been coveting this stamp set since it first came out in the mini. I must have it. Thank you so much for the chance to win it.

    Like

    Reply
  18. Lynda Carpenter's avatar Lynda Carpenter

    Sadly, we don’t get a lot of snow here but when we do get enough for a snowman, I love seeing all the different snowmen bodies folks come up with! I still like the standard Frosty the Snowman look best of all.. 🙂
    Thanks for a chance to win the super cute set!

    Like

    Reply
  19. Nancy's avatar Nancy

    Thanks for continuing all your tutorials, updates, blogs and daily chat. I’m so sorry that SU has decided that demonstrators can no longer use any other supplies other than SU materials. In my opinion, it deprives us of the opportunity to learn from you fiirst hand and it sure doesn’t encourage to buy more SU products. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication!

    Like

    Reply
  20. Debbie's avatar Debbie

    I love snowmen – when I was growing up the minute it snowed we’d head out to make one. Thanks for the opportunity to win this wonderful set!

    Like

    Reply
  21. Kathy's avatar Kathy

    Snowman come in all shapes and sizes and none are alike.. I collect snowman of all types and you never have enough. They can melt your heart because they are so darn cute and always put a smile on your face My fondest memories are from a couple of years ago in Cincinnati when we had a heavy snowfall in late March. My family built a 7 ft snowman and I took a picture of my grandchildren with their arms intertwinded and wrapped around him.

    Like

    Reply
  22. Kimberly's avatar Kimberly

    I never get to your site often enough but when I do I am always amazed by what I see, and always learn from your work. Today I found myself there again and was so excited to see you were coming to Colorado….where I live! Broomfield is at least 1 1/2 hours away but it would be totally worth it to make it into one of your classes (full this time). That will teach me not to visit enough.

    As for snowmen, I love them and we often build several of them depending on our winter, but as children we built snowmen along with our forts to be guards for when we weren’t there to play. Snowmen are a lovely sign of my youth. Thanks so much for bringing up such wonderful memories, and come play in Colorado again, I promise to visit your site more often…in the hopes of attending one of your classes!

    Like

    Reply
  23. Jessica's avatar Jessica

    Hope you’re having a blast in Colorado. I’m in CA, so no snow here, but growing up, every winter was accompanied by 3-4 months freezing cold, ice and – if we were lucky – juuuust enough snow to build a decent, 10-year-old girl-sized snowperson. It was great – all the kids in the apartment building would descend onto the little island of grass in trees in front of the building to start rolling and accessorizing. No one complained about cold noses, freezing hands or cold winds. We just had a blast.

    Like

    Reply
  24. Gail M.'s avatar Gail M.

    Another CA girl here – no snow – no snowmen! I love them all the more because I only got to build one once! I was about 7. Isn’t that sad? I must have this set so that I can make up for lost time 🙂 Thanks for all of your fabulous tutorials!!!

    Like

    Reply
  25. Debi Engle's avatar Debi Engle

    I laugh every winter living in Oklahoma to see my grandkids outside making a snowman WITHOUT a coat on…..lol..I grew up in Ohio and would be outside FREEZING making some!…..it’s so cute to watch them! Of course, they are gone by the next day!

    Hope you are having a wonderful time…stay safe!

    Like

    Reply
  26. melissa's avatar melissa

    snowmen always make me think of winter, even though we rarely had enough snow to build one. Watching my daughter build her first was the best though!

    Like

    Reply
  29. Chris Drenan's avatar Chris Drenan

    Snowmen always make me think about the time when my sister and I were kids and my dad helped us build an 8 or 9-foot monster snowman back in 1976 or 1977. (It seems like we used to get so much deeper snowfall here in Ohio back then.) The sections were so heavy he could barely lift them up to the top. Until he melted, my mom worried every time we went out to play that we’d get hurt if the thing would ever happen to fall over on us! He seemed so HUGE to us at 10-11 years old!

    Like

    Reply
  30. Cindi Avery's avatar Cindi Avery

    I’m a southern girl so seeing enough snow to make a snowman was rare! That is why I love them so much…they are a friend I only got to make a few times in my life.
    I remember trying hard to gather enough snow to make a snowman and it would take all the snow from several yards just to make a small one and he usually didn’t last too long as soon as the sun came out (in Savannah, GA!).
    Thanks for your generosity offering that set as blog candy. Love your tutorials!
    Cindi

    Like

    Reply
  31. christine's avatar christine

    My favorite snowman memorie? That has to be when we made a HUGE snow man in our front yard. We rolled up the bottom at about 5 feet and then realized that we wouldn’t be able to put the other two pieces on. My dad was a wanna be farmer. He brought out his tractor and put the other two snowballs on for the body and head. Then he put one of us in the bucket to add the eyes, nose and mounth. We didn’t have a hat big enough!!! I really don’t ever remember having enough snow to do that but we must have at least once. Both the back and front yards must have been bare of any snow by the time we were finished!

    Blessings,
    Christine

    Like

    Reply
  32. Ronda's avatar Ronda

    The very best snowmen are pictures of them sent to the warm weather I’ll will be dreaming of living in! ( I live in IOWA!!!!!!) This year we’re making and going to try to coloring our snowmen!

    Like

    Reply
  33. Mary's avatar Mary

    I remember my son’s first snowman…we had a blizzard- about 2 feet of the stuff! Once we dug out of the house, we started building our snowman…he was perfect. My son- who was about 2 at the time, stood on the porch so I could take a picture of him with the snowman in the background, and he fell off the porch into the snowdrift-we lost him! the drift was way over his head 🙂 He luckily landed feet first and was standing in the snow going in circles with his nose up in the air…I know- it’s not much, but a big snow always brings back that memory.

    Like

    Reply
  34. Carolyn's avatar Carolyn

    Snowmen always remind me of my childhood. We didn’t have the electronic gadgets or television to keep us busy during the long winter months. Winter was a time to make snowmen, go sleigh riding with friends and snuggle up with a cup of hot cider. We often had four feet of snow with drifts that closed the roads.

    I’d love to be the proud owner of this hostess set.

    Like

    Reply
  35. Octavia's avatar Octavia

    I always loved making snowmen as a child –ok I admit even as an adult I still enjoy making snowman. My favorite part as a child though was my mom always having the right finishing accessories to add to my creations, like a scarf or hat she crocheted. Then we would go inside and have “snowcream” she prepared ealier. This memory always brings a smile to my face!!:)

    Like

    Reply
  36. Brunhilde Poetsch's avatar Brunhilde Poetsch

    Snowmen, snow, fun!
    Love making them with friends and family. The best part – the snowball fights with a snowmade character as defence/block and then the hot chocolate to warm up afterwards 🙂

    Like

    Reply
  37. Anne's avatar Anne

    Ooooooooh — SNOWMIES!! (My son used to call them that when he was a toddler, many moons ago . . . ) I just love snowmen. And thank you for sharing all of your wonderful card ideas — I am going to attempt the bat halloween card tonight. Last year I made your witch against the moon . . .

    Like

    Reply
  38. JULIENE's avatar JULIENE

    Snowmen…I love to decorate with snowmen of all kinds…one year
    I kept them up all year and our daughters thought it was neat. Now
    one of our daughters has me ‘hooked’ on stamping…and I’m retired and
    on a fixed income….oh, well, life is fun. Joy to Your World.

    Like

    Reply
  39. JULIENE's avatar JULIENE

    Snowmen…I love to decorate with snowmen of all kinds…one year
    I kept them up all year and our daughters thought it was neat. Now
    one of our daughters has me ‘hooked’ on stamping…and I’m retired and
    on a fixed income….oh, well, life is fun. Joy to Your World.

    Snowmen…love them.
    Joy to Your World!

    Like

    Reply
  41. Shonz's avatar Shonz

    Hi, just love your tech’s. I had to have a brayer after seeing your designs. I hope one day I get somewhere close to the talent you have. They are absolutly beautiful. Good luck everyone.

    Like

    Reply
  42. Nancy Sinnen's avatar Nancy Sinnen

    Michelle,
    Your tutorials are always so wonderful. I’m here in Minnesota where we get plenty of snow, but my favorite snowmen are stamped and on cards! Would love to win this cute set. Thanks for the chance.
    Nancy

    Like

    Reply
  43. Jil L's avatar Jil L

    I have so many great memories of snowmen. The new snowfall was one of the things that would bring my family together each year. My mother, father, brother & I would make very sad looking snowmen with the first snowfall, but we always had to try! As we got more into winter & the snow was easier to pack & collect, we’d make much better looking snowmen. Snow is the only thing I miss about living up north now that I’m in Florida. JIL

    Like

    Reply
  45. Shelly Schmidt's avatar Shelly Schmidt

    I bet you saw some snow in Colorado, didn’t you (or aren’t you) ??? I have so many fond memories of snow days with the family-we have 7 kids in our family, so always had a friend to build snowmen with, or go sledding, or whatever. But, my absolutely favorite memory of building a snowman was the year after we were married, my husband Ray and I built 2 huge snowmen out in front of his Mother’s house when we were there visiting. We had a riot rolling the balls, and decorating them with scarves and carrot noses….etc….. They lasted there for a couple of weeks from what we heard- we have a picture taken with those snowmen- Oh, those were the days!!!

    Like

    Reply
  46. Loz (Aus)'s avatar Loz (Aus)

    To be honest… I’m not sure I’ve ever made a Snowman!! It doesn’t snow where I live at all…. and even when I’ve been to the snow I’m not sure my mound of snow could be called a ‘snowman’!
    When it comes to snowman stamps… I feel complete envy of the White Christmas so many get to enjoy! I hope to one day experience it for myself – and escape the scorching summer heat, flies and Australian BBQ’s – just for one Christmas! Despite the flies… I love our Aussie Xmas’s!

    Like

    Reply
  47. Sara P's avatar Sara P

    I love snowmen. I grew up in the midwest and as soon as there was a good dusting of snow on the ground we were begging to go out and make a snowman. We built the traditional 3 tiered snowmen if we could get our huge snow balls up that high. Now that I live in Texas we get excited if we can build a snowman that is a foot tall before the “snow” all melts.

    Like

    Reply
  48. Claude's avatar Claude

    Believe it or not, even though I live in Canada where there’s a bundle of snow, I didn’t make a lot of snowmen in my life! I just hate the cold too much! But snowmen stamps are adorable, that’s for sure! 🙂

    Like

    Reply
  49. Linda's avatar Linda

    I love all snowmen, tall, short, fat, skinny, scarfs, hats etc. As a matter of fact, I decorate with snowmen from Dec-Feb in my home. All their smiling faces from every room and every angle greet me each day. Each year at least one of my Christmas cards showcases a snowman so I can share them with others.

    Like

    Reply
  50. Kathy's avatar Kathy

    I love…love…love…snomen. I have them all over during and after the holidays. Can you believe I only have 2 snowman stamps!!!!! It’s not right!

    Like

    Reply

Leave a reply to Debi Engle Cancel reply