Snow Buddies Blog Candy!

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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!”

  1. Michelle's avatar Michelle

    I grew up in the desert. Most times usually didn’t get enough snow to build snowmen. One year I think I was about 4 or 5 we lived in a 2nd floor apt. There was a walkway between the second floor apts and none of the snow had melted. So me and my mom gathered all the snow we could and make a dwarf snowman. LOL I was about the same height as the snowman. We put my tea cups for his eyes and noes and my scarf hat and gloves on sticks. LOL We took a picture of me and my mom with our fabulous snowman. It’s still one of my favorite childhood pictures. Very cute stamps. The caps and scarfs remind me of that snowman so long ago melted.

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  2. Candy Heathman's avatar Candy Heathman

    This set is so cute!! I love snowmen….but it is hard to do snowmen in Arizona, especially where I live….We don’t get much snow in this part of the country and if we do, it doesn’t last long. But I love snowmen and snow related Christmas cards!!

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  3. Barbra Byrnes's avatar Barbra Byrnes

    OMG snowmen my house is overrun with them. I collect snowmen. Any kind. Ceramic, stuffed, you name I have it. They stay on display all year round as I love snowmen and can’t bear to put them away come spring. I would LOVE to win this set. It would look so good in my stamp room and best yet—-I get to play with it too! Keepin my fingers crossed you pick my name.

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  4. Vicki's avatar Vicki

    I love snowmen — and especially loved watching out the window as my kids made them. They would come in all pink-cheeked and cold, smelling all fresh. As the mittens dried, we would have pretzels and hot cocoa – loved those days!
    Vicki
    Rochester NY

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  5. olga's avatar olga

    Michelle-

    I love any kind of snowman… with legs, without legs…. dressed or naked. I think they are all cute and friendly looking. My kids love making snow man. We will have it in our front yard for day or two and boys will look at it from the window with funny comments. I hope I win this beautiful set. Have great time in Colorado.

    All the best, Olga

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  6. Wendi's avatar Wendi

    I would love that set, please enter me in for a chance to win and you have a great time with your sister. Mine moved away so we don’t see each other nearly enough. It’s important quality time-good for you. How nice you can mix business and pleasure. Your blessed Michelle. I’m happy for you.
    Have a fun trip & pick me for that cute snowman set, wouldja;)

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  7. Rockin Robin Caldwell's avatar Rockin Robin Caldwell

    What a cute snowman set. I usually don’t do “cute” but this set has such potential.
    I remember when I was a kid, my brother and I used to love to make snowmen. We lived across the street from a huge park that had the best skating rink in the city!!! So winter was always full of fun for us. We weren’t big veggie eaters in our house, but there always seemed to be carrots in the veggie drawer, but they were always limp and beginning to have “sprouts” coming off of them. We didn’t care, they made great noses for the snowmen. We also used charcoal briquettes for the buttons on the chest, and big twigs for the arms. I can’t for the life of me remember what we used for the eyes and mouth though. I live in WI…and now that I am “old” (46), I hate the snow!!! But, I have an 8 year old daughter who loves to make snowmen, just like her Mommy used to. It sure brings back memories of simpler times. Hisses, Rockin Robin Caldwell

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  8. Candi's avatar Candi

    I LOVE snowmen – legs or no legs! (Sorry, Karen!) 🙂 I have always been drawn to snowman stamps, paper, ribbon, rub-ons, you name it – I LOVE em! Must be my childhood calling me back – have built my fair share of them over the years. Therefore, an opportunity to win this set is SOOOO much appreciated – please, please, PLEASE pick me???

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  10. Jill Taylor's avatar Jill Taylor

    When I was younger my family moved to Maryland for a time and during the first snowfall, my brother and I were out making snowmen and having snowball fights. My mom came out and got onto us because it was 4 in the morning. The sky was so bright that we thought it was 11ish at night. We had such a good time that year. Thanks for the chance to win this set and for making me think of that wonderful time.

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  11. Cheryl Sims's avatar Cheryl Sims

    Can you believe that I don’t have one snowman set? and I love snowmen!!! Thank you so much for the chance to win this adorable set. also thank you for all the time you take with your tutorials. They are fantastic and I have done several.
    Cheryl Sims

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  12. Debbie Neuman's avatar Debbie Neuman

    Hi Michelle,

    I was born and raised in Chicago. We had LOTS of snow. And I always loved to make snowmen. When I was about 5 years old, my Parents gave me a snowman snowglobe. I carried that around with me all the time, summer, winter, fall, it didn’t matter what time of the year. Mom found out I was taking to school every day, and she made me leave it at home….she said it was glass, and if it broke someone would get hurt. So I drew a picture of it and carried it to school with me. Something about snowmen made me happy. I have collected Snowmen ever since. And …all my friend are really flakes !! I would love to win this set. And I would also love to see you work your magic, and make a card wit this one……Thanks for being so giving !! Debbie Neuman

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  13. Donna Sappo's avatar Donna Sappo

    I remember when I was about 7 years old building a snowman in our back yard. I had just heard the story “The Littlest Snowman with the Red Candy Heart”. I cut out a heart from red construction paper and attached it to my snowman. It just so happended that a photographer from our local paper was in our neighborhood and was taking pictures of the fist major snowfall of the season. I made the front page of the paper!! I would love to create this little snowman again. Hope I win!! Thanks for the chance.

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  14. Faith's avatar Faith

    No snow in Florida – at least not my area.
    However, I collect snowmen ornaments.
    Would love to add a snowman stamp set!!
    Thanks for the chance to enter.
    Faith in Florida

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  15. Lin P.'s avatar Lin P.

    One of my memories about snowmen and building them was rolling the snow to make huge balls, and seeing green grass paths throughout the front yard where we had done the rolling. My mom always had buttons for the eyes and mouth and a carrot for the nose. We always built the snowman in the same corner of our yard, as our dad made a skating rink for us every year that covered most of the back yard. Oh, what pleasant memories! Lin

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  16. Nancy Freeman's avatar Nancy Freeman

    We don’t get a lot of snow here in Maryland — the challenge when making a snowman is usually finding enough snow! We tend to make dirty snowmen — picking up grass and leaves and sticks as we roll along — but we still love them! Thank you for the opportunity to win this adorable stamp set!

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  17. Pamela Walker's avatar Pamela Walker

    I have finally purchased a brayer but am still just a little scared of it! Your tutorials make it look so easy – thank goodness! This is my first year to make our Christmas cards and I had not decided on a theme – snowmen would be so fun! Am continuing to watch your schedule – hopefully you will have a class close enough for me to attend – beginner brayer class of course. Thanks for all the ideas and tips – you have really boosted my creativity.

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  18. Karen Pojedynski's avatar Karen Pojedynski

    I love seeing snowmen and all the different ways make them! I still make them with my nieces and nephews – then come inside to a hot cup of cocoa with marshmellows!!
    Thanks Michelle!

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  19. Sherry Goldstein's avatar Sherry Goldstein

    Hi, Michelle! Have a GREAT trip! Love the blog candy, so please enter me!
    I grew up in New Orleans, so our snow men were few and far between, but I have a great picture of me about 12 years old making a snowman — the hilarious thing is that you can see the grass is bare, because we used just about every snowflake that fell on the lawn to make that snowman!

    Thanks as always for your beautiful and inspiring work!
    hugs,
    Sherry

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  20. Becky's avatar Becky

    My fondest childhood memory was ….. all the neighborhood children would gather in someone’s yard to make a snowman family when we were out of school for a snow day. ((((LOVED those by the way)))) then when we were finished we would flock to someone’s house for some bubbly hot chocolate with lots of marsh mellows on top. Then later on we would go back out and build a snow igloo. SOOOO MUCH FUN. I miss those days. Love this Stampin Up set. Way tooo cute. THANKS for the chance to win them, Becky

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  21. Jan Schoenfeld's avatar Jan Schoenfeld

    Michelle, I am so bummed I will be missing your Colorado workshop. I see you are coming again next year and hope to meet you then. In the meantime, you inspire me every single day with your cards. I would love to win this stamp set.

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  22. Adele's avatar Adele

    I grew up in Las Vegas so snow was rare. My beloved memories are making snowmen with my grandparents in Utah! They loved their grandkids and were very much hands on people. I love all you do for us, Michelle! You are truly my inspiration!

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  23. Gloria Dojlido's avatar Gloria Dojlido

    There is just something about snowmen that make winter easier to bear. I have fond memories of the huge snowmen we made as children with my parents. Now I hope my son has the same fond memories.

    Thanks for the chance to win. Have a safe trip!

    Gloria

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  24. Nina Babcock's avatar Nina Babcock

    Memories of my brother and I making a snowman, was he decided to throw a snowball and hit me just above the eye, taking off a scab from Chicken Pox, to which I still carry the scar. Grrrr :0)

    Please enter my name in the drawing for Snowman Buddies. Much obliged.
    Have fun in CO. Perhaps you’ll be able to make a snowman!

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  25. Diane Quakertown's avatar Diane Quakertown

    I could never live where snowmen aren’t born. Lol they bring back so many happy memories for me. So I would LOVE to win you’re stamp set.
    Hugs…..Diane Quinlan

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  26. Connie Jenkins's avatar Connie Jenkins

    I just LOVE all kinds of snowmen. There is just something about them that makes them so lovable! I enjoy making crafted (stuffed) snowmen and families. I also enjoy building the real ones with my kids! Even though here in Indiana, good snowman snow is far and few between! Maybe this year!

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  27. Niki Winchell's avatar Niki Winchell

    Snowmen seemed to be more fun when I was a kid. My son still gets me out in the yard, though, to help him build them. Growing up in IL, our snowmen would hang around for weeks. In CO, we can barely keep them for a day or two before the sun melts them away. Love that CO sunshine!

    Would love to win this great set,

    Niki

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  29. Patti P's avatar Patti P

    The best thing about Snowmen is that now that I moved from the Midwest to Texas I don’t have to see them anymore!!!! Only on paper – yayyyy for paper snowmen.

    Patti P
    a/k/a Puffdog

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  30. Caterina Grove's avatar Caterina Grove

    As soon as I think if snowmen, I think if the ice company that builds a snowman every year on a major intersection on Christmas eve regardless of the weather. It is such a nice memory.

    Thanks for your sharing your talents and blog candy!

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  37. rokale's avatar rokale

    what a fabulous set – please enter me into the contest. (I could go all crazy and say pick me! pick me! but that would just be childish!). thanks for the chance.

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  38. Crafty Dawn's avatar Crafty Dawn

    Sorry forgot to say why I like snowmen lol.

    I loved building snow men when I was a child in Germany (I am English just lived there for a wee while when a child) I love the country & people very much but thie thing I love most about snow men is when you build one and get really cold you can go in to the warmth of a home and watch him from inside knowing you have done a great job!

    Love Dawn xx

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  39. Maria's avatar Maria

    Michelle, I finally tried your technique (what a mess I made) and even I have to say I didn’t do a bad job for a novice! Anyway, that blog candy is luscious and I wouldn’t mind winning it!

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  40. Betty aka ZacksNana's avatar Betty aka ZacksNana

    Born and raised in south Louisiana, we never got much snow. So one year when my girls were little we had a really good snow! It actually lasted a couple days, made driving treacherous and all of the kids happy. You know, school was out and such. Anyhoo, we already had plans to spend the day with my hub’s brother, his wife and their daughter in the neighboring community (10 minutes awaY). We were supposed to have a bar-b-que. When we arrived, brother in law realized he was about of propane. So he and hubs drove to another small town over a very high bridge to get propane. When they were on their way back, the police stopped them at the foot of the bridge. He told them the bridge had iced up and if they crossed it was at their own risk. They made it! When they got back those three little girls with two pairs of socks on each hand and each foot and all the layers of clothing we managed to pile on them, had created two little snowmen, in honor of their dads. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

    Come by and check out my BLOG CANDY!

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  42. Ursula in RSA's avatar Ursula in RSA

    Down here in South Africa where we live we very rarely get to make snowmen, but I do remember about 26 years ago, my boys were still small and we had a very heavy snowfall. Oh boy did we have fun that day, but sadly by morning the snowmen had left our garden. Michelle thanks for the chance to win and have a wonderful trip.

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  44. Geri's avatar Geri

    I just love snowmen!! I don’t know for sure what it is about them, but they give me that “warm and fuzzy” feeling!!! They are just so cute!!

    Thank you for the chance to win this adorable set!!! As always, thanks for the inspiration that you always give to me!!!

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  45. Marcia's avatar Marcia

    Ahh, the chance to win another stamp set . . . Thanks, Michelle! I grew up in upstate NY where snow was plentiful and we must have built them all the time because I don’t remember them specifically. I do remember snow tunnels . . . now that was fun. But the snowman I do remember is the one my husband and I built together in Virgina – he’s a Texan and this may have been his first one. It was decked out in a cowboy hat with a Lonestar beer bottle hanging from his arm!
    Have a great time in Colorado!! Love your blog!!

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  46. Kelly's avatar Kelly

    I love snowmen. I have a collection that I always keep out past Christmas – into February usually. And I have lots of stamps of snowmen, too – just can’t resist them! Like this set – it’s adorable!! My favorite memories of snowmen are all the times I watched my kids through the window as they built little snowman families in the backyard. They are always so proud of their work and I love watching them work together!

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  47. Kathy Crouse's avatar Kathy Crouse

    I love snowmen they are my favorite holiday decoration. When my sister and I were young, my Mom helped us make a very large snow rabbit. He was sitting up with his paws straight out and he had big ears. People would go slow by our house looking at him. I will always remember that snow rabbit!

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  48. farrah's avatar farrah

    I loved doing snowmen when i was younger and still do with my daughter. We used to always use our dad’s hats aon the snowman nd forget about them. They would either sit on the snowman until it was melted or fall into the snow and not found until the spring when the snow melted!

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  49. CeeCee's avatar CeeCee

    Snowmen are my friends! As a child I would even stick my mittens on their little twig hands. Even though made of cold snow..they always warm my heart. Warm memories of winters past! Cool blues and bright orange carrot noses. Thanks for the trip to my past childhood!!
    I would love to be considered for this set. Please consider me?
    Thanks,
    CeeCee

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  50. Antoinette's avatar Antoinette

    I would love to win this set because I am a snowman collector!! My favorite memories are of starting with a small packed snowball then rolling it down the hill by our house with my brother. The funniest part was that the hill was really long, so by the time we got to the end, that’s where the snowman had to be built because the ‘bottom’ of the snowman was WAY too heavy for my brother and I to move!! So while our own yard remained snowman free, the bottom of the hill by our house had crowds of snowpeople all decked out with carrots and scarves!!
    ~Antoinette

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