Note To Self – Blog Candy!!!

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I am currently teaching in Oklahoma but I have some blog candy for you. 

If you wish to throw your hat in the ring to try to win this great Stampin’ Up! set, Note to Self,  please leave a comment telling me about a favorite note you have sent someone or someone has sent to you.  🙂   If you are receiving this blog update via e-mail, you will need to click this link and then leave a comment:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/07/note-to-self-blog-candy/

I will select the winner using a random number generator on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

Good luck to all!

Until my next post. . . . .  .

Hugs,

Michelle

468 thoughts on “Note To Self – Blog Candy!!!”

  1. Sheila D's avatar Sheila D

    My favorite note (that I will keep forever) is a note from my nephew who was 8 at the time. He’s an avid Red Sox fan and loved Johnny Damon. When Damon left the Red Sox to go to the Yankees he was so mad. The note had only 3 words on it and was in giant bold letters. It read “JOHNNY DAMON SUCKS”. His mother also found his Red Sox Johnny Damon T-shirt I bought him at a game in the trash. I still chuckle when I think of it.

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  2. Liza's avatar Liza

    Notes… stopping for just a moment in time to think of someone special and let them know how blessed we are, because of what that person means in your life. I loving send quick, short notes to my girlfriends, kids, and my loving husband. This set would be a perfec way to combine 2 loves – stamping and telling others what they mean to me!

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  3. sheila lowry's avatar sheila lowry

    Hi Michelle, My favorites are from my son when he was in Iraq. He is a Marine, and he didn’t write often, but i waited anxiously everyday to hear from him. When I did it was always filled with love and emotion. Thank God for our military men and women!
    Sheila

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  4. Meg F's avatar Meg F

    My favorite notes actually came attached to bouquets of flowers. On my 25th anniversary, my husband gave me two bouquets of roses – one with a note that said Thanks for the wonderful 25 years of marriage that we have had. The second note said, this is for the next 25 years that I will spend with you. Brought tears to my eyes!

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  5. Catherine Kraft's avatar Catherine Kraft

    My favorite notes were the notes I received from my husband when he was in Saudia and then the year he was in Korea, but my favorite of all was when he was stationed in The Netherlands and he asked me to marry him. There were many notes before he came home to marry me and we ended up living in The Netherlands 6 1/2 years. This Thanksgiving we will be married 21 years. This stamp set could be used in so many ways…………

    catherinesangels@yahoo.com

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  8. Janey's avatar Janey

    Little notes are the most important notes! When I started teaching (I am a late bloomer!) my daughters were attending the same high school where I was teaching. Not cool! However, as much as I was ‘ignored’ during the school day, I would daily find love notes from the girls – in the car, in my grade book, clipped to a page in a textbook, etc. My family was so supportive of my new career and those notes gave me a daily lift to help with the transition. The girls tell me today that those notes were pay-back for all the notes I would tuck into their lunches while in grade school – whatever the reason, I appreciated the notes during that beginning of my teaching career and the closeness we have today!

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  9. Lucy-Gail Garcia-Henson's avatar Lucy-Gail Garcia-Henson

    My favorite notes are the ones my husband leaves in a lunch he’s packed or a note left in the car, often with flowers for me to find in the morning when I am going to work.

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  10. patricia farmer's avatar patricia farmer

    My favorite note was one from my daughter that was written when she was around six. I loved to have her sound out her words rather than me spelling them for her. I received a note from her that took me a week to decipher because she insisted I sound out the words as she wrote them. I still have the note. She is 39 years old now.

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  13. Vicki's avatar Vicki

    After my dad died last year, we had to move my mom out of her home into an assisted living facility closer to my home. In the process of cleaning out her house, I found boxes and boxes of note my mom had written to herself. This was a lifetime habit for her, starting when she jotted down recipes she saw prepared on tv or a good idea on a decorating show. The note taking habit became a necessity as she aged and developed dementia. We found notes with all her brothers and sisters names written on it as she was afraid she would forget them.
    I kept a good deal of these notes and for bittersweet reasons, they have become my favorites.

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  14. Susie L.'s avatar Susie L.

    After my DH lost a job he had worked at 41 years. he learned to drive an 18 wheeler, so he was always gone all week. I would hide notes in different places in his luggage to find at different times to let him know I was thinking of him, now he has another job and after 51 years of marriage I still write a “love ya” note to him, and he still calls me “His little Bride”.

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  15. Robin Boyer's avatar Robin Boyer

    Hello,
    Thanks for a chance to win. I recall two incidents. Once was a lipstick note on the bathroom mirror when I was married.
    And the others are the notes my nieces wrote to me when I would wake in the morning along with the pictures they had drawn.

    Rubber Hugs,
    Robin

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  17. Lynne Murphy's avatar Lynne Murphy

    Hello Michelle

    Have a great time in Oklahoma 🙂

    We here in Barrie, Ontario are having a beautiful fall day so, after a long walk with my puppy, I will be heading to my craft room to make a few cards.

    Again, many thanks for all your e-mails with inspirational cards, fantastic instructions, and ‘blog candy’.

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  18. Terri Michaels's avatar Terri Michaels

    I received my favorite note from my 22 year old son this last Mother’s Day. He didn’t have money to buy a mother’s day gift so he drew a picture of a young man running away and wrote “I know if I run away or come back home. That no matter how far I go… You will always be with me no matter what may happen, because you’re my mother and I love you. Happy Mother’s Day” I have told him he will have trouble topping this one in the years to come.

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  19. Delila George's avatar Delila George

    Hi!
    The best notes that I recieve in my E-mails are from a high school firend, who has terminal cancer. She is always up beat and sees the good in everything and can still laugh..after all she is been threw. She sends me the neatest funny and then ones which really make you think about life–in a good way. God has blessed her to help her stay positive! She never says anything negative– this has been over 25 years now. It has help her get passed how she really feels. I send her stamped images that she can color in with color pencils and water color markers when she goes for her Chemo treatments. So, I would love to send her something new. Plus she makes little note cards etc. for the nurses that help in her care.
    Keep up the good work Michelle — as I love your site!

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  20. Anne D's avatar Anne D

    My favorite note is one that I received from my Mom. I tucked it away and then it became more special because she died shortly after that at the age of 58.

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  21. Peggy Whitlow's avatar Peggy Whitlow

    The most precious person in my life is my husband. For all his unselfishness and love for me I love to send him thank you notes which I feel that what I say in those notes could not ever express in words my thankfulness for him.
    Sincerely,
    Peggy

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  22. Candy M's avatar Candy M

    My hubby and I were high school sweethearts. During the high school and college years, we sent many notes and letters. I have saved most of them and love to see the love we now share as a result of those early correspondences.

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  23. Andrea Sitzman's avatar Andrea Sitzman

    I have a friend whose niece is in prision and I have been trying to send her a card a month for encouragement. I am due to send her one yet this month!

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  24. Diane Collins's avatar Diane Collins

    My favorite notes are the ones from my grandchildren. My grandson, age 13, while visiting us in the summer left me an especially cute one. He took a self portriat of himself in the mirror #1 was I, #2 picture of heart drawn on paper & #3 picturing of himself pointing. Kids are truly inegnious and special!

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  25. shawn price's avatar shawn price

    Have fun in OK! I am wishing now i had gone to visit my mom and taken the class!

    and the best note I ever got was this…

    I was having a really bad day and a super friend sent me an IM note…

    “hey … my shoulder is a bit cold… would you mind warming it up by resting your head on it please? ” was soo sweet and made my day all better.

    have great time! Love the inspiration you give and I wish you were coming to Kansas!!!

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  26. Carole RB's avatar Carole RB

    Hi Michelle

    Please count me in.

    My favorite note is my husband’s: “I love you”. He is still leaving this little note after 34 years of mariage.

    Thanks for giving us a chance to win!

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  27. Diane S's avatar Diane S

    My favorite notes have been those that are handstamped cards from friends and from former patients that I have taken care of (I’m a nurse), I love stampin up and hope I win! Your cards are awesome!
    Thanks!
    Diane

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  28. Sheri's avatar Sheri

    When I started a new job 25 years ago, my husband drove 17 miles to put a note on my windshield telling me he hoped my first day was wonderful and that he loved me. He never came in, just drove down, put it on my windshield and left. I have never forgotten that note and in fact, still have it.

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  29. Estell Brickhouse's avatar Estell Brickhouse

    I recently sent a note to 2 ladies that hosted a business luncheon for our executive assitant group. I chose cards I had made that reminded me of them. I received an email note back thanking me for the cards! A thank you note for a thank you note is pretty fantastic!

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  30. Kim Smith's avatar Kim Smith

    I have two favorite notes from two friends. One was for my real birthday two years ago (I’m a leap year baby). My friend, Katie, is a certified pergamano trainer and makes these beautiful gorgeous cards for people’s extra special occassions. She made one for me. It’s so beautiful that I put it in a silver frame to preserve it over time. My other favorite note was from another friend, Vicky, that I admire her talent so much. She made me a card when my dad passed away a little over two and a half years ago. When I look at the outdoor scene on the card I see my dad as he is fishing and looking around him at the beauty nature has to offer. The card was so beautiful I just had to put it in a frame. I have them both in my stamp room and see them every day. They remind me of their precious freindships.

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  31. StampT's avatar StampT

    Ohhhh. I love to write notes! I think my favorites were the ones I wrote a couple of months after I’d met my (now) husband. He had to be away for 2 weeks with the National Guard. I wrote different notes for him to open every day. Some were just thoughts about how he made me feel — some contained my favorite poems. It was silly; I was so romantic…but I knew he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. 14 great, fun years and counting!

    I looked long and hard at this set — just didn’t get it. Thanks for offering though!

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  32. pam's avatar pam

    Always excited to see your site! I appreciate all your effort in making your creativity so
    available to your readers!
    A thousand thanks for the “blog candy!!”

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  34. Britiney's avatar Britiney

    I’ve had this set on my wish list for a while! Thanks, for a chance to win it! My favorite notes lately have come from long-lost friends on facebook. I know those don’t actually qualify as “notes” but it has meant a lot to me to reconnect with people.

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  35. Sherry D's avatar Sherry D

    Where would we be without notes… late, forgotten, behind, disorganized etc.. I for one love to be the giver and receiver a handwritten note, and I especially love to get them from my husband, my children and my grandchildren (because theirs is always accompanied by a darling little drawing)! When my DGD was 6 she wrote this note “Why do you love me? I love you all my hart” … awwwwww, how sweet is that! I put it on my craft room door along with other notes from her and her younger brother over the years so I can see the changes in their writing and drawing.. and it makes me happy every time I enter that room! Thanks for the opportunity to win such a wonderful set!

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  36. Mary (Muffin's Mama)'s avatar Mary (Muffin's Mama)

    The most favorite note I ever received was from my DH (then BF)– he wrote on the wall calendar on his bday “My birthday – I’m 21 with twenty years of experience.” I didn’t know he had written it until I turned the calendar over to that month. I cut that day’s square out of the calendar and I still have it many, many years later! Are you ever going to do a Brayer Workshop in Albuquerque?

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  38. Jackie's avatar Jackie

    My granddaughter recently had been in my craft room and when I went back down there there was a picture she had colored and had left me a note “Grandma – I love you! I still have that hanging in my craft room and will be there until I die. Have a safe trip back home again.

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  39. Crystal Miller's avatar Crystal Miller

    I love surprising my family with notes in places they won’t expect. I have left notes in lunchboxes, backpacks, and more recently when my husband deployed in his bag he was taking on the plane. I wanted him to have a note to say I LOVE YOU!
    Thank you for the chance to win!

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  41. Sylvia's avatar Sylvia

    My mother was famous for her letters and notes. She wrote everyone in both families once a week. I remember in College receiving notes each week, but the most special was after I got married and had children. I got an Easter note with a recipe card with her recipe for crab cakes. I still have the card. Even though my mom has passed many years ago, I remember that so well and can still taste her crab cakes!

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  42. Carla's avatar Carla

    See you are on the move again!
    My favorite note is a post-it note, sorry just kidding!
    I love to attache a small note in a card..telling that person to have a wonderfull day.
    Or just sayong HI.
    Hope your classes a filled with enthousiastic ladies again.

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  44. Teresa's avatar Teresa

    During a darkk period in my life, my son left a note on the fridge that read, May the Lord give you enough sunshine to brighten your day, and enough rain to make you appreciate the sunshine. I’ve left it there, it’s been several years now. I also have a note from my mother, tucked away in my keepsakes; saying that she was incredibly proud of me. Both notes really touched my heart.

    Thanks for the opportunity for blog candy, always fun.

    Most importantly, be safe in your many travels. It sounds like you are having a great time and your glass is clearly full and overflowing.

    Blessings,

    Teresa

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  46. Rachel B's avatar Rachel B

    I hope you have lots of fun in OK. It is so close, yet so far away to me with a 2.5 year old, so I will not be attending 😦 NOTES: favorites are from my Husband when he was at basic 5+ years ago. I still have them and read them once a year to remind me of the craziness life can throw at us and what brought us together!

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  47. SueB's avatar SueB

    Methinks it’d be my latest “get well” greeting, which is one I’d rec’d in a greeting within the last year or so … it goes

    “comfy jammies,
    cozy bed,
    big soft pillow
    for your head.
    worry not,
    the world can wait.
    take your time,
    recuperate!”

    Hope this finds you and yours doing well!

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  49. Sylvia Nelson's avatar Sylvia Nelson

    My mother wrote notes or letters to everyone in our family. My most favorite is one I received after I was married and had children. She sent it at Easter with a recipe card for Crab cakes. I still have it and even though she has passed many years ago, I can still taste her crab cakes and the lovely handwriting is there for me to see.

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  50. Evelyn----Ks.stamper's avatar Evelyn----Ks.stamper

    I guess I love every note or card I receive they all are so special. Please enter me to win the neat set. Thanks for all you do for us………..
    Evelynn

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