July......
And the Fourth of July.....

Can you believe more than half the year of 2012 is over?
I hope all Americans had a fabulous holiday celebrating
our incredible independence.

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Even though CookieCon is sold out,

you can still get on the waiting list.

CookieCon!

There is a Facebook group specifically for CookieCon attendees.

If you have your CookieCon ticket and use FB

but aren't in the group yet,

contact me and I'll make sure you find the group.

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CookieCrazie Fave Pics/Tutos of the Week

Fun Mini Cookies Matching Container by SweetArt Sweets
Favorite Shade of Blue Flower Collection from SweetSugarBelle
Beach Word Art Cookie by Simply Sweet by Honeybee
Air Travel Birthday Collection from Sweet Tweets
Fourth of July Cookies by Casey's Confections
God Bless America! from Jill FCS
Let Freedom Ring by Arty McGoo

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

Americana Stitched Heart Cookie (Tutorial)

Patriotic Yum in a Box

America, You're the Star (Cookie Collection)

Sand 'N Surf: Cookie Palm Tree (Tutorial)

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Personal Side

It's been a wild week.
I feel like I flit from thing to thing to thing.
There's so many things to do.....and as I get up to do one thing...
I see three more that distract me. haha

Only thirteen days until we leave for Ukraine.
The other team from our church (children's & construction ministries)
is on their way to Ukraine as I write this.
We will arrive one day before they leave to return home (in two weeks).

The reason we have to go at different times is because
women's ministry.....in particular the women's retreat......
can't happen while children's ministry is going on.
The mission teams NEED the Ukrainian women to help with the camps, etc.
Thus, we need to go at a different time for the women's retreat.
And I'm excited because those dear women will work like
crazy for the next two weeks......
and then we will come and give them a
three night/ four day "vacation" retreat.
:)

Several of you have asked how you could help for the Ukraine trip.
We have financial need for the women & senior ministries we are doing.
If you'd like to help us,
just click on the PayPal button on the right side bar for contributions.

Thanks everyone for your continued support. 
I'm floored at how kind and generous everyone is.
It's so nice to be involved with an online community such as our cookie world. :)

Here's some fun Instagram pics from the week....

Fun Travel-themed props for my photo shoot last weekend. :)

A sneak peek at my travel themed cookies.

Travel cookies in a basket.

Now this is like the ultimate package to receive in the mail.
Ecrandal is amazing!!!!

I couldn't wait......the same day I got the mason jar cutter, I had to try it out.
Someone asked what size it was compared to my hand.....

Nasty wasp nest. Ugh.
Thankfully the pest control tech found it in the
corner of the garage door and removed it for us. :)

My mason jar of flowers (in progress)......to surprise a friend. Happy!

Colorful flowers for a special project.....and to surprise a friend.

I made one of my all-time favorite flowers. Can you guess?
(Tutorial coming soon. :))

Making Bible verse tags for the women's retreat in Ukraine.
Don't you love a pastel rainbow? ♥

If you want to keep up with all the details of my Ukraine trip......
I have a Ukraine blog. 
 
If we have wifi.....I'll be updating the blog regularly.
That may be a BIG "if".
But at least this year I have an iPad......
so my technology is awesome.......
as long as the technology where we stay in Ukraine is awesome. lol

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Last week's chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter......Friday, June 29, 2012