On Friday we woke up sailing in to St. Maarten/St. Martin, and had a delightful day learning about this island with two identities. When you pass this marker on the road, the front half of your vehicle is in French territory and the back half is in the Dutch West Indies. St. Maarten surprised me …
We had to wait around port in Antigua for some people who were late getting back on board, but no one minded because we had this stunning sunset to keep us occupied. My little old-school digital camera did pretty well, didn't it? Check out these flowers… These are called chenille plants and the flowers look …
Charm inserts for our Simply Adorned jewelry line. Each one of these is only about 1×2 inches. Amazing! If you haven't checked out the jewelry line yet, grab your Summer Mini or click on the left hand sidebar, and be WOW'ed by the possibilities! Many, many thanks to the demonstrators who sacrificed precious suitcase room …
Stampin' Up catered a fantastic fruit and dessert buffet for demos to enjoy while we did our traditional Share Night. This is a really casual event where people just bring whatever they have been working on lately that has gone over big and share it with us all. It was well attended despite starting at …
The next day we sailed into Antigua and Mom and I took a history tour. If you are interested, I found a decent site here explaining in a nutshell the significance and special features of the main historic sites. Here were are at the Shirley's Heights military complex (that's Eric Clapton's private island and rehab …
On Day Four of the Stampin' Up cruise, this is the view to which I awoke from our balcony. Mom spent the day relaxing on the ship while I took a tour of St. Lucia. There really wasn't time to do this island justice, but I did enjoy what I got to see. Below you …