Nothing to do with Paper!!

How do I begin to thank EVERYONE who prayed, cleaned, fed, brought groceries, hung out, toted me back and forth, and made sure Jim and I were well taken care of? I have no words other than Thank You so...THANK YOU! 

I decided to write on my blog because so many "God" moments happened this past week because of your prayers.

When Jim arrived at the ER on Tuesday he was a "potato chip" as my friend Lynn says. He was so dehydrated that he was very, very close to being schepis throughout his body. His BP was 41/30, color white however he was talking (which he should not have been) and a little joking.

The NP and nurses kept saying "why do you look so good for being so sick?". He also had septic pneumonia in his left lung so the race to keep it in his lung and not spread throughout the rest of his body began. After 4 hours in the ER trauma unit he was moved to ICU around 10:00pm. I stayed the first night which was rough for both of us...not much sleeping but a lot of praying from me. 

He kept spiking a high fever all night long which meant the infection was winning at that point. His BP had come up to 71/40 better but far from where it should be. He had to lay flat on his back, which with bulging disc's does not feel so hot and could not get out of bed. At that time those were our two major things to work on besides getting him hydrated again.

Unbeknownst to me some wonderful friends behind my back made a "tote" Robyn back and forth team and I was told I was not allowed to stay the night and I would be going home for afternoon naps! They would pick me up feed me and take me home for some snoozing. The first night I went home it was so quite and lonely because Furry Emmie had gone to a sleep over with her cousins Titus and Marlin!

Day 2: When I returned in the am he was better and they were letting him sit up a little but still in bed...no walking or chair sitting...but he was on a high because our Pastor Dave had been there and Jim got to witness to one of his nurses (which is his favorite thing to do!). As the day progressed his BP keep going up but still under the 100's/70's where they wanted it. He was beginning to cough up yucky stuff and things were going in the right direction.

Day 3: His BP was 96/52!!! And they had identified the type of pneumonia he had in his lung so they started him on a strong specific antibiotic that would attack that particular bacteria. However he started having constant chest pains and some SOA so they decided to check his heart. His heart enzyme came back elevated so the heart testing began. As they took him out of his room for the first test I heard him as his favorite question..."What do you believe". When he came back he again was so excited to be able to witness to the transport boys as he called them!

Day 4: He was sitting up in a chair when I got there!!! He was looking so much better and his BP was 110/60!!!! And again he had witnessed to his nurse for the day and they had had a 45 minute conversation and the nurse was going to stay late to talk to him, which he did! He had an echocardiogram that day and we were told there had been some change from the last one he had about 4 years ago so they wanted to do a stress test on him which would be the following am. They moved him out of ICU into PCU that evening. I believe this was the day that Pastor Jim Viehl came by and prayed for more hair, Jim that prayer is still to be answered!

Day 5: He went early for his stress test and was already done with that by the time I got there. He was back to his feisty self and so ready to get out! The cardio Dr. came in later and told him there was some minor damage to the "good" side of his heart and to follow up in a month! We were praising Him!!! But...no go home...his WBC was still elevated higher than his Dr. liked so he had to stay at least one more night :(  HUGE PRAISE that night...both his children showed up with a balloon, cookie cake, milk, cups, plates and forks! Most of you know that this has been a struggle for the past few years and has left a whole in Jim's heart. We had an AWESOME visit and even Arielle and I had a great talk...this is something we have been praying for for a long time. I believe because of my handsome hubby's obedience to God by witnessing anytime he can that we were blessed by this HUGE PRAISE! We both fell asleep on a high that night.  

Day 6: In order to go home he had to have a WBC lower than 12 (when he was admitted it was 30) well...he did not make it to 12...he made it to 6!!! He is such a show off!!! He called me bright and early and said he was packed and ready to go! Our friends Charles and Lynn came and got me and then we picked him up! I don't know who was happier for him to be home...Furry Emmie or Jim!!! 

Day 7: Slept in his own bed and woke up at 6am with so much energy but does notice he needs to do things in spurts not all at once. He is on two different antibiotics for the next month and then a repeat chest x-ray and he is to drink lots of water!!!

God has shown me how when my worry gets the best of me and so close to losing my husband He will always be glorified. And he used my very sick handsome hubby to do it! Sounds funny to say it but we were so blessed during this time...Jim handed out a lot of his business cards and had a lot of good conversations about God and when you are talking to scientist minds sometimes that can be difficult which does not scare Jim...I sit and listen in awe.

The only thing left for me to do is try to get him to slow down...I may have to have his sister Jenny come over and do that!

Again, Thank You for all the prayers and help that has been given too us this past week. We are both so thankful and blessed by everyone! We love the community of our church and our friends and family...We love all of you and can't wait to get back to church!!!

Blessings,
The Barber's
Jim "Batman" and Robyn

October Christmas Tag Class!

Good Afternoon my fellow Stampin' Peeps!

I have been working on the Christmas Tag class that I will be holding in October for the past few days...I loved it! I had a hard time stopping!

Here are the pictures...I will post again closer to the class;

You will make two boxes with eight tags in each box and two "bottle tags"!

Box #1

Box #2

The cost for this class will be $20.

I have really enjoyed working on tags...however now I must move on :(. My next favorite thing to work on is box cards which I am doing next! Yay!

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend and I will catch you one here sometime next week!

Blessings,
Robyn Barber
www.paperscissorsglass.com
robyn.barber59@gmail.com

September and October Lunch and Layouts DONE!!

Lunch and Layouts are finally done for September and October! Next will be the Tag class in October then onto November and getting ready for a Vendor Fair.

Here are the pictures for what we will be doing at the Lunch and Layouts:

Saturday September 20 11am-Models this month are my sweet g'daughters...I know shocking, right?

Saturday October 18 11am-I changed models this month! This is of a trip that we took to the Dallas Arboretum with our Daughter, Stephanie, and Son in Law, Chris back in 2012.

Hopefully I will have the Tag class up tomorrow or the next day! We are expecting rain here in Southern Indiana and my body is telling me it is true...my hands and eyes are working today and that is a praise and answered prayer...now just need to get my legs to behave! LOL!

Praising Him is EVERYTHING!!!

Have a great rest of the week!

Blessings,
Robyn Barber
paperscissorsglass.com
robyn.barber59@gmail.com

October is Started!

Happy Saturday to all my Stampin' Peeps!

Sorry once again for the time in between post...life sometimes gets in the way and we have to climb up those bumps all the while hanging onto Jesus!

We have some of the best friends that God has put into our path and they bless us daily...and my Stampin' Peeps are some of those friends!

Jim has a part time job now driving a Special Needs bus for our school district and he LOVES it! The kids love him and he always has some great encouraging stories about the kids! He works a split shift 5-6 hours daily so it has been an adjustment on our home end...I am just thrilled to see him happy!!

I have been busy with class designs and special orders. I have wedding Thank You cards I am working on now, Wedding invitations to design and my wonderful SLAW asked me to do something for her classroom that I am so excited about! Along with making Halloween goodies for Bella, Falyn and Emery some of those I have to mail so I need to get busy!

Today I finished October Stamp Club cards and tomorrow will be doing Lunch and Layout for this month and next (hopefully).

Here is what we will be doing in October SC: (2 Fall; 2 Christmas)

Here is a challenge for my Stamp Club Peeps. I used one stamp set on all four cards and one on three of the cards. The first one who can message me which two I used will get bakers twine of their choice!

Our next "class" is Stamp Club. Monday September 15 6pm-Miss Lynn is our hostess; Thursday September 18 6pm-Miss Connie is our hostess. Here are the samples of the cards (4 Fall) 

With all of my eye problems (not being able to see!!) I have relied on Pinterest for some of my cards tweaking them to make them look a little different! I am so thankful for all the talented people out there! 

Well, I better hop off here...we promised Bella we would go to the pool...actually my body is so wanting the therapy pool!

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

www.paperscissorsglass.com

robyn.barber59@gmail.com

August and September Class Dates!!!

Class Updates!

Here are the dates, times, and pictures of the upcoming classes for August and September, finally!

August

Monday August 18, 6pm-Stamp Club-We still need a hostess!!! ($15 towards product/class)

Thursday August 21, 6pm-Stamp Club-Lovely Miss Norma is our hostess!!! ($15 towards product/class)

Friday August 29, 4pm-10pm-Crop. Bring a snack to share and whatever you want to work on!

September

Monday September 15, 6pm-Stamp Club-Beautiful Miss Lynn is out hostess!!! ($15 towards product/class)

Thursday September 18, 6pm-Stamp Club-Wonderful Miss Connie (Cathy lol!) is our hostess!! ($15 towards product/class)

Saturday September 20, 11am-Lunch and Layout. $30 for 3 double page 8 x 8 page layouts plus lunch! (Pictures coming)

Monday September 22, 6pm-Halloween Treat Class. $20.00

Friday September 26, 4pm-10pm-Crop. Bring a snack to share and whatever you want to work on!!

If you want to attend any of these classes or have any questions please shoot me an email!

I can’t wait to see all of you...you all lift my spirits so much and keep me going!

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

robyn.barber59@gmail.com

www.paperscissorsglass.com

Kudos to my Stamp Clubs!!!

I just want to give a shout out to my Stamp Clubs! I have the best Stampin’ Peeps in the WORLD!!!

This was a technique month, which I don’t do but maybe twice a year, and I taught the “Glitter Napkin” technique...yes, I said the word, glitter. Thursday’s Club I had 13 lovely ladies and they stuck with me the whole night! I usually have them out by 8 but this time they did not leave until around 9:30! They also helped me learn a couple of things to make Monday’s Club go so much easier!!! Monday’s Club I had 7 lovely ladies and was able to set up my tables in a horseshoe shape and roll around to help everyone...so next month I will be setting up another table and moving things around so I can do that with both Club’s no matter how many I have!

This is just one example of how much I love them, using glitter will be a rare show of affection however. They are always so patient, kind, encouraging and funny! They make me belly laugh a lot!

Next month we will be making Halloween cards, no technique, and I will be working on September cards soon.

Again, a round of applause for my BEAUTIFUL inside and out Stampin’ Peeps!!

This quote fits how I feel:

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

www.paperscissorsglass.com

robyn.barber59@gmail.com

Another Beautiful Day!

God has blessed us here in Southern Indiana with another beautiful day...our weather is so not typical for this time of year! It kept me out of my Card Studio all weekend! Now playing catch up and getting ready for Monday night Stamp Club!

I will be working on the box/treat classes this week and hope to have pictures up by the end of the week...I know I said that last week time just flew by! And my Mom shared over 200 books with me so a little reading was done as well as!

There will be an open crop this Friday at the Batcave from 4pm-10pm. Bring a snack to share and whatever you want to work on...I will be showing a couple of ladies how to do the box card bases and getting my friend Sue caught up on hers.  My tools are open for all to use and if you need supplies I have some here for purchase (not much...heehee). If you need directions or address please feel free to email me.

For those of you who still need to give me your orders from this months Stamp Clubs I would like them by Thursday am so I can place the order and get your goodies in here for you to use!!

I guess I better get off here and get busy working!

“Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.” Colossians 4:6

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

www.paperscissorsglass.com

robyn.barber59@gmail.com

Tuesday-Glitter, Glitter EveryWhere!!

Tuesday-Glitter, Glitter EveryWhere!!

Whew what a day! I will be teaching a technique using glitter for this months Stamp Club and those who know me well know my dislike for glitter...but this is for my Stamp Club Peeps so glitter it is!

The technique is glitter napkin technique with a “Robyn” spin...I am all about cutting out steps if it is a technique that has a lot of steps to it so this one I did!!! And...they look like the ones with all the steps!

Here are the samples of our July Stamp Club cards (7/17 & 7/21):

Wednesday-Still Glitter, Glitter EveryWhere!!

Today I spent prepping for tomorrow nights Stamp Club and did not touch any glitter and it still is all over the house! How does that happen? LOL!!

My handsome hubby has been doing honey do list things today and a little bit of woodworking...hopefully by this weekend he will have a project finished so I can post a pic of the completed project!

Here are the August Stamp Club cards that we will be making in both clubs (8/18 & 8/21) :

The rest of this week I will be working on the upcoming Halloween and Fall box/treat classes. Stay posted for pictures!

Personal prayer request...our children who have been in the Mission Field these past 18 months over in Romania are on their travel home. It has been an emotional few days for both of them. They made it to Budapest yesterday and spent the night and will shortly be leaving there to head back home to Dallas...all that said please pray for safe travels, peace and calmness in knowing God has got this…

Okay better get back to work! LOL! Hope to see all of you in class soon!

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

Paperscissorsglass.com

robyn.barber59@gmail.com

Long Lost Blogger

It has been so long since I have been on my blog and a lot has changed! Not only Paper Scissors Glass but in our own lives as well.

My handsome hubby is now a full time caretaker of me! We have tried having him work full time away from the house but with all my Dr. appointments and now some of his own the best decision for our little family is to have him home.  He may get a part time job but that is still up for discussion!  

He has also opened a wood shop in our garage and is making so many things it is hard to keep up with him! He is working with driftwood right now and is loving it! Watch for pictures as he finishes a project and if you are one who receives gifts from us expect it to be something made from wood!

We also are empty nesters now and that has taken a little getting used to but we are starting to settle in and really enjoying our time together.  However we were a little lonely so we have added to our little family “Furry Emmie” who is the cutest little French “Frenchie” Bulldog you could ever meet! We have spoiled her and all the things we said a dog would never do in our house we are doing!

Here she is with her Daddy whom she follows everywhere!

I have been hit by some health issues which we are in the process of figuring out! I have a good team of Dr.’s and they will figure it all out in God’s time.  In the meantime I know I am in God’s hands and will be well taken care of! I love working in my Card Studio and creating and coming up with classes my Stampin’ Peeps would love!

We are hoping to take a trip to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with our daughter Stephanie and her husband, Chris, who are home from their 18 months in Romania.  We have mixed emotions regarding their homecoming. I can’t wait to hug, hold, kiss and love on them but know their hearts are broken for not being able to stay in Romania longer. God has something big in store for them!

After leaving Dallas again we are hoping we can drive on to Las Vegas and spend some time with our other daughter, Kristen, her husband, Shad, our beautiful grand daughters, Emery and Falyn and possibly a couple of Foster children!

Okay now onto the Card Studio! 1) Changed our name from Mimi’s Card Creations to Paper, Scissors, Glass. 2) Moved from Living Room area to our spare room. That makes more room in our Living Room for you lovely class ladies to have plenty of room to sit for classes!

Now for some upcoming classes, dates and times:

July

Stamp Clubs: Thursday July 17th 6pm; Monday July 21st 6pm. Technique class.

Crop: Friday July 25 4pm to 10pm

August

Stamp Clubs: Monday August 18th 6pm; Thursday August 21st 6pm (Miss Norma is our hostess).

Crop: Friday August 29 (Labor day weekend) 4pm-10pm

September

Stamp Clubs: Monday September 15th 6pm; Thursday September 18th 6pm.

Lunch and Layouts: Saturday September 20th 11am.

Halloween Treat/Box Class: Monday September 22nd 6pm.

Crop: Friday September 26th 4pm-10pm

October

Stamp Clubs: Thursday October 16th 6pm (Miss Sue is our hostess); Monday October 20th 6pm.

Lunch and Layouts: Saturday October 18th 11am.

Crop: Friday October 24th 4pm-10pm

Fall Treat/Box Class: Monday October 27th 6pm.

November

Stamp Clubs: Monday November 17th 6pm; Thursday November 20th 6pm.

Lunch and Layouts: Saturday November 15th 11am.

Christmas Advent/Treat/Box (TBA which one): Monday November 10th 6pm.

Crop: Friday November 14th 4pm-10pm

December

Stamp Clubs: Thursday December 11th 6pm (Notice the change in week due to Christmas); Monday December 15th 6pm.  (Mystery Hostesses for both clubs)

Lunch and Layout: Saturday December 13th 11am.

**Note no crop in December.

***Dates may change

I will post pictures as soon as the samples are done and ready! Sorry for the delay in that we have had life throw us some curves which we have grown stronger and wiser from.

I can’t wait to see all of you either at a class or two, or church, or the store (craft! hehe).  I will promise to be better at updating this just not sure if it will be daily or weekly...but you will be hearing from me!!

Blessings,

R

Robyn Barber

Paperscissorsglass.com

robyn.barber59@gmail.com