Salute to Leslie

Today we are dedicating space on our blogs to a lady who has given unselfishly of herself to Flourishes since the very beginning.  She joined Flourishes just as we opened the door four years ago.  Along the way, she’s inspired so many that have seen her creations and her blog, Running with Scissors.  Each and every post seems to be more creative than the last and her creations always make our jaws drop. What many don’t know is — she even designed a set for Flourishes called Mixed Greetings, which is now retired.  She has been a very visible force in Flourishes, but oh how much she has given behind the scenes as well.  She has been a great extra pair of eyes when proposing concepts, giving valuable insight, thoughts and suggestions.

She and I are not only friends on the surface for Flourishes, but have a very personal friendship that has grown over the phone and through many, many emails. Last year, we had the great pleasure of spending days together at CHA.  I found, not to my surprise, that she was even better in person.  Funny, lively and bursting with energy!  Oh she did let us know what items were her favorites and what she really wanted to see in the store.  She was like a kid in a candy store…oh how great was our time together.

Leslie has thought long and hard about her decision to retire for now.  I know how hard this has been for her.  We spent much time on the phone as she worked through this decision.  Believe me when I say that it did not come easy for her.  She has taken this on with great deliberation.  I totally respect her decision in every aspect. 

As a way to say goodbye and wish Leslie well, the entire Flourishes Design Team is celebrating her style by CASE-ing one of the Leslie creations that they love. It’s only appropriate that we give Leslie a great send off.  I hope you will enjoy reliving these great works from one great lady.

I selected With Gratitude, our gift set available to our FLIP customers.  This is my humble creation….

and this will take you to Leslie’s blog for my inspiration.

Be sure to stop on over and see…. 

• Barbara Anders
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber 
• Stacy Morgan
• Sharon Doolittle
• Tammy Hershberger – filling in for Danielle who was hit by Hurricane Irene, please keep her in your thoughts!

And before I go, I have the pleasure of filling you in on ALL the winners who were lucky enough to snatch up some of our birthday blog candy from last week!

WEDNESDAY’S WINNERS

In a random drawing from Wednesday’s comments, the winner was:

DEBBIE W. who wrote,  August 27, 2011 at 9:53 am “Congratulations Flourishes on your 4th birthday! Quite a feat in today’s economic times. But a testament to your product quality and excellent customer service. They’ll be many more birthdays to come no doubt!”

 KimCreate who said…”What a pretty card. Love the gingham paper. Happy Birthday Flourishes, Kim on August 24, 2011 10:03 AM

THURSDAY WINNERS

In a random drawing from Thursday’s comments, the winner was: JOANNE LOWE

August 25, 2011 at 10:18 pm Happy 4th birthday to some of the most beautiful stamps, especially your gorgeous floral stamps! I’m in awe of the creative talent on Flourish’s team, and can’t wait to see what will be created in the coming years. My coloring ability isn’t what I’d like it to be, but someday I hope to do justice to all of the Flourishes stamps I now own and those I’ll collect in the meantime. Bravo, Flourishes! Best wishes, Joanne Lowe.

From the Designer’s Blog Comments, the winner was found on Tammy Hershberger’s blog and the winner was BEV GERARD, who said

on August 25, 2011 4:16 AM Bev Gerardsaid…”Wowza, Tammy! Such marvy color combos I see!  But could you please go a little “easy” on making us “need” so many new stamps????? Wow! Dirty D Sistah Bev~

FRIDAY WINNERS

In a random drawing from Friday’s comments, the winner was:
CARLETTA, who wrote at August 28, 2011 at 1:45 pm Oh my, a grab bag full of stamping adventures! Who would not want to be the winner? Pick me, pick me!

From the Designer’s Blog Comments, the winner was found on Cindy Lawrence’s blog, and the winner was HEATHER MILLS, who wrote:

Who won the Flourishes Favorite Challenge from last Wednesday? Random.org drew the number 9, which means the winner is….JOANNE/JOJOT! She made this darling and mascule card using our A Man’s View set!

Congratulations to all of our winners! If you are one of our Birthday winners, please email us at flourishes@bresnan.net with BIRTHDAY WINNER in the subject line and we will get your prize packs sent right out to you.

Thanks again for helping us all celebrate! It was a wonderful, wonderful week and you were all the icing on our ever-so-sweet birthday cake.

Ciao,

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