FWF #5 - and how is softball related to Prima?

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 Time flies... here is Mika, 5 years ago during her first season of softball (T-ball)...

And here she is, in her first travel ball uniform as a Firecracker - age ten. You go, girl!!! Yes, she was ready for the next level of play. She's still doing soccer (she is committed until the first week of June), but it was time to step it up and get her onto a real team with solid playing time. This weekend, she has a soccer game on Saturday morning, followed by three softball (tournament) games in the afternoon/evening... and then on Sunday, she has at least one tournament softball game, followed by another three softball games (friendlies).  That's a lot of softball! When they're not playing games, they're practicing for 4-4.5 hours on a weekend day. No more sleeping in!

I love how grown-up and confident she looks. Those sport (transitional) sunglasses really help, too - she no longer looks like a geeky bookworm. Now, she looks seriously tough!!!

So it's getting harder to find time to scrap, but I managed to pull together a thank you card for our lovely neighbor next door. She kindly embroidered Marika's soccer jacket with her name and number. She refused all payment, so we're going to take them out to dinner (DaddyDude will make arrangements when Marika brings over the card). They're great neighbors so it'll be nice to spend time with them, too. :)

Here was the sketch I used... you can link up your own project here!

Patterned papers and rhinestone (My Mind's Eye), stamps (Unity Stamp Co), ink (Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain),
chipboard (UmWowStudio), Stickles, markers (Spectrum Noir) 

And here's my card - I used Unity Stamp Co's Sew Cute set. It's a pretty specialized set, but when you know some crafty people, you can find reason to use it. :)

So some of you may be wondering... what does softball have to do with Prima? Well, let me tell you! Mika's softball team is based out of Chino and practices in that city, or very close to it. Chino is where Prima Marketing's warehouse outlet is located! So - even though they reduced their warehouse outlet days/times to the first weekend of every month, I can shop there after games and practices. How cool is that? :)

I love it when things work out! Thanks for visiting and I hope you all have a great weekend - stay warm!!!