stampin4fun: Some Holiday Fun

I know I mentioned I would share some of the photos from our first In person small group outing.

In case you missed the email where I shared, I had explained that Kevin and I have been participating in a new church small group. It's a way for us to experience community, friendship and support within the larger church group. This group began/launched around September...during the pandemic so all our get togethers have been over zoom.

We decided to try a social activity which was a service activity to pack care bags for those in need, drop them off at church and then drive caravan style to Uxbridge to see a light display.

Earlier in the week, each family packed their bag with food, winter clothing etc in the safety of their home but we chatted over zoom while we did it.

Then on the Sunday evening, we met in the church parking lot and dropped off our care bags. (Very convenient that one of our group members works at the church so she had a key)

We did a little socializing in the parking lot and took a group photo

Then off we drove to Uxbridge.

The drive to Uxbridge was hilarious. Someone had the great idea to give walkie talkies to each car so we tried to chat and keep in touch while we were driving caravan style to Uxbridge.

Mostly it was a lot of static and saying phrases that made us sound like we knew how to communicate over walkie talkies and of course we gave each family car a code name so we could add to the fun.

Because our car was blue we decided we were "Blue Bison."

Our group members from New Zealand were the Kiwis...etc.

"Did we lose the Kiwis? Over and out"

"Blue Bison, here...trailing the caravan...over and out"

You get the idea.

The light show was very lovely and had small town charm. I think it took about 20 minutes to drive the route. We probably took far too many photos.

We met up in the Tim Hortons parking lot for some hot chocolate and more socializing and that was the end of our first Small group social. I think it was a great success.

This past Tuesday was the annual Team STIC stampers holiday party.

Once again I had to be creative and think of how to transform our annual holiday potluck and festive fun onto an online platform.

I had team members register ahead of time so I knew how many were planning to join the zoom. Then I made up "party packs" that included a package of dimensionals, a recipie for a hot cheese dip, the spices needed for the aforementioned cheese dip, a soothing sheet mask package and a small piece of smoky slate cardstock

I wanted this party pack to be my small gift to the team members to thank them for their friendship and support.

The dimensionals were a little nod to our team name (STIC) since dimensionals are adhesive which are sticky...get it?!

I encouraged everyone to make a festive snack like the cheese dip and dress in festive attire and during the evening we stamped, played a new catalogue true/false game, listened to relaxing holiday music while I screen shared a soothing fire and some enjoyed the facial sheet mask while the music played.

I hope fun was had by all! I suppose the fun carries on because I invited everyone to create something using the smoky slate piece in their party pack and I'll draw a winner from the creative ideas posted in our Team Facebook group.

Feel free to find out more about how to become a Team STIC stamper! Just click HERE

So, there might be a pandemic going on but I am grateful there are still ways do experience some holiday socialization!

I hope you find ways to socialize safely this holiday season. Thanks for dropping in!

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