What's New at with Uppercase Living

Check out the latest additions on Uppercase Living website by clicking on my box above. There's TONS of new stuff!!! I can't wait to get my photo print which will be a cut out photo of Marley. It goes on any wall and is also removal. I will post pictures as soon as it arrives.

There's something for everyone! How about a dreamy room?
Everyone has a little "PRINCESS" in their family!
Christmas is just around the corner! There's all kinds of ideas for decorating for the season. This beautiful frame comes with 3 extra inserts so you can change them out as the holidays change! Stay tuned for more photos coming soon!

Wedding Cakes

I spent two weekends in a row making wedding cakes. I LOVE being creative. It takes a lot of work, but the finished project is priceless!

This first cake was for a couple who wanted something elegant, and it not the traditional wedding cake - more of an elegant dessert. The place smelled heavenly with the scent of vanilla from the frosting, the sweetness of the strawberries and the fresh scent of mint from the spearmint leaves. This cake was the first try of making pearls. It took many hours but my mission was accomplished by providing pearls that look real, and most important...edible. The color from the ribbon just makes the whole cake come together!

Michelle's Cakes

Here's a few of the cakes I've done recently.

This was done to resemble cali lilliies

Golden Retriever for a hunting club

Baby shower cakes for boy and girl sleeping

This cake was done for a girl who loves horses. Overall cake is supposed to look like a cowboy hat.

Here's a cake with the GRIT team logo. This year was there 10th anniversary in racing so we did a cake during their sponsers kick off party before racing season started.

Double your Summer Fun!

Summer is the perfect time for great deals in Uppercase Living!!! For $99, you can join today! Not only will you receive the supplies you need to get started, but you also get $50 in credit towards the lettering of your choice!

For orders, save now! If you spend $40, you get $5 off your order. This offer good up to $20 off!

For more information, click on the box above and it will take you directly to my website!

Taste of Home Show

The Taste of Home Cooking School "Easy Breezy Spring" will be at the Pzazz Event Center next week!
Thursday, April 16th
Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.
Show Starts at 7:00 p.m.
$12.50 - non-reserved seating

It will be a delightful night of fun and prizes!!!
Taste of Home Cooking Schools Home Economist Mary-Janice Reisdorf presents a fast paced show featuring 10 simple - delicious - notorious recipes designed to delight your family and friends. 16 Exhibitors will share their take on everything from Beigo Bags to Upper Case Living. Every attendee gets a great prize bag and also has a chance to win some great door prizes!

If you go, check out my booth featuring the Uppercase Living products!

New Catalog and Online Ordering

If you haven't seen the new Uppercase Living catalog, you can view it online. There are lots of new accessories and colors added!

One of the new features to the website is online ordering. Now you can do your shopping from the comforts of home.

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions!

Catching up

I'll be catching any new things going on. I've been busy and not having a computer to go online. Thanks to all of those ignorant people who have nothing better to do than create harmful viruses. I'm so glad I have a great brother in-law who fixes it!!!

Our Fun Night of Creative Friends!

I have got some really creative friends!!! We had our first night of crafting and the results were just BEAUTIFUL! We all had a great time talking, sharing and making our blocks!

Jessica wanted snow! By the way ~ It was also Jessica's 17th birthday!!!

Rosie's caught up in the glue web :)

Tonya and Ruby putting some deep thoughts into their project. There were so many different things to choose from.

I didn't see this earlier when I took the picture but you can see the reflection of "Peace" on the table. It was so pretty!

Here's our group...Ruby, Tonya, Kim and Rosie! Thanks for coming over for a night of fun!!!

Fun Craft night November 20 at 6:00pm (New price $19)

We will be having a craft night on Nov 20 and Dec 2 at my house in Stronghurst, IL.

Nov. 20 or Dec 2
starts at 6:00pm
214 S. Mary
Stronghurst, IL


You will need to choose which project(s) you want to do. Email me if you are interested in joining us - mmcgraw66@yahoo.com. You may pay by cash, check or credit card. I will be placing an order to get all of the supplies picked up and ready for class. Contact me ASAP if you are interested in joining us for a night of fun!


There are several ideas to make for Christmas!!! You can choose any or make all of them!

If you don't like the lamps, you can choose to have other filler - like these mints!

You can make these for yourself or use for gifts! Also, if you are looking for something unique for the hard to buy for family member or friend, look no further. Uppercase Living is offering you the opportunity to view catalogs online AND place your orders at the same time - It doesn't get much easier to shop! When you choose a phrase or word, you can see what it looks like in the color of your choice. If anyone has any questions, feel free to call or email me.

Here's the site: http://mcgraw.uppercaseliving.net/

Come try Verve - the insanely healthy energy drink

Tuesday night 9/23, we will be having our energy drink, Verve, on hand for all to sample. If you want to try it, we will be at Glory Sports, located next to Casebine in West Burlington.

This event runs from 6-8pm. I will be there at the beginning but if you come later and I'm gone, just tell them I invited you over to try it. Hope to see you there!

It comes in regular and sugar free. They have a guarenteed money back policy, if you try it for 30 days and decide you really don't like it, they will refund your money! What have you got to lose - besides becoming healthier?!

Jessica's Homecoming

Here's a few of my favorite homecoming pictures of Jessica. She's so pretty (of course she gets her looks from her momma)! Many of you will recognize the beautiful background :)

Insanely Healthy Drink

Do you feel your best, or is your age starting to show? Are you running out of energy before you're running out of the things that have to get done? Do you feel like a cog in the corporate machine working hard to make someone else rich? Are you happy with what you see? If so, check out this new product!
www.myverve.com/mcgraw Healthy Energy Drink
www.myvemma.com/mcgraw Healthy 2 oz serving

Chris and I both have started drinking it. I'm a picky eater and really don't like to eat all of the healthy foods. I like the idea that my body is getting the nutrients by drinking Vemma.

We are going to start Vemma's energy drink, Verve, as soon as we get it. I've tried the regular and sugar free and my favorite is sugar free. I'll keep you all posted on our results!

New Fall catalog

If you haven't already seen it yet, check out the new fall catalog for Uppercase Living. There's so many new things added, including 4 new colors!!! The spring/summer catalog and the fall catalog are both good through the end of December.

Just click on the link on the left side of this screen to go straight to my Uppercase Living site. Enjoy!

Brian Hetrick

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Brian Hetrick. Tragically, Brian suffered brain trauma from a motorcycle accident. He will be honored as the 2008 sprint class 305 at 34 Raceways. May you rest in peace and win every race in Heaven.

More ideas

Here's some more exciting ideas for using Uppercase Living products! One thing for sure, you are only limited by your imaginations!

This is a unique idea of putting the bride and grooms name on the entrace doors to the reception. You can also put the couples monograms on the table centerpieces. One girl mentioned that they placed names on the dance floor but I couldn't find the picture yet.
This is a beautiful way of decorating and when it's all done, just peel them off!

Uppercase now carries accesories to finish your projects. Below, they took scrapbook paper and glued to chipboard, creating this exciting Halloween decoration! Here you notice several different ideas to make. The "Family" board is just like above where you decorate the chipboards and place your letters on. I can see this sitting on a mantel or a table with your pictures nearby! Just think how many possibilities there are with these!
Someone took the embellishments and made their own ABC book. It's so cute! One person mentioned that they used the "T is for..." for their children's names.

Frustration in traveling

Well, Chris and I decided to go back to our routine of eating out on Sundays now that the bridge is open. What we didn't expect is the hour long wait in line. It's very frustrating as many of them had Iowa plates, with camera's and camcorders.

There was yet another accident while we were waiting. They must be paying too much attention looking around and not watching where they are going. Looking down at the side of the road, there were several pieces of headlights, turn signals, plastics, etc. How frustrating!

We are better off driving around through Ft. Madison at this rate!

My Uppercase Living Display

I finally did it! I ordered my family name from Uppercase Living and was able to get it framed. Special thanks goes out to my secret pal from work to thank for that. They gave me a $20 gift card to Hobby Lobby - my favorite place to shop!

So, I went on a mission to find the perfect frame and mat board. McGraw is in sage green and our first names are in Bourdeux Red. It turned out great!

Here's the pictures. It makes a great wedding gift for that special person who already has everything! Uppercase has many color choices and lots of fonts - so let your imagination run wild! If you are interested in one for yourself, just let me know and I'll help you.

For those of you asking the size of this frame, the glass area is 11" x 35". It is a very heavy, sturdy frame. They also have a white-washed oak, and black frames to choose from.

Win a tractor for $2!

How would you like a chance to win a tractor? Sprint Invaders Benevolent Society (SIBS) is selling tickets for $2 each to win the tractor below (trailor not included). The SIBS helps assure the drivers safety on the track. Here's their Mission Statement:
1. Safety / Education
2. Benevolent Fund
3. Honor & Recognition of Members
4. College Scholarships
5. Charitable Needs of Club

If you or someone you know might be interested in purchasing a ticket, let us know! You can go to http://www.sprintinvaders.com/ and contact them or email camfab3@gmail.com.

Drawing will be held August 16 at 34 Raceways. Good luck!

Nate is wanting to start school this fall to become a graphic designer. He is a natural at it! I spent all of 30 minutes one day to show him some basic ideas and he's been running with it since. He does everything from the most simple touches to the complicated. Here's one he put together in a couple hours. With a closer look, this picture represents everything in life that Nate wants...of course all materialistic things.

Isn't she cute?!

Well, you probably guessed by now...here's a picture of me :) I am either 3 or 4 in this picture. Can you believe there was a day when I really was skinny?!

Summertime cooking

For those of you who like to grill outside, I thought you might like to see this idea with Uppercase Living. The ladies said to warn you because now their husbands all want a new grill! I wonder if we put our husband's name on it, if they'll be happy to do ALL of the cooking?!

Here's another idea I really love! It really adds a sense of class to the curb appeal.

What causes grey hair?!

Here's the answer...my two teenagers! Some days you just gotta love them and other days I think to myself, "why wasn't this in the baby manual?!"

Nate LOVES taking pictures of everything, including himself. I guess that's the thing with teens today. Today, he has brown hair, which is his natural color, but who knows what the color will be next week. I'm waiting for him to fall in love with a rich woman so she can pay his bills.Here's Jessica. We were at the park last weekend for the Helmick family reunion. If anyone was wondering why we kept walking off, I thought it was a pretty place to take pictures! Jess normally wears colored contacts to make her eyes more aqua but on this day, she is wearing clear, which shows her beautiful blue eyes.

My babies

Although I do have two teenagers, these two characters are my real babies, Oreo and Suzy-Q. Oreo is the lazy one of the two. Aren't they adorable?!

Suzy-Q found the cushy part of the couch! You know how they say pets look like their owners? Well Suzy-Q really does! Her head starts out normal, she has belly buldge and then the hips just get superwide - just like her momma!

More Nature

Here's a few pictures Chris took.

This one here was taken in the parking lot at Great River Medical Center. The Killdeer bird is known for nesting close to humans. The eggs are almost undetectable and blend in with the rocks.

Chris also took these pictures on the way home. He didn't realize until he got closer that it the fox was a mommy.

The baby's so cute!

Nature - the prettier side

After seeing all of the devastation from the flood, take a moment to see the a prettier side of nature. Jessica and I went to the Evan's farm just outside of Stronghurst to see the horses and the new spring colt. Nothing eases your mind like the countryside!

Here is Doc (the paint) and Ringo just hanging by the fence waiting for a snack.

Here's Jet, running along with her son, Jag.
This is the perfect tree for the cats! The tree is hollow and they've been running through the tunnels.
Doc is just relaxing and grazing in the pasture.



The sun just sparkles on Rowdy's beautiful red coat.
Jag is hanging out with his mom!
"Catch me if you can!"This is Elle. Elle and Jag are great buddies and they especially enjoy running together!

Carman Road Closed

Do Not Pass - How ironic is that?! I thought it would help to show just how deep this area is.

I'm not one to break the rules...but we did want to see how bad the Carman Blacktop was. Of course Chris was driving as I wouldn't have been able to drive past the road block. We are standing on the creek overpass looking towards the south. The top picture is the same area. We just backed up a little, looking south east.

Have FUN and make MONEY

How often do you get the chance to have fun and earn some extra money at the same time?? If you want fun, new and exciting, now's the time to get involved. Uppercase is offering a $25-50 discount off of the demonstrator kits.

They are also benefits that will help you get started on your new adventures. They have added an incentive that will earn you an extra $10 for every hundred dollars you sell!

Summer Splash!

If you're wanting to host a party, now's the best time with the Summer Splash incentives offered through July 31st! If you are familiar with the DOUBLE-UP rewards, then you'll be really excited to hear that Uppercase Living is offering TRIPLE-UP rewards instead!!!

What this means is that if you previously ordered products ($125 max), Uppercase will triple it and add it to your minimum $200 open house total ($375 max). This will allow you to move up for even more free and half off items! Wow!

Email for more information mmcgraw66@yahoo.com

More decorating

One of my friends showed me a new way her projects. She is sooooooo creative! She made this for her son's wedding and it is just beautiful!!!

This is actually in my dining room, looking towards the living room. I want my friends and family to know they are ALWAYS welcomed in my home!

This is my favorite project with the clear frame. It's just simply adorable! Sometimes less really is more.

My hobbies

One of the exciting things I enjoy is demonstrating for Uppercase Living products. Check out the slideshow with some ideas. Also, you can view the online catalog by registering at www.uppercaseliving.com :

Registration ID: 812127
Token: mcgraw

My first day!

Here it is folks! It's my first day of communication through the internet. I have to admit, I'm a little nervous but it will be cool! Keep checking back as I start adding the photos!

WELCOME!

This is my first post and I'm learning. More coming soon!