Fabulous Friend...

I have been sitting on this layout for a few weeks now, because I wanted to journal on it... but every time I tried... I chickened out... I wanted to hand write something down on the bottom left corner... but I just couldn't bring myself to do it... I've been afraid I'd screw it up... then I'd have to put something over it... and maybe no one else would know, but I'd know I messed it up... and it would be a big eye sore staring at me...

So after weeks of looking at... I've decided... I like it just the way it is... no journaling. Which for me is huge... because I always do a bit about the memory... but for this photo... this memory... I think "Fabulous Friend"... & "time for you and me" say it all... I'm sooooo happy I waited... I love it just the way it is.

What about you... Do you journal on every layout? Do you think you have to/need to? What do you do if you mess up on your journaling? I'd love to know what you do and your solutions...

That's it for today... have the happiest of Thursdays... and thanks for stopping by... it's so appreciated!!!

Big Girl Bike...

This is Rainee with her new Big Girl Bike last year for her 6th birthday! She loves loves loves riding it! She couldn't wait to share it... so the next school day... she just HAD TO ride it... to show it off!!! It was the cutest thing watching her excitement with her friends... soooooo sweet!

So... while writing this memory about Rainee, her new bike and her friends... I was reminded of one of my own childhood memories... I wasn't 6... I was about 14... when my sister, Mona, and I came home from school to find our dad had bought us both new10-speed bikes!!! We had been wanting them f.o.r.e.v.e.r and to see them in our front yard was... well happiness on two wheels!!! They were such a surprise... we could hardly contain our excitement... and what was the first thing we both HAD TO DO?? Of course... show it off to all our friends.... just like Rainee! This was such a sweet sweet memory I'd nearly forgotten... not only about the bike, but about my dad's very generous heart! We didn't have much growing up, so getting those bikes... was huge... I know it meant my dad had to work extra to get them... but I also know it warmed his heart to see our joy. I think being a kid with a new bike is... pure delight!

Thank You Teacher Card...

With only 13 days of school left I thought I should start thinking about a Thank You Teacher card... So this weekend I managed to squeezed a tiny bit of scrapping in to make this card for Rainee's teacher. I think crayons and pencils are the perfect touch when it comes to anything school... so of course I had to use some on my card.

Where did this First Grade year go??? I'm having a very hard time wrapping my head around the fact that school is almost over... and I'm looking for an end of the year teacher gift... Do you have any ideas?? Would love your hear them... I seriously don't know what I'm going to do...

Well, that's it for today... thanks so much for stopping by... I hope your Tuesday is lovely...

Mother's Day...

Mother's Day. Ours started early, since Steve had to work Sunday. On Friday, we went to a gourmet burger place for dinner... which was really good. Saturday... Rainee and I went to Home Depot for their kids craft... ran a ton of errands... cleaned the house... had a water gun fight... and watched movies... by the end of the day... we were exhausted... it was a very very full day. Sunday... plans changed when we woke up to rain... Steve needed to take the car, which left us stranded at home... except for walking wherever we needed to go... so, we weren't able to go to church... instead, we stayed in our pj's as long as we could before we walked movies with my nephew (Staush, it was his birthday)... where we saw "Thor"... great movie... especially, if you like those super-hero Marvel movies.... and we do! After dinner we celebrated Staush's birthday & Mother's Day with Cold Stone ice cream cupcakes... yum... it was a very lovely Mother's Day. As for the Thor photo... I so wanted to post some photos from our weekend... but I haven't downloaded them yet... so I'll have to post them later...

I hope your Mother's Day was filled will wonderful things... What did you do??

Friday's 10 Happy Things...

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!  I hope your week was filled with some unforgettable HAPPY THINGS... and you'll join in with your 10 everyday happy list... plus the creative happy thing you made this week... it can be anything...  a scrapbook layout... a card... something you've baked... sewed... or painted... anything you've created that made you happy...

You have all week to share the link to your happy list & creation... by using the Linky below... that goes directly to your post... it’s super easy & fun to boot!

Here's my 10 happy things for this week...

1. A white rose bouquet from my garden... beautiful!
2. Getting drenched in a squirt gun fight with Rainee & Steve.
   I don't understand it... I seemed to be the only one completely soaked. What's up with that? Too much fun! =)
3. Receiving a Spring candy gram from Rainee.
4. Cow day at school, and petting a calf. 
5. BLT's with avocado... yum! (turkey bacon of course)
6. Listen to Rainee read and getting better every day.
7. PTA surprising all the teaches for Teacher Appreciation Day...
   so happy they loved their PTA surprise!
8. 2 more packages of Happy Mail.
9. A new water heater... yeah hot showers once again... because,
   cold showers aren't much fun.
10. Rainee waking up early, to have breakfast with me. I love this time together... talking about what our day will bring!

And my favorite creation this week is my Favorite Spring Thing card for the new challenge at TAAFOMFT. Flowers and butterflies.... are 2 of my favorite things about spring. You have to check out the DT's favorites... and we'd love you join in with us at TAAFOMFT.

Happy Friday... that's it for me! I hope you'll play along... you can join in ANY TIME over the next week with your 10 happy things... it's all about sharing the things in your life that make you happy... which are sure to make us happy too!! Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday!!

I love you Mother's Day Card...

This I love you Mother's Day Card... has something I absolutely adore... it's this wonderful "I love you" paper. I've been using it for years... because of it's endless possibilities... and because it goes with everything... and anything... whenever Joann's or Michael's have a paper sale... I have to grab a couple more to keep on hand.

Is anyone else obsessed with a paper or embelly you make sure you always have on hand for any project that comes along?? Or is that just me?

Well, that's it for today... thanks for stopping by my blog... enjoy the rest of your day!!!

You Are My Sunshine...

When I was making my Favorite Things Spring Card... I fell in love with the little seed packets I'd made... & loved it so much I had to make another card with it! I'm loving the different ways I can use it! So, you may be seeing more of this one & some store bought packets on other projects... too too fun!

Thanks for skipping by my blog on this lovely Spring day!!! Enjoy it!

p.s. I have to tell you my Favorite Things Spring Card was on Card Making on Twitter... very cool!

What's Your Favorite...

thing about Spring??? This is our new challenge for TAAFOMFT. There are so many thing I love about Spring... but I chose the two thing I enjoy the most... flowers and butterflies.... seeing flowers blooming everywhere, and watching butterflies flutter all around... is, for me, the perfect picture of Spring. For this challenge I made my own little flower seed packet... then added some of the tissue paper flowers (from my tutorial) and used one of the pretty little butterflies from K&Co.

Now... tell us what your favorite thing about Spring is... we'd love for you to play along with us and check out what our very creative TAAFOMFT DT have chosen as their Spring favorites. Whatever yours is... we'd love you to share it with us... on a scrapbook page, a card, a mini book or project. The prize for this challenge is from Gecko Galz will be a $20 gift certificate to use for any products on their website http://www.geckogalz.com/ . Gecko Galz products include ephemera, paper sets, alphabet soup, digital stamps, project kits, cd collections of their papers and ephemera, and fripperies (glitter, ribbons, and antique pearl buttons). You have until 9PM EST May 13th, 2011 to leave us a link with your project showing us your Favorite Spring Thing! We can't wait to see what you create!

We Had A Great Weekend... What About You?

It was ten minutes to seven and we were all ready to go to the craft show... when I received a phone call... Because of the major winds we were having... the show was being canceled. With some of the booths outside... they would survive the wind.

Tell me I wasn't disappointed... I'd been working for the past 2 weeks trying to get a ton of stuff done.... I was exhausted!!! Seriously exhausted!!! So when I got off the phone... I was disappointed... exhausted... but somewhat relieved... I didn't know how I was going to make it through the day... I barely had 3 hours sleep... so instead, I made breakfast for my family... Potato & Turkey Bacon Burritos. Once Steve had left for work... Rainee and I seriously did nothing... well not really nothing... we watched a ton of movies... played so many games I lost count... and colored pictures - from Curious George to Backyardigans to Ironman!!! At one point we did try to go to the park, but the winds were just too strong. So we made pizza... yum... popcorn... yum... and brownies... double yum!!! It may not have been the day we had planned... it was better!!! And Sunday... well... with the winds still kicking up pretty bad... and Steve taking the car, it left us home bound again... but be made the best of it... with pancakes and turkey sausage... Wii games... movies... naps... and some more of those yummy brownies...

How was your weekend??? Do anything fun? Hope it was spent doing something fun... with those you love. Happy Monday... have a great week!

Friday's 10 Happy Things...

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!  I hope your week was filled with some unforgettable HAPPY THINGS... and you'll join in with your 10 everyday happy list... plus the creative happy thing you made this week... it can be anything...  a scrapbook layout... a card... something you've baked... sewed... or painted... anything you've created that made you happy...

You have all week to share the link to your happy list & creation... by using the Linky below... that goes directly to your post... it’s super easy & fun to boot!

Here's my 10 happy things for this week...

1. Easter... New life in Christ. 
2. Easter Sunday Service, with my family.
3. An Easter egg hunt. 
4. Candy eggs... bunnies... & chicks... 
5. Egg salad sandwiches.
6. Family movie night... watching Tron.
7. Super hero t-shirt day.
8. Skype phone calls.
9. Summer clothes coming out. 
10. Getting up super early to watch the Royal Wedding.

And my favorite creation this week is the card I made for the craft fair on Saturday... It reminds me of Spring....

That's it for me on this very... Happy Friday! You can join in ANY TIME with your list of 10 happy things... it's all about sharing the things in your life that make you happy... which are sure to make us happy too!! Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday!!

Happy Little Birdhouse...

Really quick... here's another card for the crafts show on Saturday.... I am now down to scraps of this Kraft Bird Paper by Jillibean Soup. I know they make it in other colors... but it's just not the same as the Kraft paper.... I've been savoring each little piece I use... so it makes me rather sad, that I have only scraps left... I love this paper.

Enjoy your Thursday!!!

White Paper... A Blue Flower... & A Bird...

Here's a sweet little card I made for the craft fair I'm doing on Saturday... I'm a busy little bee trying to get as many things as I can done!!!!

This card is made with some scrap laser cut paper... I really wanted to the flower and the bird to stand out so I just went with white-on-white. I'm having so much fun with the spring die-cuts by K&Co... sooooo pretty.... and of course, I had to add some butterflies... a spring card just isn't complete without some butterflies... don't your think???

Well, here's to the week nearly over... hope yours is going wonderfully! See you tomorrow!