Busy Summer Days!

I have always wanted to have some fun PLAY room letters

and lately I love any excuse I can find to display little pictures.

So when I found this fun font, I knew it was perfect!

I just loved the fun bright whimsical paper on them

and had so much fun finding some of my favorite

funny shots of my little girl.

I'll be doing a class on Saturday for these

and keeping a few kits on hand down

at Paper Cottage.

I also have wanted to do some EAT letters for my kitchen.

Everywhere I have looked they are always so plain

and just painted black.

I found the prettiest paper from Basic Grey,

which honestly is probably too pretty for my kitchen

but I had so much fun putting them together!

These letters I'll be doing a class on in a couple of weeks too!

I've got to get my pictures organized so I can show you

some of the fun ones that have been sent in lately! 

BTW Thanks ladies for doing this for me! 

I love seeing what you end up doing

and I know it sparks ideas for me and everyone

else who peeks on here!

Here is a really cute set of Baby letters Cary did up!

The picture doesn't do them justice!  They are so cute!

Here are a couple of Seasonal Hangers I put together.

My pictures are pretty bad and I couldn't figure out why everything was so blurry....

until I saw the huge fingerprint on the lens...courtesy of my little girl.

This horse head turned out so fun to me!

I love working with fun shapes!

I am really excited to see how these letters get decorated!

It's a fun new font I found called Ayosmonika.

These are 10" letters I key holed to hang across a wall.

I just love this font!

So hopefully I'll figure out how to get some pictures off of my phone

and I'll post them this week!

Thanks again gals for sending me your pictures!

America

I love just about anything Americana. 

When I first moved here and got to hang out with my sister Candace, 

I quickly found out she had a thing for Americana stuff. 

You could say it rubbed off on me just a tad.... 

We were constantly on the lookout for all things that were

barn red's, soft steely navy blue's, cream or resembled twine. 

I love anything primitive and folk art-ish

and when we do our bazaar each year

there ends up being a bit of it in just about everything we do.

So this year I needed to add to my Patriotic Decor a bit

 and found some fabulous paper to help me out!

I'll be teaching these letters as a class down at Paper Cottage

on the 19th of June and if I'm ambitious enough

I'll actually head over and update my Etsy shop!:)

It's been a crazy couple of weeks for me

with the unexpected back surgery for

my Superman Father who

has a really hard time accepting help. 

He's used to doing everything for everyone else

and doesn't quite know what to do when he can't. 

But for me it's a pleasure and an honor to be able

to actually help he and my Mom out. 

Now if I can just get through

the last week of school and

Kindergarten graduation......

Getting to Know You....

Believe it or not

I don't like being in the spotlight very much.

So when someone is kind enough like Connie from Shady Creek Lane

to pass on a blog award to little old me.....

I get a bit nervous, of what to say.....

I feel like Sally Field at the Academy Awards...

"You like me?  You really like me!"

Hee hee hee....So here it is:

1. Accept and thank the person who sent it to you.
2. List 10 things about yourself.
3. List 5 additional things you don't like.
4. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

Ten things about me.....
1. My favorite color is purple.
2. If I had to go to school again I'd want to be a landscape architect.
3. I lived in Korea for 3 years as a child.
4. I have 2 cats and "accidentally" a squirrel for pets.
5. I love drive in movies.
6. I'm deathly afraid of big bodies of water....I saw Jaws at too young of an age;)!
7. I'm a DIY TV junkie!
8. I'm ridiculously sentimental.
9. I love my family more than anything.
10. I love black and white photos or anything sepia.
Five things I DON'T like.
1. Peas.  I like them fresh from the garden but hate them cooked.  Even the smell makes me gag.
2. Squished animals on the road.
3. Liars.
4. People who aren't loyal.
5. Seafood.

A Special Thanks to my Hubby for providing me with all the above answers!:)
I love so many blogs out there it's hard to pick and choose only 10 to give this to!  If you want to see who I like to check out all the time visit my blog list!  There's some really good ones!  Make sure to go give Connie a visit too!  She's not only super nice but she's completely inspiring!!!
Later this week I promise to show some stuff I've been up to......a fun monogram, some patriotic letters and a few other things.......

Go Fly A Kite!

My sister Candace has the sweetest sister-in-law Leesa

who requested I cut her out a kite for her Seasonal Hanger

and I must say I am pleased with the result!

So much so that I'll be offering these as "Kits to Go"

down at Paper Cottage

along with a Dandy Tie just in time for Father's Day!

Each hanger comes in a kit ready to be assembled

for only $15 each!

If you don't have the hanger you can easily make these into door hangers with

a little ribbon tied through the hooks!

Don't forget to personalize the tie for your Dad!

Last year Avery and I made one for our Daddy

and he loved it!

I WISH...

By popular demand I'm going to be

doing the WISH letters again for a class

down at Paper Cottage.

After posting about them over at Crafty Sisters

and making some for our Spring Boutique

I've had several requests for them.

Since I like to give you guys what you want....

This time I put the cute little clothespins on the back to hold pictures

like Angela did on hers over at Secrets of a Super Mommy!

They turned out really Fun~~~thanks Angela for your brilliant idea!!!

Love it!

Here's a heart plaque I put together after being inspired by something similar in
Simply Handmade magazine. 
I love that magazine!  If you haven't checked it out you must!
I'm a sucker for hearts and buttons!

Here's a few other fun things I've done this last month!

First is this cute re-creation of sorts for a birthday present

for my friend's son.

His older brother had gotten one when he was a baby

and of course he needed one, bigger and better!

I can't wait to see his all decorated~~I'm told it will be all Star Wars!

Here's another fun font that I just love how it turned out!

The font is called Life Craft!

Isn't the S/dragon so cool?

I love doing fun letters like these!

Tomorrow I'm working on the TIE and KITE hangers
for the Seasonal Hanger.
So stay tuned for a peek at them!

Dear Mother, All Flowers Remind Me of You

Just in time for Mother's Day

is my version of easy gardening!

I knew as soon as I saw the new Basic Grey Paper and the cute flowers on the paper

that this was what I needed to make!

My little girl had so much helping pick out all the buttons for the flowers!

I'll be teaching a class on these in April down at Paper Cottage

and hopefully get some ready for my Etsy shop too!

Last week's Boutique was really fun!

My sister Candace and I were so busy trying to make fun stuff to share!

We were up to our eyeballs in moss, eggs and bunnies!

 

 I just love making bunnies!

Here's a picture of some that I made for it.

We wanted to share a little bit of our fun projects and offered a set for our

First Official Giveaway over at Crafty Sisters!

Thank you to all of you wondeful Ladies who have sent in pictures!

I have some more to post this week so we can all marvel at your great creativity!

Seriously, I love seeing what you put together, call it a guilty pleasure of mine!

Keep em' coming!

Anyone For A Spring Boutique?

I have to admit I'm really excited for this boutique that

Holiday House was so kind to invite us to be a part of. 

In fact I found myself daydreaming of all the fun things

to make and wondering why Christmas crafts couldn't all be

pretty shades of pastels and bunnies, it would be so much funner!

We Crafty Sisters have some fun things planned to bring

plus there will be tons of other cute stuff

just in time to fill those Easter Baskets!

Now what I'm really excited for is this SHOW & TELL!!!

Remember wonderful Connie?  We featured her

drop dead gorgeous heart wreath over at Crafty Sisters.

Well she's at it again and was kind enough to send me some pictures!

Seriously...could this be any more beautiful?

I was in complete awe!

This cool HoHoHo was actually all one piece of wood.

Connie saw the idea in a magazine and brought it to me.

I even put keyholes in the back so this one can hang up on a wall.

Doesn't Connie's Joy just make you happy?

Next up is Connie's Daughter's work!

These letters we did in the same font as my Fall letters.

I just love all the decorations and do-dads she put on here.  Love it!

Last but not least are the baby letters she did up for her little girl's room!

I have to admit the font with these letters is still one of my all time fav's!

Great job Girls!  I am so impressed!

I need to come pick your brains for some decorating ideas!

Thanks so much for sending these in and sharing them with us!

I have a couple of projects up my sleeve that hopefully I'll get done this week and post about.

Last year I had so much fun cutting out some projects for some of my neighborhood friends. 

They have their oldest children getting married and they needed some family keepsakes they had made several years ago copied so each "new" family member was included in their celebrations.

I have to admit this part of my job I really enjoy!

I love seeing and learning about the fun things you do with your families!

So there's a silly bunny I cut out last year that's

just screaming for a coat of paint and some ribbon....