happy anniversary!   March 30, 2010

to mom and dad:)
thanks for always being there!
we had a very successful mad hatter’s tea party today,
and mommy has been working on a ton of MLS work [not the scrappy kind, the work kind],
and has been dealing with a now solved room mom issue at school!
we welcome april with open arms…
hope we aren’t sick anymore,
and can’t wait to celebrate a little/big girls’ birthday coming soon!

once mommy catches up on LIFE, there will be more blog stuff going on!

xoxo,
erin

go check out this video…   

from erin and heather…
we so love you girlies!!!

go MLS!!!

coming out of the f o g . . .   March 27, 2010

well, last week was challenging at best!
momma was still fighting a fun virus that had found her.
2nd grade was in full swing with mad hatter tea party preparations, and we were so thankful to other parents who stepped up to help out!
and my dear mom came down, and helped with one of the sewing parties!
yay! an annual 2nd grade tradition at our school- is well underway, and as head room Mom, i so wanted to be there for it all:)
thankful that by friday, i was well enough to pitch in, and see the fun chaos for myself and how much the kids just loved it all!

when momma didn’t feel well, we rescheduled our playdate and, we spent time outside:
chasing bubbles
playing on scooters
practicing golf swings
rehearsing dance numbers for upcoming recitals
and more bubble time
we also did our work:
while momma was working on thank you cards on behalf of MLS,
the girls decided they would join me and do their “work”:

once our “work” was done, the girls’ enjoyed making easter bunnies homes:

and since momma didn’t make the frosting correctly, they used store bought frosting instead:
hoping the bunnies won’t mind…

we went to the store and brought home these:

and worked on a big breakthrough- to get miss m to start
using the BIG potty.
she has been waking up dry first thing in the morning, and will be dry until naptime, sometimes even through naptime.
but, making the transition from toddler potty to BIG potty has been a source of stress for her:
so we’re very proud of you miss m!

on friday night, we went scrappin!!!

and when our dear friend miss k stopped by,
can’t quite put into words how happy i was,
how happy we all were!
and so thankful wragge had her camera…

and how much we’re looking forward to CE 2010!!!

today, daddy got his “work” hat on for spring cleaning at church,
so of course, so did miss e and miss m:

and then after some family nap time,
mommy and daddy went out for a dinner we won at our school auction,
and the girls had a blast with miss h!
thank you, nicole for sharing her:)

so thankful for my family, friends, and finally feeling like myself again:)
and for little happy emails like finding out i won a rak from miss nora!

and seeing this project,

on the LILY BEE blog under friday faves!
um…yeah, i was so thrilled!
thank you, lily bee!
i so LOVE your products:)

happy weekend!

xoxo,
erin

love, m a u i style!   March 23, 2010

we celebrated my parents’ 40th anniversary two summers ago in hawaii.
and had a blast!
here’s just one of the photos that instantly brings back those warm tropical long days that i so yearn for right now…

[and super excited to be going back to maui next month!]

papers: Flying High My Little Shoebox
overlays: My Little Shoebox
diecuts: My Little Shoebox
lace cardstock: Creative Impressions
border strip punches: Fiskars
crimper: Fiskars
chipboard alpha: My Little Shoebox
felt flower: Pattie Beltran
bling: Michaels
black gel pen: Sakura

tfl!
and thank you again, to S A K U R A
for their generous donations to our team!

xoxo,
erin

t r e a s u r e found.   March 22, 2010

trying to put into words how i feel about these five women that i shared last year’s CE experience is still a very difficult thing to do…

for my second layout, for MLS’ march assignment, i made this:

paper: MLS Flying High
cardstock: Bazzill
paint: Ranger dauber pool blue
punches: Fiskars
crimper: Fiskars
seam binding: unknown
felt flower: Pattie Beltran
black gel pen: Sakura

someday, i’ll have an album filled with pages like these, that when i see, i instantly cry- because my heart is so very full, of love for these women.

and thank you again, sakura, for your generous donations to our DT!

when momma is sick…   March 21, 2010

we are ever more grateful for our daddy/husband who swoops in, and takes care of us girls.
he offers consistency.
he offers stability.
he offers laughs.
he plays good games as they say.
when daddy is at church,
and we also appreciate, scrapbooking:

thanks martha stewart for your glitter!
thanks fiskars for your awesome punches!
thanks ranger for your stickles!
thanks tattered angels for your glimmer!

hoping to be back on my feet soon…

xoxo,
erin

you t w o.   March 18, 2010

this seems fitting lately, as a title for most things that occur on a daily basis within our household, our community, our friends, our family.

here’s a layout that i made with MLS’ new flying high line…
this is our miss m, with her bff, miss a.

and here’s some close ups:

supplies:

papers: MLS, Flying High
diecut: MLS, Flying High
paint dauber: Ranger pool blue
cardstock: Bazzill
glimmer mist: Tattered Angels, Yellow Meringue
mask: Heidi Swapp
gel pens: Sakura
punches: Fiskars
crimper: Fiskars
buttons: vintage unknown

how i created it:
first, i placed the heart and circles from heidi swapps’ masks on the white circle cardstock.
i sprayed it with the yellow meringue glimmer mist.
i painted the cardboard, and then adhered my photo.
i cut strips from the b side of the MLS paper, and then ran the strips through the crimper. my new favorite combo!
then, i crimped some of the punched papers, added the birds and journaled with sakura’s black gel pen.
and voila!

thank you sakura, for your generous donations to our DT!

thank you!   March 17, 2010

for your generous donations…
you rock!

Emi   March 14, 2010

and one more . . .
this is my FAVE!
she will be 8 next month!
seriously???

around here…   

happy sunday all!
we have been enjoying this gorgeous sunshine and nearly 70 degree days the Lord has brought us this weekend!
and here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to:

miss e has been working on her leprechaun trap!
it is due tomorrow…
what do you think so far?

i’ve finally found some mojo…
and started my MLS assignments thursday…

with this one i shared earlier:

ok, you guys are too funny, instead of leaving comments here, you email me:)
yes: the card is a mixture of the front and back sides from FLYING HIGH, one of MLS’ new winter releases.

friday and saturday, i worked on and almost completed the remainder of my march MLS assignments. i’ll share shortly…

and while daddy and the girls worked on potty training, sharing, playing, and having 3 and 7 yr old fits that daddy squashed [while cooking, cleaning the kitchen, including dishes and cleaning up all toys], mommy spent the day with some dear friends:) we laughed, shared, ate yummy stuff, laughed, shopped, and did a bit of scrappin…
oh, and caught a movie afterwards!
i feel so incredibly blessed on days like that.
to have a husband who gets that mommy needs girltime.
to have a group of women that totally get me and love me anyway.
to have two beautiful sassy and fiery girls that test me daily and that i couldn’t imagine my life without.

and for the glorious sunshine days of the bay…
to capture moments like this of my emi girl!

oh Happy DAY!!!

blessings,

erin