wanted to share a card that i created…
or 14 of them actually:)
this is for our swap for next month:)
materials used:
patterned papers: doodlebug, imaginesce, and hambly
transparency: hambly
chipboard: maya road
turquiose glimmer mist: tattered angels
punch: stampin up, fiskars
bakers twine: martha stewart
thanks for stoppin by…
happy tuesday!
xoxo
erin
we’ve been soaking up the sunshine the past few days overhere in the bay and just lovin it!
it just so happens that our local challenge group’s theme for march is spring:)
we were either to create a 2 pater [always a stretch for me] or 10 cards.
since i just picked up the new AC Dear Lizzy line, i went with the 2 pager!
we were to use 3 papers from our stash [i used a creative imaginations flower sillouette, and the newly purchased AC...they technically were all in my stash when i started...LOL]
i had so much fun with this one. kept it simple, just focused on the journaling and super cuteness from these papers!
here’s what i came up with:
you two girls
patterned papers: Dear Lizzy + American Crafts
Flower sillouette paper: Creative Imaginations
yellow meringue glimmer mist: Tattered Angels
pink chipboard alpha: My Little Shoebox
brown pen: American Crafts
here are some closer images:
tfl, and have a fabulous Monday!
We’ve been soaking up the sunshine overhere in the BAY!
took a nice long walk around our neighborhood yesterday, amidst the cleaning and potty training, and oh it felt soooooo good!
and we were busy bees last week:
we made:
pretzel hugs, sugar cookies, and jelly bean treat bags for friends at school.
this year, miss e’s teacher threw the class valentines day party all on her own…the kids were so surprised and so enjoyed their fun treats!
as room mom, we’re preparing for their annual mad hatter’s tea party!
we will have sewing parties with all the kids, and can’t wait to go out and start looking for and buying all the fun supplies! each child will make their own hat…oh the possibilities are endless!
thanks in advance to my mom, and my friend’s moms who are coming to sew:)
and lastly, here is miss e scaring away her bronchitis!
go emi girl, go!
happy hearts day, hope you’re enjoying the day with your loved ones:)
xoxo,
erin
and this photo has nothing to do with it specifically…
or does it? LOL
go HERE for all the fun details!
good luck!
happy friday to everyone!
it is an oh happy day for our household…
miss e was well enough to go back to school today.
she so missed her friends.
and her teachers.
and they missed her.
they were allowed to wear red/pink today.
bad mamma for not taking photos yet, but both miss e and miss m were rockin their valentines outfits from gymboree today!
got some cleaning done.
productive meeting.
even some down time. [big yay!]
while miss e was at art class, miss m and i visited an lss that i’ll be teaching at soon…
details to come shortly!
picked out some products for a make n take that i’ll be doing for them at a fundraising event. i’m really looking forward to this!
picked up some new AC – dear lizzy stuff. oh so stinkin cute! their booth was directly across from us at CHA…oh the drool!
we were going to have a date night tonight, but since miss e is still getting over bronchitis, we scratched dinner for two and made it dinner for four at our fave spot.
and oh, did it hit the spot!
nothing like quality family time at our fave restaurant and our girls pretty much behaved!
note to self: when in a booth, make sure miss m is on the side with the wall! LOL
on our way home, we were singing opera style, telling knock knock jokes, etc…
and miss e exclaims “MOMMY- You SO need to be MORE NORMAL!!!”
i thought to myself…
whatever does she mean:
what is NOT normal about this???
when i showed her these photos…
she told me:
Oh, MOMMY, try harder!!!
hee hee…
xoxo,
erin
welcome monday~
miss e woke with a fever. she was home with me this morning. she worked on brownie stuff, and i tackled mt o laundry!
and cleaned out my closet:)
onto happier things:
pattie, rocio, and a bunch of other wonderful ladies took miss debby’s schuh’s painters tray class…the weekend after CHA.
if you haven’t taken a class from her, please do! she is such a delight, funny, and so creative! and so calm…
which is why as evidenced in this photo of me, while setting up our CHA booth, tells you i was great need of a nice calm debby class! LOL
and if you get a chance, go check out the MLS blog…
lots of beautiful creations up from miss melanie and miss bethany!!!
they so rocked it this month!
hello and welcome to the where in the world did my week go brain?
let’s have a recap…
both girls in school
swimming lessons started, oh party on in the water!
new swim teacher miss m adores!
new ballet shoes, getting ready for miss m’s first recital
cardio sculpt class
volunteer at school
household chores
ww, back to tracking! down 11 lbs…very happy so far!
bunco
cardio dance class
mommy n me art with miss m
volunteer for reading with miss e
was told from one of my gym teachers that i remind her of a dear childhood friend and that it is her priveldge to have me in class…no rhythmn and all LOL!
car wash- oops then it rained again! LOL
unpacked from CHA- my goodies suitcase:) i’ll play soon!
brunch with girls
more potty progress
zumba class, with miss j who is back at our gym now, yay!
miss e’s spring recital routine started and new costume arrived!
art class for miss e, who loves her teacher and class, and enjoyed working with clay
the girls got to spend the weekend with my parents
treats galore undoubtedly
soaked up the sunshine in my parents spacious backyard
played well with eachother, made up new games [love hearing that]
dh and i had dinner and movie date night!
go see the edge of darkness- it was fabulous!
church event- lovely guest speaker
school auction dinner
too many funny moments, oh the paparrazi, masks, glasses, and dancing:)
and what did we bid on…oh yeah! LOL
church, bible study.
so happy pastor is back home
zumba class
dinner with my whole family
laundry
laundry
laundry
and now off to finish running errands while the house is quiet so i can get prepared for the week ahead…
valentines and more to come!
blessings,
erin
p.s. this is my handsome hubby and date from said weekend:)
hello and happy sunday!
hope you all had a fabulous weekend:)
aside from the laundry, cleaning, and regular house stuff, we had a full and fun weekend:)
daddy had to go out of town for a church seminar.
while daddy was away, we:
painted, danced, celebrated our birthdays all over again, and danced some more!
we also:
baked some raspberry pretzel hugs, oh yum!
we took photographs of mommy’s rocio rockets’ challenge this month:
for january, we needed to:
add paint, felt [does velvet count?], bling, and glimmer.
3 out of 4 isn’t bad right? LOL
and for the cards, we made some thank yous:
and then used them right away for our xmas thank yous!
and last but not least, this is a layout that i did for a becky fleck sketch:
this is featuring basic grey’s sugar rush collection…yum!
we also:
enjoyed a girl night out with the brownies, at their songfest event!
had a fun visit from grandparents
created a beautiful class by debby schuh
soaked in all my girltime during class and over a delish dinner + dessert!
caught up and relaxed with hubby
back to church as a family of four
took a fabulous cardio sculpt class
toured another preschool- top choice for all so far!
had a pretty uneventful dinner out, yippee!
and off to create cards or clean my scrap stuff…
happy sunday all!
ok wow! what a fun trip!
[but i cried after dropping miss m off. cried while dropping miss e off. so thankful for supportive parents at her school. totally helping out with the auction basket delivery in the rain! and wanted to come home tuesday night...]
but FUN we did have!!!
highlights:
seeing our MLS team altogether, missing old friends, and meeting new ones!
-i got skills
-who fell asleep while talking mid sentence?
-are ya’ll ready for all this?
-peace out HOMIES!
-lovin how it takes us 9 girls 6 hours to set up our 10×20, yet American Crafts hired crew took just under two hours to set up theirs that was oh, quadrupuled our size.
-yet so impressed at how adorable our booth was!
-drooling over tattered angels, and playing with glam, mists, and glaze galore!
-dinners with yummo food and yummo ladies and gentlemen!
-fun photo ops [photos to come, they are somewhere in my phone]
-cool make n takes
-laughing
-laughing
-and more laughing
since i’m still sleep deprived and nursing a potential toe infection, i will leave you with this, i stole from erin payne’s blog…
to bring you highlights from our month so far:
new art classes for both girls:) miss e starts later this week. miss m and i had a ball this morning! we painted our hearts out using lots of different textures, we sculpted faces, hair, and animals out of clay, we created gingerbread men and women, and we made a very special friend a gift. they are all still drying and will be home next week. after we cleaned up, we danced silly songs, and made new friends. can’t wait to see what miss e creates in her class!
lovin the gym…been enjoying the variety and quality of the teachers our gym offers. my fave right now is mr jimmy’s body sculpt and miss rachel’s cardio sculpt. lovin step again too, and miss susan’s body sculpt and zumba baby! been going 4-5 days a week…yes, i will be bringing my gear on down to cha with me!
watching my e girl dance! she literally shines in her class, and is so very happy doing so!
bible study at church. has been really really really good. one of my fave classes conflicts with that time. so, i will trade off every other weekend. til i can get that jimmy workout in somewhere else, just as effective.
that daddy finally asked where we can put up our chalkboard, and now have weekly bible study lessons at home right in front of us, v. the impromptu when we remember to do them.
lovin our movie dates…some with just hubby, some with just miss e, and some for the whole family:) thank goodness for the entertainment book coupons! my faves the past few months:
-princess and the frog
-blind side
-the book of eli
my girltime. getting together and creating alongside these girls makes me just giddy! sometimes i am productive…other times i’m not. thanks hubby for letting me have my girltime, esp the all day crops!
lastly, getting to play with…MLS‘ brand new lines coming out for winter CHA!
Here’s my creations with Away We Go!
thank you nicole for your beautiful photo! [courtesy of michelle riddle]
thank you kristin for this awesome photo! LOVED our CE trip last summer!
for more of my work from this line, please visit the MLS blog…
And here’s what I created with, All A Flutter [which I named, do you like it?]
i had been waiting until i found paper for this gorgeous photo by tom vo, miss m’s preschool photographer. so in love with my lil girl!
my friend, krista lund captured us in this wonderful moment! she is such a gifted woman!
so excited for my bro, he will be married this summer!
2 sweet cards, oh how i love this line!
here’s the front of my new fave book…called my loves.
yep, all about my family, gifts from God.
happy tuesday!!!
