Aaaah....life!

Before she got too old, we made a trek to the American Girl Doll store in LA and splurged on lunch!

My Boy Scout on a zip line!

On a cruise ship.  With real grass.  Amazing trip!  Thanks, Mom!!

My little ham.

Ft Ross Settlement.  Gorgeous place - highly recommend!

Visit to one of our favorite places.  Poor pig. 

Giddy up!  City boy meets Ms Easy.

What form!  Track and Field Spring '13

Yes, it's supposed to be edible.  Man o'da house having fun with the dehydrator.

Before the oven broke.

64 Oreos.  Since the oven wasn't working.  

Ummm....shouldn't the boy or Dad be doing this???

Fishing.  Dumb fish too smart to eat peanut butter and lettuce.

She better end up an artist.  Hopefully not the starving kind.

Look, Ma!  I learned how to sew on zippers!

Fancy pillowcases.  With pockets a la Pottery Barn.    And crocheted edge!  If you wanna buy one, it will cost you $50!

Fun with fleece.  

Learning how to sew more stuff.

Foot mops.  Binding and curves - aaack!

Rainy like Seattle

Rain, rain, go away...come again another.....Oh...rain is good, very, very good. As a matter of fact, California can use probably a month or so worth of rain. But it's sooooo dreary!

Here's a card I made - hoping it would coax the sun out just for a bit:



I cased the card idea from Impress but added a few more 3D embellishments for it (there are those starfish die cuts again - Cuddlebug die cuts that were shaped to make them 3D; also some hand-made flip flops out of fun foam). The Hibiscus flower was cut from felt. I have the instruction book somewhere that tells how to make them so when I find it, I will update the info.

I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day! We had a low-key one, told my DH not to splurge on any roses so he was good and got me a nice bouquet with red/white flowers and just 3 red roses. We all went out to eat at PF Changs. The wait was 2 hours if you had no reservations!

PTI Friend card challenge

Yet another card challenge at PaperTrey Ink!

Here is one of my favorite card designs I created for a friend. This has all the elements she loves - flowers and butterflies!



EDIT: The bloom flower is made from different sizes of scallop punches. I cut the "petals" to the center, shaped them, then glued them together. Paper used is a sheet from a DCWV pack - one that I didn't particularly like as a background paper but it sure looks great used for this flower. Leaves were handcut after running folded cardstock through a crimper. Butterfly punch used is from Punch Bunch (cut from DCWV cardstock) and sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink. I believe the ink I used for the sentiment is SU Bayou Blue (??not sure if that is what it's called!).

450+ Yards of Ribbons!

Ok - am obsessing with trying to win something (since am not earning any money selling anything on my Etsy shop) so here's another card am submitting to PaperTrey Ink for their Ribbon challenge. Prize package is $280-worth of ribbons!

I took liberty with the sketch that Nichole designed...the sentiment is from PTI, embossed rectangle was done with a Cuttlebug folder (can't recall what it's called), butterfly is also a Cuttlebug die, gold organdy ribbon is an OLD, retired ribbon from SU and bling are from Jo Ann fabrics and cardstock are SU.



Mini Paper Purses Instructions: Will post them tomorrow

Scone Recipe: Will also post tomorrow

Meanwhile, there's PTA Treasurer work to be done and assisting my son with some Wolf badge requirements for Cub Scouts