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hello! i'm back with 2 cards to share today. got some new stamps recently and had some time to play.the card below was made from rolled text paper from a vintage dictionary.

does anybody ever spend hours looking for that one thing?? i spent 30 minutes last night looking for my gingher pinking shears. i walked away from searching because i was getting frustrated. then i couldn't help myself but to go look again for 20 minutes. sometimes i think that it's right under my nose and i'm looking too hard so i stop looking....go back and look and get frustrated again. here is the moral of this story: put things back where they belong right after you use them!! BTW, i still haven't found them. i need them desperately to finish a project i promised a friend. i might just have to go out & get another pair. [i'll be looking a.g.a.i.n. tomorrow]

thanks for stopping by!

i will be disowned

i just love sleeping kiddos.......snapped this picture of my [lately not so sweet] bryan. my children will disown me when they're older!

had time for 1 card on wednesday. my day was packed....in the AM, bryan had a playdate. i did laundy while they were playing but wondered why the load stopped early. turns out, i broke the washer! the night before, i was taking laundry out of the dryer and i wanted to fold it before taking it upstairs. so i accidently dropped the washer lid down and didn't think anything of it. turns out a plastic piece broke off that when pressed down, it runs the washer. i used my macgyver skills and fixed it...temporarily. we'll have to get the kenmore guy out but hopefully, that minor little piece won't be a major headache in labor costs! our washer is 10 years old & working just fine.

then me & a mom friend went to sprinkles to go reward oursleves. then i got my haircut. came home and had 1/2 hr to make this card. i can't believe i didn't stick any embellishments on this card---just stickles.

then it was time to pick up brandon from school. walked home w/ our friends and decided to let the kids burn off their energy at the playground for almost 2 hrs. then i hosed down the boys in the tub. they brought so much sand home--it's in their hair, pants pockets! fed them, did homework, then off to swim lesson and finally dinner. all in a day's work, right?TFL!

february blue bird

a quick hello today. had a little time to play.

a quickie

this year, bryan's invites are simple. we are having it at yogurtland again [his 2nd birthday was there also]. we can never predict weather in january. too cold for the park or it may even rain so better to be safe and have it indoors.
i asked the manager if i could have some spoons and he gave me a bunch and i incorporated them into his invite. i decided to keep it very simple this year by just serving snacks at the party instead of food food. less hassel and less cleanup.
again, these tags came in handy and were perfect for this fast & easy invite. another valentine/friendship card. i did some sewing on it. only my 2nd time sewing on cards and i am getting the hang of it.

this one took me 5 minutes to do. using scraps i already had lying around. again, i sewed on the card

we're off to vegas friday for a quick getaway. meeting my sis & BIL there! the boys will be so happy!! they don't know yet that we are going on a trip and that they'll be there!!