needing a vacation

making all these LOs recently of hawaii pictures makes me want to take a vacation some where before school starts again.
here is bryan at the beach right outside our hotel from this past april. the sun was setting but the boys wouldn't leave the beach! you can see brybry is trying his best to not shiver & to give me a smile.these stamps from lawn fawn are the best for these beach/pool layouts! papers are from echo park. perfect match!
we've been going to the pool still once a week. bryan's private swim lessons has gone from 30 minutes to 15---- on a good day. that boy just does not like water on his face!

so brandon has been taking the rest of the lesson time and he is doing wonderfully, learning new strokes and techniques. brandon still goes to his lesson once a week too at a swim school so he is getting in a lot of pool time this summer!

he'll be a 2nd grader soon!

always time to fool around in the kiddie pool!have a good week!

sometimes, i need ME time

hi there! i made this 8x8 layout of the boys. it's a picture from our trip to hawaii earlier this year. it's such a treat to spot a sea turtle when in hawaii....the boys didn't really care for mr. turtle much. they were more interested in playing in the sand.
these cute turtles are from lawn fawn. PP is echo park. i glossy accented the turtle shells. love that stuff!

made a quick card while playing with echo park paper. the inside is also decorated.

i altered a $1 stamp replacing the birthday wishes with 'fishes'. get it?? ;) used the alphas form this lawn fawn set.

so.... sometimes, you just need "me" time, right? the last time the boys were at the antique flea market with me, i was constantly worried they'll knock over something priceless. so i told them next time, i'm going by myself and i did just that!

i got there by 8am and there were already a ton of people! look at this fun typewriter! how about a teeny tiny sewing machine?

you get an arm workout ironing clothes with these!

again, an arm workout with these ancient mixers!i so wanted this box of old threads. most of them were wooden. i think the seller was asking $30. (ouch)

such a pretty display!

lovely

remember this movie?

some noise makers...............i have noise makers of the human kind. their names are brandon & bryan. J/Kto just think, little girls played with these!

2 of those flower frogs came home with me.

love the watering can even if it was just for play.

just thought this was interesting.

so fun. i imagine this was in front of a store to keep a child busy while one of the parents were inside shopping.

i would've taken this owl home except his eyes look cockeyed! that would bother me :(

me & my sister actually had a KFC toy like this one when were were little. i remember having so much fun with it! it had stools inside and everything! this set here had cars but i don't remember our set having vehicles. BTW, did anyone remember the pies KFC had? lemon merigne, chocolate.....yum! they were individual sized! toys! the boys would have had a field day at this vendor's booth!

ultraman

lose your key? try finding it in here!

my regret is not picking up this strawberry water dispenser thingy at this stand here. it was only $2 too! whyyyyyyyyyyyyy didn't i get it? i didn't because i wasn't even halfway done at this point & i didn't want to lug it around. after i was done & walking back, i popped over there to see if it was still there and it wasn't. my mistake.

this lady who ran this stand had some great stuff! i ended up buying 2 bags of vintage thread spools and sewing notions from her. she gave me a deal too!

so much stuff!

i saw a lot of folks snatching up these folding measuring sticks.

cute display

makes me want to make some of these fabric pennants. i loved my morning walking through the antique flea market. it's good to have some "me" time now & then.

thanks for hanging in there to look through all my pictures! anyone have favorite flea market finds?

jadeyn

is she not the cutest?! made this 12x12 LO of my niece, jadeyn. these pictures are from may when she came to visit us. we went to the pool and she LOVED it!

it was fun making a girly LO and using this girly paper from echo park! added some hero arts butterflies and flowers and done! TFL! have a great weekend!

a summer LO

hello! here i am, sporatically blogging.

sharing a LO in probably over 2 years! i really missed scrapping a page and definitely behind in documenting the boys!

my "terrible 3" monster

a fun LO of bryan from his 3rd birthday from january. he is DEFINITELY in his terribles 3's....in a bad way!!!!

round 2 blog candy

i haven't been doing anything lately....no motivation and waaaay too tired. sleep is becoming increasingly more important. go figure! these are all cards i made a week or 2 ago. cannot even remember. just too lazy to post too!

looking at the above card now, i think i will add something to it on the vintage dictionary page. maybe a handmade lacy flower on the corner? i'll get to it one day.......

just had to scrap brandon's 1st t-ball game.

i made this PURPLE card for a friend that i found out recently isn't that fond of purple. hmpff---i think i will send it anyways. apparently, there are lots of peeps who don't likey purple! it will just be a surprise as to who will get this eventually.

ok---actually, i know what i have been doing with all my time lately. i finished brandon's tooth fairy pillow. it really only took 1.5 hours to finish but days for me thinking about getting it done! procrastinator....that's me! when he told me his tooth was getting REALLY loose, i had to get moving! he may be going on vaca with 1 less tooth! picture coming soon. yep---too lazy to take a pic of it!

we are going on vaca during his spring break. i am kinda sad we'll be missing the easter egg hunt by our house. we've been going every year since brandon could "hunt" for eggs! this trip is sort of my b-day present too.....excited to just get away. been 2 yrs (?) since out last vaca).

so, as promised, i am having another blog candy giveaway in honor of my birthday (3/28)! i will leave this open til april 10th. i'm guessing we'll be settled back at home by then. just leave a comment on this post to be entered. thanks to you all that visit here, let me share pics of my boys, my crafty things and leave sweet comments! candy will include crafty things and a surprise or 2! if you are new to my blog and not a regular, please LMK where you are from and how you found me!

BTW, my card was showcased here. =) the little things that make my day! (it's the 2nd card shown)

s m i l e

just sharing some crafty things that i've been up to in between school, work, swimming, play dates, housework, naptime and staying up late :-)
love bryan's smile----i can tell him to say cheese and it'll still be a natural smile (unlike big bro's!).

some treat jars for teachers, the crossing guard, swim teacher and friends. looks familiar? it's a starbucks frappachino bottle recyclyed & run through the dishwasher. the lables on those bottles come off so easily! i drink waaay to many of those on days i cannot get a "real" coffee! i made a few others that i will post later. this one is filled entirely of M&Ms---almost a whole big bag (9oz.). that was the 1st one i did. the next ones i did were filled with other candies--candy corn as a filler. i got these caramel candy corn because they were all out of the regular candy corn [go figure] but those caramel ones are actually VERY yummy!

some mass produced halloween cards. they are mini sized, quick & easy!

a lolli flower thank you card

this is a birthday card for brandon's kinder teacher. her birthday s on oct. 30th.

back with more halloween goodness friday maybe?? i'll see if i get around to it!