butterflies

i made ths card this morning. inspired by our trip to a butterfly garden ths past weekend.

we saw the most amazing and colorful butterflies!

butterflies just come and land on you.some with injured wings but just as pretty!

this one landed on my shoulder.

fun story.... weeks before we left for hawaii, the boys found a caterpillar on our way walking home on the sidewalk. it was black with red spots. they wanted to inspect it so we put it in their bug box. we gave it water, some sticks, leaves and grass. the next day or 2, we observed it and it was hanging upside down and molted. soon, we found it cocooned and was like that for over a week. we went to hawaii and forgot to tell anyone to check on the bug box in front of our front door. when we returned home from our vacation, we found that the butterfly emerged BUT was laying sideways. i figured since we didn't ask anyone to check on it, that it had just died due to no room to fly. i left it in there just waiting for a good day to dispose of it. then one day when i came home, i nearly jump out of my skin. something by my foot was flapping rapidly. it was the butterfly!!! it was alive afterall! the boys were not home but i wasn't sure how long it was flapping so i had to release it before they saw it. i took a few pics and this butterfly is exactly like the one the boys held at the butterfly garden in the 2 pictures above.

bryan holding the bug box. i think it had molted at this point.sorry for the glare but can you see it hanging?

snapped a quick pic before i released it. amazing, no?

a crafting accident

a crafting accident----not me but my 4 year old had a 'crafting' accident of sorts. i took him on a michael's run and sure enough, he can get into some trouble in 10 minutes. he found a ball and of course, what do little boys do with balls? bounce them. i told him to stop bouncing it and to put it back. did he? no. he ran after the bouncing ball down an isle and---- he ran his left side of his head right into a hanging rack that was sticking out. OUCH! luckily, it did not cut his head open, no stitches, no blood. just a real bad scratch. he looks a bit like frankenstein. lesson learned the hard way, right? we'll see.

anyone else have crafting accidents? in college, i took a class called arts & crafts for leisure. yes, that was the actual name of the class and it counted towards credits for my major. so one day, we were carving raw potatoes with an x-acto knife to make stamps. of course i don't need to tell you what happened. i ended up getting stitches at the student healh center. i still have a slight scar on the fleshy part of my thumb (palm side). battle scar! i've heard of ladies sewing their finger!had some time to make some cards these past few days. i've been known to lift up my dish, bowl or cup at restaurants and snag the pretty doily underneath and "upcycle" it! an example of that is shown in the card below! hubby automatically knows now and helps me lift up the dish! LOL

TFL! have a great day......almost friday!

teacher appreciation card sets

teacher appreciation week was....2 weeks ago? here are some card sets i made for brandon's teacher, principal, and front office staff. kept it very simple and just colored with colored pencils.

another set i made just for brandon's teacher. hopefully, she'll find these handy for quick notes. i made 3 of each for a set of 12.

thanks for looking. it's raining here off and on today. just lightly. how are things in your neck of the woods?

in a stuper

playing with fabric to make some different flowers. tutorial can be found here.

in my stuper this past week, my previous post, had pictures i didn't think i posted but...i did. anyone notice?! i guess i should pay attention to my blog a little more ;) thanks for stopping by!

if you had a choice...

so in my previous post, i was on day 3 of my sore throat. well, i knew it was something more than a sore throat so i made a trip to urgent care saturday morning. turns out i have strep throat. WORSE. FEELING. EVER. well, next to food poisoning! couldn't swallow, eat, sleep. i didn't want to talk to anyone. super painful. luckily, got some medication and feeling A LOT better! if you ever had strep throat or been through food poisoning, not fun. so, food poisoning or strep throat? NEITHER! thank you to everyone who sent get well wishes!

sharing some pictures from easter. these were for brandon's classmates.


celebrating easter in hawaii. the boys waiting for the egg hunt.

the boys and the bunny

and he's off! this has got to be my current favorite picture of bryan. just look at the joy in his face! love!

there were so many eggs that bryan didn't know what to do after his bucket was filled so we took a timeout to take a picture with the easter bunny.

it was hard to get a picture of brandon--- he kept running back & forth to get "special" eggs.love my boys!the boys made out very well again this year!

happy mother's day

here is a card i made for brandon's 1st grade teacher. it is teacher appreciation week here and we picked her up a gift card at target. such a pretty gift card! i decided to include it in the front of the card.
teachers are wonderful! i mean, i can hardly stand my own 2 on days.....imagine a roomful of 30+ 6-7 year olds that AREN'T hers! and she comes back day after day to teach! bless all the teachers out there.
i also made some card sets to share on a later post. too tired and i'm on day 3 of a killer sore throat. i know i need to drink more water but makes it hard when you can't even swallow! any tried and true remedies for soothing a sore throat out there that you can share? i got this most likely from brandon. he was out 2 days from school this week, and skipped his swim lesson.....sharing cooties in our house!happy mother's day to everybody! i'm behind in making mother's day cards as the one above is my 1st one! my intentions are good but my body is tired :)

say cheese!

good morning! i have an upcoming card class here on may 14th. here's what we'll be making. these fun stamps are from lawn fawn. please contact me if you are interested in attending or call the store.