Kelly Marie's birthday party blog hop

happy birthday Kelly!!
honored to be a part of this blog hop! you're at the right place if you came from the blog of my good friend,  nancy here.



of course I used all lawn fawn on this card for Kelly! even added a party hat!

supplies used:

into the woods, so much to say, hats off to you, dewey decimal, say cheese (die), lawn trimmings. (all lawn fawn)

I had the pleasure of helping at winter CHA 2012 in the lawn fawn booth. my first time and it was so much fun!

 the lawn fawn crew 2012

here was this past winter CHA 2013



thank you kelly for letting be a fawnie and including me in all things lawn fawn fun! one of the nicest people around and super kind & sweet! kelly & mike work extremely hard along with Erica and the success of lawn fawn is a reflection of that!

lastly, i would like to think this paper is named for me! ;) [picture hijacked at LFHQ while at work]

the next stop is the very talented cheiron here. if you want to start from the beginning of this party hop, go to the lawn fawn blog for the complete list! TFL! have a great day!

hello, foxy

 

card for the SSS challenge here. 

supplies:

into the woods (paper & stamp), critters in the forest (stamp & die); all lawn fawn



back to school--back to blogging

 well, it's definitely been a while but here I am. we had a real busy year and it's the start of another busy school year.
here is bryan....a big time 1st grader now! he had a great kindergarten year! I took on the room mom role in his class which happened to be the year his teacher was retiring. added pressure. more random pictures of the boys' past school year in future random posts.

 and here is my 4th grader. it's so chaotic on the 1st day of school. bringing all their school supplies, finding their new classrooms and trying to get decent pictures. always hard to split the time of 1 parent between the two boys. I think this was the 1st year eddie didn't get a chance to go to school with us on the 1st day.

 I was all excited to have bryan take a picture with this chalk art board I made. had it right by the front door in a bag on the doorknob the night before so I wouldn't forget. so what happens? I forgot. but I came back with it after school and took some shots of bryan with it. technically, it counts!

 can you tell he wasn't amused at me taking pictures?!

 

 some back to school cards. more card catch up to come too.

close up of the chalk board art I made

 hope to catch up on all this bloggy soon. now that the boys are both is school again and bryan doesn't have half day, hope to get back into the swing of things. say hi if you've stopped by here!

hello spring

as some of you know, I started running again in preparation of running my first 5K race in over %* years!! I run when I can, AKA when I feel like it! usually, I go for a run right after I drop off the boys at school. I always feel better after a run.



so 3 days before my 5K, I got a fever. let's see.....1st person to get sick was hubby, followed by bryan, then me and lastly, Brandon. it wiped us all out and the boys took turns being absent from school. I was feeling miserable. I was trying to see if someone could run the race Saturday in my place. I hated to miss the run after paying the entry fee. I couldn't find anyone so last minute so hubby told me I should just do it and that I could walk it if I couldn't run.

and so I decided to do it----sick as a dog and all! me and the boys before the race.

and me after the race. I ran and walked. proud of myself that I went that morning and glad I did it. watch out mud run.....i'm coming for you next! I clocked in at 35:39. I was shooting for under 30 minutes but I did what I could!

this past weekend, me and hubby went to a wedding without the boys! and sunday, the boys were invited to a laser tag party. we even got to play a round! so much fun! so it was a good opportunity to make some cards for the occasion!

saw this idea on pinterest and knew I had to make some!

a great way to use and recycle jars. I spray painted the lids, added edible grass, a chocolate bunny and added robin's eggs (whoppers). I finished them off with some lawn fawn baker's twine and added a little tag w/ a stamped a lawn fawn bunny. will be gifting these to mom friends and teachers.

bryan informed me last week that he has a loose tooth. his first! so I had to get working on his tooth fairy pillow. he's so excited but I also know he's scared and nervous!

pyrex obsession

i have been obsessing lately over vintage pyrex. if you've seen my pins on pinterest, you'd know! i remember my mom having a green mixing bowl when i was growing up. for all you vintage pyrex fans, i believe it was the 'crazy daisy' or 'spring blossom' pattern. i recently called her to ask her if we still had it. she didn't know what i was talking about! i must take a trip home and find it!! i really hope we still have it!



let me introduce to you a little happiness....my recent find at the antique flea market! its a divided caserole dish with the lid. i love the color and pattern. [daisy]



i am the proud owner of the two bowls in the yellow/orange shade in the picture below. [butterfly gold] i used it one night to serve veggies in and hubby was totally against using "used" dishware! LOL



i have been running once or twice or 3x a week. just when i feel like it. :) a mom from school recruited me into doing a 'mud run' in a few months. i'm not sure what i've gotten myself into! i promised myself  LAST year that i would run a race before my birthday. that never happened. so i swore i would finish a race before my birthday THIS year. wish me luck on 3/16. doing it with 12 days to spare! ;)


last saturday, we took the boys to the beach. brandon has been wanted to go to collect shells. it was such  a nice day so we went in the morning. the boys had their pails & looked for shells. me and hubby relaxed by watching the the waves. all the sudden, we saw dolphins and whales! so amazing!



i leave you with a picture of a lovely sunrise.....

happy valentine's day!

happy valentine's day! been busy making some cards for the boys. these ones here are for bryan to pass out to his classmates. each one is handstamped. i printed out labels that said, "have a BALL this  valentine's day", slapped it on the back of the card and bagged it with a super bouncy ball (he's obsessed with those right now) in a treat bag. i had him print his name on the back of all 30 of these.

seems like a lot of work but not
really.once you have your design, it's all assembly style. can you see the glittery wings?

remember pop rocks? and the whole deal about if you ate pop rocks & drank a carbonated beverage, you'll explode? i totally believed it when i was little! i made these for brandon to hand out to his classmates. suitable for a 3rd grader, right? again, i handstamped everything on these bag toppers. he had to print out all his friend's names but i helped him out on stamping his name :)

the 2 cards below will be going to their teachers.

some really quick and easy cards that can be for valentine's or not. stamp, color & add a piece of washi tape. (on the S&P card, the strip of 'tape' is actually a strip of paper cut to look like tape) these are great to slip into your child's lunchbox to let them know you love and care about them!
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i sent this one to a friend who was nice enough to make me some of these cute tiny bingo cards.

this one is going to my BFF. again, i used strips of paper to make it look like tape.

one of the teachers at school lost her mother recently and this was for her. looking at it now, i think the ribbon was a bit too much. perhaps too big....
 
thanks for sticking through all these pictures with me. been running again and maybe that's giving me more energy and helping me be creative once again.