aloha II

just sharing a photo here of a card i made a while ago...not sure if i posted. sorry if i did. been on vacation mode still and not very creative..... need to find my mojo.still more pictures from hawaii!

there were fish feedings at 7:30am in the lagoon right outside our hotel. i think we only made it 2 or 3x....but the fishes would all be really close by the shore early in the mornings. the boys got fish food to throw out to the fish. very cool. one of the other days when we were out on the beach, eddie said he saw a fish jump out of the water. i said, no...not possible but i guess that's what he saw!

it wasn't all beach & fun while were in hawaii! we took the boys to bishop museum.

scary!!!

lots of hands on

that's it for today. hope you all are having a good weekend.

an aloha easter

hello! back from our spring break in hawaii! it was super hard getting the boys up and ready to go to school this morning!
sharing a few pics today. the boys could have spent all their days at the beach!

brandon finding a treasure aka a seashell!

easter morning, we brought the boys to the easter egg hunt our hotel held. there were more eggs than bryan knew what to do with!a visit with the easter bunny!

i didn't get any shots of brandon during his egg hunt. he was running back and forth zooming by me! too fast!the boys had a great time!

have some more vacation photos to share later. still finishing up laundry.....

spring flower

in hawaii still. just wanted to share this card. very spring-like, no? hope you day is going well!

sew lovely card set

teaming up cosmo cricket papers and lawn fawn stamps to make a 4x4 mini card set. i've been behind in teaming up with anita to make card sets each month so we wouldn't have to cram making multiple cards sets for teacher gifts all at once! joining the challenge here!

bagged in a glassine bag and tied with a fabric strip. the fabric can be used to fashion a twistie flower like in one of my mini cards. ready for gift giving!

just a very random question.........who likes chewy cookies and who likes crispy ones? my hubby likes his chocolate chip cookies crispy. me, i'm a chewy kinda gal. i can't remember but any foodies out there, please let me know....if i want chewy cookies, i add more or less of an ingredient, right? i read it some where a looong time ago but cannot remember. who am i kidding---it's not like i'm going to bake cookies from scratch. i just buy the big tub from costco and scoop & drop onto a cookie sheet. so, really, my question is how do i bake pre-made cookie dough to get them soft & chewy?

extreme weather & card class pics

one day, i decide to get us outdoors to enjoy the unusually warm weather. bryan took his razor and we decided to have lunch at chick-fil-a. it's a 15 minute walk there from our house. nice, huh? NOT when it's almost 90*! i underestimated the temperature! it got hotter & hotter! so what's a mom to do to cool off her little guy?? feed him ice cream before lunch!

few days later, i saw these clouds. pretty, no?

later that night, we got this. we couldn't believed it hailed. AND, we totally missed it! we were inside a target when this all went down! yes, we SoCal's are weird like that. instead of being inside when it hails, we want to be outside to get pelted by hail!the boys were so amazed at all the ice on the ground!

some pictures from my 2nd card class. it was fun and i had 2 young recruits!

next time, i will leave my cling stamp dirty! the night before, i noticed the cling wasn't clinging so well so i went to go wash it. left it in by the sink to dry. of course i made that "mental" note to grab it in the morning and take it to class. mental note got lost! [surprise, surprise]. luckily, the store had a stamp i could use for the background for one of the cards we were doing. day was saved!

i love how the girls each put their own spin on the cards.

i love their fresh attitudes and young minds! gotta love it when they want to craft with their mamas!

had a lot of fun with these girls! hope they had fun in the class!

i forgot to take a picture but kelly came in with her husband mike after the class. what a treat for all of us! and they brought putter (their dog). i was thrilled to hear earlier in the week that she would be stopping by after my class! next class is may 14th. got to start thinking of new card samples for the class! but my mind is on vacation mode!

birthday giveaway winner

sharing a picture from brandon's winter performance (he's the one in the white tee shirt). he did a gret job singing and acting out the scenes! and.......the winner of my birthday giveaway is, KIMBA!!!! [the little one drew a name from all the commenters minus the one who didn't want to be put in]. i will get in contact with you or email me!

awesome blossom

below are 3 cards i made. all 3 has the same blossom on it. made out of fabric. easy peasy.these last 2 cards were already sent to people.... imagine that! this card though, was a mishap in stamping. i put it aside for a few weeks and i thought the colors in the fabric blossom would work perfectly with this imperfect card and i managed to salvage it.

hope everybody is having a good week!