Blessings,
CREEPY EYES....and lots of smiles :)
Last week was Alice Anna's birthday. As I mentioned earlier, it was a crazy crazy week... On Monday, my parents came for an early birthday visit for Alice. We planned a special trip... now if you know, or remember, Alice is nearly obsessed with Big Cats. (At this point, I'm rather sick of it to be honest...but hey, what can you do?) We decided to take Alice, with my parents, to Tiger Safari, an interactive zoological park near OKC. We figured with a name like that Alice couldn't be anything less that thrilled.... we were right :) It was a wonderful, draining day filled with memories, creepy animal eyes, and lots of smiles :) Enjoy some pictures of the day....
Blessings,
Blessings,
Happy Thing
I haven't done a Happy Thing in quite awhile... it's not that things don't make me happy, I'm just so busy that I haven't stopped to appreciate those little things!
We went to Kansas, as I told you in my last post.... we made it there, but I would definitely call it a major mistake (head shaking with a big sigh).
-I had a low year with sales at the show.
-I threw up Sat. night.
-Couldn't go to church and see friends... JJ came late Sat. night and had to go to church with the girls alone.
-Missed seeing JJ's family and celebrating Alice's birthday with them.
-JJ got sick Sunday night.
-Sadie didn't sleep much at all the whole weekend... no naps, bad nights.
-We missed the adoption party of JJ's niece of nephews from Haiti... the main reason JJ took off from work to come.
-AND 3 miles out of town, heading back on Mon. Elsie threw up ALL OVER in the car. So we turned around and headed back to my parents to hose down the car seat and wash clothes. We finally made it home late that evening.
But back to my Happy Thing.... I received a little gift from my Grandfather-in-law that was delivered to me second hand since I didn't get to see that side of the family. He is a dear. He collects antiques and all sorts of old things, but was unaware of the shabby chic concept until my entrance into the family. He would come to our house and see "old junk" hanging on the walls. Of course he got a kick out of this :) Who wouldn't when those type of things were what he would move out of the house and into the barn! All to say, now he finds "junk" in his sheds, cleans it up, and gives it to me to decorate with. I love it! Some of my favorite pieces in the house come from him. This is what he gave me this weekend.... Definitely a Happy Thing in the midst of many frustrations and disappointments :)
Blessings,
We went to Kansas, as I told you in my last post.... we made it there, but I would definitely call it a major mistake (head shaking with a big sigh).
-I had a low year with sales at the show.
-I threw up Sat. night.
-Couldn't go to church and see friends... JJ came late Sat. night and had to go to church with the girls alone.
-Missed seeing JJ's family and celebrating Alice's birthday with them.
-JJ got sick Sunday night.
-Sadie didn't sleep much at all the whole weekend... no naps, bad nights.
-We missed the adoption party of JJ's niece of nephews from Haiti... the main reason JJ took off from work to come.
-AND 3 miles out of town, heading back on Mon. Elsie threw up ALL OVER in the car. So we turned around and headed back to my parents to hose down the car seat and wash clothes. We finally made it home late that evening.
But back to my Happy Thing.... I received a little gift from my Grandfather-in-law that was delivered to me second hand since I didn't get to see that side of the family. He is a dear. He collects antiques and all sorts of old things, but was unaware of the shabby chic concept until my entrance into the family. He would come to our house and see "old junk" hanging on the walls. Of course he got a kick out of this :) Who wouldn't when those type of things were what he would move out of the house and into the barn! All to say, now he finds "junk" in his sheds, cleans it up, and gives it to me to decorate with. I love it! Some of my favorite pieces in the house come from him. This is what he gave me this weekend.... Definitely a Happy Thing in the midst of many frustrations and disappointments :)
Disappointment and the Arts & Crafts Fair
Crazy, crazy, busy, busy... that's life these days.
Monday- company
Tuesday- first Bible Study Fellowship meeting... all three kids in tow
Wednesday- Alice's birthday
Thursday- pack to leave for KS
This in addition to homeschooling, housekeeping, AND making 50+ baby bracelets AND printing/packaging piles of note cards and tags for the Hillsboro Arts and Crafts fair.....
Let me back up... I'm from Hillsboro, it's my home town. My mother-in-law has a booth for the annual Arts & Crafts fair every year. She makes and sells adorable baby jackets, blankets, changing pads, burp rags, etc... She also sells my baby bracelets. My sister-in-law and I used to have a booth of our own... until I moved away. SO... this year I was trying to secure a little extra dough, by not only selling my bracelets but by also selling some baby stationery. Oh... I've been so busy with all that stuff!
Today we were supposed to leave at 5:00pm for Hillsboro and meet my parents in Wichita. BUT this morning, Alice woke up sick... she threw up all day. So onto plan B. Hopefully we'll leave in the morning. We'd better leave in the morning... or else all my goodies will not make it to the show :(
Why am I telling you this? I don't know... sympathy, venting, explanation for the lack of blog posts.... prayer :) That and a heads up... if my stuff gets there... to say "all you Kansans, come on over to Brenda's booth!!!"
I was planning on doing a full post about all the goodies I made... with pretty pictures and all, but alas, that didn't even come close to happening. I'm lucky to be posting this...
So here's one of the many designs of the stationery for the show. And by the way, all you non-Kansans, be on the look out on Etsy for these little lovelies to appear soon.
This is the front of a sweet little 3x3 note card... it's paired with an adorable glassine (that vellum/wax paper looking paper) envelope. It's just one of many designs. I'll also have gift tags adorned with bright colored baker's twine and cheerful sticker/seals to compliment any of the note cards. All of the designs are suitable for baby stuff, but many of them are appropriate for other uses also. So baby or not, stop by :)
Blessings to you all... don't get too busy and stay healthy :)
Monday- company
Tuesday- first Bible Study Fellowship meeting... all three kids in tow
Wednesday- Alice's birthday
Thursday- pack to leave for KS
This in addition to homeschooling, housekeeping, AND making 50+ baby bracelets AND printing/packaging piles of note cards and tags for the Hillsboro Arts and Crafts fair.....
Let me back up... I'm from Hillsboro, it's my home town. My mother-in-law has a booth for the annual Arts & Crafts fair every year. She makes and sells adorable baby jackets, blankets, changing pads, burp rags, etc... She also sells my baby bracelets. My sister-in-law and I used to have a booth of our own... until I moved away. SO... this year I was trying to secure a little extra dough, by not only selling my bracelets but by also selling some baby stationery. Oh... I've been so busy with all that stuff!
Today we were supposed to leave at 5:00pm for Hillsboro and meet my parents in Wichita. BUT this morning, Alice woke up sick... she threw up all day. So onto plan B. Hopefully we'll leave in the morning. We'd better leave in the morning... or else all my goodies will not make it to the show :(
Why am I telling you this? I don't know... sympathy, venting, explanation for the lack of blog posts.... prayer :) That and a heads up... if my stuff gets there... to say "all you Kansans, come on over to Brenda's booth!!!"
I was planning on doing a full post about all the goodies I made... with pretty pictures and all, but alas, that didn't even come close to happening. I'm lucky to be posting this...
So here's one of the many designs of the stationery for the show. And by the way, all you non-Kansans, be on the look out on Etsy for these little lovelies to appear soon.
This is the front of a sweet little 3x3 note card... it's paired with an adorable glassine (that vellum/wax paper looking paper) envelope. It's just one of many designs. I'll also have gift tags adorned with bright colored baker's twine and cheerful sticker/seals to compliment any of the note cards. All of the designs are suitable for baby stuff, but many of them are appropriate for other uses also. So baby or not, stop by :)
Blessings to you all... don't get too busy and stay healthy :)
Hello Friend
Last week I designed some baby shower invitations at the request of my sister-in-law. Her sister, is having a baby and she wanted something custom to match the nursery decor her sister had chosen.... I love this kind of custom order! I also love what developed from the request. In fact, I liked the design so much that I decided to make some stationery based on it! So here it is... it will be in my Etsy Store by tomorrow :)
Blessings to you all... and have a happy Monday!
Blessings to you all... and have a happy Monday!
Housewarming for Jenny
I've been a bad friend.
Several months ago, one of my best friends from high school told me that she was moving. And she wanted some suggestions for decorating and setting up home in her new location.... First of all it took me forever to reply! Then, I promised her I would send her a housewarming gift with a few things in it to help her get started. Yeah.... that was a long time ago. Well... this past weekend I put some stuff together. It hasn't quite made it to the post office yet, but hopefully it will get there soon :)
Anywho.....
I thought I'd share what I put in the package, with you.
AND... I wonder if you could help me... help her with something. Jenny, my friend, was looking for ideas for displaying photographs without having to buy frames.
I came up with three ideas :
-using the paper covered clothes pins to hang photos from twine, small rope, ribbon, etc...
-clipping a photo to the cover of an old book to display (as seen in pic. below)
-use a photo mat (in this case the fabric covered ones I included) and hang photo and mat together from clip on the wall.
Do you have any more ideas? Let me know and I'll pass them along!
I also made Jenny a couple custom scripture art prints for her home. I asked her what some of her favorite verses were and made them to suite the colors in her home.... I love the verses she chose. I rounded the corners on the prints so she wouldn't have to frame them. They also could be hung with clips or clothes pins, or even tacked on a bulletin board....
Love Ya, Jenny! Hopefully you'll find these things in your mail box soon :)
Blessings,
Several months ago, one of my best friends from high school told me that she was moving. And she wanted some suggestions for decorating and setting up home in her new location.... First of all it took me forever to reply! Then, I promised her I would send her a housewarming gift with a few things in it to help her get started. Yeah.... that was a long time ago. Well... this past weekend I put some stuff together. It hasn't quite made it to the post office yet, but hopefully it will get there soon :)
Anywho.....
I thought I'd share what I put in the package, with you.
AND... I wonder if you could help me... help her with something. Jenny, my friend, was looking for ideas for displaying photographs without having to buy frames.
I came up with three ideas :
-using the paper covered clothes pins to hang photos from twine, small rope, ribbon, etc...
-clipping a photo to the cover of an old book to display (as seen in pic. below)
-use a photo mat (in this case the fabric covered ones I included) and hang photo and mat together from clip on the wall.
Do you have any more ideas? Let me know and I'll pass them along!
I also made Jenny a couple custom scripture art prints for her home. I asked her what some of her favorite verses were and made them to suite the colors in her home.... I love the verses she chose. I rounded the corners on the prints so she wouldn't have to frame them. They also could be hung with clips or clothes pins, or even tacked on a bulletin board....
Love Ya, Jenny! Hopefully you'll find these things in your mail box soon :)
Blessings,
Random
I have been so busy lately! It's just one thing after another.... and it seems to be never ending. In the past week or so it has been due to company, commitments, LOTS of graphic design projects, and home school preparations.
We started school yesterday... wow.
I had honestly forgotten the challenge of that over the summer.
It's not easy to focus on one child when you have 3. Especially when the youngest is LOUD, destructive, willful, and high-energy! .... I know the challenges compound when you have multiple children in school... but for me this is enough to figure out.
I've had a whole row of design projects to work on... etsy orders, baby shower invites, family requests, etc... I love it. I just wish I had more time for it! These days, it seems like design projects are the only thing I have to visually show you here. But I fear that gets old... pictures, stories, and crafts are more fun, in my opinion.
A few other random things I've wanted to tell you:
My mom, back in KS, falls asleep alot... anywhere, anytime. Earlier this summer when she was reading a bed time story to my girls, the story took an interesting turn. The familiar story of "The Lion King" turned into a slurred description about Mennonite martyrs. You should have seen the disapproving expression on Alice's face :)
My girls are funny... they love the word "mushy". It always makes them laugh. They'll spend 20 minuttes playing this game where one of them says "Mushy, mushy, mushy.....(something)" then they throw back their heads and laugh hysterically. They take turns picking words. I usually put an end to it when they start saying things like "Mushy, mushy, mushy.... Toilet!!!! Ah...ha, ha, ha, ha!!!" I'm always trying not to laugh too, though :) I remember doing stupid things like that as a kid.
Belly is growing... I'm starting to feel the baby move, Yay! We find out what it is in about 3 weeks.
I'm starting to brew on Christmas designs.... I love Christmas. I hope to have my etsy store full of fun Christmas goodies before Halloween hits. Ambitious I know. Hey, I can always set goals :)
Alice lost her two front teeth... I was so relieved. Right before they came out they were incredibly messed up! She looked like a hillbilly. Here's the before and after... except the before is still a week or so before they finally came out. They don't look near as bad as they did at the end :) Now I just keep looking at her and thinking how big she is. I don't know why missing front teeth create such a strong impression.... maybe it's that I remember losing my front teeth. She just can't be that big... :)
Anywho....
Blessings to you all,
We started school yesterday... wow.
I had honestly forgotten the challenge of that over the summer.
It's not easy to focus on one child when you have 3. Especially when the youngest is LOUD, destructive, willful, and high-energy! .... I know the challenges compound when you have multiple children in school... but for me this is enough to figure out.
I've had a whole row of design projects to work on... etsy orders, baby shower invites, family requests, etc... I love it. I just wish I had more time for it! These days, it seems like design projects are the only thing I have to visually show you here. But I fear that gets old... pictures, stories, and crafts are more fun, in my opinion.
A few other random things I've wanted to tell you:
My mom, back in KS, falls asleep alot... anywhere, anytime. Earlier this summer when she was reading a bed time story to my girls, the story took an interesting turn. The familiar story of "The Lion King" turned into a slurred description about Mennonite martyrs. You should have seen the disapproving expression on Alice's face :)
My girls are funny... they love the word "mushy". It always makes them laugh. They'll spend 20 minuttes playing this game where one of them says "Mushy, mushy, mushy.....(something)" then they throw back their heads and laugh hysterically. They take turns picking words. I usually put an end to it when they start saying things like "Mushy, mushy, mushy.... Toilet!!!! Ah...ha, ha, ha, ha!!!" I'm always trying not to laugh too, though :) I remember doing stupid things like that as a kid.
Belly is growing... I'm starting to feel the baby move, Yay! We find out what it is in about 3 weeks.
I'm starting to brew on Christmas designs.... I love Christmas. I hope to have my etsy store full of fun Christmas goodies before Halloween hits. Ambitious I know. Hey, I can always set goals :)
Alice lost her two front teeth... I was so relieved. Right before they came out they were incredibly messed up! She looked like a hillbilly. Here's the before and after... except the before is still a week or so before they finally came out. They don't look near as bad as they did at the end :) Now I just keep looking at her and thinking how big she is. I don't know why missing front teeth create such a strong impression.... maybe it's that I remember losing my front teeth. She just can't be that big... :)
Anywho....
Blessings to you all,
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