Funny picture

I kid you not, the dog was sound asleep in the big comfy chair and I tip toed over to steal a quick picture- look what the brat did-

SHE HID HER FACE!!!

That was so funny I just had to share. Umm, that may be a sign that I take too many pictures!?!?!

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!

Until later~ (and hopefully something crafty)

Just a word from a very bad Blogger~

Just a quick word to all my followers, readers, occasional checkers, and accidentals that just so happened to find my blog- I WILL be back with something crafty real soon.
So what have I been doing?
*we re-placed the back fence on Saturday
* my sister was here for the week-end
*chasing a preschooler and a toddler
*started a new Small Group on Sunday
* completed 100 card kits for Church to complete for the Nursing Home
*cooking, cleaning, laundry
*Face Book (totally addicted to Farm Town!! LOL)
*library
*Chasing kids
*mowing yard
*more stuff with kids

Until later~

Card Kit

Working on card kits, this time for our first family night at the church. We will all be making cards to take to a local Nursing Home. The kids will be making crafts and then we all will be delivering them in 2 weeks. I am trying to keep everything very simple since I will have non-crafty people helping, and I am thinking I will need 100 kits. LOL Ten down- ninety more to go.............................

Until later~

Christmas 1966

I love the photos I borrowed from Grandma B. In that stack I found 3 pictures from 1966- Christmas. Looking at those pictures my mind begins to race- kind of like an old movie. I see a happy young couple, their son in brand new soft foot pajamas, enjoying his first "real" Christmas. A new baby boy sleeping all warm and cozy in the bassinet that is now in the living room. The Christmas tree decorated so lovingly, topped off with a layer of silver "icicles". Snow falling silently to the ground. Gifts wrapped and placed under the tree-providing temptation too great for an almost 2 year old.
A lot has changed since that Christmas long ago. The boys are grown now with children of their own. And Sock is no longer there to share in on the excitement. The decorations are more modern. The amount of presents has greatly increased. LOL

Some things are pretty much still the same- Hubby still finds presents much too tempting. Some times if we are lucky, we have snow for Christmas. The LOVE will always be there!!

This is an 8x8 lo for Sock's Memorial album. I think the funky, retro papers work perfect for this layout. And the Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge has that 60's feel to it.

The title was cut with the Cricut, and the faux stitching was done with a pen. Two eyelets were added for the ornaments to "hang" from.

Ornaments hung with gold cording, and accented with just a bit of glitter.

Pop dots hold them in place.

The ribbon tab is held in place with an over-sized staple.

The tree was cut with Christmas Cheer, and pop dotted before being added to my layout.

Let me know what you think.

Until later~

This is another LO for one of my memorial albums. This is a picture of Sock and Mother-in-law taken on their Wedding day. Hubby was fortunate enough to go online and find a copy of their marriage license- how cool is that? Gotta love the high tech world we live in!!

(Sorry for the crooked picture. I really need to work on my photography skills. LOL)

The header details- Stamp set- Forever Family stamped in a Mauve color, pop dotted (and added to a cream color ribbon wrapped around the strip of designer paper), Circle elements punched with a 1" and 1.5" punches, and then accented with a few Dew Drops.

A couple more detailed shots- notice the arrow pointing from the word LOVE (also stamped with Forever Family) to the photo. The arrow and the vines were cut with the Cricut, as well as the scallop on the left edge of the Marriage License. A couple of layered, paper flowers with Dew Drop centers add the finishing touches.

Starting to think about VBS

I will be teaching pre-school crafts at Vacation Bible School this year. I can hardly wait!! I know July will be here before I am ready. =)

Our theme this year is Boomerang Express. I know several of you are using the same materials. Any Australian craft ideas for 5's and kindergartners would be greatly appreciated!!

Here is one I found on the 'net-

The large heart is cut at 5". So, 4 hearts, two ovals, two black circles and two 1/4" white circles makes a......

Cute and easy Koala. Isn't she cute? I think the Kideroos will like this one.

Here are 75 Kangaroos (with super cute joeys), these will each have one of our teachers names on them. Church members take a 'roo and pray for that teacher for several weeks leading up to VBS.

I am very thankful for the Cricut!! (Using what I have for Kingdom purposes. Thank you Pastor G!!) It sure makes quick work cutting out lots o' shapes in a short amount o' time.

Until later~

Blessings

These lovely ladies greet the mailman every day. They are planted around the mail box. I love the light purple color. It is funny because they were planted from some bulbs that came from the neighbors Irises- which are deep purple and yellow.

Love these, I was starting to get a little concerned-Everyone else had blooms and all I had was lots of buds. ( I know comparison breeds discontent. LOL) So now the question- what do you call them - pee-O-nees or PINE-nees? I hear them called by both names. LOL (useless info- did you know that you can not grow peonies if you don't have ants? true, that is why they are always full of ants.)

Until later~