What is better than a plate full of cupcakes (or yummy lemon poppyseed mini muffins for your sweet neighbor)? A stack full of cupcake CARDS! My friend, Heather, asked me to be on her design team for her stamp company, Skipping Stones Design. They’ve been around for a while now but she is revamping the website and the store and preparing for a grand re-opening. No definite relaunch date but I’m excited to share with you some of her stamps!…
Hey all! It’s been a wonky week again. Summers are usually this way for us and we usually end up with a plethora of odds n’ ends kids hanging out with us around our house…. I had a surprise visit from my nieces (on B’s side) Tuesday through Thursday. Their mom had to work and their babysitter got promoted to full time at her regular job so they came to stay with me for a couple of days. We had…
When my sister was here, my niece, Squid, and I made a bracelet and necklace set for her (see this post). Afterwards, I think she ran off in pure bliss and then crashed out. (I don’t quite remember the details as I was immersed in grown up beads….) Anyway… Squid and I had made a cool multi colored bracelet and some earrings to go with them for my mom back in May. Mom wore them to a party at my…
When I get to visit with my family I love to do things with my niece, Squid. Squid LOVES jewelry, bling, and pretty things. (Hey, like her favorite auntie!) Anyway… one of the days she was here we made a bracelet and necklace set for her. For a little squirt, she’s pretty good at stringing beads. She even helped me make an adult styled bracelet for my mom back in May when B & I were in Iowa. Here we…
I went to Curves this morning and came home hoping to crash…. well, I barely had time for a “break” when I walked back down the hall and there was my sweet puppy looking at me… with those puppy eyes…. (Please ignore the ugly couches… the dark denim slipcovers are downstairs in the pile we call Mt Grotegut. Don’t worry… they will come back up on Sunday evening when we fold laundry while watching a movie and the living room…
Erin needs YOU!!! I would like to find a new digital “point and shoot” small camera. I have a wonderful dSLR Canon Rebel, but sometimes it is just too bulky and cumbersome to lug around (like amusement parks, restaurants, work parties, and other places where you want something that you can slip in a pocket.) We went to Lagoon this past Saturday and it was a pain in the bum hauling around the big camera… plus you can’t take it…
Do you ever have days/weeks/months where you feel like this? Seriously… July has been INSANE. Anyway. Brent is at city council tonight and I don’t have ANYTHING (no meetings, chores – but not because they aren’t there, no ailments, etc) else going on for a change so I thought I’d blog a little. Today I got to hang out for a few hours with one of my best friends. Janeen & Andy lived across the street into the house that…
So while my sister and her family were here earlier this month (and I was COMPLETELY M.I.A from the computer) we did a LOT of fun stuff! This was the kids’ first visit to Utah (Auntie Erin’s dog lady house with Sadie) and Ryan and Liz’s first visit back in at least 4 years. One day we spent the afternoon at our city pool. The pool was completed and opened last summer and it is an AWESOME pool. (I do…
Can something both feel like it’s flying by and dragging bootay at the same time? If so, that’s how JULY has felt. I got online tonight and looked at my blog. 2 posts. 2 lousy posts. July has been PACKED. We’ve had company here and lots n lots going on, some fun news, our 10th anniversary, yard work, gardening, and health issues, etc, etc…. I have even done a bit of crafting but haven’t felt up to sitting down to…
Can you name that movie? Really, I promise I have not died or dropped off the face of the planet. It’s just been an insanely busy couple of weeks. Here, I will show you. This has been what’s kept me away from the computer for the past little while. My sis and her family (dh, b/g 3 yr old twins and 4 mo old baby) came out to visit us for a week. (I spent several days prior to the…