Etsy Craft Party!!!

Anyone in the Jackson, MS area interested in an Etsy Craft Party to celebrate Etsy's birthday? @etsy #craftparty : june 18!

Send me an email or a message on Facebook. I have some locations in mind if we can get a group together!

Pics from May kit

Unfortunately it's rainy and cloudy today so I'm having problems getting good pics of these layout. But these are the ones I've gotten done so far. They are really simple but I didn't feel these pictures needed a lot.  I still have lots of product left and more pics of these events to get done!  As always, pictures are clickable for a bigger/better view.

The first 2 are my granddaughter, Jolie with my neice, Lauren. Lauren was playing with her on the playground at church. Jolie loved it. I layered some of the tissue paper diecut flowers and used the green glitter glue in the kit to make the swirls. This stuff is a lot like Stickles but came from Michaels. The little word pieces (love, for you) are cut from another paper in the kit. The "constant motion" is from stickers in my stash. I love the blurry picture of Jolie at the bottom. She is so busy it's almost possible to get a picture of her not moving! That picture just typifies what my pics of her usually look like! lol

The next 2 are my grandson, Gavin. We usually go to Myrtle Beach each spring and there is a couple who build a huge sand castle every year. I took these pictures from the balcony of the condo on the 7th floor. Gotta love a good zoom lens! In the pictures, Gavin is making sand angels and walking on the beach with my husband to see the sand castle The boats and anchors are cut from one of the papers. The "memories" diecut is included in the kit. I did add the "sand angel" stickers. Notice the cute little alligator brads? Those are included!

The next 2 layouts are my grandson, Freelyn playing in my brother's backyard on Mother's Day this year. He was so enthralled with the my nephew's, toys, the tire swing, and the bikes in the backyard. I hand cut the hearts out of one of the papers. And the green bandanna paper is a square 12x12. I just cut out the middle to use as a diecut on my page. I'll use the border I have left on another layout.

May Kit at last!

Finally! May kit is listed on Etsy! Still working on samples. Will post those probably tomorrow! This kit is full of cute Martha Stewart cardstock and lots of other goodies! Fun!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/48006427/may-whole-kit-and-kaboodle-scrapbook-kit

New Kit

Still trying to get the pictures of my kit done! Took them Sat but for some reason the lighting just hasn't cooperated with me. So re-doing them today. Cute Martha Steward papers and great for those school activites you need to scrap or those summer outdoor pics! That's all I'm saying for now! Heehee!

'Things can appear to grow worse, but if you conquer despair, no deeper pit remains to trap you.' Of Men and Angels, Bodie Thone

Crop at Michaels this Fri 5-9! Space is limited so sign up and join us!

Any Hero Cards

Wow! I actually got something made! Operation Write Home is doing awesome work sending cards to our service people for them to use to send back home to their loved ones. If you aren't familiar with them, check them out! These are called "any hero" cards. I will write a note in these and add them to a box of cards. Operation Write Home will make sure both of these are delivered to one of our military people. Cool, huh?

These are both made on a kraft paper base. The papers are MME Bohemia line. Stamp on the pink square is Inkadinkado Flower Sentiments. Ink is Tim Holtz Vintage Photo.

Yea! May kit is done! With very cute Martha Stewart papers! Now to get pictures and samples made.

Do you ever just wonder what you're supposed to be doing? As a Christian, I know God has a plan for my life. Some things I never question. I know what I believe. I know where my allegiances are. But sometimes, more often than I care to admit, I just wonder where I'm going. Or if I missed a turn in the road somewhere and am on an extremely long detour. Lost and wandering in the wrong direction. Or just lost and not going anywhere. I've been in one of those phases for several weeks now. I don't like it. I'm ready to get wherever it is that I'm headed. I've never been good at waiting for anything. Patience truly is a virtue that I totally missed out on. But God is good and I know His plan is always better than my feeble ones. So, wait I will. Even if I don't like it.

With that said, for those of you who noticed there was no April kit, hopefully the May kit will be up and ready for purchase by  this weekend! But not if I don't quit whining and get off of here! So off to try to finish it up and get off this detour before I go completely mad!

New prayer request. Beth is in a small town in TN stuck in a hotel for 2nd day due to flooding. She was trying to go see Chuck.

Great. My dog has learned to unlock the deadbolt. Next she'll be inviting strangers in and saying, 'welcome!'

PRAYER NEEDED! Latest word on Chuck is liver damage. They won't start the treatments back next week as planned. Still in hospital. Blood count not improved.

Urgent prayer request- Chuck Nutt having surgery now to remove port used to administer cancer treatments! He has a blood infection!

I've been MIA!

The last few weeks have been just insane! I know, my life is always insane but it really has been worse than usual. For those of you who have migraines, you understand when I say I've had about one a week for several weeks and they've been lasting for days. Sort of cuts into everything in life, ya know?

On a brighter note, family life has been very busy as well! So I'm posting a few pics of things that have been going on with us! As always, pictures are clickable for a better view if you are so inclined!

There was an Easter Egg Hunt at church. Jolie had so much fun!

Easter was a blast for my husband and me this year. Each year we do a scavenger hunt for the Easter baskets. This year there were 7 adult children (including spouses) and 2 grandchildren participating in my mom's not so huge house and yard. It was quite comical watching the parade of people going from one clue to another. These are a few of my favorite pictures from this event. Of course there are lots of others but didn't want to bore anyone with all of them! lol

 My son, Lee, "Mom, you've got to be kidding!"

 Daughter Andi and Crys on the right, "What the heck does that mean?"

 Liz, daughter-in-law on the left, I have no idea what she's thinking but the look on her face is priceless! And the next one is daughter, Brittney on the left looking at me like I've lost my mind!

At Mom's house the laundry room is right next to the kitchen so all the overflow dishes for big dinners goes in there on top of the washing machine. This is them moving everything to find the clue inside.

So this is them digging in the bags they found!

 Gavin with a basketball egg.

And a Spider Man book!















On  another day, I took my granddaughter for a few pictures while the flowers were blooming and before everyone mowed them down. She was much more interested in the sticks than the flowers! lol

 Gotta love the sunglasses!  But my favorite is the one below with the sticks!

Friday, my son got married! It was just a simple, fill out the paperwork and *boom* you're married! They will have a service later this summer but it was so cute to see how excited they both were.

Just attended the cheapest, fastest wedding ever! I now have a new daughter and a married son!

Wow. Worked in the yard today. Hope I can move tomorrow! lol
Crys and I had so much fun at Art, Eats, and Beats Thu night! It was great to hang out with my daughter and walk through all the shops. And the food samples and music were great, too!

Congrats! Today is tax freedom day! Everything you've earned from Jan to today has gone to pay taxes!

Art, Eats, and Beats tonight in Fondren! Come join the fun and shop local!

Monday blahs

I'm not sure if I'm just trying to recover from last week getting ready for the craft show or all the pollen. But these headaches are really getting next to me! Went to chiropractor today. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better. Lots of new stuff to post! Coming soon!

Don't forget to come shop at A Hand Crafted Affair tomorrow! 9am to 5pm, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Brandon.