Time Flies

This last week really got away from me....

I was up to my eyeballs in projects...

Mother's Day cards...



and Mother's Day gifts...

I'm trying to get my act together, but this week, it's a new project.

Now, I'm up to my eyeballs in this....

Gotta clean these baby toys and baby clothes out of here for our MOPS children's resale this Saturday. Hoping to make a little extra moolah :)

Shake it like a Polaroid Picture

This is why I love, love, love blog-hopping.....you end up finding really, cool sites like this.

You download the application and then all you have to do is drag and drop your digital photos to get them to look like this:

The coolest part is watching your photo "develop" just like a real Polaroid! Super cool site!

Valentine Goodies

We decided to throw an impromptu Valentine Party tonight and invite the cousins over for "dinner & a movie." So, the boys and I spent all morning making decorations.



I pulled out all the pink and purple scrapbooking paper out of my stacks [not much need for those colors around here, so we've got plenty of that!]



It was so much fun ~ 2 hours flew by before we knew it [and then, of course, there was the mad dash to eat lunch, get Evan dressed for school, and drive to the bus stop with the rest of us still in our p.j.'s just to make it in time!]




Our house looks so cheery now....just walking into the kitchen makes me smile. Might have to keep them up for a while [read: until I get a spurt of energy to take them down :)]

And while I'm sharing....

thought I'd share the treats I made for Evan's Valentine Party at school...

They are heart banana cupcake lollipops with chocolate icing. And they are SO yummy!! I only had one though....weigh-in is tomorrow morning.

Evan and I also made each one of his classmates a heart-shaped crayon using all the little bits and pieces of crayons I've collected. It was super easy!! I used a Wilton silicone heart mold for both the cupcakes and the crayons [don't worry, Mark ate the cupcakes that had a little bit of leftover coloring on them from the crayon project - HA! ;)]

Evan broke the crayons up and put them in each mold (which we sprayed with Pam cooking spray first) We popped it in the oven at 250 for 10-15 minutes and then let them cool completely.

I cannot take any credit for either of these projects ~ my sister, Jill, made them for Ava's birthday and they were a hit. I'm just a copycat! :)

I'll have to post some pics of the Valentine Party next week.

Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day with the ones you love...

Five for Friday

1. Happy Belated Mother's Day to all you mommas out there in blogland! Wanted to send those wishes LAST Friday, prior to the big day, it just didn't happen. Hopefully, you got to spend time with those you love and who love you :) I did!

2. May 3rd was National Scrapbooking Day - I know...those of you who don't scrapbook can pick yourselves up off the floor and stop laughing :) I got to spend the day scrapping with about 10 other lovely ladies from the Creating Keepsakes Message Board. It was our first time meeting and scrapping together and it was lots of fun! Here's one of the layouts that I got finished there:

3. Got my hair cut last week and went back to my natural color which looks REALLY dark to me. What do you think? I like the cut and am getting used to the color - now I need to work on the tired eyes - tee, hee!

4. Thought I'd share my favorite project that I completed a few months back. I'll be teaching how to make it at my LSS - HA! - I mean, Joann's. It's a mini-album in an altoids tin that is all about me. You can find out how to make it at http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/. Now, most of the time I'm scrapbooking the kids and their exploits, so this was a lot of fun to sit down and think about what I wanted to say about myself. I reallylike the way it turned out.

5. Isn't he a cutie? Gotta love the t-shirt, too - it says "cruising" and there's a pic of a big wheel :)

Have a wonderful weekend!