Hot Summer Days

It amazes me how quickly time passes.  My best intentions to blog regularly somehow fall by the wayside through the activities of everyday life.  What have I been doing?  Well, I can assure you that I have not been idle!  In fact, I have been so busy with projects that I have not even taken time to photograph my creations or even special events.  Well, almost too busy.  Here is a pic of David, Robin and I at the Fearrington House Inn where we went to celebrate my 57th birthday. 

It was a beautiful evening and the meal was top-notch!  David is so good to me!

Crochet is my new passion.  Robin was telling me how Dr. Bob Jones III takes one topic a year and learns everything he can about it.  I thought that was a really cool thing to do to keep my mind and body sharp as I grow older.  Some of my past goals, such as regular exercise have become my lifestyle, so now I can branch out and add new interests to my ever expanding list.  This year it is CROCHET.  Have you ever Googled a topic, given your email to a site and then been bombarded with emails about the subject?  I now receive about four emails a day from different crochet websites.  Once I get my fill I will have to unsubscribe :)

One of my greatest joys this summer has been watching my 22-year old daughter start to spread her creative wings.  I always knew she had an eye for color and texture, but only recently has she started to attempt her own projects.  She is currently exploring the "refashion" rage.  I must say that I am very impressed with her diligence and expertise.  Visit her blog to see what she has been doing http://robinelin.blogspot.com/

That's enough for now.  I hope to have some pics of my recent projects to share by tomorrow!  Have a great and godly day!

Oh So Busy!

Spring is always so busy, isn't it.  Between working full-time, updating my laundry room, making multiple trips to visit my parents in Virginia, church activities and services, there is very little time to stamp. This should not be!  We are travelling this week-end to visit our daughter at college and bring home some of her stuff.  She finishes exams next week and will be home for the summer--hooray!

Here are some pictures of the lotion jars I am working on.  I have plenty more to finish up. I think I like the fabric flowers better than the paper ones, so I have been working on those when I have a few minutes to kill between activities. 

I look forward to being able to post more frequently--very, very soon!

Remembering Easter

Our children grow up so fast!  I just finished preparing an Easter treat for my daughter and was feeling a little sad.  What happened to the time?  I still anticipate the pressures of finding the perfect suit with matching tie for my little boy whose shirt tail will be hanging out the back by the time we get to church.  And the fun times trying on hats to match my daughter's frilly Easter dress, hand-made by Grandma.  This year, it is just me and the hubby.  Our son is off in Chicago and our daughter will not be able to come home from college.  Church service will be awesome, Easter dinner quiet, but our Jesus is ALIVE and what more could we ask?

Here is the gift set I made to send to our daughter.  Hope she likes it!

A Long Week!

It has been such a long week for me.  I know it is because I am looking forward to going to my Mom and Dad's for the week-end and I will see my sister.  I have lived in North Carolina for over 20 years, but I still call Virginia "home".  Here are several projects I have worked on this week.  My evenings have been pretty hectic, so I don't have much to post, but hopefully I will have a gift ensemble to show tomorrow.

 I made this nugget tin for a co-worker who had a birthday this week.  Purple is her favorite color and she loves chocolate!

 This set of Thank-you's were cased from Becky Roberts (Inking Idaho).  I love, love her creations.  I found these clear acrylic boxes at Stamp on This.  They really give your card sets a professional look.

I love how this card turned out.  It says "Congratulations" the inside.  I thought it would make a nice graduation card--something a little different!  I pretty much copied a card by "Penquin Stamper".  She is another stamper that I just love to case!

Nature Walk Birthday

Such a beautiful day!  The sun is shining and we will see 85 degrees by this afternoon.  Makes me want to get outside--except for the pollen.  Oh well!  Maybe the downpour expected tomorrow will help that situation.  I had a little time in my craft room this week-end.  Here are two birthday cards I made using the Nature Walk set.

Thanks for looking!

Rainy Wednesday

Here is North Carolina it is a very rainy day.  That's okay though.  We have put down grass seed and planted trees and moved trees--rain is a good thing!

Today I want to share a project that I have been working on lately.  I hope to get some sales for Easter and Mother's Day.  As much as I would like to help the family finances with my stamping hobby, I am happy if I just make enough to get a pedicure every two weeks!  Maybe when I retire from my full-time job I can dive into Stampin' Up and make some real money.  In the meantime, I am having a blast with all the cool tools and fabulous papers and ribbons.

Love, love, love these little bunnies!  Have a great Wednesday!

Spring Day Ahead

Today is going to be in the 80's!  Woo Hoo!!!!  I am so ready for warm weather.  I just wanted to make a quick post this morning.  It has almost been a week since my last post.  I have been working on some items for my sister to sell at a craft sale at her school the first week of April.  I didn't take a picture of the cute little boxes I made so I will have to make up a few more so I can capture them.  So come back soon to see them.  They are soooo cute!

Today I want to share a card that I made quite a while back, but didn't have square envelopes.  Now I do so this was photographed and added to my stash.  I sold this stamp set so this is definitely a one of a kind card for me!