Kiwi Lane Designs – Blog Hop Winner!

     I have to say I’ve had a pretty good scrappy week. First I won a Liebster Award and then I find out I won one of the prizes on the Kiwi Lane Designs blog hop. I had always wanted to try these, but was intimidated since I’m not always the greatest with multiple colors and patterns. Winning a set obviously gives me the perfect way to try them!

     Gail at GLOworm Designs had a drawing during the hop for a set of the bracket templates. The first winner didn’t respond, but that was good for me 🙂

     Gail mailed quickly, and well packaged in-case you ever need to do business with her. Also, be sure to check out her blog as she has some really cool things going on there, and great tutorials. She was actually one of the blogs I nominated for a Liebster Award when it was my turn.
    So as a kid with a new toy, I had to try them out right away.  I was working on my son’s seven month pictures, and since we did 8×10’s for the months it didn’t leave a lot of room for add ons.  I decided to use them for journalling, and I have to say I’m very pleased with how they came out.  
     If I had to do it again I would have put the journalling on the left side of the vertical picture, but so be it.  If you can tell there is matching green glitter around the outside of each bracket.  This is how I add glitter without it being girly…I get that question a lot.
     I can also see brackets one and two being very useful with cards.  I think they’d make a great background on top of the card form.
     That leaves me with a question…Do you use Kiwi Lane templates, and how?  I guess that’s really two questions 🙂
    Stay tuned to see what I’m working on next.


Julep Maven Box

     I received my first cosmetics subscription box.  Have you ever done something like this (wish they did this for scrapbook projects at a reasonable cost) and what were you’re thoughts?


My First Blog Award

     Oh my goodness – I can’t believe I won my first blog award! C’est La-Vie Designs Unlimited, LLC nominated me for a Liebster Award.  I’m very honored.
    
     If you haven’t heard of a Liebster Award, don’t worry I hadn’t either, it’s where another blogger nominates you as an up and comer so to speak.  The blogs nominated have to have less than 200 followers.  They also need to be blogs you enjoy, and think others should watch.
   
     Once nominated you then should pay it forward and nominate five others.  So without further ado…
1.  Gail at GLOworm Designs – she does a wonderful job of explaining the techniques she’s using
2. The Reluctant Scrapbook Blogger – Here’s Basic Grey Album is so tastefully done – I can’t wait to see what else she comes up with.
3. Stephanie Buice – My Bits of Sunshine – You can’t find a sweeter blogger
4. Shannon Drake Edwards – Shannons Scrapbooks – Make sure to check our her awesome TP roll Album
5. Michele – JiroKen – Her projects are so attainable

Mother’s Day – Part Two

     Welcome to Mother’s Day Part Two!  This is less crafty, but just as special.  My hubby took our little one out shopping for Mom’s Day and purchased me the Chamilia 2013 Mother’s Day charm for my bracelet. I love it!  It was hard to get a picture of the detail since it’s so tiny, but it’s a hanging charm engraved with Mom on the front and pink bling (tastefully of course) on the back.   I love my charm bracelet as each bead/charm is for a special occasion picked out by my family just for me. 
     My hubby also did the cooking on Sunday…what a nice treat!  He made baked sweet potatoes, filet mignon and salad.  We then had a cake with my family from our favorite local bakery.  We actually come up with reasons to order cake it’s so tasty!
     I do have one crafty thing to share…the wrapping of my Mom’s present.  My brother and his wife have a little boy who just turned one…we went together and got a professional photo taken of the two grandsons.  I made a sleeve to “wrap” the picture and then decorated it using my cricut.  The paisley is from the Cindy Loo cartridge and I believe the lettering was Alphalicious.  I put stickles on the apostrophe and the pollen from the flower just to add a little something.  I was pleased with how it came out. 

 

     I hope you all had a relaxing Mother’s Day.  Did you spend any time crafting or make any of your presents?

 

 

Morther’s Day Part One – School Projects

     I’m lucky enough that Michael’s school tries very hard to do special projects with them for big occasions.  I expect a picture or something, but was so thrilled to find many projects he had done for me.  

     The first was a cute visor.  I knew he had picked the embellishments out because of the ladybug.  it’s the only bug we don’t freak out at right now.  I had to wear it on Mother’s Day…at least for awhile.  
     Here I am getting a big hug while wearing my visor.  We were at my Mom’s for a visit.



    
 Up next he decorated a cup to hold the flower they planted for us.
     If that wasn’t enough work for his teachers they were kind enough and used his handprints to make a painting of the flower. 

     Could the projects get any darn cuter!  Did your kiddos make anything at school for you?
     Up next the present my Hubby helped M pick out, and the  packaging I made for my Momma’s gift.