rainy day

hello rain.

we are glad you came.
puddle jumping makes us smile,but we will be spending the rest of the day inside,crafting(sewing flower clips for the THREE yes THREE festivals i have been invited to) baking(cupcakes for kevins work bake sale) and smiling.
it's good to slow down sometimes.

:)
have a great day!!!

snip, cut, snip cut...

me last night at midnight...snipping away....

Im very busy, I just got the thumbs up to participate in a local Christmas Craft fair!!!! I m over the moon with excitement! This is the chance I have been waiting for. I will be able to sell my "little a.korn clipies" to a market of people that REALLY will be interested!!!

I stayed up all last night cutting out my some flower shapes for the hair clips...


i made a big happy mess....

so pretty..ha!

but these pretty clips are well worth it! right?!?!



ALSO did anyone watch the show "House of Jazmin" on MTV last night?!?!
how cute are her clothes!??!!? and i love the little bows she wears in her hair!!! very inspirational!!!

MTV Shows

lovely living room re-do

saturday i was watching HGTV (dont ya love it) and i remembered one of the designers on the show i was watching say "never block a window" As soon as I heard this I made a mental note to somehow move the couch in our living room...and re arrange the room. I really like to re-invent our living space,and it seems to make the whole family happy (especially the girls) So after cutting fishies and sea weed for birthday cards yesterday I decided to start moving furniture in the living room and do a little re-decorating. Here's what i came up with...view from the kitchen...

happy little shelf and picture wire <3

vintage 1920s type writer our college art books,vintage hot pink frames,bubble gum machine,etc.

comfy re-covered rocker and boom box pillow

lol this "chalk board" is really a dry erase board i painted with chalkboard paint for the girls. i have a habit of covering things with chalk board paint...you can NEVER have too many chalk boards right?!

i think im done for now with this room,except i think im going to the antique store this weekend to get a blue gum ball machine i saw,and this bad-a@# bruce lee movie poster (keivn loves bruce lee)AND i want this from landofnod.com

(i want the green robot print for at the door)
then i THINK i'll be done...for now and for this room at least ;)

1 fish 2 fish,slowly swimming along.

This morning I woke up did some dishes,and laundry (in hopes to dry my fave black skinny jeans so i could wear them today) (no such luck) After all this, I headed to the hair salon to get my hair done. After and hour of giggling and gossiping with the ladies,Kevin called me to let me know he and the girls were stopping by Sonic after some play time at the park. Since I'm so sweet (and I was so very hungry) I ordered Kev and I some sushi and rice for lunch.


All the food has been eaten,Zoe and Amelie and playing together, kevin is taking a nap (LUCKY!!!!) and I am working on Zoe's fourth birthday party invitations!!!!

Zoe has requested an "under the sea" theme for her birthday this year. Last year she had a carnival party her invitations took me about 3 or 4 weeks to make...yes i said weeks!!!!
here they are....

i had to cut and glue each little flag on to each invitation!!!

so yeah...it took awhile.

this year im going to make little fish bowls,so today i'm going to take some time cutting out the little paper goldfish and seaweed for each fish bowl invite:) i'll do some more updates on the progress.there's one thing i surely do love and that's kids birthday party planinng.

simple sunday morning.

good morning!
today is church day.the girls will be participating in a dance at church. we are excited. i need to find a quick art project for the children's church class i teach :) last week we made sun catchers.i might do something a little bit less creative today (maybe i 'll bring bubbles to play with outside)
...to avoid mid church day lag, i think i will make a nice breakfast for us this morning.


anyone want some fresh blueberry muffins? i think im gonna go do some baking now! have a good day!!

it's as easy as ABC!!!

heres some little felt ABC blocks i made for little Amelie :)



so cute!! or should i say sew cute:)



today is starting out slow , not to much on the list of stuff to do...except cleaning up around here for me :) BLAH.i hope everyone is having a fun,easy weekend!!!

mud pies GLORIOUS mud pies!!!

we live in the south.
the summers are HOT.
Too hot to go outside and play during the day.
so,we have been trying our best to go outside and play in the evenings.

a few days back, the girls were running around the yard going wild (happy to finally get to play). They kept going in the garden box getting out dirt. After awhile i remembered playing in the dirt as a child making mud pies.So i got zoe a little water and well....what started off nice and clean

slowly became

one big fun

muddy MESS!!

(thank goodness it was right before bath time)

yay MUD!!!