OK I planned this post differently till I realized WHAT today is.
I just have to shout that it is Alexa’s 2 years into Chemo today!!! She was diagnoised/started treatment Feb 6th of 2006!!! WOW!!!
We now have offically 6 months left.
Feels like just a few months ago, and almost like a dream-OK a nightmare, that I was sitting there listening to the most frightening news I had ever heard in my life.
But God has been good, and she has been Cancer FREE!!! I know there has been a purpose for all of this.
I promise when you go through something like that EVERYTHING in your life changes.
I know “I” have changed immensely. I view the world, life and people so differently. I take NOTHING for granted.
I am so much more thankful and driven. I realize the need to enjoy every day, and see no guarantee’s of tomorrow. You need to do what you can TODAY! Don’t wait. You may not get that chance.
I just pray endlessly that she will continue to be strong and beat this.
I appreciate everyone’s support through the past 2 years.
It really has past so quickly, as the worst is behind us.
OK now onto the post I had planned-sorry for getting side tracked, but this is a huge day for us.
When I made this card, the idea, for an egg shape, came by looking at the egg in the set. It’s a REALLY cute egg.
It is called Eggstra-Special Easter.
I thought it would be fun to use other MFT stamps to make my pattern on my egg.
So I inked up Behind the Scenes, and away I went.
I used my coluzzle oval to create the egg card. Fold at the side. I think alot of us think egg shaped greetings when we think Easter.
As a kid my mom made the BEST Easter baskets. My FAVORITE thing to get was Cadbury Creme Eggs! OMG!
They are always a diet killer for me. I even LOVE the new Caramel filled ones. Every-time I see one I think if being a kid. One year my mom put JUST a basket of those yummies for me. It was awesome. My dad would sometimes go to the candy shop, and get us really cool Easter candy-like the eggs you peek into, and there is a bunny scene. They are made of pure sugar. So pretty. I would keep mine for years. Then finally have to toss it.
My brother loved the Reese peanut butter eggs-so we would often trade candy. He wasn’t a big Candy person, and would keep his forever!
I would sneak into his room and “borrow” some of his neglected candy. He never noticed, till it was almost gone, and realized HE didn’t really eat it! LOL! What good is getting an Easter Basket of candy if its JUNE and its still full? That is candy abuse.
Every year we would spend HOURS decorating Easter Eggs. We would color on them with crayons, then dye them. A tradition I try to carry on with my own children-who would rather THROW them into the dye :C Maybe this year. l
Last year we did 3 different egg hunts with the kids. The kids really all got the whole concept. I believe Noahfound the most. He was VERY competitive about it. A True boy. Reminds meof my brother.
I was always the one to find the egg with the $1 on it. He would pitch a FIT over it, every year! I LOVED it.
We actually went to Alexa’s Make a Wish trip to Disney ON Easter last year, and they got all kinds of cool Easter stuff there.
It is hard to believe that was almost a year ago. WOW! That FLEW by. Thank goodness!
OK sorry about trailing off down memory lane-you are here for the card-
The bunny is flocked. So its cute and fuzzy. It reminds me of the white bunny banks that were fuzzy, with red eyes. I would get one like every Easter! I loved to touch it, and always found the red eyes a bit creepy :C Anyway-this one is CUTE!
Thought I was going to go off again, didn’t you?
The butterfly is a acrylic embellishment from K & Co. Really cute.
I hope you will be up for the MFTeaser party tonight from9-11 p.m. Eastern time. Lots of fun is planned including finding out how YOU can be the next MFT Guest Designer. Head over to the MFT forum on www.splitcoaststampers.com to find out all the details and join us there tonight.
I would love to hear of your Easter Traditions. I believe Greek people have some interesting ones. I also love to hear WHY you do certain things. So feel free to chime in here OK!
Till tomorrow-or tonight if you go to the MFT PARTY!!! 😀
31 Responses for "2 years today!!!!! Eggstra Special Easter Wishes-Traditions"
Congrats to Alexa! She is one strong girl, and having a Mom like YOU….helps a lot! I’m happy to hear that all is going well with her and I sure hope that the next 6 months fly by for her!
Your card is so cute! GREAT egg shape! Love that!
I am so happy for Lauren and her cancer-free anniversary..A reason to celebrate indeed. I will be there at SC tonight for the release party! Chris
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Congrats on Alexa’s Anniversary. I hope for continued good things for the next year as well. I’ll be at the party tonight. I laugh so hard during MFT releases that my DH thinks I’m crazy. I try to share and tell him what is so funny but found it’s better to just keep it to myself. 🙂 See you tonight -Molly B
YAY Alexa!!! In the homestretch now sweetie!!! YAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO 🙂
Lauren – your post gave me goosebumps, got me teary, and then made me laugh…what a mix of emotions, all in one article!!!
As a kid – we always found eggs inside the house…(I guess the Easterbunny didn’t like to go out in the yard in the dark 😉 ) but every year Mom got us each our own bunny to our liking…I got milk chocolate, my sister had dark chocolate, and my brother had white chocolate… I too, love Cadbury creme eggs…what a rush! But my other favorites included Peeps (yep, more PURE sugar) and chocolate covered marshmallow eggs…mmmm, yep, I like the sweet stuff 🙂 We would dye eggs, and use the cool ‘PAAS” clear crayon (I have one of these stashed with my stamp stuff…they work better for crayon resist than crayola white)
Shannon is of the school of ‘throwing’ the eggs too…we had many that were cracked last year, but the dyed cracked eggs looked cool too…that is one of my favorite things to do…then we usually get all dolled up and go to church. Last year I cooked dinner for my family, and we had an outside egg hunt, though the yard was a mess…not too many good places to hide them…maybe next time.
ok – my “comment” is almost as long as your blog post, so I’m calling it quits…
{{{HUGS}}} and Happy Anniversary…hope you find a special way to celebrate ‘where’ you are today
[…] My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence wrote an interesting post today on 2 years today!!!!! Eggstra Special Easter Wishes-TraditionsHere’s a quick excerpt2 years today!!!!! Eggstra Special Easter Wishes-Traditions Published by mytime under Cards OK I planned this post differently till I realized WHAT today is. I just have to shout that it is Alexa’s 2 years into Chemo today!!! She was diagnoised/started treatment Feb 6th of 2006!!! WOW!!! We now have offically 6 months left. Feels like just a few months ago, and almost like a dream-OK a nightmare, that I was sitting there listening to the most frightening news I had ever heard in my lif […]
so glad to hear that you are heading down the homestretch and that all is going well. I too am a believer that there is a reason for everything and you should not take anything for granted. I love your oval card and Easter story
Congrats on reaching the two yearsmark! I am so happy to know things are going so well!!!
Your card today is gorgeous!!! I love the egg shape and the cute flocked bunny. Every year (Even now still) my Mom got me a white chocolate bunny…my fav! And we had egg hunts in the back yard. I was the golden egg champ 10 years in a row. My cousin was sooooo mad, it was great! At 15 I stopped hunting the eggs and finally let him find it. LOL
Happy 6 months left day! Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the Disney trip. Adorable card! Love the flocked bunny and acrylic butterfly.
Easter traditions – let’s see. A wonderful QUIET day in my house! I get to sleep late and hang out with DH and the kids all day.
Congrats on 6 months left! We’re four months into DD’s treatment and I know what it’s like! Keep up the positive thinking and great blog!
Dana
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Way to go Alexa. I’m four years cance free and counting down to that five year mark. Anniversaries are so important. God in his infinite wisdom chose you to be Alexa’s mother and it is a perfect fit.
I have three older children, 19,18 and 17 and then my little 11 year old blessing. It is the older brothers and sisters that get competitive over our annual family easter egg hunt. Jack just sits back and makes fun of them!
My mom died of colon cancer in 1990 at the age of 53, and my first husband died of a heart attack at 36 in 1993. I have the honor of making my mom’s and my husbands favorite recipes for our Easter dinner. Easter is our celebration time. Christmas is magically, but Easter in the fullment of God’s promise of victory over death. Because of Easter I know my Mom and my first husband are in the most wonderful place of all.
Enjoy your celebration and God Bless
Marcia
Love this card Lauren! I will have to try something like this for my Easter cards this year! Thanks for the inspiration!
Heartfelt wishes to you and all your family Lauren. You are amazing with what you have been through. Best wishes from me and my family. PS Love all your cards xx
Yay for Alexa!! God bless her and your family.
Hugs
Ana
I’ve been reading your blog for a long time but this is my first post. You are just doing awesome and your work is so pretty. Reading about your Easter traditions makes me think of my own. My mom and dad would always make up Easter baskets for my brother and I and put them in the living room on the couch for us to find when we woke up. They would always hide Easter eggs around the house too. The best part was that we always wore our pajamas and I remember my long gown with Strawberry Shortcake on it. We also colored eggs together….ahhh, memories.
oh Lauren, don’t you know by now that we love to hear you ramble on and get sidetracked? Your stories are wonderful. I used to get those little sugar eggs you peeked into when I was a kid too. I made some for my own two kids a few years in a row. It was fun. I used cut up scenes from greeting cards for the insides, and the recipe was a pretty simple one. The hardest part was finding an egg that opened the correct way!
Now you’ve got me rambling! Anyway, I love your card. It just looks like Easter. Aren’t paper eggs fun to decorate?! A lot less messy than all that dye!
Love this card… I am looking for good bunnies to go with the Amuse stamp that says, “I love you to the Moon and Back” (get it? There is a kid’s book called “I love you This Much” or something like that…) and these MIGHT be the ones ;^)*
Congrats on the Anniversary!
Feb. 6th is the day that I lost my unborn child, Micah, so it is a tough one for me… but — Lyra wouldn’t be here if Micah had made it, so there is a blessing despite the sadness.
Easter is more of a bunny and egg thing for us, a renewal of Spring… I just love the joy in the hunt around our home… and getting together to see all of the kids having fun!
congrats on Alexa’s big milestone! there will be some even bigger celebrating in 6 months for sure!!
we dyed eggs every year growing up but strangely, only my dad ate the eggs and since we have 4 kids in our house, we’d do about 2 dozen eggs and at least one dozen were thrown away – but hey, how much do eggs cost anyway, right? it was worth it to keep the kids occupied for an hour, I’m sure.
I loved reading about your memories… so cool. I remember the egg hunts from my childhood too, good times! 😉
You are such a goos amabassador for MFT you know! Because that stamp from the set “behind the scene” I thought it looked like a bar code to me, then when I see it used by you with several colors it looks so nice!!!
Your egg is eggstra special and beautiful! If I was celebrating Easter I would definitely make those for my kids! 🙂
I’m really happy Alexa is OK now. 2years seems like such a long time, and yet I understand why you sometimes feel like it was just yesterday…
It’s wonderful that the end of the tunnel is near!!… 🙂
Can’t wait to be in 6 months and see her getting long hair…
She’s in my prayers.♥
Congratulations on nearing the end of this long journey! It made me very happy to hear that she is almost done, and so are you.
I also used to love the cadburry creme eggs and robins eggs, the colored chocolate covered maltballs. I can’t be trusted with those!
Very cute card, I love the colors!
That is so aweome you are getting to the end of the chemo! I’m so happy to hear that and that Alexa is doing well.
Your card is fantastic!
Congratulations. This is a day for celebration. I hope things continue to go well for her.
Jumping, shouting and screaming for joy about your great news! Our friends just lost their 15 month old to infant ALL. So hearing your story of success and joy is just so reviving. Thank you so much for sharing that part of your life with us.
As for easter, I’m one of those boring mother’s that really hates the candy part of Easter. So years ago i started hiding plastic easter eggs with other things inside. Stickers, hair clips, little trucks. Well now that I have three kids I want to know who’s stupid idea it was to stuff eggs. I’m rethinking the candy thing – ha ha.
Again congrats and big hugs to all of you.
Congrat Alexa!!! God has great plans for her!! Lauren as always you are such a loving, talented, person, with lots and lots of patience. Alexa is lucky to have such a support team on her side! God Bless You All!! Even the new puppy!! Bev
Praise the Lord! I can’t believe it’s been two years already and that she only has 6 more months to go. What a journey it’s been.
Cadbury eggs are my all time favorite too! OMgoodness…. I start buying then way before Easter and start nibbling them. I always eat them the same way each time too. Yummy!
I love it when you go down memory lane. It’s fun! Gotta run. Just wanted to say cute ‘egg’ card. Great post. Great news. Great everything!
Wow, I’m so eggcited for your family – two years cancer free!!!! What a blessing!
Cadbury Creme Eggs…YES! omgosh I love those things!! Reese eggs too!! The egg-shaped ones are SO much better than the regular cups! LOL!! Big hugs to Alexa! Hopefully the next 6 six months will be healthy and fast ones!!
Praise God! I am so happy for you. I am sure that Alexa will stay strong and healthy because God must have plans for her to have gotten her this far. I pray the next six months go just as fast or faster for you and your family. What an awesome display of what our Lord can do!
On a side note, your Easter cards are adorable!
Lauren…”That is such great news”….
I am so extremely happy for Alexa
and of course all of you!! This is a great
mile marker…and with continued prayers..
She shall remain “Cancer Free” …God Bless!!!
Your Egg-stra special card is sweet…
cute little bunny and butterfly!!
Pretty pastel papers…flower & ribbon.
Egg-stra CUTE!!!!
Hugssss…
Dee
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