Warning: I’m very “chatty” this morning. Not sure why, maybe it’s the coffee 😀
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend. I’d love to hear what everyone has planned for the week. I like knowing I’m not the only one running like a chicken with her head cut off!!
Alexa returns to school tomorrow. I’m a bit terrified, but I can’t keep her home all winter. The rest of us haven’t gotten sick so that is promising.
Noah has his 3rd birthday party to attend this weekend. I will share the cards I made for those tomorrow. I need to brush up on my BOY themed skills! I’m always ALL GIRL.
Today we are going to get some pumpkins and stuff from our local farm, as I wonder HOW I can clone myself to be in THREE places at once on Friday at the children’s Harvest Parade! Each of my children has a party, and the older 2 participate in a town wide parade, while Amber is at the school in her first parade, that takes place THERE at the SAME time! I’m so torn!!!! I’m actually going to tell the afternoon K teacher about the time conflict and see if she can maybe begin the K parade a tiny bit earlier! I’m sure I’m not the only parent with a child in K and older ones in the school. Doesn’t hurt to ASK. If it can’t be changed I’ll go to Amber’s parade first, then FLY downtown and PRAY I make it to the END of the parade for the older two. Still have no idea HOW I’ll be at three parties. Each child is expecting me to be there. CRAZY!
Jay just got a Snowmobile, which he has to pick up today, as a late birthday gift from me :D, and it appears it is from the husband of one of my local area stampers name Monika!! Small world.
Amber also has her “induction” into Daisies. A younger form of Girl Scouts. That should be cute. She is very excited about it. She made me pick out a “fancy dress” and everything! LOL! I fear she may over-do it, so I’m trying to find something middle of the road. She actually wanted to wear her Sleeping Beauty gown! LOL! I had to say NO! on that for sure.
Tuesday we are getting our family photos done. We are giving the Target Photo Studio a shot! Cross your fingers!
I use to be SO good about getting regular professional photos done. Alexa, as a baby had photos every three months!! With Noah we went regularly too. Then poor Amber….getting THREE kids to the photo place and have them ALL look good proved to be too exhausting for me! So things tapered off. Once Alexa got sick, I got busy, and before you know it, its been 2 years since we have been! THAT is terrible!! I got hardly no photos the first year Alexa was sick. I couldn’t stand reliving that time, and seeing her look the way she did. I’m not sure if I regret that or not. I don’t think I do. I just see there is over a year with LITTLE photos of my kids, and Amber was so young, so I feel like I missed a year of her life. I wanted that time to be put behind us with little “documentation” to relive that difficult time. Having photos of the other 2 shouldn’t have gotten away from us, but it did.
So all that being said, I do take a LOT of photos on my own, so that is good. We are due for a group photo. I hope everyone looks good at the same time! Seems like the more people in ONE photo, the bigger the chance someone isn’t going to look good when everyone else does! LOL! Alexa is shy and is so beyond the camera person waving a stuffed toy in her face to make her smile! She is 10, not 2. So if she won’t look at them or smile it cold be a LONG shoot. I really hope she participates without too much fuss. Noah is in the CHEESY smile phase. Oh and my dark hair! I’m still not use to it, and I’m not sure how I feel about long distance relatives getting a peek at it yet! LOL!
Last but not least, this morning I have been packing Etsy orders from my shop, to go out tomorrow morning! So if you ordered something, it is going postal then!
I also have some SEWING projects I want to take on once I get my sewing machine back from Jay’s mom. The holiday’s are coming and everything I give will be HOME MADE! (in some way) They are simple projects, like my felt stocking and what not. I like QUICK sewing projects! Nothing too involved.
With the home-made theme going, here is a card I put in my Etsy shop, but had yet to post on my blog….
Home-made with love
When I saw this image from Stampavie called Home Sweet Home by Helz Cuppleditch I just loved it! I LOVE hearts, and images that contain hearts, so this was SO me! I loved the heart topiary too. Just so cute.
I have issue’s deciding what COLOR I make any house image I create. I usually go with some sort of yellow! LOL!
I had fun coloring this, and while you cannot SEE it, there are stickles on the grass and topiary. Really nice sparkle. I added the same stickles to the flowers I created, along the bottom.
Since this is suppose to be like ‘From our house with love” I added the little rounded tab on the left side. The sentiment is only part of the image from Recipe Borders & Centers Set 1-3/16″ which actually reads “homemade with love”. I didn’t need the entire circle so I only used the 1/2 I wanted. I do that often with these images, and find it helps me maximize their use! I think we should all look at things that way.
Well I have much to do, so I better get running. I’ll be back tomorrow with my BOY cards 😀
Till then
24 Responses for "Home-made with love"
Well Lauren, it’s good to know I’m not going to be the only one running around this next week too then. Between working, doctors, 2 soccer games, band/colorguard practice for DD, teen group for DS, and then the high school Homecoming parade on Friday DD’s band in marching in on Friday at 3:00pm. Somehow I need to get off work early to make that since DD is counting on me being there too.
Hey Lauren! I sit here checking out your website while one of my daughters gets her homework done at 7 o’clock at night! This week will be a marathon for me as well…I think most of us with children will be running through Starbucks then off to one of many destinations…it’s the nature of the beast…HALLOWEEN WEEK! The next 2 months will be the same…and I’m trying to get a business off the ground during this time! I must be crazy. I’m trying to sell my cards and projects and make party favors…wish me luck! I can’t even think of a business name…I swear I’m brain dead! Have a great week…enjoy the craziness!:)
We recently were given 2 huge snowmobiles – we are planing to ride them in NH – well that is after I figure out what I need to do to get permits for them!! LOL I remember when having 2 in school and they each having an event at the same time and trying to figure out how I was going to be there and how I was going to explain it to the boss that I wouldn’t be at work! 🙂 Those days have since past – only one left in HS – a junior and you can be sure she doesn’t want me or her dad at any school event!
Next week is going to be a busy one for me too! And this is where it starts, I think. First, Halloween and all the parties, football still going on, but then Thanksgiving will be here before you know it and we all know how quickly Christmas comes. It’ll be 2010 before we know it!
It’s all good though, right?
Hope you’re doing good. We’ll need to finish our chat one day soon.
Hugs and love,
Renee
PS. Should mention how much I ♥ your card too! Love it!
Hi Lauren – I understand working between three kids events at different ages. My oldest and youngest are 10 years apart! Praying it all works out for you and you can be there for all three kiddos. As for the photos of the kids I did the same thing with mine! My son had his done every few months ..I worked at the portrait stuido at the time..lol. But by the time the girls came around I just haven’t had professional photos taken of them. Only once actually of the family and I wasn’t truly happy with those. If you live anywhere near Connecticut contact me and I would love to take your family photos. I am thinkig of starting a photography business and any practice I can get on other kids than my own would be a great help to me as well. I would love to be able to do this for you as a gift for you for sharing your wonderful creations with the rest of us day in and day out.
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This week is half term week here so my 15 year old is off school. On Wednesday he ‘s going away with Church for the annual “Escape” ( 100+ young adults having 36 hours of mayhem!) so he’ll need organising for that and the rest of the time I’ll be working away here on my computer trying to get my new blog linked to my website (it’s proving to be very trying!). Not an exciting week but hopefully a productive one.
I like the new home card – my friend used to live next to someone who put shutters on her house with little hearts cut out of them and when the windows were replaced she had hearts put into the openers – it might look good on a card but on a 1930’s Liverpool semi it was awful!
Susan
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Just beautiful work Lauren – so pretty,
Have a whirlwind week by the sounds of it !
I do love your card the heart bushes are soooo cute.Iam in the same delimma my youngest has been off for 2weeks with bronchitis and pneumo nia they are on half term this week in uk.Im hoping she’s fully recovered before going back she suffers so much in winter.do hope Alex stays well It seems children return to school and so do the germs!!!
Do hope you get friday sorted other woise youll just have to chop yourself in 3…..lol
Very cute!
Well, I have no children at home anymore so I don’t have all that running to do but my husband and I vounteer at a Children’s home here in Chapala. He is always busy running kids to school or taking someone somewhere. I am trying to get ready for a Craft Show so Iam making cards like mad. Never a dull moment even when you “retire”.
Wow! You are a busy bee. Me…I am lucky that both of my kids are involved in an afterschool activity AT school….so I just pick them up later one those days (my daughter is in cheerleading and my son in Karate). Unfortunately, that means I don’t get to see them practice…I miss that. But starting next month, soccer begins (we’re in South Florida so they do soccer in the winter since the summer is too hot). Once soccer starts, Ansley will be practice twice a week with games on saturday. And Ryan will have practice and games on sunday (so 4 days out of the week we will be at soccer). But besides a doctor appointment for me and going to the post office every day for my store…no other major running around! Just the daily back and forth between 2 schools.
~Lacey
Hello Lauren! what a sweet card you made. I know what you mean running around the house like a chicken! I am feeling like that lately too.
OH! on another note: check out the messages from Ken and valvues supplier.. funny ha! they are targeting the wrong crowd! LOL..
Hugs
Oh I just love the coloring on this Lauren! The way you have the little sentiment peeking out on the side and the pierced swirl are really cool too! Wonderful job!
You make me smile with your stories. Today’s brings back so many wonderful memories when my 33 & 28 year olds were small and oh so busy 24/7. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!
PS…your card is adorable!
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