OK WARNING: Long winded here! I do have a sample to share at the bottom-so if you don’t want to deal with the drama skip down to the bottom. Ill post ——-lines for you.
OH boy today has been MISERABLE!
First my cell phone was DEAD!!!!!!!!!! So that means I couldn’t be reached by anyone while at the feild trip. (which was totally fun and awesome) Normally not a biggie right?
We SOMEHOW grew up and managed to not have a phone attached to out ear everywhere we go, but suddenly the mere thought of traveling even down the street without it sends us into complete PANIC.
So what happens?
I get to school at 11:30 to pick up Noah. I walk in the door and THREE people rush over to me saying! OH! Good you are here to get Alexa!
Me-“WHAT! No! Im here for Noah. Whats wrong with Alexa?”
them-“the nurse has been trying to call you since 9am”
me” OH! MY! What is going on?”
Then the drama begins. Alexa looks AWFUL.
I am also wondering WHY (now mind you Im always home they can ALWAYS reach me, so this is very odd that they can’t) they didn’t call my husband at WORK! He is listed!! This was urgent.
I had to call the doctor from the school .Alexa had to get to the doctor ASAP because like she usually does she “crashed & burned” meaning OK one moment-NOT OK the next. She has double pneumonia! Poor kid. Its actually the firs time this season and she is prone to it. She usually gets it like 3-5 times a year and is hospitalized at least twice with it.
That on top of my dog groomer calling me endlessly(while Im at the hospital) asking WHEN I will pick up the dog (I was obviously late due the emergency doctor appointment and chest x-rays). I missed my pre-surgery appointment and had to call.
THEN I find out from the nurse, not only do they want to keep me OVERNIGHT , but I will have a Foley Catheter inserted! Why did NO ONE tell me that! EW! YIKES! I don’t want one. I guess its necessary so they don’t nick your bladder during surgery.
So needless to say the catheter thing freaks me out MORE than the surgery.
I was a nurse. I’ve seen and heard the conversations that take place in an OR. I don’t want my “male” surgeon and/or anyone else all “up in my lady business” KWIM?!
I had a catheter while in labor with my kids-before delivering to help empty my bladder, granted you dont care the the President of the United States comes in with a Camera crew while in labor, but when that isn’t whats going on-trust me people, you do care!
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Anyway on another note: If you ordered anything from my Etsy Shop it is all shipped (unless you said you wanted me to wait :D) till you see my other stuff.
On a better note: OK its the 25th!
That means its TIME for the Papertrey Ink Blog HOP!
You can see all about the HOP HERE—->https://www.papertreyink.com/bloghop.html
Now for the March Blog hop here is what we had to do:
Background building sets have rapidly become one of Papertrey’s signature traits. For this month’s Blog
Hop, we want to see all of your very best backgrounds. They can be multi-colored or monochromatic.
Simple or elegantly detailed. They can be created with a set originated for that purpose or a reinvention
of images that were not. Be sure to include a separate photo of your completed background BEFORE
you add it to your project so we can see it in all its glory!
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EDITING TO ADD: OOPS! Obviously I don’t read through stuff very well! LOL! I forgot to take a photo of it BEFORE I slapped it onto my card :C
SOOOO, Im WAY excited to share not only my background building skillz 😀 but what I found out!!
Did you SEE that the Tulip from Wishing You is ALSO a super awesome MUSHROOM set too! LOL!
Can you say LOVE IT!
I would TOTALLY buy this “paper” in a store if I saw it.
Can you SEE how cool and easy it is to now have a retro mushroom set?
Just turn the tulips upside down If you don’t want to mask then use a darker color on the top, so when you slightly overlap the tulip bottom you won’t see it.
I used Guidelines 2for my guide in making my background. Im totally LOVIN it. That set is the BEST!! Remember don’t use with JUST those images in that set!
I used the mini tulip centers as my grass.
This card SCREAMS 1970’s to me! LOL!!! But I love it.
OK so that is my contribution to the HOP!
I hope it inspired you in some small way.
Tomorrow I have the last of my Pink Cat Studio Peeks for the RELEASE!
later-off to attempt to get some work done-
67 Responses for "Papertrey Blog Hop! Did you know it was also a mushroom?"
How cute! I totally never would have thought of that! On a side note, hugs on your crazy day! I hope Alexa is feeling better quickly and good luck on Friday!!
okay, you are TOO clever (we already knew that didn’t we 😉 I think you just pushed me over on this set. OMG! this is the cutest ever-ah! tfs!
Wow, great idea. Sorry you had such a crazy day!
Adorable Card. Just love it. Isn’t it just crazy when you decide to do something fun it just all goes to pot around you. LOL! Any-who I hope your week gets better. I’ll be praying for you and Alexa’s fast recovery.
Steph
Hi Lauren hope you’re not feeling to bad, thought and best wishes are with you. Just to let you know there is an award for you over on my blog, take care, Hugs Sarah B X
Well that is just too much! How cute! LOVE it!
I hope Alexa is feeling better soon. -Molly B.
Wow what an awful day! Hugs to you! Your card is totally fabulous… would have never thought of that.
Any chance of you adding some of your take along totes to your Etsy store?
super cute idea! love the colors too!!!
HUGS!! I hope that the rest of the day goes better and that Alexa is feeling better soon!
Totally cute card! so creative!
You are TOO clever!! I’m so sorry about the day you had! Isn’t is amazing how people coped without cell phones for centuries, but now if I forget mine even to run to the grocery store I feel like the world is going to end and no one will be able to call and tell me!
I hope Alexa feels better soon, and GOOD LUCK with your surgery!
What a super rad card!! I love how this turned out!!! I am excited about this blog hop….it’s my first one!! Hope you are well…
-t
Ok, first , prayers are already being said for you and Alexa. Second, that card is just fabulous. You’re a genius, you know that, right? I had no idea those tulips could be mushrooms, but now I do.
Oh my goodness; well, this just goes to show why you’re a fabulously talented designer!!! LOVE it & it DOES scream ’70s!!! 😉
This is too too cute!! I never would have thought to use this set like this!!! I hope Alexa feels better soon and I would totally be freaking out about the catheter as well!!!
How very 70’s of you!! Hee hee LOVE that you figured this out. What a happy discovery when you get something totally different than what you expected. So glad to see you hopping tonight and hopefully the day is widning down a bit for you. Here’s wishing good health to you and Alexa 🙂
Wow…I’m always so jealous of people who think about things this way. I would never have thought of mushrooms, but it is so cute!
So awesome!!! Who knew I already had a mushroom stamp!!! This just rocks, thanks for sharing your inspiring ideas 🙂
Oh dear, not your best day, I am so sorry! I hope Alexa feels better soon. Sorry to hear about the Foley – that does NOT sounds like fun. My thoughts and prayers are with you & your family. Just get healthy – worry about all the craftiness when you are better!
~Meredith
Very unique interpretation of the stamps, Lauren! You always have something nifty up your sleeve! It’s so cute! 🙂
Oh Laura, when it rains it pours!!! I hope ALexa is feeling better REAL soon. Poor thing!!! I will be keeping you and the family in my thoughts and prayers.
holy cow, Lauren! When it rains, it pours! (oh–oops–I just saw that Barb said the same thing, LOL!) I hope and pray that Alexa makes a dramatic turnaround so you can get some rest preop. And you have to have a CATHETER? Icky! I honestly don’t remember having one when I had my gallbladder out, maybe they took it out before I woke up? Anyhow, sorry about that! Tell ’em to put it in before your dr. gets into the OR!
Oh–I LOVE the tulip made into a mushroom card! So cute!
{{{hugs}}}
Very cute and great way to utilize a stamp set!!
Lauren that is DARLING!!! Hope your sweet girl is feeling better soon!! Good luck to you friday!
REFUSE the catheter! It is your right to refuse procedures. They absolutely do not need it during a lap-cholecystectomy! I didn’t have one during mine and the bladder is no where near the gallbladder! Catheters are overused and can be inserted during surgery if something goes wrong like bleeding! They may need it if they are forced to convert to an open procedure (full sized incision) due to complications but it can be inserted then! The last thing you need is potential for infection caused by an unnecessary procedure! I can’t even imagine why they want to keep you overnight! I was walking out about 2 hours after I woke up! Any chance this is just a way to charge more to your insurance company? We don’t have that problem in Canada!
So cute! Way to think outside of the box 😉 Love the colors..
How stinkin’ cute is this! WOW – love the way you went outside the box with the Wishing You set.
Hope your little one is well soon. Good luck w/the surgery.
Serriously how creative can one person be? I LOVE IT!!!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Totally cute! What a great idea! Sorry to hear about your crazy day- hope Alexa feels better soon and good luck with your surgery!
OMWord…what a rotten day! I’m sorry Alexa isn’t feeling well – I hope she snaps back quick, poor thing…I’ve been thinking about her today…I guess now I know why…
And catheter…eeewww. Sorry honey.
now for your project? holy cannoli – I love it! the ‘paper’ you made is AWESOME!!! great colors, and a fun print. way to go friend…hoping tomorrow is a MUCH better day!!!
Okay that is too clever, and I loooove the colors you used! Hope your medical issues all get cleared up, so sorry for the crazy day.
Wow! what a day! i’m sorry to hear about everything going on and I hope it gets better!
I love your card! Great idea on making those tulip heads into mushrooms – who would’ve thought of that!?
Good luck with your surgery on Friday! As much as it sucks to have to have surgery, at least you’ll know you won’t have anymore of those attacks.
Oh what a clever and stinkin cute idea – You REALLY do see the world differently and that is the basis of some of your incredible creativity!
I seriously have some disco jivin’ in my head right now! :> Love that you found a great new way to use your new favorite set!! I would not have thought they were tulips, if I had not glued myself to your blog before the release!! :>
Too freakin’ cute! Love your ‘shroom background!
Oh wow, brilliant! But we never expect anything less from you! 🙂
That is just too cute! I hope Alexa is feeling better soon!
I love it.
oh Lauren, I love it!! No wonder you have been bouncing today! It is so great and SO 70’s which makes me love it even more. Hope you have some down time tonight after all that hoopla today and hope Alexa gets feeling better soon!
Lauren,
You are definitely an original! You don’t have just one style. You’re all over the darned map and it makes for so much fun for us who aren’t. I just have to ask: When does your mind shut down? I wish you the best on your surgery and that dreaded catheter. I hope Alexa feels better too. What a special girl.
Take care, Lauren
Lauren, girlfriend – what a day you had! 🙂 I do hope that Alexa is feeling better soon…poor thing. And continued prayers for your surgery on Friday!!
PS – Of course loved the card! 🙂
Who would have thought a tulip could be a mushroom! You’re way to good!
Lauren – I hope the rest of your week is better than today. I pray that Alexa is feeling better soon and that soon you will have your surgery behind you. How you manage to keep all of this up without crashing and burning yourself is beyond me! You are an amazing woman!
Loved you card and the photo of your niece and card is adorable!
Oh, Lauren-
Prayers for you and Alexa…poor girl! ((HUGS)) and I hear you with the cath business….yes, you do care!
Please try to breathe! 🙂
Hugs-
Kathy
This card and background paper is just darling. Can’t wait to get my set to try this out.
Take care of yourself and good luck Friday.
Man, you’ve had a crazy day. I hope Alexa is on the mend and feeling better. Best of luck on Friday, I’m sure everything will be just fine!
Cute card, love the mushroom, you are so creative!!
Kelly
I am so sorry you had such a crazy day. It always seems to happen when your phone is dead. I wish you the best of luck for you & Alexa. My son is on pnemonia #3 so I know how that goes. Love your card & congrats on your etsy sales.
Oooh super cute.
Oh my. I love mushrooms, and I would totally buy this PP in a store too! Can I buy some from you?! lol
Again, you are one clever chickie Lauren.
(and I’mn sorry about the yucky day you had too! ouch.)
Cute card!!
And sorry about the wack-a-doo day. I’ve had a catheter twice and I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. You’ll get through it, though!!
Sorry about the crazy day. I hope Alexa is feeling okay. I have to say I was LOL when you were talking about not caring if the president of the USA is there while delivering your baby. I remember for my first I had one of the most handsome interns and even my husband commented, asking if I was embarrassed. It is funny how when it comes to your kids there is never anything more important!! Good luck with everything and thank you for keeping us inspired.
Hope Alexa is doing okay this morning! Sorry I missed this yesterday 🙁
Your project is cute…love your background you created!
That’s a lovely card! I hope things get better with Alexa.
Good luck! I hope that today is more brighter than yesterday.
Beautiful card! I will pray for you and Alexa.
must have been the moon, I had the same kind of day, except I pulled a muscle and thought it was a heart attack. I will say prayers for Alexa and hope she recovers quickly. Bless your heart about the catheter, just remember, breathe! Unless they blessedly do it while you are asleep and no worries, you won’t know or be embarrassed…KWIM? Take care. I pray your days get better quickly.
so clever of you!
sorry to hear about alexa, hope she feels better!
hope u fell better too!
You are AMAZING!!!! This morning before work, I took a quick breeze through my favorite blogs. Saw your mushroom card and thought. Wow cute stamps. Then at lunchtime I was reading Melissa Bickfords blog and she said your mushrooms were from her tulip set. WOW! Mind you, I own the tulip set…. Lauren you are truely talented.
I really is a retro looking card Lauren. I think it’s the colors more than anything. How cool that the tulip is a mushroom! I never would have seen that!
I feel sorry about the catheter too. I’d say just do it after I’m out of it!
IMAGINE THAT!! You were born a tulip, you were raised a tulip, AN NOW YOU’RE A MUSHROOM!! That is thinking outside the box if I ever saw it. Clever, Clever!!
Good luck with your surgery. All our prayers are with you.
Linda
Good luck with your surgery. Just remember that you are the one who says what can and cannot be done to your body. It is your right to refuse any procedure that you are not wanting. Ask a ton of questions why this has to be done and make sure their answers are satisfying to you and not just the hodepodge they give you to shut you up. Be aggressive in your care, it is your right. By the way your creations are adorable.
Lauren, maybe they were misinformed, or new. Different hospitals have different protocols, but if it is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, most places don’t insert a catheter for that. You go before you go to surgery, then when you get to your room, you get up and go again, (with assistance of course). The majority of lap chole patients who are young and healthy, with no complications, go home later the same day, or early the next. Like Janet S said, you are the customer here, and are allowed to refuse any treatment. Ask a lot of questions, and make a list to take with you. You’ll be surprised what you don’t remember when they ask, “do you have any questions for me?” You’ll be in my prayers, as will Alexa. Take care. By the way, your card is great!!
This is so cute. Love it.
What a great card—you are just so clever!! Hope all goes well with your surgery and that Alexa gets better soon…..
I would have been screaming, “Calgon, take me away!”, if that were my day.
I’m so sorry about Alexa being sick. Prayers are going up for her and more for you for tomorrow. {{{Hugs}}}
I’ll be thinking of you all day tomorrow. If Jason can, have him post an update for us, okay?
Love ya like a sis ~
♥Renee
PS. Great card, btw! Love the background!
Really good work about this website was done. Keep trying more – thanks!
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