This is my INSANE week. Not only do I have template stuff to do, but other design deadlines-END OF YEAR teacher stuff, and my kids have all sorts of field trips and after school social events. So I’m just plain ole busy.I got something very exciting in the mail yesterday!! Wait till you see.
You know how much I LOVE personalization and gifts like that right? Its seriously an addiction.
Well Upon GOGGLING such items, I found this UBER cool site called Bags of Love
After spending forever there I decided I HAD to have THIS make up bag
BIGGEST Dilemma: WHAT photo to use. I wanted all of my family on there so I used our Christmas photo. We don’t get many FAMILY photos. Let alone including our sweet dog Daisy 😀
This is what it looked like-
I about bounced off the wall with excitement! I was just over the moon. It looks great, and the photo is a very soft, satinish kind of feel. LOVE IT.
I went with the tan since it would match like everything I buy.
Side 1
I now want MORE stuff 😀 I’m thinking tote bags for Alexa, Amber and Noah with their photos! I may even ask about scanning their art work onto a bag, and sending that in for them use in place of a photo 😀 Now that is cool!!
Other side
I was on the hunt for a cool makeup bag that would match everything! Now I needed one that would carry me for some time, because every time I get a new handbag- I get a new wallet, check book cover, makeup bag etc. I end up spending a ton of money with each Vera Bradley purchase! LOL! Now I have one that makes me smile every-time I look at it.
Plus it fits everything perfectly.
Inside view
Sooooooo, on the 29th I ordered that makeup bag, and it arrived on my doorstep on the 3rd! HOLY SPEEDY!
Just HAD to share my fun find with ya!! I’m thinking they’d make great gifts too.
The photo looks really good on there too. Honestly I was a littler leery to order, thinking it may be crappy, maybe the photo wouldn’t be good, so I didn’t spend a fortune. Now I’m wishing I got more. The quality and feel was super. Well made, not CHINCY. Im quite happy it . Their delivery time was right on. Im especially surprised since they are coming from the UK!
I’m in love with Bags of Love! LOL!
Anywho…..now for some other eye-candy.
Stampavie had a Sketch Challenge that no only was I late for, but I obviously can’t follow other peoples sketches very well! I somehow veer off and just do my own thing in one way or another. OH! WELL! It was a start it this creation:
Guess What
Are you familiar with the book :Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBrateny?
Its Amber’s favorite, and I always get teary reading it. Its definitely a MUST HAVE book for the family.
Well its about a mommy bunny and her baby bunny, and as they walk through the forest they talk back and forth. The theme for each page is Guess how much I love you? Then they go through and say how much, each time one out does the other.
In the end he goes through and says I love you all the way to the moon and back, as the little one falls asleep in the mommy’s arms. Its so sweet.
Well, Amber says to me-about a literal 20 times a day -randomly
“Mommy Guess what?!”
me-What?
You wanna know how much I love you?
I say “How much? This much (and I make a tiny amount with my 2 fingers)?
She says “NO! I love you THIS much (and stretches her arms as long as they will reach) and to the moon an back! And when I get bigger, I’ll love you even bigger.”
Then she takes her hugely (yet little) stretched arms and wraps them around me with a big squeeze.
AWE! That melts my heart, and no matter what is going on, in that moment, I just stop and enjoy the squeeze at my legs. Its the best feeling in the world. I know this won’t last forever, so I am just cherishing it.
So I made her this card-so we will always remember this time (I HOPE!)
The bunny image is Rachelle Anne Miller Hoppy Spring
The “Guess What” rounded tab is from JustRite Stampers Demi Phrases set, put into a small 1 3/16 round stamper!! Yes, It will go in there! I was quite excited about that.
So that is that!
Thanks for stopping by.
Im going to bed. (I HOPE!)
52 Responses for "Bags of Love and a bunny hug story"
OMG how totally adorable. I also know that book. My darling 10 year old boy and I read that so much when he was little. We would always try to out do the other in how much we love each other. It became a game. He stills likes to get up in the am and get in bed with me and will say guess how much I love you and then of course I say how much. He says to the moon and right back again. Love it. He is my only and I know that this will not last forever, he is growing up . Enjoy those momments with your little ones, they seem to just fly by so quickly.
I LOVE your new bag!!! It is soooo cute! Going to the website now to check it all out! Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂
Awwww….what a sweet family post! What a cute picture of your family. We’ve been horrible about getting family pictures with all of us. Thankfully, one of my good friends, an Auntie to our kidlets, comes to most of their birthday parties and takes pics of the whole event, including family shots with all of us in them. Love your card as much as your ‘how much do I love you’ story. Your kids, but especially girls, are going to treasure that you wrote these stories out when they are older! :>
That is a really cute bag and a great picture! I love your card too but I love all of your creations! I don’t know if you have ever heard of Exposures!?!? but they have some cute personalized items (including make-up bags, purses, etc). I love Exposures. I have all of my pictures organized in their boxes… a little pricey but great quality. http://www.exposuresonline.com
Ohhh! that card is PERFECT for the story!!! I bought it for my baby sister when I got married and then for my son when he was tiny. Its a wonderful story! 🙂
The bag turned out awesome too!
Love your new bag! My DSIL got one for me as a gift and I just love it. You totally will smile everytime you use it. And that story book is about as sweet as they come.
I love that you captured your memory in that card. You gotta tuck that away for her so she can read it when she’s older.
Love the bag – great idea. Thanks for sharing your heart-melting/tear jerking moment – I try to make sure I stop and take in those moments, that are now few and far apart. I miss that story…
This is so sweet…the entire post…from the family photo make-up bag to the card and “I love you this much.” TFS 🙂
Hey what a cute card and story!
HOW FUN! ANd you know the makeup gal that i am! I’m definitely going to have to check this site out!!!!
I love your card and your story! That story is a family fave in our house as well. Thanks for sharing, I am really enjoying your blog!
Shanna
Lauren, The story about the hugs was so sweet – you got me a little teary eyed!!
The photo bag is awesome – I will be checking that out later and the little bunny card is so precious to go with your hug story!
I like the bright cheery colors you used with it too!!
Anna Banana
Sweet card.
Oh my gosh! Lauren, that makeup bag is to die for and I’m not a makeup kind of gal, but I think I want one just to put stuff in. The card…is perfect. Totally catches the book’s storyline. I have that book tucked away somewhere that I read to both of my kiddos too.
Lauren, what a great looking bag. It would almost hard to use it because I would want to treasure it, but then again everytime you use it you get to see your family.
That was a wonderful story about little Amber. Do cherish those times wheneve you can because they do grow up and those time do lessen. Love your card to remember those times.
I had to laugh when I read the Vera Bradley part of your story. I have 2 purses complete with checkbook and wallet and I just bought a Mini hipster yesterday, and promptly thougt now I need to get the check book cover. LOL I am sooooooo hooked.
Your new bag is incredible and what an awesome picture. I think that bunny image is so cute too and what you did with it is uber fabulous as usual. Thank you for sharing!
What a great gift idea Lauren…for a new mom with her baby’s picture or your/my Mom with a picture of her kids! Gotta love it! I will keep my eyes open for the next template that has “space” to package these! 😉
I love that you were able to find the perfect stamp and make the perfect card for your daughter to reflect a book that you read together. How great you could make something that reflects the personal relationship between you and your little girl. I am sure this is something that she will treasure forever. Isn’t this craft wonderful?
Hey Lauren,
Check out http://www.arttoremember.com. It’s a fundraising company that works through schools to put your children’s art on pretty much any product imaginable! My school uses it and the products are totally cute and great quality. It might be worth checking into, maybe your art teacher would be willing to run it.
My son and I read that book when he was little. The card is precious! {tears}
Thanks for sharing
love it. that was my most favorite book to read to my daughter when she was little. for Christmas last year she gave me a stuffed rabbit and baby rabbit on its back with the a tage of that book on the cover. i LOVE it and smile everytime i look at it. now we see who loves one another the most. she says she loves me around the solar system
50 thousand times!!! LOL
I love this bunny stamp!!!! Cute card! And… love the story too!
What a lovely card and story!!
Hugs Gisela
Hi Lauren 🙂
I love your bag – and what a neat family photo! Very Cool.
Maybe this will be an encouragement to you in the end of school year busy-ness. Here in New Zealand, our little kids finish the school year the week before Christmas! It is an insanely busy time. Just imagine all the things you are having to do now, with all the Christmas, New Year and summer holiday preparations added to them as well! It is totally crazy lol.
Hope it all goes well for you.
Hugs, Anne
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