More Randomness...

What's goin' on here? I'm glad you asked.

--Went to a local dairy and bought 3 gallons of fresh milk...just to try it out. We let it sit overnight and then skimmed the cream off the top. Fresh butter...nice! The kids seem to like it. I'm optimistic this might work out...

--Made cards with some lovely ladies Friday night. I have fabulously creative friends.

--Went to a mini-reunion on Saturday to see several of my high school girlfriends. It's amazing how quickly a person can revert to adolescent silliness :-) It's a good thing my kids weren't with me to see me spiral downward.

--Mother's Day = Awesome Day. Awesome kids. Awesome husband. Thank you God.

--Mother's Day = Sad... Still think about my mother every day.

--Only 5 days of home schooling left! Must. Keep. Going...

--Severe weather predicted here tonight. If anyone needs a basement, you're welcome to come over. We can make cards!

Color Challenge 22

Well, I haven't been able to do a color challeng in a while. This is from Kristina Werner's website at www.kwernerdesign.com/blog. I love the shower curtain! While we were in Branson last weekend, I got this beautiful paper...and it matches the challenge perfectly. Let me know what you think. I had trouble using the Regal Rose. And, I wasn't sure where to put the "bow". Anyway, it was quick and I think it turned out ok.

Send a Card Sunday

After reading Wendy's blog, and talking about creativity, I thought I'd share one of my brief opportunities to do something creative. I make cards. I tend to go through phases of frenzy card making...and then a little lull with hardly any card making. Anyway, about a year ago, my hubby came to my stampin' table and asked me what I was doing. Actually, his exact words were, "What in the world IS all this?" I explained that this was all my card making paraphernalia... "No," he said. "What is all THIS?" he said, pointing to my huge stash of completed cards. So, I explained that when I make a card, I tend to put a little piece of my little heart and a smidge of my little ole' soul into it. And, sometimes, when I'm done making someone a card, I decide that person really isn't "card-worthy" and I end up buying a card and saving my little piece of my heart and my little ole' soul. "They won't really appreciate the effort and love," I think. Therefore, I end up with quite a stash of beautiful (at least, beautiful to me) cards. Well, my hubby doesn't really understand the "little heart and little ole' soul" story. So he puts forth a mandate! "Don't make any more cards until you send some!" says he. Then he spews forth this little piece of wisdom... "The people that are the least card-worthy are probably the people that need your cards the most." Ok, ok. When he's right, he's right. And, he's the one paying for my stuff. So, being the retentive person that I am, I make a plan. On Sundays, when I'm TRYING to do the resting thing, and I'm considering my upcoming week and planning menus, etc... I pick, write, and address a card that I will mail the next day. Now, I've only been doing this for a month or so, and I am finding that it's actually getting easier to release my cards. And, it's really kind of fun to try to think of someone that may just need a little piece of my heart :-)


Here's the recipe... Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip. Ink: Whisper White, Basic Brown, Versamark. Stamps: French Script, Wonderful Words, Always. Other stuff: Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Ribbon (retired). I got this color combo off of Kristina Werner's lovely website www.kwernerdesign.com