Happy 4th!! :)

Enjoy your weekend!! :)

A Few Things That Inspire Me :)

Because I love finding inspiration on other people's blogs, I thought I'd share a bit of my own this evening! :)

For some reason, poppies have been catching my eye. I've seen lovely prints on everything from fabric to paper, to




I think I've recommended this site before, but I always feel refreshed at a visit here! {I just love how they've updated their header!! Bees!! Eeks!}

I discovered Heather Bailey ages ago - LOVE the bright colors and patterns of her fabrics, and her paper projects ROCK. :)Wait...more poppies! lol

And someone else obsessed with woodgrain! And fonts! I always adore Kal's stuff. :D

And, um, yum. The color yellow. I'ms so behind the times... I need to figure out how to make a flickr mosaic.

And speaking of flickr - I'm really dying to get back to the whole POTD thing. It's killing me. ;) And now that school's out, I need to spend a few minutes to edit my photos from May and June and post, then get back to taking a pic a day... I miss the connection I feel with my little world when I do that. I didn't stop completely, just wasn't as good about doing it for the last couple of months. Not like me, but hey, I've had a TON of changes in the last couple of months!

Enough of my rambling - hope you're enjoying your weekend!

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I feel like I don't have anything in particular to say today - except that I love and appreciate my hubby super lots... besides being an awesome hubby - he rocks as a dad. :)
I had a new kit release on Monday in my little shop at FPD:
my layout with the kit:

The creative team call is up until Friday, if you're interested, drop me an email! :)

Other than that, we've been super busy with life, and summer... I burned like a mother when I was at the beach last week. Was painful until Monday. lol I guess I should have re-applied the SPF 50.

Tomorrow is our first annual eval for school. So... that means I've been busying my little self running around getting everything together... after tomorrow afternoon, we'll officially close the books on first grade. Whew!

Went to Barnes and Noble today and scored a really sweet, simple, tote. It's so lovely. Canvas and yellow. I need to take a photo... and I'm thinking about adding a lollipop flower or 2 to it... will let you know how that turns out. :)

Realized when I went to get together an app for a design team, that I have not been good about uploading my stuffs for the last couple of months. I guess I've just been busy. Oh, really? You don't say... I've been uploading as required for stuff, but not to the one I consider my complete gallery. Which stinks, because I'm the type of person that totally won't flood the gallery, so it's going to take me days of uploading a few here and there to get things up to speed. My bad! lol

I've got yummy things in progress on many fronts, so I'll be sharing as soon as I can... digi, paper, sewing...

And oh, I received a blog award from Kristine - I need to blog about that really soon - I've gotta think about who I'd give the awards to... thanks, Kristine!!

Friday update! :)

{I think I'll blog while my iphone is getting it's software update... all those great new features, but the process is a little scary, as it's rendering the phone useless in the process. Eek! I'm sure it'll be more than worth it...}

Yesterday was enjoyed by all as we spent several hours at the beach...


I put up a new set of little date circle stamps in my store yesterday! :)

And a few more layouts/projects with the playful elagance kit from the paper niche!



We're thinking about taking the boys to see "Up!" this evening... love taking them to the movies. They seem to enjoy it as much as we do. :)

Enjoy your weekend!

Some "Playful Elegance"

This month's kit available at the Paper Niche!

I really loved working with this kit - everything seemed to come together so easily. :)





I think I still have a couple more in me, so I'll probably post them in another day or so! :)

Grab it at the paper niche! :)

BG Lime Rickey projects for ACBailey :)

I have really enjoyed my time as a part of the ACBailey design team! They are making a few changes, so this will be my final post with projects for them. :)These were created with the yummy papers and chipboard from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey line!






Thanks for the wonderful experience as a part of the team!! :)

Sweet & Simple

The best chocolate cupcake recipe EVER. And it's easy, to boot! If anyone's interested, I'll post. :)

We had a simple birthday bash for daddy last night! I'm so thankful to the Lord that He allowed me to find the perfect person to travel through this life with! He was a bit shocked and very happy with the gift we managed to pull together for him! :D


Made it to the pool yesterday for the first time this year - and in the time since we've last gone, D turned into a fish! I was shocked at how he just picked up where he left off and was swimming, diving, splashing, turning somersaults and everything!


E sort of prefers getting in and out of the water, puttering around and just playing outside...
Looking forward to a weekend of sort of relaxing - the boys with be with grandparents! Woot! Gotta love a weekend without the kiddos! :D