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well, jimmie was off last week and the only thing i got done is this...
well, jimmie was off last week and the only thing i got done is this...
good morning everyone!
just a quick note to let you know i am having a sale in my etsy shop. click HERE to see my shop. i will be adding a new kit this week as well, so keep checking back for that. remember, i sell my kits in limited editions of only 5 each!
have a great day!
~r
good morning!
holy cow, i have been so busy! last night was the the final recital for my girls. i helped backstage and it was chaos as usual, but it all worked out. elijah has had a high fever for almost 3 days now, and i am finding it difficult to decide whether or not to take him to the doctor. everytime he has this fever, they just send me home with an Rx for antibiotics, and i am not so crazy about that. please keep him in your prayers :)
i have been having so much fun planning and creating all sorts of things for kalie's sweet 16! we have been soooo stinkin' busy with all of the typical "end-of-school-year" activities that it has been a little difficult to get anything done, but it is mostly over and i can concentrate more on the party now.
here is what i came up with for her invitations:
today, i am starting to make giant crepe paper roses to use for decorations. i am also going to make giant tissue paper puff balls, a la martha stewart, to hang all over. i will post pics tomorrow of what i get done, IF i get anythign done with my sick little guy :(
i hope you all have a wonderful sunday and start your week off good!
blessings and sparklies!
~r
my daughter, kalie is turning 16 next month!!! i can NOT believe it.... we have been planning her "sweet 16" for a few months now. she has decided to have a "mad tea party" in the alice in wonderland style. we are having so much fun planning and making decorations...i will post some pics later.
kalie decided that instead of accepting gifts at her party, she will accept donations to be sent to the Tumaini City Mission School in Nairobi, Kenya. our church sent a team there this past april and she was touched after hearing that many kids don ot go to school there because they cannot afford it. i am still in awe of kalie's giving spirit and selflessness. here is a link to a website with more info and a video as well. with the money kalie raises at her party, she will be helping children who are living in one of the largest slums in the world, to go to school and get an education. kalie's goal is to, in any way she can, help these young people get themselves out of poverty and have a chance at a better life through education and through spreading Christ's love with our actions.
i hope this gives us all, me included, some inspiration to pay it forward, commit random acts of kindness, do any little thing that will start and continue a chain of kindness and grace to others. any thing we can do to show others kindness can only make this world better, RIGHT?!
... 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Matthew 25:40
this is what i have been doing for 2 weeks! it has consumed me, my mother, the dining room table, the rec room table and the bedroom table....yes, i have a table in my bedroom too. i hope to have my grand RE opening on tuesday...yay!
i love glitter!
reduce, reuse, recycle! i love the way my cute little homemade spools came out. and now some daily randomness...
our resident frog is still going strong...
and these flowers are just so darn colorful...don't you think they would look awesome with a little bit of glitter?!
these are the moments that bring a little tear to my eye...
but only for a very short moment until the quiet is shattered!
ok, i will be back in the next few days with a video blog...but seriously, my hair looks like crap and i don't even know what to do with it anymore, so ya, the video blog has been on the backburner for a while :)
sleep tight!
~r
i got home at 2 am last night! i am sooo cranky...but my son and i got to go to our first professional baseball game, so i guess it was worth it. grampa bob and big daddy came too of course :) the A's played the royals. i took elijah down to the dug-out and got him 2 autographs on his little mini baseball mit...sweeney and crosby. don't ask me who they are, but i'm sure he will think it's pretty cool someday. we sat right behind home plate. perfect seats for our first game!
and now on to the REALLY fun stuff! this is what i am up to...
it's the little things that make me happy! kits will be available soon in the shop.
some other new stuff for my etsy shop...lots of sparkly things, fluffiness and vintage stuff...these kits will be available on etsy as well and ideas will be posted here. i will let you know as soon as i get them packaged and posted.
i have a ton to do, so i am off for an evening of fluffing, sewing, packaging and cutting! have sparkly dreams!
~r