Holiday Shopping

Well, the season is upon us, and, while I think the most important part of this Thanksgiving through Christmas season is the memories we make while visiting with loved ones over meals and family outings, I also know that we love to give little gifts as tokens of our love. This year I will be supporting all of the wonderful crafty women out there. Yesterday, I shared with you the wonderful creations by Sarah & Abraham and today I am featuring Tip Junkie's Mom-Prenuer's Shop-a-thon. You can follow the link here or in my sidebar. There are so many great gift ideas from all of these wonderful Mom-prenuers! You are certain to find just about anything you need for holiday gift giving--or for yourself:)

Sarah & Abraham

I ordered some notecards and an 8x10 print recently from Sarah & Abraham. When she says quick turnaround time, she means it. My shipping label was printed the same day that I placed the order and everything arrived within a couple days. I will have to take a photo of the 8x10 print. I painted a frame green and placed the pink print inside. It hangs on the blue walls of my daughter's bathroom and is just precious! I'm sure you will find something that you will love as well.

Diptych

My first diptych. Straight out of the camera. Had to try it out:)

ROLLLLL TIDE!

WHEW!!! I feel like I'm back from the dead. My Photoshop editing software was on the fritz and I just haven't had time to figure out what was wrong so I couldn't post pictures and I just felt like I was losing it. Well, I sat down tonight and it's really embarrassing how easily the problem was fixed. I feel like a genius, though . We moved this month and things have been a little out of whack but I'M BACK and it feels great. Here's an outfit that I made for Lil to help her show her team spirit at school on Fridays during football season.

A Little Frustration

I caught this expression while trying to get Lillian to pose in a dress that I made her. She wasn't up for the photo shoot at all and I didn't get the shot of the dress that I was hoping for but while uploading the photos from my camera, I found this little gem. I think it captures her frustration perfectly. I also think it fits nicely with the Shutter Sisters "stalk the moment" post.

I would love to see the moments that you've captured "by accident".

Oh Say Can You See

Well, we normally have an anual Fourth of July party with lots of friends around town but this year so many of us were going to be out of town for the 4th that we all got together for June 14th and celebrated Flag Day. Lillian really enjoyed this first party of summer. Photos are from the annual parade around the grounds. So much fun!

Family Time

When Chad isn't here at night, Lil is somethimes still up at 9:40 pm. Only because she doesn't "WANNA GO TO BAAAYED!!!" There's a bunch of other reasons too like she "wants some GUMMMMM!" Or she needs to "GO POTTY"--a phrase she rarely utters unless it's bed time. One of the best excuses is that she doesn't want to close her eyes. That leaves me saying 'you don't have to close your eyes, just go to sleep'. NOW!!!
Anyway, I was sitting down to post about what a great time we had at camp this weekend. But I sat down to post this over an hour ago and once I got the photos edited and uploaded and once I got the "GUMMMM!" and once I took her to the "POTTY" and once I realized it's now 9:50 and someone is still awake, I just don't have a lot of time to write about the fishing and the marshmallows and the swimming and all of the other fun stuff we did. So I'll let the photos do it for me. There was a first fish experience and some other cool stuff. Oh and a sweet little pic I snapped of her while she was pulling leaves off of the trees. Next time I'll start this after I put the little night owl to bed. I'll be typing away as she's sleeping with her eyes wide open.