A new look

I'm not crazy about it, but it will have to do until I get my new editing software next week.

And then teach myself how to use it.

Hahahahahhaha.

Hope you're having a lovely Monday!

(Looks like we've made friends with the neighbors (with the Bumpass hounds), as he is snowblowing our sidewalk as I type this. Is there anything that homemade bread can't do??)

Yeah, I Messed it ALL Up

I had the bright idea to refresh my blog background. Just a simple change.

And now that I've lost what I had, screwed up the new template, and magically made several widgets disappear.... here we are.

I will fix it later.

After my head stops exploding & I've cleaned up the pieces.

I Am A Sheep

I finally found my motivation for a crafting project that I have been mentally kicking around for many months. I used this tutorial.

The most difficult part was resizing the originals to ensure they were the same sizes when printed (and simultaneously realizing what an idiot I was for not thinking about the fact that because Kid 1 is four years older than Kid 2, her head might be a wee bit bigger than his.)

(Then again - LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HIS NOGGIN!!)

I am so in love with the final product.

Tell me again why I didn't do this a year ago???

Party Idea

I love to lurk on Blonde Designs. Not only is the aesthetic clean and simple & the ideas awesome, but I also appreciate the downloads they occasionally offer - so I too can pretend to be competent and fabulous with my own custom designed water bottle labels. {Not that I have actually had occasion to use these. I'm just thinking how competent and fabulous I WILL BE. Whenever I decide to throw a party. Maybe some time in the next decade. Or never. Whichever comes first.}

But look what some friends whipped up for Angie's birthday: a Coco Chanel-inspired party! I hope that some day someone will think to throw me a simple yet fabulous surprise party. Because nothing says birthday love like desserts and pearls.

Fab Friday: February 12

This may seem a little silly, but pencil pouches have been a lifesaver in our house.

Big Sis has always been a creative girl. As soon as she could grasp a crayon, she marked, drew, shaded, cross-hatched, painted, splattered, and glued her way through a myriad of projects. As she grew, so did her collection of art supplies.

Around Christmas we realized things were a bit out of control. A purge was in order, and purge we did. And then surprise! Mom and Dad provided a new array of supplies to enhance her creativity - complete with pencil pouches to secure her new rainbow of twist-up crayons & pencils. Now she knows where they are, and more importantly, which crayons are hers & which are her brothers.

**PS, if you haven't used twist-up crayons or pencils, you're missing out. Awesome.

Rosy Ring

How cute is this rosy little ring?!

{sorry, I couldn't get an image to upload, you so have to click through to see it}

I wish I bejeweled my fingers more often......

Snow Day

On Wednesday, we woke up to this:

It was the first significant (over an 1") snowfall since we moved here!

Big Daddy & Big J were long gone on their journey back West, so Big Sis and I started our Snow Day with oven-cooked bacon & pancakes. Y.U.M!!

After breakfast, we headed outside.

I grabbed a shovel and started clearing snow:

(this is the AFTER picture)

While Big Sis met up with the neighbors and mostly did this:

We ended with some serious Snow Angel-making.

Then we headed indoors for a movie.

We ended our day with some crafting. Glitter makes everything better.

A great first snow day!!