Thanksgiving Recap

So yes, I dropped off radar for a while...but I'm back with some "catchup" posts from the holidays & (gasp!) some cute crafts as well!

First up, Thanksgiving in pictures....

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank You GOD for blessing me much, much more than I deserve.

Happy Thanksgiving...from our family to yours!

Bearded Adam

Here is my handsome bearded husband (right) and his friend Joel, on Easter Sunday, after the play they were a part of. Random, I know. But it had to be documented. :)

Have a grand day! Amber

Happy Fourth of July!

Wishing you and yours a safe Fourth of July...and a time to remember all that freedom has cost this country! =)

p.s. photo credit

Recipe/Note Holder

So this is the Mother's Day craft I promised that I am about a month late in posting! Haha! It's a *little* time consuming but only if you make a gazillion like I did...

Paint small terracotta pots on the outside, and little wooden kabobs or skinny popsicle sticks green. While that's drying cut out or find foam, stiff fabric or flower shaped stickers for your flowers. Glue mini clothespins to the back of the dried green sticks, and glue a chunk of foam (obviously doesn't have to be prettily cut!!) to the bottom of your pots.
Whew. That was the hard parts...then assemble flowers and glue/stick/etc. to the front of the "stems"And glue/pin fluffy boa stuff to the top of the foam to cover it up. Cut out little hands (I used my Cricut) and gather bright stickers for children to decorate hands with...once completed use the clothespin to attach the hands to the flowerpots! And an example of a finished one:

Even though it was a lot of work, the kids REALLY loved them and were so proud! Obviously, if you had an older class or children, they could probably do a lot of this themselves, but with 2-3 year olds...not so much! =)

Mother's Day Cards

Well, if you're sick of looking at my butterfly card set, I can not blame you. I am sick of looking at it too! CPA Exam Part One is over, hopefully I passed. Who knows!?

On to belated Mother's Day cards...this one was for my mother-in-law...

And this one was for my mama...

And a picture of my gorgeous Mama and Nanny - two of my favorite people in the whole wide world! XOXO!

Happy Wednesday! Amber

Easter Recap!

Thanks for being patient - or not so patient, depending on who you are - with the lack of blog posts....tax season is finally over and the catch up posts are in full swing, as are my creative endeavors - lots of fun stuff headed to blogland. But first, a recap of Easter and a cute, easy DIY hair accessory.

This was the dear hubby & me Easter morning:

I didn't have time to shop for anything new, so I shopped my closet for something springy...and instead, made a new matching hair accessory...

I took a doily from Sweet Vintage and a strip of the cute Dear Lizzy fabric paper, and pleated the self-adhesive fabric paper into a circle and stuck it to the doily. I then grabbed a giant button out of my stash and sewed the button and the whole ensemble onto a bobby pin at the same time. Voila...quick and easy...

It is much harder to take pictures of the back of your head in a car than it is to actually make the hairpiece!! In between a gazillion tries, I took a picture of my handsome husband.

The end. Have a beautiful day!!

WAaaaAaa!

My husband is VERY sad that I have neglected my blog for almost a week....But very happy I am updating now! And REALLY happy that the presents have been bought and wrapped (by his wife), the practices and parties and activities have all been attended, the goodie baskets baked and passed out, all the handmade presents finished, and probably, most of all....that his wife is still sane (haha!)...or maybe it's that giant present with his name on it under the tree? Who really can know?!Really, though, we wish you a very Merry Christmas...may Jesus be in the very center of everything you do in the next two days! =)
It is apparent to me from the picture above that I need to lay off the rice krispies...right after Christmas! =D

Christmas Tree Hunt

I decorated my house Tuesday......but it was raining Tuesday night, so we waited til Thursday to get our Christmas tree...but we got a great one!! Husband-navigated self-potraits are my favorite. =) I have finished retro light, funky ornament tree pictures, but they aren't uploaded yet!! Soon?!

Thanksgiving Pictures...A Little Late?

Haha, so I'm all decorated for Christmas but I realized I haven't posted any Thanksgiving pictures...so here they are! We went to my side of the family for Thanksgiving this year, and both sets of my grandparents were there, which was really fun! (On a random note, I have no idea what's up with my hair in these pics...I guess I need a haircut!)