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Today I took some paper, chipboard and envelopes and made a mini album that I'm going to fill with gift cards for Christmas.
One down and I cut enough to make several more. Although I'm not sure a gift card will be tucked in every pocket, I may have some notes or other items included.
I took a couple of the envelopes and ran them through the using the
sizzix textured impressions and loved the results.
Well, I'm feeling kinda crafty right now, so I better get back to it!
There were several choices for B but when I pulled out this picture,
I knew I found my B word.
B - Batman Costume
(Ryan's costume I made him his last Halloween)
Well, you knew this before you even saw the picture, right....
A - Apple (my favorite fruit of fall)
the sun decides to shine at the end of the day on Sunday...
I guess I shouldn't complain since the weather didn't spoil our weekend plans, it just would have been nicer had it been dry.
This weekend was the first Mount Union home game and what an experience it was! The stadium was packed, the field was covered with football players and everywhere you looked people were wearing Mount Union apparel! Now I really to get back into the school store and find me a sweatshirt or jacket! It seems they are quite the winning team! We found out first hand when the score was 35 to 0 at half time!
The game was postponed because there was no electric for 30 minutes. Unfortunately because of that 30 minute delay part of the half time show was during the start of a rain mist. Luckily for the fans, we are under a covered bleachers. The girls performance was wonderful in spite of the rain mist!
After half time we took off from Mount Union and headed to Hinckley for a party to celebrate Joel's aunt and uncles birthdays.... 150 years between the two of them and we always have so much fun with them all!
It was a fun weekend in spite of the weather!
I may not talk about him much, but I think its about time I do a post about him and only him. That guy is my husband Joel. He does so much and asks for so little in return. So I need to document some of the wonderful characteristics of Joel.
(in no particular order)
Yesterday my sister and I made a trip to Michigan to visit our friends there. We had a great day, we always do when with our friends. But this day was bittersweet too.
Before making our way into Debbie's store we stopped off at Scraptales to pick up a few necessities... ha ha
After we left there we headed over to Debbie's store to meet up with her and Brenda.
We had lunch at Carl and Louie's, we did some shopping throughout Brighton and then headed back to Brenda's house. Before we left for home we all headed into Novi Michigan to visit our friend Linda.
Linda and I hit it off on the day we met probably almost 10 years ago now. She had lost a son Ryan, as did I. Her husband had a brain aneurysm, as did my brother. But for Linda the list kept going on, so many struggles and battles she would go through in her life, and she continues to go through them today.
Last January she was taken to the hospital with stroke like symptoms and since then has been through major surgery and endless complications. It has been 9 months and she is still recovering in a nursing home and has a LONG road ahead of her!
Things like these make me question so many things about life, about my life and those around me. I truly am blessed with an amazing group of friends who look out for one another and celebrate our victories in life and cry with us during defeat.
And that's what I want to be surrounded by and continue to share with my kids, finding those real friends. Like Brene Brown says "the ones that would help you move a body" Those friends that will be there with you through everything in life the good and the bad the happy and the sad and never stand in judgement.
And through lots of life experience, reading and learning I know that a happy, self confident person does not put others down, the fact that when they are out to criticize you, tells more about them than you.
When people act like this it reveals just how unhappy, disillusioned and frustrated they are in their lives own lives and it is their problem, not yours. If you know it has more to do with the person making the comments then you, it makes it easier to not feel hurt by what has been said. These people want you to feel bad about yourself, don't give them that power!
So how did I get off on such a tiraid... I'm not sure... But I do know that life is just too short for some of these petty things that people inflict on one another.
Go out and enjoy your day!
Thirteen of my favorite things around town...
I have been doing a lot of playing these last few weeks with anything and everything Halloween!
Between working on the house decorations, I've also been playing with some crafts that I'm really having a blast with. I still need to pick up some gourds and small pumpkins for some finishing touches and Joel usually picks up corn stalks for me to decorate the porch.
As for the crafts... here are just a few! Cans.... they are everywhere!
It started years ago… in fact when Zach was in preschool and Chelsea elementary I met a friend who shared my love for crafts. We would meet at her house and let the younger kids play together while the older kids were in school. During this time we would share coffee and ideas. One of our first ideas was the vegetable cans which we turned into pumpkins. We would come up with the idea, create a sample and build off of it. We had a blast and I really miss those days. Not only have the kids grown up but she’s moved to Florida, and while we still chat and share our ideas on the phone, I’ll never forget the fun we shared together creating for our kids.
So here I am 15 years later still spray painting and decorating cans, and although I have to say I don’t do the same “volume” that I did back then (the entire pre school class), I still get a kick out of coming up with new ideas.
Be sure to check out the Work in progress blog tomorrow where I share some more of my favorite Halloween crafts.
A trip to the hospital was how we spent our Sunday after Zach was helping a friend haul wood and had something blow into his eye. They numbed his eye, washed it out and even after going to bed early his eye still hurt this morning.
So it was off to the eye doctor to have a second look. He could see a lot of scratches he said but could not find anything still in the eye, so he wants to give it another day to heal... poor dude!
While they were checking his eye and his vision we found both eyes were a little off according to the eye charts... they are somewhat forgiving because of the eye injury, but it looks like an eye exam is in Zach's near future...
It was a hospital weekend for both my sister and I since my nephew was also injured in the Friday night football game. He had a mild concussion and thank goodness he's okay!
So I've been in the Halloween mood for crafting and decorating my house! Here are just a few of the things I'm working on...
This is Frank, who I'm taking to the crop with me today. He was made from a coffee can that I painted green and created his face with puff paints. I then filled the inside with floral foam and added the suckers, stuffing the paper fillings in randomly. And if you've never tried those carmel apple suckers you will love them!
