Happy Mother's Day!

I have the best mom ever. Seriously, she is the best and other people wished they had my mom. She has a heart of gold, a colorful spirit and a genuine soul. She has a compassion and kindness in her that radiates. She is my soul mate, and I'm so glad I'm the only girl (I have 3 brothers)! We share secrets, ideas, clothes, recipes, laughs and hugs. She is the best shopping and lunch partner and a forever friend. When I grow up, I want to be just like my mom. Love you, mom. Happy Mother's Day.

Creative Rut

I'm in a creative rut.
I am finding myself looking at my desk and just not knowing what to get in to. Plenty to do, but indecisive on what exactly to do. Do you ever feel like that?

I did focus long enough yesterday to create this layout. I love it, and Anna wants to hang it in her room. Notice the felt flower in the upper right corner? That's one that I made out of leftover scrap material- looking cute on this LO!


Enjoy, stay dry, and I hope you are feeling craftier than I am today!

*The rain is starting to bring me down... Stephen, you just may need to build that Ark after all.

I love being a Mommy

Yesterday, Mac sat quietly at the kitchen table and started drawing and coloring with his colored pencils. He does this almost daily and I don't ask any questions. About a half hour later, he came into my craft room and handed me this card.

I opened it and read out loud, "{Heart} Mom, you are so special. You make my bed, you make my breakfast, you make my milk. You help me with my homework. {Heart} You are special."

It brought tears to my eyes and I thought... this is what being a mommy is all about. Love you too, buddy! Have a great day!

And the winner is...

Lucky number 7! Mac got to choose and that was his number. The lucky girl is RaeChelle! Please email me your address and I will send you your prize. Happy spring and happy scrappin'!

Happy Birthday, Kendall!

Today is my niece Kendall's birthday! She is super crafty and loves to come over and dig in to all of my supplies. I just love it! When she is here, she says, "Aunt Lou Lou, what kind of craft are we going to do?" On this particular day, we made fairy tale puppets...

This picture was taken on my birthday- I don't look so hot, but Kendall looks precious with that darling smile on her face! I'll sacrifice the "uglies" since it's her birthday! Have a swell day, sweetie!

Happy Scrapping Derby Day!

Today is National Scrapbook Day and Derby Day! So, I scrapped a little this morning and going to a Derby party this afternoon. It was a fun day out at the track yesterday, no winners except for my outfit! It was comfy and cute!

Mom had a ton of this cute vintage floral print fabric leftover from my dress, so I made some embellishments! I cut out the flowers and I used felt, cardstock, floss, buttons and a little glitter glue. They turned out pretty swell!

To celebrate NSD, I am going to giveaway a set of these floral cuties. Just leave a comment to have your name entered into the pool for the drawing. They can be added to cards, scrapbooks, aprons, a jacket, lapel, etc. Fun, fun! I'll draw a name/number on Tuesday, May 5 at noon.

Derby Festivities

Hello... I haven't been here in a couple of days because we have been busy enjoying all the Derby week festivities! The kids have had so much fun enjoying all my childhood traditions of going to the Boat Race and the Pegasus Parade.

Wednesday we went to the Boat Race. Super fun, but the best part was these pictures I got of the kids in their matching boat race outfits! They had a blast down by the river watching the boats pass by.

Yesterday, we went to the Parade (Nate, Lara and their kids joined us) and we had a ball. It brought back so many memories of going as a kid with my mom, brothers, cousins, aunt and grandmother. I remember walking (for what seemed like miles) through downtown to get to our "perfect" viewing spot. Once we were there, Grandmommy would open her crochet purse (which was about the size of a 4x6 photo) and start handing out stale treats to everyone. Mom would bring snacks and we would cheer and wave to every float that passed by. We loved it! Then, we would go have dinner at White Castle afterwards. We were hot, dirty and tired and enjoyed every second of it! My kids first trip to the Parade was just as exciting. They adored every moment.

On the curb watching together... I loved these balloons! It's Super Grover! It was really windy, so they had a hard time getting them up and steady.

The UL marching band in the background- the kids danced when they played. Elan (and Uncle Nate) got a sugar rush from the brownies I brought.The girls were excited to see the Derby Princesses. This was their float with the Pegasus in front, it really was pretty!

Now, I'm off to get ready for the track! It's Oaks Day and Stephen and I are ready for a long, full, fun day together! I'll post more pics tomorrow, so stay tuned! Have a great day!