PolkaDot Door Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome! Today, I am participating in the first Polkadot Door Designs blog hop! It lasts through the week with tons of fun, inspiration and prizes! I hope you will join us and browse from one creative blog to the next!
For the first blog hop, Polkadot Door decided on an inspiration challenge to base a layout, card or project on. I love this picture of colorful goodness, inspiration is all over it:
At first glance, I was drawn in by the colors. So fresh, bright and springy! So, I based my layout on color inspiration:

Then, I really was digging those pinwheels. So, I made another project... lots of the same colors, but with a handmade embellie!
My two boys sharing a birthday party- this layout goes in my oldests book! ;)

A close up of the pinwheel:
Now it's your turn! All of the blog hop details can be found HERE. The blog hop list is below, and I encourage you to start at the beginning if you found yourself here first! After you cruise the hop and get loads of inspiring ideas, link up your creation at the Polkadot Door Designs site!

Kim {begin here}

Natasha

Geri

Amanda {you are here!}

Valerie

Jean

Diana

Nicole

Yvonne

Amy

Polkadot Door Designs

Have fun hopping, and if you create something, please leave me a link so I can check it out! A special thanks to Sarah and Rebecca for all their hard work putting together a fantastic blog hop!

Celebrate Sunshine!

Oh, happy day! The sun is shining, the temperature is warm and the kids are playing outside- a perfect spring day! Hope you found time to enjoy it too!
This is a LO I did this past weekend at the crop with my girlfriends. I made it special for my sweet niece, Kendall. Kendall has a new pink room and is preparing for a new baby sister too! I used some new GCD paper (Homespun Chic) and American Crafts (Dear Lizzy) paper, embellies, and stamp, and a few other little do-dads! I framed it in a white wooden shadow box frame and gave it to her today. Sometimes, parting is such sweet sorrow!

A close up of my fave part- the handmade flowers!Have a lovely day! Get some sun on your face...

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!

The Monkey Paper!

The cute pink monkey paper has been cut! I looked at it long enough and decided these pictures would be perfect with it! This is a page that I might give to my neice, Kendall for her birthday. I just love these pictures, they truly show the fun relationship between Kendall and Anna.


The second day of Spring Break has begun and I might loose my mind before week end. I did not intend to make a living of being a referee. Holy smokes, Anna could possibly take down Tyson in a match. She is a ball of fire. Yesterday I think I had to put her in time out about a dozen times, but she is the type that doesn't learn from her mistakes, but makes a game out of being

punished. That's the problem... she never feels punished because everything is fun!