Ice Cream Print

I love Ice cream!  In honor of National Ice Cream Day I created a print.  This summer we are planning an ice cream party and thought this print would be fun to display.  Created with Cool Summer.

Parenting

When I came across this thought I had to share because it is so very true!  Even though my kiddos are older now I still find myself struggling with this on a daily basis. Created with Flergs Woodland Winter and sentiment found on freshlypicked.com

Missing you

This June my sweet Rachel would have been 14 years old.  My little sweetie passed away as an infant at 3 weeks old.  Still amazing to me how the time as flown.

I still think of her as that little infant but also try to visualize how she would be now if she had remained with our family.

Our family still takes a moment each year to honor her memory.  Once during memorial day and again on her birthday.  There are also times for me that I think of her and remember her sweet smile.

I like to think that she looks down on us from above.

Photo background from Nature Hills Nursery

Birthday Interview

  

Birthdays are a big celebration at my house each year.  I love celebrating my wonderful children on their special day.  My children look forward to a day devoted just to them.  

This year I added a new tradition.  A birthday interview.  Long after the cake is eaten, the presents unwrapped and the balloons deflated. I want to have a sweet memento of the past year in their life. 

What I love most about this interview is that I will have a snapshot of their thoughts and feelings from the year to treasure and remember them by.  

To make your own first select the pictures you are going to use. We have this amazing river trail near our home.  We shared a half hour and I took some snapshots of my son on the trail.

Next create a list of personalized questions for your child to answer.  Sit down with them one on one and have a fun little interview.  You may even want to have their favorite snack to munch on while you chat together.  Once you have your pictures and questions complete you are ready to create your birthday interview page to print and frame. I designed my print in Heritage Collector Storybook to fit an 8 x 10 frame.  I created mine in a digital format with my pictures and two different colored texts. Black text for the questions and blue for the answers. I used a picture I found on flicker to create my template and page.  You are welcome to use my page as a guide.

His answer to question number 6 made me smile. Who is the coolest person on earth?  Me! 

Find joy in life's journey

Can I just say that I am feeling grateful today.  This journey through life can have it's ups and downs.  So nice to have wonderful friends and family supporting you on the good days and the not so good ones.  I loved sharing this sentiment today with you.  Have an amazing day.  Enjoy each one! Quote created with Gnome Sweet Gnome.

Mothers Day Flower Banner

I love hydrangea flowers and what better gift for Mothers Day than a flower bouquet to enjoy all year long!  I especially had fun designing a banner to put in the flowers!

Supplies:

Tin bucket, hydrangea flower bouquet, foam, straws, printed banner.

I designed my banner to fit the size of the tin bucket at 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. I used some graphics from Digital Scrapbook Ingredients Life Captured April kit to create mine.  I trimmed my flowers from Hobby Lobby to fit in the bucket and then placed them in the foam to hold them in place.  Once the flowers were arranged I attached the banner to two straws and set them in the arrangement.

Happy with how my project turned out! I think Mom with love it too.

Lovely Quote

Isn't this quote lovely! So true in life also.  I just love watching Mye De Leon create hand lettered prints on her blog.  Here it is in black and white before she added color. 

http://myedeleon.com/handlettering-365-day-114/