Long time, no see

I've been on hiatus for a while. I love to write and blog, but I decided (sort of by default) to take a break. However, I wanted to share these prints I made for Christmas presents this year. I love StoryBook!

Lazy days of summer

Yesterday, the kids and I made our own sidewalk chalk (1/4 cup water, 1/4 cup cornstarch and a few drops of food coloring for each color). It was overcast outside, so it wasn't too bad of an afternoon to play outside. The ants decided to join us, and the kids had fun seeing if the ants would cross lines of their sidewalk paint.

My sidewalk chalk fun (I think I'll make this into a poster)

When the little craft paintbrushes weren't working well, I had to create these for the kids...easy peasy...cut up a regular sponge and clipped them with clothespins. How's that for quick thinking?!

The kids were ready for a lazy day today (not that we have done a lot here lately, but we have had to get up and go the past few days). We watched a Tinkerbell movie this morning, complete with this popcorn I found on Pinterest. I didn't use all of the butter mixture, and the kids loved it.

Then we painted rocks...a simple project, but they had so much fun! Ryan made dinosaur snakes (or something like that) and SB is still working on making a hamster and a worry stone. Such fun for a lazy day!

And I've got some crafty things of my own in the works :) More about those later...

Good morning!

Just needed the reminder :)

For a friend

A friend of mine is going through a rough spell, and I wanted to cheer her up. When she told me a quote a friend of hers had given her a helpful tool, I knew what I could do. I used my Creative Memories StoryBook Creator to make her this print.

I love the sentiment of the quote. This works with getting kids to cooperate, with our view of an unpleasant task (cleaning house, anyone?), with our fitness, with our jobs, with giving, with just about anything.

Craftiness, RV edition

We haven't even had the camper a month yet, but I'm loving planning for and organizing it. And our home on wheels wouldn't be complete without a little craftiness. Here's what I made...

I used my Creative Memories StoryBook Creator software and digital elements to make these. The ideas came from Pinterest, so someone out there deserves credit for their ideas. I just made them my own :)