Hunt Like A Girl, Bring Home The Bacon

Except for a few months around kindergarten, our daughter has never been a girly girl.  A few months ago she took her sense of adventure to a whole new and yummy level.  Yes, she went hunting with her dad and brought home the bacon.

They went with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission's youth hunting program.  The rules of the program state that ONLY the kids can hunt and they must be accompanied by an adult.  They stress safe hunting techniques and make sure the kids have fun even if they do not get anything.

Let me tell you, neither my husband nor I have ever hunted before.  Technically, we still haven't.  Yet, it's a good feeling just knowing our daughter will be able to take care of herself and feed her family no matter what.

So, these two files are for Ilaria:

Hunt Like A Girl is available here.

Bring Home The Bacon is available here.

 and they come with extra options for the titles:

Until next time, may you enjoy some amazing creative bliss!

Helping

Our hearts are aching for the people and animals of Oklahoma and our thoughts and prayers go out for them.

If you are interested in ways that you can help them, here is list of charities with boots on the ground there.

As always, please check out your charities and beware of scams.  One of the best ways to check out a charity is right here.

Besides the amount of overhead that goes to the leadership of the charity, I like to know the official policies of the charity.  I personally do not care for the charities that require the recipients to pay them back, but that's just me.

Until next time, may your creative endeavors bring you peace.

Wonderland & NJHS

It's a really good thing the hubby's deployment got cancelled as both of our kiddos had special events going on at the same time in different locations. And I've got pictures to prove it.

Here's our little flower in the school play, Wonderland:

And Ilaria as a white chess piece:

And at the end of the play after she had traded costumes with a friend:

Not to be outdone by his little sister, here's our bright young man goofing off with one of his best friends after the National Junior Honor Society induction:

And one with his certificate:

We're very proud of both of them.

Until next time, may you enjoy some amazing creative bliss.

More Fun

It's a really great week in our home!  Besides the blessing that the hubby gets to stay home, there are three more amazing things happening here tomorrow--a date day with my wonderful hubby and two surprises by my kiddos.  I'll share pictures next week; I promise!

To make this week even more sweet, I also just added a new file to the store and it really does move! 

Here's my completed project:

and here it has grown:

Yep, it is a "Kinetic Flower Pot" and that tag will not come out nor fall out of the flower pot. 

You can make it as shown, arrange the flowers however you would like--including making it a two-sided, 5" x 7" card--or use your own flowers to "plant" in the pot.  There's even a label for an added sentiment or title on the front.

How cool is that? 

"Kinetic Flower Pot" is available here.

Until next time, Happy Creative Time!

No Money!!!

Phew!  It has been a long, stressful and frustrating 4+ months.  On.  Off.  On.  Off.  On.  Off.  On.  (Do you see a pattern here?!!!)  Finally, on the day the travel orders had dictated that my hubby leave for Afghanistan, it is OFF!

An absolutely gorgeous, there is no money to pay him, OFF!  That "no money" phrase has never been more beautiful.

Yep, the hubby gets to stay at home with us right where he belongs and we couldn't be happier.  Yay!  Yay!  Yay!

We're off for our own little party, now, but make sure you come back tomorrow when I'll have a pretty and moving file to show off here.

Until then, may you enjoy some amazing creative bliss!

A Beautiful & Fun Day

I hope you all had a lovely week-end and a nice Mother's Day.

Mine was beautiful.  The hubby and kids got me up with a card and then we went out for breakfast and a little shopping at Joann's.  As usual, we fed the homeless too.

Our son even played his viola for them:

He was supposed to record parts of certain songs for his orchestra teacher.  These are called "pass offs."  For the first pass off of the week-end, his little sister video-bombed it and then the ideas went from there.  I'll have to get my kiddos to send me some of the videos so I can share them here.  I know I can't wait to hear what his teacher thinks. 

Until next time, may you enjoy some amazing creative bliss.

My Card

Thanks for reading my blog and for your kind comments!  I appreciate it very much.

Here's the card I made with Frilly Shaped Card:

And have you seen the May Sketch Challenge thread?  The first entry is in and it's pretty.  How is your project coming?

Until next time, may you enjoy amazing creative bliss.