I had a really nice Mother’s Day. We went to my mom’s and my brother’s family came too and we all hung out at the pool. The kids went swimming and we ate burgers and I got to veg out and read a book. Sigh. Nice nice day. Now everyone else is asleep, I KNOW it’s not even 9pm here but my daughter and husband were exhausted from playing in the pool and I am wired because i did NOT play in the pool. I rarely get in, I just sit in the shade and pretend to get a tan. I did stick my legs out in the sun today so maybe I will not be pale as a ghost for too much longer.

Here is another project I recently worked on.

This was a mini album for our spring break road trip. I made two – one for my daughter and one for her friend. I made the book from scrap chipboard and created little tabs with my Cricut for various sections. I put cardstock in between for journaling and photos. The girls wrote a few things in the books while we were on the road but when we got home I created mosaic pages from our photos and printed them out. On the opposite page of each mosaic I made a fill in the blank journal page so they could answer questions and write some memories from the trip. They also had personalized pens stamped with their initials and covered in microbeads. They thought they were great. I decorated with ribbon, a little bling, and some fishing tackle I found, with the hooks removed of course, and a caribiner to tie on the pen. This was really fun and easy to make.

Happy Mother’s Day to you and yours,

Carol Z