A Lollydoodle Birthday Layout

One of CTMH's new Spring/Summer paper packets is "Lollydoodle"

and it's full of pretty pink, teal, pear green, and gray designs.

Because birthday girl B had yellow in her dress,

I added the sunshine yellow-inked die cut arrows

to help coordinate papers with her fourth birthday photos.

Other CTMH items I used include:
Base pages--White Cardstock

Lollydoodle Complements (NEW!)

Irresistable Alphabet (not inked)

Sequins (NEW!)

Shimmer Tape (NEW!)

Grey Colored Pencil for journaling

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Find Your Style, Friend!

A special friend has a birthday to celebrate!

For her little gift note card box and set of four cards, I used some of my stash of Close To My Heart products:

Card box, Wings paper packet, Find Your Style stamp set, Juniper, Olive, and Smoky Plum inks, Opaque Pearls, Black Button, and Black Hemp. (The "Wings" paper packet has been retired from CTMH. I'm going to be so sad when my scraps are completely used!)

You can see that I love to be creative inside each card as well as outside--why not provide a little surprise to the recipient?

WINGS and FIND YOUR STYLE are some of my all-time favorites! Everyone who knows me, knows that I love butterflies and their symbolism: NEW Life in Jesus Christ because of His resurrection! I love Easter and the joy that only Jesus brings us! 

Because of an infection in both eyes since last summer as a result of shingles, my crafting/reading/driving/anything productive/time has been almost zero. 

Literally, I LOOK forward to getting back to being more productive and creative, and thank my eye specialists for their continued good care. 

In August and September 2012, my vision tested 20/500. That wasn't good! Since my March 2013 checkup, I've made much improvement and now I have eye wear that I'm not quite used to yet, but I can tell that the lenses are helping me. With time, I hope to be back in my Studio Jane getting inky and sticky with some new CTMH products! 

Blessings!

(dizzy but joyful) Jane

Another BEST Birthday Ever!

What a fun weekend it was!

EE was so excited about my birthday! I get excited about celebrating, but certainly not about the numbers adding up way past my speed limit. But on to the bestest parts:

She told me "Happy birthday, Gramma!" 8 times in the first five minutes we were there... She got to choose the floral calendar to give to me too. And can this little girl SING!

The neatest part is that she got to help her daddy bake my chocolate cake and she helped me blow out ALL my candles!

I was so thankful to be with our growing family, hold Baby B, play with EE, and enjoy a wonderful lunch and dessert together.

Thanks to DD and CB for hosting the party so soon after bringing baby home and after having an ongoing celebration at their home for nearly two weeks!

Sorry I can't get these photos to appear any easier to see...you'll have to simply imagine how cute we all are!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Today, March 2, 2009 is the 105th anniversary of the birth of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss.

Do you and your children have a favorite Dr. Seuss book? Maybe it's "Green Eggs and Ham" or "Oh, The Places You'll Go" (we gave that one to our dd's on their HS graduation days!).

Celebrate the day! Sing "Happy Birthday" to Dr. Seuss, and read one or two of his books as a family.

You'll find more related activities here: http://www.nea.org/readacross

If you're a scrapbooker, check out this site: http://scrapbooking.lovetoknow.com/Dr._Seuss_Quotes_and_Scrapbook_Ideas