Bunny Bums are back!

Bunny Bums are back!

A little different than ones I've posted before but glitzy

and sparkly.

I started with just one 4" circle that I folded in half.

Using a cello bag and some double sided tape,

I folded the circle in half and added the tape to the sides

of the half circle.  Use any sparkly sequins you have and put 

a pinch in the center.   To cover the sequins I used a cello bag that 

I cut into a square so that it would fit over the half circle.

Set the cello bag on top and push down the sides.  Using a pair of decorative scissors cut around the half circle to finish it off.  

The tail is a medium sized white pom pom hot glued down.

The feet are made with a medium sized oval punch and the

pink pads are with hand held circle punches.  

I'll share with you this coming week how you can attach these

to treats or make a card out of them.  

"hopping right along" over here!

Have a great weekend friends!

Birthday brunch

Such a sweet morning,

these lovely ladies put together this beautiful brunch for my birthday with so much love and details. 

Every little cup in front of the plates were filled with my fav See's candy dark caramel patties, beautiful spring cherry blossoms and tulips... so many sweet little details in the entire morning. 

 My heart is full and so appreciative of the love and fellowship. 

Treasuring this morning and the ladies who hosted. 

You are all loved..... thank you!

Baby Shower

Happy tuesday friends!

I haven't been to a baby shower in I don't know when!

But there is one coming up and I couldn't wait to get out this

stamp to create these life like stamped baby faces as Thank you cards.

I have had this stamp for sooooo many years.  

It was one of the first ones I ever bought at a place

at a local mall here in Washington called "Impress"

I always loved going there as they had the coolest,

cutting edge stamps and accessories. This being one of them.

It's a photograph stamp and it certainly looks so realistic.

Most of the Mama's that I gift the cards to and send them 

out say that the receivers think it's a photo of their new

baby!

So sticking with the color theme that the Mama to be 

likes, I used a powder blue and a rustic brown to make

these super minimalist cards. 

Just stamped "thank you" at the bottom and

called it good. 

I packaged them up and made up a basket to gift to her.

I will add the photo later today as I forgot to take a photo of

it while it was still light out.  

(UPDATE:  Here's the boxed basket gift filled with goodies!)

That little face!   gaaaahhhh!!!!

Safari Celebration: Paper Pumpkin February 2022

                      

Bringing on the wild side today!

This is the new Paper Pumpkin called Safari.

Super cute set with the pre printed elephants, monkeys and giraffes.

Make sure and watch the above video so you can see what's included in these kits and how easy it is to put together these cards. 

This time believe it or not I followed the kit

verbatim!

Each animal looks so whimsical. 

The colors are so vibrant and colorful,

each of the cards have the pieces already cut and ready 

to punch out to assemble. 

If you are interested in receiving paper pumpkin kits

you can visit this link to see options for ordering to receive in 

your mail box monthly. 

HERE   Paper Pumpkin

Your creations

As you know I always love sharing your creations that you send

me and today's share is a beauty!

The above photo is one of my bathrooms that we recently 

remodeled.   We took out the vanity and mirror and I listed

them on a local trading site. 

The vanity and mirror went to a local gal and she most

recently sent me this photo thanking me for blessing her with

both pieces.

Look at how beautiful her bathroom looks!

That's my vanity and mirror all shined and put

into use! 

Such a great up cycle project and it makes me feel so good

to be able to pass these pieces on to good use.  

Bathroom Remodels

Hi friends!

Today I am sharing our much delayed (2 yrs) bathroom 

remodel.  I have never hired anyone for a remodel of any kind so this was a learning curve for me.  As you can see above the photo our existing guest bathroom.  Dark, space not utilized well, over all needed a much needed lightened makeover. 

The bathroom vanity was a small sized vanity for this space. (36") so in my quest to make the room appear larger and lighter in color I chose a 48" vanity. 

This is the existing shower stall with the limestone look of the 90's

And here is the remodel!

Loving the colors and lightened space, what a difference!

For the shower I chose the beautifully veined brown and gray Mythique Marble Calacatta Venecia, has great warm tones to it and

with the mix of gray and brown can be paired with either tonal families. 

This is the inside, difficult to see the two tones,

but it's a gorgeous color. 

Circling back around to the flooring which is called

"Grace" Elegant Titanium a porcelain tile for the flooring. 

Resembles a faux concrete look.  The floor too has brown light veining through it which adds more warmth. 

You can see the new mirror, I chose the backlight 32" round, really

adds a lot more space to the vanity area. 

The walls are painted Sherwin Williams "Worldly Gray" 

We also decided to remodel the upstairs bathroom,

this is the before.... 

We mirrored the upstairs bathroom to look the same as the downstairs with just a few differences.  It's been a lot of fun to redo both these spaces.  I am so pleased with the updates and the transformation of both bathrooms. 

Adventuring

Good morning!

We slipped away for a few days to the mountains to take in some 

snow and sunshine.  The morning started off with this gorgeous

sunrise.  As it warmed up we decided to head to Lake Cleelum to snow shoe around the lake.  The weather was perfect, snowy, sunny and 40 degrees.  Barely had to wear much snow gear. 

The views say it all.  Hard to tell we were out there between 11am-1.

Looks so gray compared to how bright out it was....

We got down very close to the lake which you can see is still

quite frozen over. 

Oh hello!

Here's my hubby a bit ahead of me, you can see the edge of the lake

there.  Looks icy and cold but was so warm. 

Another shot of him that looks more like he is at the beach ready to ski across!

Walls of snow......

Relaxing and gorgeous way to spend the day!

Moody vibes

Happy friday!

Changing things up and warming things up making my space a bit more "moody"  This past month of January has been so long and gloomy here and now that we've moved into February it too has been a slow start.

Instead of spending more money to change things up I like to look around the house to either move things around or change them up.

I made those yarn hearts last february and decided to pull them out and add them to this low profile wood bowl adding beads from my shop. 

The book was on a shelf, so I moved it over as well to add a little height. 

The vase with olive colored eucalyptus greens were on my fireplace hearth and needed a new place.  I also add the framed picture. 

These wooden candlesticks were given to me for Christmas 

from my daughter.  With some searching I found these very realistic

wax battery operated tapers. 

They are lit in the photo, I love the glow they put off.  The take one AAA battery and last for hours. 

Here is the link for them....

HERE

Have a great weekend all!

Kisses and Hugs returns!

Back with some more of the pieces from the Kisses and Hugs

Paper Pumpkin.  

Layer all the pieces together starting with the large heart 

on the bottom.

  Whatever pieces you have, 

build away!

Once you open the card you see an accordion heart.

This was created with 6 of the paper hearts left from the 

kit.  To make it, fold each of the paper hearts in half.

Once folded glue each side together.

ONce you have it glued together fold the outside left and right side to each sides of the inside of the card.  Does this make sense?!

Like you see here.

I also stamped and embossed xoxo in gold on the inside of the card. 

It's a busy card, but fun to make and put together.

I don't typically do such involved cards, but you will find 

this one to be easier than you'd think.