This was my mother's day. We went to Dana Point for lunch at mom and dad's and then went down to the beach. Mom collects sea glass so we had fun searching the tidepools for green, clear, brown and blue glass. I'd say we found about 20 pieces. It was a beautiful day, glad I brought my camera.

Happy Mom's Day

Found this cute greeting card a while back at an estate sale. Happy Mother's Day to all you great moms out there. Hope you are honored in a special way today. And to my mom, who reads my blog, thanks for all you do for me and my family. You are an inspiration as a mom, artist, grandma, wife, and friend. That's about as mushy as I am going to get. You know I love you.
Love this image too. My little boy has been getting dirty lately everywhere we go. It has been all about finding a pile of dirt to play in or a mud puddle to step in. Well, at least he's not in white shorts ever.
Found this hummel box yesterday at an antique shop. It plays the sound of music. It is going to my mother in law who loves vintage, and antiques as much as me.
...and these I found for a buck at Grant's antiques, my new favorite store. Happy Mother's Day!

{Funky Cats}

Would you say that you are a dog person or a cat person? I was once a cat person, but since married and family life, I am now a dog person. I secretly covet cats, though, in my he{art}. They are so fun to draw. Especially funky cats. These are for an atc swap on atcsforall.com. Couldn't resist.

{softball post}

Warning: this is a softball post, so just bear with me, it has nothing to do with art. I haven't posted about the season once yet, and we are almost through. If you know me, you know that softball rates right up there with scrapbooking and stuff. Emma has had another great season. Her batting has really improved thanks to her coaches. She really enjoys the sport, as I do watching her. Also, I threw in a pic of Mr. H enjoying the snack after the game. We are a the end of the season tournament, so I just want to say, "Go, Blue Steal".

{Happy Aniversary Mom and Dad}

I am so glad that you did this 40-something years ago. How many is it?

birds and bonnets

Ohh! I finished my birds and bonnets pages for the swap. I will put them in the mail tomorrow to go to Karla and Beth. They had to have either the birds or bonnets images or the images of vintage wallpaper backing. I did a little of both. This was very fun. I added some vintage embelishments. Can't wait for the swap and returns. You can check out some others on the flickr site set up for it here. And... now I am all caught up on everything and haven't signed up for any new swaps. This is a first, in about a year. My options are open. Any ideas?

Teacher Appreciation

I saw this in the May/June Scrapbooks etc. Magazine. It's teacher appreciation week this week at school so I made some for the kid's teachers. I just covered pencils with green printed scrapbook paper, tied on ribbons for leaves and hot glued flowers and buttons on the top of the pencils. I found the malt glasses at the Goodwill for a dollar, and filled them with gumdrops. This would be good for the the end of the year too.