Makes me smile!

Here's some little pals that are currently hanging out amongst my craft containers and are there to simply bring me joy and make me smile!  I love Hoops & Yoyo and their e-cards just crack me up.   Some of the Hallmarks in my area have been closing so I grabbed a couple items including the cute dessert erasers from Japan (and a fun bobble head for my desk at work).  I thought about using the erasers for a craft idea I had.  We shall see!  Have a great weekend!

I wish you love

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today I wish you love.  Love is a wonderful magnificient thing. 

"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you."   Psalm 33:22

Today I'm thankful for love of my family and friends.  They are there for me and are such a blessing in my life... I am so thankful for a Father above who loves me no matter what.  No matter how many times I fall He will pick me up, dust me off, make me whole and wrap His loving arms around me.  

May you feel His love today and know you are not alone.  He loves you, too! 

Great Information

You know how much I love period films, right?  Well goodness be! Looky looky here!  http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com/2010/02/150-top-period-dramas-l.html
It's kind of funny because I've seen a lot of these films.  I'm sorry that I missed "The Young Victoria " because I really like Emily Blunt.  I'll be catching it on DVD soon I hope.

A little bit here and there

I'm a bit bored today.  I've been home ill & pretty tired of ... well ... being home!  It's been a lonnnnng winter.  I'm so glad I'm not on the East Coast right now battling tons of snow.  We've had our share in NE!
Today I sent a birthday card out to my little cousin for her 1st birthday.  She's a sweet princess in our eyes and brings a lot of joy to my family.  Her smile can brighten even the gloomiest of winter days! It's fun to have a baby around!

Spreading a little love

For some reason this year I've gone nuts over valentine's day.  There are so many adorable, lovely and sweet (emphasis on SWEET) things out there in the craft world!  I have gone over the moon over everything with cupcakes on them!!  There's been a huge surge in the popularity of baking cupcakes right now.  They are so very cute and you can really jazz them up with special picks, colored sprinkles, printed papers.   Decorated sugar cookies are fun, too.  Martha Stewart had some darling ones on her show yesterday. I'm really not that great at baking.  Once I burned the dickens out of mini fridge choc chip cookies when I was baby-sitting for a family with a fancy Viking oven.  I warped their baking sheet and had to throw them out the back door.  I proceeded to douse their place with even more fancy air freshener to mask the horrible burnt smells wafting in the kitchen!  But I have had some success with ginger cake & Nana's biscotti recipe.   I digress...

But I do love me some cake!  Best part about all this cute cupcake stuff I've been finding is that they are on paper as well as ff/calorie free.  So one can appreciate the cuteness without the dreaded added poundage.   Got me?

So that's what I've been up to.  Getting some much needed creative time in and spreading a little love to my friends and family.  

Any opportunity to tell someone I love them - even if it was created by the card & flower companies - is well worth it! 

I got it!

I was delighted to receive my valentine from little Alfredo yesterday!  Seems Amy and I have the same taste in cute things! 

I must say that having this come in the mail brightened my day and really gave me something to look forward to!  Thanks Alfredo.  God Bless!

Getting creative

Hello!  How was everyone's weekend?  First off -  I had a great Friday night over at Glad Tidings Church to kick off Jeff Booth's  CD release.   We had a wonderful time of worship.   Best part is that I got to meet my blog friend Becky Novacek & her husband Tom.  Becky is such a sweetie & I really admire her talent, friendliness, authenticity and faith!  I hope to take a photography class from her one day.   It was a treat just to finally meet her in the flesh!
Saturday I had lunch with my mom and we had some nice "girl time" chatting and catching up.  I always treasure time with just me and Mom!
Later in the weekend I decided to head to TJ Maxx to see what bargains I could scrape up.  All the holiday & winter stuff was already picked over.  I was trying to find some nice dress pants for work but came up empty-handed in that area.  Instead I found myself a nice modern white/cream lamp for my bedside table.   Only $20. Score!

I also spent lots of time scouring the Michael's store for cute Valentine's stuff.  I found the adorable K & Company chipboard set pictured.  Monkey's are so cute & I decided to use the little monkey inside for a card exchange I'm doing with Amy & Alfredo.  I'm so excited to do my first exchange! 

Alfredo is the cutest and Amy is a testament of how God works in wonderous ways to open doors when all seems lost. I know she's enjoying her time with that little guy and getting a valentine from them both will totally touch my heart...