fun stuff this week . . .

 Paper Cranes and buttons . . . 

 her little hand that makes a peace sign 

when she tells me "Peace Amma". . . 

 notes for Papa . . .

little paper cranes and cupcakes for room 12 . . . 

all ready for a field trip to the zoo . . . 

hydrangeas appearing on my desk . . . 

 getting hair put on a new doll . . . 

sunflowers . . . 

little smiles . . . 

Some weeks are just full of good stuff . . .

HAPPY FRIDAY!

origami star pendant

"Clean out a corner of you mind 

and creativity will instantly fill it."

~ Dee Hock

A young girl I know makes and sells these origami star pendants.  

I think they are so cute!

 After folding the star and adding the small bow she coats both the star and ribbon with clear fingernail polish . . . 

 I am thinking that I may have to try this with a small origami crane.

love . . . pink . . . a paper crane . . . silly girls

Today there was time for crocheting . . . and being silly. 

 There is nothing quite like a couple of silly little girls.  

Thank you cards from Room 12

miniature paper crane . . .

One of the girls from Room 12 folded miniature paper cranes today.  

I have folded only one crane this small . . . it is a little harder than it looks.

These 4th graders are crane crazy this year.  They are stopping in the office to show me their cranes, the origami paper they have gotten, and to get some cranes out of my crane jar - these they are placing around the school for other people to find.  I also have some wonderful Thank You cards they made me . . . which I will have to take some pictures of and share.  I love 4th graders!

Shabby Charlotte Doll - Ivey . . . finally for sale

I posted pictures of this little doll awhile back, but never got around to naming her and writing her story.  So today she has a name and a story and is listed for sale here.  Something about this one I really like!

Ivey is quiet, thoughtful, and a little bit quirky.  She loves nature . . .  if it was up to her she would live in a tree house surrounded by flowers and fireflies.  She likes lady bugs, tomato and cucumber sandwiches, and she is especially fond of purple flowers.  Ivey chooses every day to be happy . . . no matter what is going on around her.  She loves to help others and finds that the more she helps others the happier she is.  Keep this little doll close by . . . and you can’t help but be a little happier also. 

I love weekends!

There were paper cranes . . . and markers . . . little girls laughing and dancing.

I stayed up too late, slept in, and drank too much coffee . . . 

It was a very nice, very relaxing weekend.

 We have had an old wooden Moosehead crate for years.  I think I have kept it all this time only because it reminds me of a very dear friend and all the fun we had when we were young.  I have been cleaning out and getting rid of stuff for the last few weeks . . . and had decided to get rid of it.  This mood to clean out has really taken hold of me - and even the sentimental me is able to part with things that I have kept for years.   Richard surprised me yesterday by using the wood to make me a cute little wood box.  I put all of the little boxes he makes me to good use . . . and this one I can be a little more sentimental about than usual.

 I forgot to post a picture of the coffee mug that Jennifer and Lily made me for Mother's Day.

That is Lily's hand print in purple . . . with her other hand print on the other side . . . and her precious kindergarten writing.

I crocheted this beanie for Charlotte on Saturday.  I haven't crocheted anything in quite sometime and forgot how therapeutic it is for me.  Anytime I crochet something I think about my Grandma.  I find myself looking through my crochet hooks until I find an old one that belonged to her.  I couldn't help but think the other day when I was making this beanie - that she may have made something for me using the same crochet hook.  

My weekend was very relaxing.  There is a lot to be said for spending time at home with the people you love.  

Before Pinterest . . .

I guess Pinterest was made for people like me . . . who before the Internet and the idea of virtual boards and pins . . . put all of my ideas in a notebook.  Before throwing away a magazine I would cut out the pictures and patterns that I liked and glue them into a notebook.  I still do this a little bit . . . even though Pinterest makes this much easier to do online . . . I still like my Idea Notebooks.  Nothing fancy . . . just a glue stick, a composition book, and pictures of things I like or want to try making.  I have a separate Idea Notebook just for Halloween ideas. 

I had a few pictures that I wanted to glue into a book today - and someone else had to get in on the cutting and gluing.  Everything is more fun with Charlotte helping . . . and more messy.

BOOM . . . Be Happy!

tall and taller . . .

 I asked Luke to stand next to my sunflower . . . to show how big it has gotten.  (Luke is 6' 4")

He did it a little unwilling at first, but being Luke he went along with it and had me laughing by the time we were finished . . . 

. . . mostly with this pose and the comment - "Here, let me do a Dad pose."

You can see the first flower blooming on top.  It looks like we may get quite a few of them - at least I am hoping we do.  I love sunflowers!  Again the snails have destroyed a few of my small plants coming up . . . but I am hoping for a few giant sunflowers this year too.  

Yesterday gave us thunder, lightening, hail, and some much needed rain.

My garden loved it . . . so did Luke.

Thursday . . .

I like people who

smile when it's raining.

paper cranes every day . . .

This is what the kids from Room 12 brought to show me today.  Each year I have a few students who take an interest in origami after I show them how to fold cranes . . . this group is something else.  Most of them have gone out and bought paper . . . and today a few of them had these plastic boxes to carry their paper and cranes in.  I love their enthusiasm.  It looks like I may spend a few more lunch hours folding paper cranes with these kids . . . their enthusiasm is contagious.

 

 PEACE!