look who's turning 40

Lordy lordy my daughter's turning 40. How is that even possible?

We may not have always gotten along and we butted heads so many times over the years but I will be forever in awe of the amazing person she is.

She has the brightest smile and a heart of gold.

Growing up she had a abundance of energy.

Happy Birthday to the best daughter a mother could have.

Easel card

Recently I've been seeing a lot of easel cards in the Facebook groups that I belong to. They have been using the layered designs on them and I like the way they looked. The bearded housewife was offering a free beach themed layered design so I turned that into a card. This folds flat for mailing but then can stand up for display

Oops

I have a favorite coffee mug. It's a Pioneer Woman mug. I purchased the same mug twice now. I've also broke the same mug twice now. Last Saturday I was working on some crafts and had my cup of coffee sitting on the desk. I knocked it off the desk and crash splash no more favorite mug.

Do I dare try for a third time?

If I had only been a little more patient

I posted last week about my peonies and how they didn't have a single ant on them and hadn't bloomed yet. After writing that post I Googled about ants on peonies and found out that they really don't need the ants to bloom. Just a couple days after I posted that this happened.

After I took these pictures even more of them opened up.