Happy Mothers day

Whether you are the mother of children, fur babies or simply have a mothering nature, I wish you a happy Mother's day. I hope you do something special just for you

This is the happy mail card that I sent out for May

cards

I have a couple recent cards I've made. The first one is a box card that I made for Presley. I used some LOL doll stickers to decorate it. I cut the sticker sheet apart and glued the acetate backing to the card. This way she can take the card apart and use the stickers. This card does fold flat for mailing.

The other is a birthday card. I need two for this month and I'll do this one twice. This one however is off on the measurements. I altered the original size because I like using the 4.25" x 5.5" format. I think this was a free cut file from The Bearded Housewife. Not sure if I'll use a patterned background when I do this again. It makes it a little too busy.

Out in the yard.

 I rarely go on the one side of my house. There's just no reason to. The one day I was out in the yard and for whatever reason I wandered over that way. It was a pleasant surprise to see something pretty growing.

I know there are grape hyacinth in there and I always thought the white ones were lily of the valley. I could be wrong and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I tried to verify their identity with my phone but kept getting bluebells as a description and I know that's not right.

Happy mail for me.

 Last Friday I got home from work and there was not one but two things in the mailbox that I just knew were going to bring a smile to my face.

The first one was from blog friend Denise She sent a postcard with the most beautiful picture on it that she said is from around where she lives. She also included some basil seeds and fun stickers.

The second was from a friend I met through Wade. He used to work with her husband and we became friends. I recently added her to my happy mail list and she liked the idea and started a happy mail list of her own. This was a card that she made.

The inside has this really cool butterfly that you plant and it's supposed to grow flowers.. With my lack of green thumb, I won't hold my breath on the flowers or the basil but it will be fun to try.