Special Day!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl!

You bring such happiness to my life! 

Happy Birthday, sweetheart

I love you!

-mom

Sunday loves

We recently rented Disney's Princess and the Frog. 

It was so good!  It made me remember how much a love a good frog prince!  Here's a few that make me smile!

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Have a great Sunday! 

-DeAndra

This made my day!

This is so flippin awesome!!!  Janel drew these portraits of me and my girls.  Aren't they fabulous???

I was going to wait and post them when I had them all framed and fancy, but I couldn't!  Yay Janel!

Amigurumi Loves

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I have been wanting to make an amigurami for a while now and have looked at pattern after pattern but can't seem to get started.  I'm a little intimidated, I guess!  They look super hard, but according to the patterns, they're for advanced beginners.  That would be me!  Has anyone tried them?  I'd love some advice! 

Here are some of the one's that I've been looking at

These are all from Amy Gaines

and these

from Irene Strange

Plus, if you go to her website Reeneegurumi, there are a couple of free downloads

Percy the elephant and Roosting Birds and My Tiny Bunny

They are all so cute!

Have a great day!

-DeAndra

Lots going on

I'm super busy right now!  That's good,  right!  I seem to stay busy, though.  I just keep adding new things to my growing list of ideas!  I can honestly say that I'm never bored! 

1.  I'm taking Indie Biz class right now

2.  I'm having my first trunk show and I'm making jewelry like crazy to prepare for that.

3.  I'm trying to get my website finished for Pink Checkers Design.  The "About Me" page is really holding me up.  I'm having a hard time getting the words out! 

4.  I have to get ready for my almost 6 year old's birthday.  She L-O-V-E-S to make up stories and draw, so I'm putting together an art and writing kit for her.  Of course, it has to be one-of-a-kind!  I'm sure I'll be working on it until the day of her birthday!

5.  Girl Scout cookie sales are finally over!!!!  I need to finish up all the paperwork for that and get it turned in.  Being the Cookie Mom wasn't that bad.  I just know the troop leader and I need to reward ourselves with a couple of pedicures!

6.  Easter is right around the corner and Easter baskets need to get put together. 

7.  Taxes need to be done. 

8.  Loose ends here, there, and everywhere that need to be tied up!!!

 

Oh, and if that wasn't enough, I found out about this class this morning

Tell Your Story:  Online Art Journal Class

Signups start on April 1st. 

It looks like a lot of fun!

Well, I'd better get going and work on some of my list!  Have a great day!

-DeAndra

Silhouette D.I.Y

Awhile back, while skimming OhDeeDoh, I came across a tutorial for this:

Silhouettes in Under 30 Minutes by Emily over at Three Boys and a Little Lady 

I've seen tutorials in the past using Photoshop, but I've never wanted to sit down and try to figure it out.  I'll leave the geeky computer stuff to my sister! 

But this one uses:

paint and cardstock! 

Now that's something I can handle!

Start with a good profile pic and cut it out

Cover it in black paint.  

Glue them down on your paper. 

Frame it up and you're done!

This is super fast and cheap, but it looks GREAT!  That's what I like! 

Have a great day!

DeAndra

Razzle Dazzle

Wow!  I'm am sooo off my blogging schedule!  I promise I'll try to do better next week!  It seems like a have a blue-million things to do right now!  I've got a 6 year old's birthday to get ready for, spring cleaning, Girl Scouts, and t-ball.  Plus, I'm getting ready to sell Pink Checkers Design in a brick and mortar shop and I'm trying to get all that together!  Time management has never been my strong suit! 

So, here's a little something fun to hold you over until I get back to normal!

We're taking the girls and nephew to see this bunch of yahoos on Saturday.  If you've never seen Yo Gabba Gabba, watch this video. 

You either love them or you hate them!  We love them, so off to Cincinnati we will go!

Have a great weekend!

DeAndra