With my parents out of town for the weekend, I decided to make bouquets for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to celebrate Mother’s Day. Because my mother loves pink flowers with a little bit of red thrown in, it is very easy to put together a bouquet with little effort. The flowers do all the work and…
Archives for May 2013
Photography Monday: Ramona Flowers
My mother and father have an amazing garden filled with flowers, fruit trees, berry vines and vegetables. My father is the son of a farmer and definitely possesses a green thumb. My mother is the creative one, who decides what she wants with my father executing the task of planting and maintaining. Between the two…
Cricut Friday: Floral Mother’s Day Card
My mother and mother-in-law deserve a special card in honor of their day. You need the following tools and supplies to create this card: Cricut machine Cricut Florals Embellished cartridge Cuttlebug machine Cuttlebug embossing folder cardstock adhesive rhinestone Fold the purple cardstock so it is a finished size of 4.25″x5.5″ and cut the pink cardstock to 5.25″x 4″. Cut…
Creativity
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. -Maya Angelou The above quote was featured in the Editor’s Letter of the current issue of Somerset Life. Christen Olivarez, the Editor-in-Chief, wrote a stirring letter about creativity, which truly resonated with me. How creativity, as it applies to a creative person,…
Dahlia Delightfulness
My first blooms of the season! What a difference a year makes. Last year, I had sporadic blooms due to a late planting and excessive spring heat. This year, the fact that the bulbs rested and divided on their own has made for happier, healthier plants with fantastic flowers. What is especially endearing are the…
Photography Monday: Random Washington, D.C.
I wanted to share those one of a kind photos that are special, but don’t belong in any specific category as previously posted. Washington, D.C., is a dynamic, vibrant city filled with history and our heritage. I often make the comment that you can visit DC every year for a week for the next ten years…
Cricut Friday: Celebrate Banner
I co-hosted a scrapbooking event over the weekend and I was in charge of creating a festive banner for the event. You need the following tools and supplies to create this banner: Cricut machine Cricut Folk Art Festival cartridge Cricut/Creative Memories Tiny Treasures cartridge hole punch cardstock adhesive ribbon To create the flags, cut out…
Maple Magnificence
A few months ago, we experienced a hard frost in Southern California. It happens periodically and most often, tender plants are damaged and sometimes killed by these extreme temperatures. We thought our Japanese maple didn’t survive the event. It was covered with dead leaves that were clinging to the branches. I left it alone and…