Summer...

You're right around the corner.I can feel you.

Please come soon. I've missed you.  

Yours Truly, 

~Rachel

A card I made using Melissa Frances and Jenni Bowlin products. Can't you just taste that lime popsicle? Yummmm...

Dear Mom

  You are the source of our beginning  and have always been there for us. You were our first teacher and the guiding light in our lives. Whenever we need you, there you are giving us the warmth and comfort that is so needed.  I know how hard you've worked for us and the sacrifices you've made. Thank you for all you have done for us kids, we are so incredibly blessed to have you as our Mother.

I can only hope that when I become a mom, I will be just as loving, giving, kind and patient as you. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and showing me unconditional love throughout my life.

I love you!

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."
                                                          ~Abraham Lincoln


Here is a Mother's Day Banner I created  for my sweet Mother. Love you Mom! Can't wait to see you today!

Happy Mother's Day!

Weekend Recap and a Craft

This past weekend my darling Kellen and I took a road trip to Ivins, UT to visit my Grandparents. If you've never been, this is what you're missing..

Absolutely gorgeous.

Road trips with Kellen are insane. I don't think it's fair two people can have so much fun. Have you ever laughed so hard  you can't breathe and tears are streaming down your face? That's everyday with this man.

Moving on...

Rumor has it, the party hat I made is in Simply Handmade's Feb/March issue. I haven't seen the issue yet, but
I thought I'd post a couple pics of it here.

Crepe paper, pattern paper and glitter chipboard are from Melissa Frances. Chipboard number button and star tag are from Jenni Bowlin. 

The Atomic Housewife

Technicolor cookbooks, ranch houses, 50's and 60's advertising and decorating. Ohhh the kitschiness of it all. Don't you love it?

The Atomic Housewife has inspired me to make this little card.

 Pattern paper and rub on from Melissa Frances and the vintage image is from Cosmo Cricket.

The Crepe Paper Dress

 My Great-Great Aunt Wanda takes the title of Miss Torrey, Utah in a crepe paper dress! This is where creativity meets necessity. During The Great Depression there wasn't money to buy fabric. Her mother, instead, sewed blue crepe paper to an old sheet. Look at the amount of detail.  Dare I attempt such a feat? 

Just a few lovelies..

Who wouldn't want to look at a few pretty pictures on a fine Spring day? 

Happy Friday! xo

Curiouser and Curiouser

"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? "— The Mad Hatter


A couple projects using Alice in Wonderland collage packs from Tweety Jill. The mini frame and glitter chipboard are from Melissa Frances.