Merely Meg Creations

 So this painting is one I’ve worked on in stages because I was using some paint markers and layer my colors to get some areas to darken up a bit. It was quite a simple process, very slow and spread out over a couple days. I would sit down on the couch and be snuggled in with my husband, Sam, and half-watch a show we both liked while painting a bit.  It was like my own personal coloring time, I had a love doodling and trying new things! It is based off a random painting I saw on Facebook, but I don’t remember who posted it; sorry I can’t credit anyone on this (contact me if it’s yours and I’ll link you).  The one below is one I sketched out for my daughter, Lizzie, who is 8 years old. She loves craft time with Mom. So we broke out the paintbrushes and acrylics and she had a blast. We didn’t have brown at the time, so we tried to make some, but we didn’t have any yellow on hand. We used some yellow food coloring, which ended up leaking from through paper- trial and error is alway

     My mom came down to visit over Thanksgiving break this year. We had a great visit, even though it can be tough to deal with for both of us emotionally. We are both anxious and depressed individuals- YAY for family genetics. Luckily, I have mine under medical control and feel very optimistic, but my mom struggles. She has a great heart, but a very negative persona. No matter what, she's mom and I love her.      She is the one who taught me how to sew and though I am NOWHERE NEAR her level of expertise, she knows I enjoy creative projects. So she brought some printed out paper directions of a bedside organizer that my sister-in-law requested for her girls. I found the original seller, Higgos (the UK Company), of these organizers  here  for about $14, but my mom also had some printed out directions from Sew Mama Sew that she needed help deciphering.      Have I mentioned that my mom is a follow every direction exactly as it is labeled kind of person, which is great when you

I love having my mom call me and ask for birthday cards, anniversary cards, any cards for two reasons: 1. I really enjoy looking for new designs and coming up with cute cards that are personalized and 2. She pays me (and seriously, getting paid for what you love is totally AWESOME!). =) So today I'm looking for a sweet birthday card for my niece, she's turning 4 and she is quite the little boss. She may be the youngest of 4, but she believes she is in charge of everything. It's quite cute and comical, but probably because she's only my niece. =) I came across two cards that were very similar and very cute. Here and here . I ended up combining them and came up with this: Cute, simple, and eye catching. I hope she'll like it!  Hope everyone is having a good day wherever they are. It's a snow day here, so it's been a bit more hectic, but the kids have played so well together and I'm proud of them...now it's clean up time, so we'll see ho

So I decided it's been a long enough break....ahem... I really didn't mean to disappear, it just happened, call it laziness or fear, perhaps both??? Moving on... Today was a PLC day for my kids, meaning mom got them all DAY long! =/ I love my kiddos, but all day with three very different personalities can be a bit much for this mama, especially since I still struggle with finding "me" time. And today I had allowed my 7 year old to invite her friend over to hang out with us, she was overwhelmed by my kids I think (she's an only child). Poor kid! Anyway, while she was over, all the girls wanted to do some crafting, which is when my son ran from the room to play Wii for the rest of the afternoon. LOL! So I sent them outside for a few minutes, OK a half hour, and scoured Pinterest for something fun and easy and stress-free. I actually didn't find anything that looked good with what little supplies I had lying around, so it was off to Google to look at valenti

So last week was one of the longest weeks I have had in FOREVER, but it was filled with fun stuff... Jewelry parties, water aerobics, a technology night at my kids' school, a bit of church,  craft projects, PTC projects, MoPs, kids sports, my son's belt testing for Tae Kwon Do (he's a green belt now-so proud), a cookout at a friend's house, bowling. Life just seems to be speeding up these days and sometimes, especially this past week, I feel like I'm missing that special time with my kids. I love them soooooooooo much! :-) So all in all it was a good week! I had a blast working on crafts for secretary's day and for my girlfriends at the cookout. We had so many laughs at the cookout! It was exactly what I needed to end my week! Love you ladies!!! Did I mention that between our five families we had 15 kids to keep us busy? GREAT times. :-D

So this weekend has been quiet for our family, aside from a birthday party for our friends little girl and our nephew's first communion tomorrow. Of course I needed gifts for both and our budget is a little tight with the start of a new job for my hubby (did I mention that required a brand new wardrobe?). So the following pictures are what I came up with and the supplies I used.