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Birthday Inspiration

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

Jumping back in

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