Saturday Activities...

Have you ever watched that show, "Minute To Win It"? It's when the contestants have one minute to complete a task and you get money for completing each task successfully. It's pretty fun to watch and it makes you want to try them at home. One of the tasks was to stack up 3 golf balls and let it stand for 3 seconds. I went and bought some old golf balls and we all tried it. Christopher was the only successful person to get it. It's still standing 'cause we don't want to move it!

Today, Lana and I went shopping on Lakeshore after we dropped off Rachel at ballet class. I found this great jewelry holder at Juniper Tree. It's perfect for displaying some of my altered jewelry pieces.

I also decided to put out this vintage jewelry case I bought about a year ago to display some vintage jewelry pieces.

Then tonight we dyed our Easter eggs. I was trying this method I saw in Martha Stewart magazine (using sticker and then removing them and dying them again), but we weren't very successful. It was still fun though.

Tonight, Rachel made a journal out of a Life ceral box and paper - it's so cute. She's really into green art lately.

Getting Ready For Easter

I made these two little easter eggs last night for my nephew's two little kids (Lennon and Owen). The project was inspired by Julie Collings - she posts cute projects every Thursday. The blue material is some felted wool from a old sweater. I was going to buy one of those easter baskets at the store (all pre-packaged and ready to go), but I decided to make them something instead and just tuck some money in the pocket.

This week, I did a little more work on my embroidery sampler...it's coming along - but the piece is so large, it's taking a lot to fill it all up.

Tahoe Weekend

This weekend we went to North Lake Tahoe for (probably) our last ski trip of the season. The weather was nice - a bit cold - but clear blue skies. We skied Saturday and Sunday at Northstar. The resort was not very crowded and the kids did great at skiing. Here a picture of the Northstar Village - it's really fun just to hang out there. The middle area is now a roller blade rink - it was just a ice skating rink during the winter.

Up on one of the ski lifts there's a couple of trees where people have thrown some mardi-gras neclaces. It's so cool!

This is the cart...we are so happy when we can find an available cart to hold all our gear so we don't have to carry it to the car. We've got it loaded with our skies and boots. We found one both days and boy were we happy!

Here's us at the end of the day...relaxing and hanging out.

The kids love the sweet belguim waffles.

Cabi Party & Bday Dinner

It's been a long day...can't believe I'm posting tonight. I started off with my morning run at 7:30am - got in 9,800 steps by 8:30am - nice! Now I can eat today and not feel so guilty. Then I was off picking up Frances at 10:00am and we were off to Fremont - first stop Daiso - great Japanese $ store. We only had 30 min before we had to be at Maryl's house. Rachel is getting into making cute little bento boxes - so I had to pick up all the bento supplies - she can't wait to assemble - I'll definitely post once we get some samples made up.














We got to Maryl's by 11:45 to help her with the Cabi party. It was lots of fun - the house looked great - the food was yummy - and unfortunately, I found too many items I couldn't live without.




























Then for the evening - we helped celebrate Fran & Ron's kids's bday (Brian & Jason) - by going out to a delicious dinner at Italian Colors. It was so much fun seeing Lennon play with the kids...so adorable.

New Finds from Craft Depot & More

I had 30 minutes to spare before dinner was ready, so I ran out to Craft Depot and scored some vintage items. Apparently, they just got a load from an estate sale. This is what I got...

Rachel had to draw daffodils for a school assignment, as the poem they have to memorize this week was called "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth. After about half an hour, this is what she came up with, along with a poem to go with it. I'm so proud of her!

Her Poem:

Daffodils

By Rachel Fong

Dancing in the breeze

They seem so graceful

They look like dancers

So pretty, so tasteful

They continue their show

Their leaves flap about

I sit down to watch

For this short prancing route

They are so unaware

Of the audience that looks

They really are fearless

In their flower bed nooks

All the sudden the breeze

Fades to a gust

Is the show going to stop?

With this tiny flurry, it must

All movement stops

The daffodils freeze

The magic is over

Why did it cease?

And did you see the new video promoting the book for Where Woman Create - check it out, it's a nice video of all the artist included in the new book:

http://www.crescendoh.com/shop/books/wherewomencreate.shtml

scroll down a bit and you'll see the video.

Bianca Stationary Kit

One of my favorite ways to create is buying kits. I like having all the supplies in one package and being able to create at my own pace, time, and table. This kit was from Connie Govea Stuart and it was using the Bianca Catherine Moore stamp. The kit came with holder, envelope, paper, stickers, tags, cards and cute bag to embellish. Since I missed her class, I was fortunate enough to buy a kit.

Play Date with Sisters & CGS

Today, was a fun day of Artful Play & a little shopping...Lana, Frances, Maryl & CGS came over for a play date - the theme - Shrink Plastic. Well, first we had to start the day at Craft Depot - we all found some goodness - that was fun. Here's the items I bought.

Then we had to stop at Bake Sale Betty for the chicken sandwich and some sweet goodies. Next we were off to Urban Orr in Berkeley, so Maryl could pick up some old children wooden chairs.

Back at the house, we were off making our shrink plastic art...slow start, but once we got going, we couldn't stop...and here's the effort of our creative work.

While we were all busy making shrink art, Rachel was busy making softies. Here's what she made today...