NOT Just Another Mom

I found some more ornaments in my closet of craft stuff while cleaning this summer.  Obviously my cleaning didn't get very far being so delighted with my new discovery!  I found a cute clip art a while back of some holly leaves, so I thought about how I could do it inside the ornament.  After a few minutes, I was ready to start.  After gluing two leaves together, I gently pushed them inside.  I then used a plastic butter knife to keep them lying flat and let them dry.  I then added the third leaf.

I decided to work on something new and I wanted to be a little abstract this time.  I had it in my mind the phrase "In God all things are possible." Even though I sometimes don't understand why things in life occur, I know there is a reason far beyond my comprehension for it happening. I always in the back of my mind think, trust in Him.  I used a metallic blues card stock for the cross which seemed to give it an almost cloud like essence with varied shades of blue and yellow quilling strips.  I first layered the card stock pieces for the cross and glued them down.  Next, I cut out the swirls of card stock in the aquamarine blue and metallic blues.  I then glued them down to where they almost flowed from the cross.  On top of the card stock, I then used different techniques of quilling to add the top layers.  I hope this picture conveys my thought process of His love flowing out to all. Have a nice day!

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It seems like this Easter came so quickly and passed just as fast and we were back to school. Over the break, the kids and I went bowling with a neighbor, the movies with two neighbors, and I spring cleaned. As if that wasn't enough, I also cut out and painted 70+ stars for my daughters 8th grade dance. I'm sure you also saw the post of my grout that I sealed as well. Well, finally on Easter Sunday we dyed our eggs! I felt so behind the game! But, here are some pictures of our eggs.

Okay! As I was surfing Pinterest the other day I came across a blurb about cleaning grout. For the Floridians here that have a lot if tile it seems like there is a constant battle of keeping our grout clean. I have been known to either let it go( which doesn't make me or the hubby happy), pay a lot of money to clean it ( and be dirty from two kids and two dogs a day later), or be on my hands and knees for a week scrubbing to be dirty again by the time I finish an area! Well, after checking out many reviews I decided to try this stuff called Polyblend Grout Renew. I found it at my local Home Depot and it comes in many colors. For mine I tried Antique White. I'll be honest... When I started it was such a drastic change it looked like I was just painting over it, but as I finished, it looked amazing! It was like a brand new floor! Here are some pictures of the process. See for yourself and I quote my daughters reaction.."so when are you going to do the rest of the h...

Well, my pinky finger was released from the dr. and therapy last week. It seemed like a long time for it to heal! I guess that's how it goes when you get older.😖 I've ventured slowly back into quilling and thought I would make another card using shades of greens. Here it is and also a look at my pinky since I broke it the day after Christmas.