My mother's day...

so far, has been good! Lots of goodies, especially from Hannah.



Hannah and Katie, best friends, at the Tea

On Friday, there was a "Mother's Day Tea" at her school (only her class!).
We were serenaded with lots of songs (I love you, I love you, I love you DEE-vine...may I please have your bubblegum? You're SITTING on mine!), and given lots of goodies.
I got a beautiful magnet flowerpot with pictures of my little beautiful flower...a handprint casted and painted. A hand drawn set of note cards...a beautiful "identification" tag, with a hand in the sign "I Love You" and Hannah's picture on it. There was an "I Love My Mom" book, with drawings and phrases like "My mom looks pretty when....'she goes to church'. and My mom makes great ....'icing for my cake' (true testimony to my homemade buttercreme icing!!!) My all time favorite was the "What I know about my mother" sheet.

My mother is very nice and helpful
she is 12 inches tall
She weighs 80 pounds
She has gray eyes
She has brown hair
The food she likes best is spaghetti
Her favorite color is purple.

Yup...short and squat, lol!
The spoon was made at children's church today, with a cute note and chocolate kisses!
"Dear Mom,
A spoonful of love and a couple of wishes...Hope you enjoy your Mother's Day Kisses"
Today, I got my gifts from the hubby and kids. Let's not kid around here, I had a LIST of stuff...just to be sure I got something I remotely wanted/liked.

The kids got me this:

My hubby got me this:



Tanzanite, with white gold. Journey style...I'm happy!

Mother's Day Gifts

I am sending these out today for my mom and MIL. I hope they like them!

The candles were easy to make - print pictures on tissue paper (you have to tape it to a piece of cardstock, all the way around, for best printing), and then place them on a pillar candle. Using a craft heat gun, heat the pictures until the wax shines through the photo. Be careful, as the wax often melts below the photo and runs out...it's okay, though, because it gives texture to the candle. I also printed words and cut them out and put them on the candle. I then took ribbon with slide letters (thanks for these, Suzanne, see...I put them to good use!), and using a large brad, secured them right to the candle at the top. One candle says CHERISH, the other says LOVE. They are otherwise identical.


The canvases took a bit more time. I painted them with MM paints. I used Bazzill scalloped paper and inked the edges. I used ribbon buckles from Queen & Co and ribbon from American Crafts. The flowers are Prima flowers. The chipboard letters are Basic Grey and Stampin' Up (didn't have enough of one brand, lol). There's a bunch of other stuff that I don't feel like digging up the brands for. When everything was secure, I mod-podged everything twice. These can be framed, or just propped on stands. Each has a little poem on it:

Grandma, you are so special,
You make US feel special too!
So this is the reason why,
We say that we LOVE you!

The one for my mom says Memere, since that is what my kids call her.


I hope my mom and MIL like them. I really enjoyed working on these!!!