Family Traditions

Hey, everyone!

For those of you who know me well, you know that for me St. Patrick's Day is one of two of my favorite holidays of the year. I look forward to St. Patrick's Day for months! I can't wait for it to come. I love it! My kids laugh at me as I talk "Irish" and joke about them being leprochauns. They are mischievious! LOL When Kadesia was a baby we started a tradition for her to help me bake cookies. We'd make cookies with green frosting, or green sprinkles! This year she wanted to make a cake! A green FunFetti Cake! So at 9 p.m. that was what we did!! LOL
They are saying SHAMROCKS! instead of cheese! LOL

Here are some family shots WEARING OF THE GREEN!

Of course, Miss Thang has to cheese it up! LOL
Here I am with my little leprochaun Javan! He insisted we call him Coach today! He's got basketball on the brain since he's been watching his sister play Upward Basketball. It's over now but he will continue to think about it and talk about it for a while!
Here's my two favorite guys! Aren't they cute in their St. Patrick's Day shirts? Javan let me know, "You t'ant pinch me tuz I am wearing gween!" That happens to be his favorite color, too!

This little pouch is one I shared before. I just love that cute Tilda sitting on the cloud! I stuffed it full of Jumbo Paper Clip Bookmarks for Kadesia to pass out to her classmates and teachers. I love using The Angel Company's Willoughby designer paper for St. Patrick's Day. It is perfect!

These bookmarks are quick and easy to make. I really love giving them away. Everyone loves them! I encourage my children to read and we enjoy lots of summertime visits to the local library. I think we may make some bookmarks for our summer reading soon!

This is the hostess thank you card and gift set I made for June Lamb. She had her FunShop today and it was wonderful! She made a delicious Irish lunch, including dessert! Everything was wonderful!!
Here's a close-up of the binder notepad holder I made her. The chipboard measures 4" x 4" and is covered on both sides with Willoughby paper. The binder clip and ink pen also have the same paper to match. The sheets are loose so she can refill it with scrap papers, a sticky note pad or whatever she'd like!
This card was made using the Trendy Greetings stamp set from The Angel Company. This is a MUST HAVE stamp set for all - occasion cards and projects. There's a stamp for various holidays and themes in this set! The clover is from the Purchase With Purchase stamp set called Fancy Suits and it's only $2.95 with any $30 purchase! I used Jardin Moss to ink it up. The edges were sponged with Cognac and Burnt Umber. We are making a Suspension Card similar to this in our card class on Monday!

June wanted everyone to make a scrapbook page at her FunShop so that is what we did. She chose a birthday theme and it was a lot of fun to create this for them! I used a sketch I found in one of my scrapbooking magazines. It is a very simple design but I like to keep the focus on the photos and journaling. The balloons were punched out of the designer paper with my Super Jumbo Scalloped Punch and popped up with dimensionals. The strings were created with Scrapper's Floss. There's enough room for a 4"x6" photo and a 3¾" x 5¾" photo.
Here's a close-up of the journaling box. We used Tag Tidbits and Squiggle Ladybugs for the journal box "border" using "giggle," "joy," "laugh," and "happy birthday." All the inks are Palette Hybrid: French Lilac, Bordeaux, Starr Night, and Jardin Moss.

Hope you had a wonderful day! Thanks for hanging out with me tomorrow! I have more projects to share with you soon!!

Angel Hugs,