A Colourful Life

Trees & Blooms Class and Class Kits

This is my current class.  It uses the Trendy Trees stamp set.

I'm Back.......

My apologies -- haven't blogged for a couple of weeks!  I've never taken so long between blog posts as I have since the last one......just been extremely busy.  But good things are coming as I now only work 3 days a week as opposed to 5 -- which means I will have more time to design classes and create projects at home for future classes in my studio.  Heaven knows, people have been asking and have questioned me about the lack of classes at home.  Simply put, there was no time with a full time job.   But now, it's full speed ahead and the class calendar will see some action.  I will email everyone on my customer list with new class dates and if you would like to be included in the list, please let me know.  I will be doing card classes and scrapbooking layouts as well as that is what I've been asked by many of you!

Below is a card that will be featured in an upcoming class called, "Trees & Blooms".

 

 

Stay tuned for details.  

Before I go, here are some pics from Mother's Day.  I had a great day with my family.  My daughter got me some truffles ....(she know her mother so well....!), and I just about fell off my chair when my son came home from work with an ENTIRE, not just one, but an ENTIRE boquet of flowers from me.  I thought I'd be lucky if he came home with one rose, but I got a boquet.  Plus the sappiest I love you Mom card ever.  He doesnt' show it everyday, cause it's not the macho thing to do, but he really does apperciate all I do for him.  And of course, the hubs got me a sweet card as well.  I am lucky.  Here are some pics from that day.

 

My two wonderful kids!

 

The entire family in front of Senova Restaurant.

 
My Mom & I.
 
 Have a great weekend, everyone! 
 

Stamp Out Breast Cancer

Just a reminder that I will be teaching at this event this Sunday, May 16, 2010 for the Stamp Out Breast Cancer weekend in Granville Island.  This is the second year this event is running and once again I am honoured to have been asked to participate in it as an instructor.  I have lost friends and family to breast cancer and would be so happy if you join me in supporting the fight against this disease. Joining us this year once again are Julie Ebersole from A Muse, Cathie Allen from Canadian Scrapbooker and Rebeka Marcille from Denami.  You won't want to miss the fabulous classes that will be offered. 

Below are pics from my class,Pendants & Resist.  I look forward to seeing you there!

 

 

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!  Today, my entire family will be celebrating at an Italian restaurant in Kerrisdale called Senova.  We usually go for Mother's Day brunch, but this year we are having dinner instead.  Looking forward to it.

Motherhood is the hardest job -- there is no training provided, you basically just learn on the fly.  You get pregnant and are overjoyed!  You love your baby before you ever get to meet the little thing, you feel every little kick and squirm in the 9 months that you wait, then all of a sudden BAM, the blessed day arrives and you get sent home from the security of the hospital where the nurses are everywhere to your home where you are alone.  LITERALLY.  It's very scary.  You have this little life that depends on you, that you are responsible for and yet, no one is there to tell you how to do it.  You just do.  You learn.  You adapt.  And you do what you need to do.  Doug was a great Dad and he still is.....he was always there to help and do what I asked him.  I remember feeling so bad for him after our first child, because I was so focused on Jordan that I think I kind of forgot my darling husband.....poor thing!  But he knows how important he is to me and our kids and he knows we love him!  But as moms, we are the ones who take charge and the responsibility of a newborn can be overwhelming.  A toddler means energy....a lot of running and catching.  A preteen becomes a lot of arguing and hearing the question "WHY?"  and the phrase "I WANT TO BUY...."   A teenager brings it a step further and then you hear, " CAN I HAVE MONEY FOR....." and " UGH.....YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING!".....This is the phase when the stairs and doors in every home get truly tested as teenager feet stomp up to the bedroom in a huff, followed by the banging of the door.   Then comes adulhthood.  And this is where they really make you proud.  They become adults.  And contributing members of society.  They matter.  And they make a difference.  And you realize that all those years of lectures and teaching were worth the stress.  And you know that your child is no longer dependent on you but is someone you can depend on.  Motherhood.  It's the hightest calling .... but it's the best job I've never been paid for in cash.  Instead, I get the love. And love is better. 

The loves of my life....

The Christmas after Alyssa was born...she was just 6 months old.  Doug and I look so young...., please excuse the Elvis hair....so poofy, what was I thinking??  Note to my daughter:  Mommy is really, really, really sorry for dressing you up like a Christmas present.  Mommy has never done it again and will never ever do it again.

 

This is our family today.  I am very proud of my two kids.  They are my pride and joy and my highest achievement in life.

 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MY WONDERFUL MOMMY FRIENDS.  YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!  Remember, motherhood is the highest calling.  We are not Oscar winners, but we have to act happy and smile to uplift our children even when our hearts are breaking because they come home crying from school when someone has been mean to them;  we are not chartered accountants, but we manage to split that paycheck one hundred and one ways to pay the dentist, the dance teacher, the mortgage, the gas bill and so many other things; We are not doctors, but only our kisses can make it all better, we are not celebrated heads of state or world peacekeepers, but we are the ones who keep peace in the house and calm all the screaming when the tantrums are at their loudest.  We are the glue that keep the family one.  So today, CELEBRATE.  CELEBRTE YOU.