It's HOPPING today!

Welcome to OOTF's first blog hop! Everyone has some awesome projects to share today.
I couldn't decide what I wanted to post, so I have something masculine, and something feminine.

Basic Grey's Archaic line was MADE for these pictures:

And who can resist Hello Kitty? I think she's just precious:

Now hop on over to Wendy's blog at http://www.paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/ for a fantastic creation!

"Hoppy" Easter!

I was elected to cook Easter dinner this year by my mother. Nobody in my immediate family likes the traditional Easter foods (ham, sweet potatoes, etc), so I made Aussie pies, Broccoli and Cauliflower au gratin, and honey ginger glazed carrots. But, the piece de resistance was the bunny cupcakes!

I also took a few nature shots while we were at my parents house.

Here is a swarm of termites on an old piece of wood:

A wolf spider literally walking on water:

The storks by the water garden:

A wisteria bloom:

And my two favorite wild animals:

I hope you had a great Easter too!

Another layout

I've been tinkering around in my scraproom again!

I made this page for a challenge at the Page Maps blog. (they always have the BEST sketches!)

Valentine bags

What was I thinking?? I could have just sent store-bought valentine cards like the other parents will probably do, and saved a lot of time and money. But no, I decided I would make some cute Valentines for the boys to take to school. I made 33 of them! It actually took several hours from start to finish. I sure hope they appreciate them.

I used the Tags, Bags, and Boxes Cricut cartridge. I made the red bags using the window function, and then took the heart that it cut out of the window and used it to embellish the pink bags. They are filled with different flavors of Hershey's Hugs and Kisses.

Next year, I'm probably going to WalMart instead!

Let it Sneaux!!

It was a very rare occurance in southern Louisiana - four inches of snow! I have never seen so much snow here in my life, so it was a real treat for my kids to experience it at such a young age. We were definitely unprepared. We don't have waterproof pants or boots, so we got wet and cold, but we still had a blast.

Christmas Crunch!

I'm so behind the eight ball this year! I usually have all my Christmas presents bought/made and wrapped by this time. So far, I only have ONE GIFT! I made this for my dh's grandmother. I plan on giving it to her before Christmas so she can actually use them on her gifts.

Oh, and here's a little sneak peek at my October CreativeXpress project :-)

The photo shoot

I had my second photography gig today. The first was my sister's wedding; today was my sister's Christmas card pictures. I need all the practice I can get because I learn a little more each time. I took over 100 pictures today, here are just a few: