The Power of the Mind

Just brushing my teeth this morning.  Staring at a certain man's whiskers around the faucet.  Wondering my house is unclean all the time.  But maybe it isn't dirty?  Maybe my attitude says it's dirty but in reality is completely acceptable as a tidy Midwestern home.  I think sooooo...... 

I thought I would share this quote I came up with yesterday while shopping with Lukeyloo at Walmart.   We were in the clearance section and amazingly there was toys on one side of the aisle and craft items on the other... my perfect world!

Free Writing

This is a little free writing I did tonight in the midst of a storm at my house.  I got home 7:30 pm from work and Lukeyloo cried, and whined, and disagreed from the time I opened the door to the time he went to bed (or as he is going to bed crying right now).  Trying to remember as Gretchen Rubin says "The days are long but the years are short" but finding it quite hard right now.  I wrote this free writing to express the turmoil I feel tonight, at this moment:

Jumping off a cliff. Drying up a storm. Toes, feet, toes wriggling ready to go.  Gray stone smooth and white traces of gold fill up the flight to the staircase I seek my random of choices.  To the the staircase I venture far from home.   Cross-winded are my lungs, my thoughts, my heart.  Unsure of each wobbling step with the wobbling ankle.  Trees go by as I drift. Chunks of ice follow the stream.  The birds above so certain of their direction.  I would not dare to follow as fakeness is not a path to my destination.

Sitting at the airport in Kansas City on a business trip

- Katie

Butterfly Artwork by Hart Things & Butterfly Wings

Yesterday, Lukeyloo & I went to our first Farmer's Market of the year.  We visited my friend Liz Bladorn's booth with her amazing artwork and totally fab setup.  I had to purchase this beautiful butterfly print of her's.  The frame is what pulled at my heart saying "buy me".  The butterfly is amazing with trees in it's wings.  This beauty is already hung in the dining room.


Liz has a great blog you can check out HERE.  It is called Hart Things & Butterfly Wings.  She does amazing photography, graphic art, and is truly inspirational.

Whimsical Flower Card

I was in a fix to make a cute, quick card for my sister Emily for Mother's Day.  She is Lukeyloo's godmother.  I found this card below on Pinterest and used it as my inspiration.  Click HERE to visit the site that the card is from.  It is in what I believe to be Russian but the pictures helped translate! 

 This is my version of the card....

I let go of my A-type personality and free-hand cut the circles using the Joy Ride 6x6 Paper pack from Cosmo Cricket.  It helped to cut one size and then use it as a guide for the other patterns of the same size.  I folder craft paper to make the stems and used a simply tan paper that I scored using the Martha Stewart scoring board for the "pot".  To make the pot, I scored to lines on each side. I then folded and glued the first fold on the inside.  The pot was looking a little boring so I added some sticker words from the Authentique Blisful line.  I love the saying!

Joy Ride 6x6 Pad - Cosmo Cricket Authentique "Blissful" Diction Stickers Scotch Quick-Dry Tacky Glue

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