Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Wonderful Mother's Day!

Since I posted my BBTB project yesterday, I didn't get an opportunity to share with you about my Mother's Day. It was absolutely wonderful from the morning until the evening. Dave and the girls ran out to Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast. I was given a blueberry muffin and a fresh hot cup of coffee. Jessica thought I should have breakfast in bed, but that's just not my thing. On the way to our kitchen table, I saw this hanging under the mantel in our family room.


The girls hung the Happy Birthday banner that we hang for all of our birthdays. They made it into a Mother's Day banner! How cute is this? I love it!


CUTE!


Next, Emily has been secretly working on making me a whole bunch of her crocheted flowers! I had no clue! She put them in some tiny jars that I just picked up at a garage sale for 10 cents each. Don't they look pretty?


Here's everything that she made! WOW! I love these!!


Here are Emily's and Jessica's cards that they made for me. I was thrilled that Emily actually used one of her crocheted flowers and really let it be the focal point on her card. Jessica used Queen & Co. embellishments. I love the color schemes! These are just fantastic! I love them both very much!!


This is the card that Dave made for me. This is the outside . . .


. . . and this is the inside. I love it! My husband stamped! He pointed out all of the mistakes that he thought he made. I think it's wonderful, and I don't see mistakes!!


Dave, Emily, and Jessica picked out a TON of items for me at Archiver's Hot Spot section! OMG! Would you just look at all of this? We love Disney in our house, and some of these embellishments make me so happy, because they were a HUGE part of what Emily and Jessica LOVED when they were little. I cannot even tell you how much they loved Toy Story and Bug's Life! I really need to do something special with those, because the girls just love these movies! I'm blown away by all of these! The thing that really gets me is that I look in the Hot Spot quite a bit when I'm at Archiver's, and I've never seen any of these!! How is that possible?


Then, they got fantastic acrylic stamps, amazing eyelets in themed packages, and tag lines. The eyelets have words around them. They are so cool! OMG!


They also got these kits in the Hot Spot. There is so much in these for the price! Dave told me that they didn't necessarily think that I wanted or needed cowboy or hoops packs, but they thought all of the paper included, the chipboard letters, the chipboard tags, and the metal embellishment was such a great price, they had to get it. You know what? They're absolutely right!! That's a lot of stuff for the price, and the paper is absolutely gorgeous! Jessica is signed up for Intramural Basketball in June, so I will use the hoops set for her! Cool!

I had the best Mother's Day. Dave, Emily, and Jessica spoiled me silly. I was served breakfast and lunch, I helped a little with dinner, we all hung out at home together, and I received some fantastic goodies. Dave and the girls also got me a Nickelback CD and the Enchanted CD soundtrack! Spoiled silly! What really put a smile on my face was imagining Dave and the girls actually picking out this stuff for me! It had to take them quite some time! Dave said that he thought they were scaring other customers, because they kept getting excited when they found something that they knew I would LOVE! CUTE!! I had a wonderful day, and believe me, I know what a lucky lady I am to have these wonderful people in my life! Dave, Emily, and Jessica are fantastic, and I love them will all of my heart! Thank you to them for making my Mother's Day wonderful!

I'm off to make a baby card for my amazing blogging friend Patsy! Welcome to the world baby Eleanor! I hope you all have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping by!!

27 comments :

Misty said...

What a lucky lady you are. I love when my dh tries his hand at making me a card with my stuff. So sweet. Your daughter is so sweet too, to make you those adorable flowers. Take care. Have a great day.
Misty

wendy said...

You hit the mother load girl! My favorite is the Happy Mother's Day sign...that was so creative :).

Lauren said...

Lucky lady! Those crocheted flowers are AWESOME!!!! Your daughter did a wonderful job.

Dawn♥ said...

WOW Carol you've got some amazing GOODIES! Your dd's are sooo sweet and what beautiful crocheted flowers your dd Em been cranking out! Lovely work!

Latisha said...

Thanks for the whistle lol. Those are probably the most expensive sunglasses I will ever own, but the shirt I think I got for $17, but the jeans {sshhh don't tell are Lucky brand} are were $118 before tax. In my defense they are super comfortable and no muffin top shows hahahahaha. So that alone is worth it lol
It sounds like you had a great Mother's Day! What sweet girls you have. I love how emily packages her flowers like primas LOVE that! I like all of those stamps too. Great great stuff

Alex said...

Holy Moses girl - you are spoiled!!! What a wonderful day you had!! I can't complain though, mine took pretty good care of me too - teehee!! Love that your husband made you a card!

*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Dawn Wheeler said...

Arr how fabulous are your girls and your hubbie to you on mothers day ,they made you feel like a queen realy special day ,Dawnxx

CreativeMish said...

Wow you were spoiled silly! Lots of fun stuff!

Judy said...

OMG...you really racked up. And I love that your hubby stamped a card for you.

Judy said...

OMG...you really racked up. And I love that your hubby stamped a card for you.

Lisa said...

Wow...your family is good to you. But the handmade stuff is the best!

Jeni Glee said...

It was absolutely wonderful to see what your family did for you on Mother's Day, Carol! How I wish I could have been there to share the delightful day you had! Emily's flowers are just beautiful and all your goodies are out of this world! All was well deserved by a very special Mom!

Sharon Caudle said...

What an awesome Mother's Day you had! Enjoy all your new goodies Carol! :)

Regina Easter said...

wow, love those crochet flowers...wish i could do that....looks like you had a wonderful mothers day....you are so loved ...what a blessing...glad to have you on the bbtb team to...hugs..

Anonymous said...

Oh wow Carol...looks like you had a lovely Day...Your gifts and cards are beautiful....those crotcet flowers are fab!!!have a great weekend:)x

Chris said...

hmmm... i wonder if i could talk my boys into making me some of those great crocheted [sp] flowers!!! cuz they are wayy cute!! sounds like you are a most loved MOM!!!

Carole Beath said...

What a wonderful bunch of words and descriptions and pictures all full of the love you received on Mother's Day...and wow, look at those flowers.
Awesome.

Unknown said...

I MUST SAY I DID HAVE A GIGGLE AT DAVE MAKING YOU A CARD & POINTING OUT WHERE HE THOUGHT HE WENT WRONG! ALL YOUR MOTHER'S DAY GOODIES ARE AWESOME.HAVE FUN PLAYING WITH THOSE NEW STAMPS I CAN SEE YOU GETTING SOME GOOD USE OUT OF THE DOGGY PAW PRINT SET!

Deb said...

sounds like a perfect Mother's Day, what a fabulous selection of gifts. Most of all I love the crocheted flowers, aren't handmade gifts the best?

L.Wood-Sing4God said...

You are one SPECIAL lady! These gifts are so special. What a treasured day you must have had!

Michelle Pearson said...

What a sweet memory for your girls too....shopping for mom with their dad! Sounds like they had a lot of fun!!

Liz said...

Well aren't you special! geesh, that's a whole lotta stuff ya got there! :) I can't wait to see what you make it all into. :) Happy Late Mother's Day!

Crissy said...

You have an awesome family! (I know you know that already!) Glad your mother's day was so special!

Deborah said...

Wow your loved ones showered you with scrappin' and stamping stuff! You'll need a entire new area for all of these goodies! Take care, hugs, Deb

mel m. m. mccarthy said...

SO glad you had an awesome Mother's day; you deserve to be spoiled silly! :0) Your daughter Emily could make a fortune selling her precious crotchet flowers on etsy. ;0) mel

Clare said...

Hi Carol/Emily - the pattern I have been using for my flowers is here - http://skamama.blogspot.com/2006/06/picot-flower.html Thanks for sharing your pattern, I will definately give it a go!

Clare said...

Meant to add - I use only the first two rounds of the flower...