Gardening Journal

Kristen loves to garden. She actually has some bulbs coming up in a flower bed that I tried to plant bulbs in about 14 years ago. Mine never came up, but it looks like all of Kristen's are coming up. Since she has done such a good job with the clearing out of the flower bed and then planting all of her bulbs, she is getting her own gardening tools for Easter. I decided to also make her a journal so that she can keep track of what she plants and when. I am sure that she will really like this.

Valentine's Day

This was a joint effort between Kristen and myself. She tells me earlier in the week that she needs Valentines Day at school. Wouldn't have been a big deal, except this is conference week so I have to stay at school late two nights and have meeting the other nights. Anyway, I woke up at normal time this morning (even thought I didn't have school) so that I could get a box for made for her. She then had fun using up some of my embellishments and stamps to decorate her box. I think that this box is going to have to last for another 2 years. I can't be doing this daily. Of course this was done with no pattern. If I would have been smart I would have searched for a pattern online and printed it out while at school. Wait I couldn't do that because even though we had conferences and needed access to grades the computer search engines for the district were turned all blocked. At least she had fun and doesn't have a plain box or bag. Kristen has to be a little different from the norm.

altered frame, 1st attempt

Awhile back I received the very awesome frame kit from Kelly Jo. Yesterday, I finally had some time to try my hand at making a frame. I choose to go with some green bazzill paper for Christmas. I am not quite finished with the frame as I want to find a small Christmas embellishment for the left side, but I am really happy with the way it turned out. I plan on making a few more of these to give away and also maybe a few special "River King" ones for my high school aged daughter to remember the best days of her life. Thanks Kelly Jo for the inspiration and the supplies needed to make these, you have allowed me to learn something new.