being crafty

I LOVE to be crafty. It's so fun and refreshing for me. Unfortunately, I haven't made much time for craftiness lately. Maybe it's due to my "craft" desk being a dumping grounds for everything else. However, I was inspired to complete a project in A's room that's only been an idea for the last year. Here's what I was up to yesterday.



(Don't mind the mess on the bookshelves. I think this is A's version of cleaning her room.) Thanks, again Dad for building this awesome shelf. We sure love it and use it a TON!



Here's the quilt that inspired me. (Thanks, Grandad! A loves her quilt!)

the beach

I really LOVE going to the beach. We are so blessed to live only 40 minutes away. It was just the girls and I on Saturday. I told them that if they played nicely together in the morning, we would go to the beach in the afternoon. I think we finally left the house around 2:30pm. Kinda late, I know! By the time we got there, it was clouding over and really cold.





M decided it was perfect weather to hunt for seashells and was loving finding little "beach lagoons" in which to wash them off.





I'm a sucker for photos of hands and feet. I had fun playing around with some black and white convesions of these. What do you think?







An hour after we arrived, it stated to rain. Yep, rain. Poor A was freezing and walked back to the car whimpering with her head all covered up. We still had a great time, though. I can't wait to go back on a nicer day.