a medley of things...

first off... my computer has been actin' a fool... a p.c. that's on it's last legs for sure... she's been a good one... however, it now takes me F O R E V E R to upload photos... the tower sounds like it's about to take off at any moment... when i click on something it just swirls and swirls... the screen freezes... ugh! i've been working on this post for 56 minutes now and this is where i'm at... you get the idea... 

that's why i haven't posted as much this month... it's been driving me crazy... so... this post will be a medley of things...

 a happy day surprise from my mom... {you can see more on that here and here...}

 a little close up...

a wire tray... holding a new piece of milk glass & some pretty vine and flowers from her yard.. and a copy of mingle... {i'm pretty certain i have a fancy magazine problem}...

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 stopped at the store yesterday... AND there they were... in all their blue glory on one of target's enticing end caps...

even though the color is more blue than i thought they'd be... i still felt compelled to bring home a box... into the cart they went... 

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we're heading into the busy end of the year stuff... maizie had her 5th grade orchestra concert last week...

i can't believe how much she's learned and how far she's come with the cello this year... she loves it and says that it's something she wants to continue... i'm pretty happy about that... all of the kids did a fantastic job that night...

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we spent mother's day at my mom's house... 

we were going through some old pictures and had some laughs...

 anyone else remember sportin' the sponge rollers back in the day?

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 john and the girls surprised me with a new plant for mother's day... meet sister therese... the white hydrangea...

so, so pretty!

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and miss marina is reading up a storm... 

she read the best nest to me last night... it's still my fave...

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did you know oopsie maizie has a facebook page? if you'd like, you can follow along on there, too... just type oopsie maizie into the search and click "like"...

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and before i forget... i just want to take a quick sec to thank all of you who are taking time out of your busy days to read this little blog of mine... i appreciate your comments and kind words... they completely make my day!!!

have a happy day~
angie

sunday to sunday

how's about a little sunday to sunday recap...

it's been a...

 tulip purchasing...

 sock bun trying...

 recipe box arriving...

tiny fingers guiding...

bunny hugging...

concert attending...

happy day surprising...

kind of week... 

it's been a great one... how was yours?

have a happy day~

angie

sunday to sunday

hello :)

this week went by so fast... i was on spring break and that was a beautiful thing...

time was spent with the girls without rushing... lunch and a little shopping with john while the girls were at school... had dinner with a friend that i haven't seen in forever... 4 hours of straight talking, catching up and laughing... {love spending time like that}... it even trickled over into the next morning for a 5:00 a.m. workout... it felt great to get moving... and i pushed myself to join WW yesterday morning... i just had to... i need that accountability... i'll keep ya posted with my progress here... fingers crossed for success...

it was so nice to just hang out during the day trying to get caught up on some things...

i'm not sure that i mentioned it here yet... but my spunky gram who had pneumonia is making the move to assisted living... that was a pretty big move for her... she's not in her new home yet but i'm working on a wreath like this for her... i think it'll look pretty on her door... and since it's so neutral we can add something cute to it for each of the holidays... 

{maybe i'll post a little tutorial on how i made it this coming week...}

i spent hours the one day in marina's room... we are hitting that phase where some toys just need to go to make room for the things that she really plays with... she has a large walk in closet so i pulled out all of the bins... i had quite a mess on my hands but it felt good to finally get to it... this photo is before i got started... it's looking much better now...

there's been lots of reading by the first grader... she loves junie b. jones...

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and the leprechaun trap paper came home from school... we were busy thursday night coming up with a plan...  it ended up being a family project... maizie brainstorming ideas for her little sister... marina sewing parts of it with my help... and john whipping up the construction of it... 

 {tiny hands... first time at the machine... she said "mama, i think the pillow and blanket need some trim"... i have no idea who she gets that from :)}

{the bed is a tissue box... we covered the box with green felt and cut an opening in the felt where the opening in the box was... then covered it with a blanket and added some "gold bars" to entice him... ya know... so that when he jumps up to get comfy he'll fall down into the hole... sounds like a plan... right?}

{the little tag she wrote... clipped onto the foot board with a tiny clothespin and rainbow streamers... haha... she has high hopes in catching one and can hardly wait to go to school tomorrow to see if she did...}

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my mom surprised me with a happy day surprise... she's on the ball... couldn't love it more... vintage table cloth... metal embroidery hoops and other sewing bits... little vintage chick and the smash book stamp i've had my eye on...

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 i finally made a washi tape bunting...

and i finished up the top of my mantel... kind of simple... it makes me happy... {although i think my bottles need some tulips!}  

 now... i need to get reading... i'm heading to book club soon... and i haven't even finished the book... uh-oh... 

have a happy day~

angie

happy day surprise...

remember the happy day surprise concept that i shared with all of you a while back? {if you missed it you can check it out here}...

i wanted to cheer my mom up... it's been a little rough over the past week or so... my spunky gram ended up in the hospital with pneumonia... it wasn't good... but she's doing  better now... my mom is a worrier and i know she's been stressed...

so i put together a little bit of happy to brighten up her day... 

i found this cute pink wire basket in the dollar bin at target... you never know what fun things you can find there...
and i just added things i thought she would like...

this little felt bag is brimming with fat quarters, trims and a few old spools of thread... {there's even a dove chocolate bar wrapped up in some of that fabric}... i made a  "be happy" tag and tied it on with some ric-rac... { i love ric-rac}

in the center there is a copy of "the best of flea market style" which i know she'll enjoy... there is a vintage postcard as a placeholder tucked in between the pages...

i used an empty bottle from my latest izze drink from chipotle... {do you save those? if you don't, you should... they make the perfect little vases for your window sill}... i added a cute washi tape band around it... i stopped at a local florist and picked up a little bit of spring on this freezing cold february day... fresh flowers in the house = happy...

there are some blank tags, bakers twine and some thin jute and lace for her to make some of her own tags... some fun green ric-rac... and a vintage {never been used :)} hankie that has the sweetest stitching... 

i hope she enjoys it as much as i enjoyed putting it all together for her...

have a happy day~
angie

a happy day surprise

a while back my mom and i were talking about restarting something we did a couple of years ago... 

we each take some time to gather things that we know the other one will love and enjoy... we package it up all cute... and we call it a happy day surprise...

i stopped over at my moms yesterday and she surprised me with one...

check out the goodness in this basket below...

i was pretty excited because i get to keep the basket, too... {i kinda have a thing for wire baskets... locker baskets, egg baskets... that type of thing}... look at the tiny red thimble sitting on top of the glass vials of red and white beads... {love}

a close up... cute, patterned favor cups {by martha stewart}... a hand knit dish cloth with a cherry pattern... a neat, old vanilla bottle with smash booking trinkets {metal tags, snowflakes and brads}... some red piping to be used as a trim on something... red and white striped ribbon...

 i mentioned to her that i would love to have some red and pink flowers like the ones she made for maizie and marina that they wore in their christmas picture {see here}... she made me two of each... can't wait to add the red and pink ones to their headband/neck warmer and hat for valentine's day... so cute! {i think i'll even turn one into a pin for me :)}...

and see that little heart punch peeking out of there? i have some big plans for it... {thanks, mom}... this basket made my day...

 i've already started collecting things for the one i'm putting together for my mom... she'll be receiving her surprise one happy day in february...

{if you were to receive a surprise like this... what types of things would make you happy?}

have a happy day~

angie