Bring on the flowers...and the watercolors

Why did I do this? I can't say, other than because I wanted to :) I used dry brush with acrylics for the background and watercolors for all other color - Reminisce gel pens for the outline. The book paper is from the same book I used for my first flower wreath (which is at S-man's right now with the two birdies).

Happy Mother's Day

For mother's day for my mom, I decided that I would make my mom a book page rosette wreath...for hers I added a nest and a bird (shown on her door, no I didn't put it on MINE first, though now that I think about it...hahahahhaa)

Card #1 OUTSIDE: Titled {lazy} and if you can't read the tiny print next to the photo: "and they say the hens don't lay"....photo was hilarious to me.

Card #1: Inside

Card #2: (titled: OnMyNerves) Outside

and Inside:

Now, my (non)marital status being what it is...mother's day has a different twist for me. Actually, that's a ridiculous for a description. Mother's Day was never something that was "respected and revered" overall (marital status not included in the analogy)...if I had to give a percentage to "good" mother's days opposed to "omg what day is it" mother's days - I would have to say it was 10%good to 90% omg. Sad? I'm not sad about it - it just was what it was and it currently is what it is. I'm not saying that the whole day was crap...I'm just saying that I didn't feel very respected or revered...er...or even very LIKED by my offspring today. Yes, they had outside influence to help mold them this way (yes, even today, just like last year, an outside interference UGH).

ANYWAY ---- crap talk aside, my Chicken Little made me a bracelet out of these kinda cool linky plastic things (which I will wear to work tomorrow, and post a pic of tomorrow as well). BUT she also made me a fabulous card with the most HILARIOUS written message inside (I can just feel her adult-self cringing years from now hahaha love it).

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Chicken Little is my chicken with the flare for the dramatic (understated...drastically LOL) Apparently I make her cry, but I am still loved as a favorite lovable mother. Ahhhhhh sweetness :)

A3C 22 & 23 and book flower wreath project!

Okay -- big post, only because I neglected to actually POST the one from friday and yesterday ON TIME. *sigh* Just now noticing of course that it's also past midnight and voila now I've missed posting 2 days. I am proud to proclaim though, that while I didn't post it on time, it was actually finished on time (personal goal, I know that whomever happens to be reading this is thinking, "uh, so what April, what is the big deal" -- but it seems to be one for me).
More watercolors - friday with the pencils and saturday with the crayons...love watercolors..love love love.

Remember the book flowers that I got the NEED to do from reading Lizzy's blogpost?? WELLLLLLL....I did them up good - with help from my sweetie's kids (as mine were with their father, or I'd have had an assembly line 4kids long muhahahahahahaha crafting minions!!) Mine have different sizes, and I added two birds to it ... one of the kids said "awwwwww...just like you and my dad" and that was so sweet to me - I couldn't disagree ;)

TOTALLY loving the project idea, thanks again Lizzy - have an idea for the next one which will involve glimmer mist (because that stuff is aaaawesome). and another idea for one involving styrofoam cone/tree shapes?? would that not be amazing??

Another project for another day...

A3C #20 and inspiration thanks to Lizzy :)

Don't know who Lizzy is?? Go HERE to Lizzy Ford's blog . She is fantastical...inspirational...and I am SOOOOOO all over making this rose wreath and have like 2394083843 more ideas in my head about what else I could use...what else I could use these roses for...my brain is almost explosive about the whole subject. I am seeing mist in their future *sigh*

So these were born from a book that my lovely BostonTerrorist - Boomer - decided to actually EAT THE FRONT COVER from. And no, I don't just mean the paper jacket cover...I mean the FRIGGIN COVER. *ahem* I digress.

"THe Host" by Stephanie Meyer (while a good book when I read it) is now....a box full of flowers for my wreath *maniacal laughter here*

THIS is a one of the layouts that I was yakkin about yesterday (haha @ me) because I couldn't post it yet. We have a montly layout tag at TheMoments and this was my contribution. We rocked it this month because we're done 10 days early! :)

AND FINALLLLLY....A3C #20 for today --- the flowers....obsession of the day (love vacation) complete with scissors and good ol' fashioned glue :)

THANK you for looking....until tomorrow! :)