Mosaic'ing it up

I've been quite the busy girl lately.

If you come into my home, you will only find a few random things that I've personally made.

My home doesn't quite speak what I love to do most.

And that is that I LOVE making stuff.  

But the catch is that I love making stuff for others.

And my world is filled with people that I want to make stuff for.

The past few weeks, I have been making two mosaic plaques.

One for Kristyn's dad and family as a big thank you for taking us into their home while we enjoyed our NY experience.

The other, for M&G who so lovingly cared for our children for 6 days while we enjoyed our NY experience.

Keeping it a secret is tough because I love talking about what I do or want to do.

Not blogging about it, very difficult.

But I'm done now, M&G received theirs last night at dinner and Kristyn's family doesn't read my blog, so I'm safe there.

I'm always nervous about whether or not people will like what I make for them.

I can only hope they will like them as much as I enjoyed making them.

A big shout out of thanks to my husband for reassuring me {over and over and over again} and for encouraging me to do better.
Oh how I love thee.

{My 2 creations in February}

January 1^st, friends of ours and best friends to Bri and Nate unexpectedly and joyfully became parents to a beautiful baby boy.  They have wanted to adopt for a very long time and all of a sudden, they get a baby, that day!  So amazing how things work out. 

Special babies and special circumstances deserve special gifts.  I wanted to make him something special and the kids had already started a paper mache project, so I decided to turn that random paper mache ball sitting on our table into something special for this special baby.

Meet paper mache piggy bank.  The color theme in his room is Peachy/orange, brown, cream and green.  So I tried to incorporate that into the pig.  Making boy presents is hard when all you know how to do is “girly up things”.  I wish people would stick to having girls, I know how to make things girly, not so much on making things special for boys.  I guess I need more practice.

We went to his baby shower this past weekend in VA.  It was a short busy trip.  The shower was unusual.  It was for a very large group and made up of guys and ladies and kids.  The food was fantastic and in a large variety because everyone brought a dish.  The 8 hosts made cupcakes and there was a large area with a vast variety of delicious cute cupcakes.  

~My children’s favorite part~

  I was so stuffed I could hardly eat one.  Buddy ate 3 or 4 and Kittycat ate at least 2.  There was also music and dancing.  The party lasted much longer than we did.  We are SO OLD! 

Sunday, we visited Bri and Nate’s meeting.  They had the CO that week, so that was an added plus!  He gave great talks.  After the meeting, we rushed over to Lauren’s new place.  She just moved a few weeks ago, into an old house in downtown.  We had to have a quick tour because she had to leave in a few minutes for her own meeting.

{ A candid shot of Lauren as she opens the door.  I retook the shot, but I like this one best }

We LOVED her new place and are very happy for her and her room mates!

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The next February project is an address plaque that I made for my dad and step mom.  Friday, I got a text from my step sister saying their 10 year anniversary is coming up this week.  It’s actually today, March 2.  Happy Anniversary, dad and L.  This weekend, we are all going out to eat to celebrate.  I’m thankful that they remembered me because I often get left out of their family events and it makes me sad.  No one told me about the 1 year surprise party they threw for S & S, and I would have loved to be there.  Any way, I wanted to make something for them and then the idea came to my mind....

{A mosaic address plaque}  

I have wanted to make one for myself for a long time, but I never make things for myself, so there ya go. 

They recently moved into a new house, and I haven’t seen it yet.  I have no idea what the color of the house is, or what their favorite colors are, so I chose things that I liked.

They will get their gift this Saturday.  I hope they like it!