A bird, a nest, a tire and memories of Paris...

... Hello everyone, 

with spring finally arriving so did our birds.

Our yard is buzzing and I love waking up in the morning 

to the sound of birds singing.

And yes they are busy building their nests,

sometimes in the most  unusual spots you could imagine.

This nest is a relocated one,

oh yes you heard right,

it started out and who ever would have thought

a bird would pick this location,

on the back tire of our truck?!?!?

We do not know what bird it was 

but one thing is for sure,

it was a fast builder.

The nest literally appeared overnight,

from parking and wanting to leave the next morning,

just a few short hours, there it was.

What to do, I felt bad enough the nest had to go?!

Glad that there were no eggs in it, 

I decided to move the nest into the tree right beside the driveway.

More for decorative purposes then anything else.

  To our surprise, just three days later,

the nest was renovated and had new owners.

Mrs. Robin and three beautiful blue eggs have moved in:)

And another beautiful surprise, this one I found in my mailbox!!!

Absolutely gorgeous earrings,

a gift from my blog friend Rachel.

Thanks so much Rachel they are absolutely beautiful! 

Visit Rachel's blog

Blue Finch

and take a look at her wonderful jewelry creations.

Last but not least

my memories of Paris.

 I love Paris and anything french,

never been there but one can dream!

A little bit of everything,

I wanted the card to look like a scrapbooking page,

with things you would have collected and 

brought back from your travels,

precious memories.

All the things you seen...

... cherished ..

... and will dream about!

Getting travel fever yet...

... I sure do!

Large Eiffel Tower - Stampabilities

Tour Eiffel - Hero Art/Paris France set

Hot Air Ballon and Ticket - Hampton Art

Background - Tim Holtz Stamps and Embossing folder

Thanks for stopping in!

Hope you enjoyed looking around!

Diana

HURRAY... Spring...

... finally arrived in our neck of the woods!

After a few days in the 80's and a little rain

things just popped literally overnight!

 Bleeding Heart

 First Tulips of the season.

 One of my favorite trees in the yard 

is this Star Magnolia.

It is usually the first one in full bloom this time of year.

Sadly it does not last very long.

 Our yard is a sea of purple Violets!

 Little Grape Hyacinth.

 Our back yard, needs mowing really badly!

And thats were I spend most of today,

picking up sticks...

 ... and burning them.

Ready to mow tomorrow! 

 I could not resist yesterday!

I just had to stop at the nursery and 

buy some veggies plants.

Oh, I'm soo..oo ready to get the veggie patch going!!!

I know it's to early but

I'm having a hard time being patient 

especially since the weather is so nice.

Love spending more time outside

 after being cooped up all winter!

I found this metal caddy, 

I think it came from or was an old toolbox,

at Goss Avenue Antiques and Interiors in Louisville.

A neet place to visit, with thousands of sq. feet of cool stuff!

The caddy will get transformed into 

 my new portable herb garden,

as soon as the Hubby picks up some potting soil at the store!

Don't you all Love Spring,

did you all plant anything yet?

Hope you all have a sunshiny weekend

and

thanks for stopping by!

Diana

Wishing you a Sweet Easter!

Happy Easter Weekend to everyone!

And sorry I have been kind of absent 

from the blog world lately!

I have a good excuse so,

BASEBALL!

Yap, already, even so it feels more like Football weather

sitting on the bleachers every night,

winter coat - mittens - blanket - hot coco or 

coffee mocha extra strong for me,

my youngest sons playing season started about two weeks ago.

So far the boys are of on a rocky start

and I really hope it will get better for them as the season progresses!

Since I didn't have much time this year

I had to find some quick and easy 

things to make for Easter.

Like this...

... Peat pot easter basket!

 Filled with sweet Easter goodies!

 ... and this adorable Easter Bunny bag.

The bag itself is a die cut and all the other bunny parts

 are punched, super easy and fast.

 Well, I cheated on my Easter card. Kind of!

This is last years card, I made and

never got to mail, so,

they actually made it into the mail this year!

 My little Easter trio!

This was our yard on Tuesday,

snow on our spring flowers.

Will spring ever come to Kentucky?

And I think we suppose to get more of the white stuff next week!!!

Wishing everyone a Wonderful and Happy Easter!

Thank so much for stopping in!

Diana

The Luck of the Irish!

Hello everyone, 

hope you all having a great weekend!

I been working on a little project for the last 

two weeks,

playing with it, adding a little here and there,

shaping it to I thought it was perfection

and ready to share!

Here is my little Leprechaun treat box!

I had an idea in my head, 

played with a few different size and shape boxes,

but it just didn't want to fall into place.

To one early morning, about 3 a.m., 

right, no sleepless night over this project, 

I was laying in bed and remembered....

 ... I had this dye cut for a bag/caddy.

Perfect!

 Of course I had to dress him up a little!

Shamrocks are a Martha Stewart punch.

Leprechaun hat, beard and bow tie were 

cut with the Cricut "Paper Doll Dress Up" cartridge.

Well, I think my little Leprechaun is ready for his

St. Patrick's Day deliveries of gold nuggets,

chocolate gold nuggets that is!!!

A great week to you all,

thanks for stopping in

and

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Diana

Happy Hoops!

Happy Saturday to everyone!

AH, so glad the weekend is finally here!

Today I'm sharing a card my youngest son asked me to make 

for one of his friends.

After getting the basic info out of him,

like, "What does he like?"

~Basketball~

"What team?"

~UK~

Mom went to work.

Digging through my stamp collection,

I couldn't quiet find what I wanted,

but remembering I had a sports Cricut cartridge,

Sports Mania, saved the day!

 Yes, of corse, the colors had to be blue for

the University of Kentucky!

After I cut the hoop I added a piece of clear plastic

 (piece of old packaging)

 to the back to make it look a bit more real.

My son was a happy customer and with

"WOW, Cool Mom and Thanks"

he went to his party!

And I'm a happy Mom, glad to be of service!!!

Look what joined my Snowdrops this week...

... sweet little purple Irises!

One by one, blooms and colors are slowly returning to our yard,

it feels so good  and I'm so ready for the gloomy days of winter to be OVER!

Enjoy your weekend everyone

and thanks for stopping in!

Diana

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day 

to all my 

wonderful blog friends!

Hope your day is filled with lots of love

and

chocolate!

I will spread a little chocolate love on 

Valentines Day, 

with some gift bags,

 to some special friends and co-workers!

Here they are all lined up and ready to get filled with...

 

 ... all kinds of chocolaty goodness!

 The sweet little girl on the tag is from Stampin'Up's

"Greeting Card Kids" stamp set.

 Sentiment from Stampin'Up's "You are Loved" set

and the hearts are punched with Martha Stewart

heart punches.

The silhouette was cut with the cricut

"A Child's Year" cartridge.

 One more line up before they got packed up for...

... there special delivery!

And another special delivery, this one from mother nature.

I been keeping my eyes peeled for them finally to appear.

And last Thursday there they were!

My first Snowdrops! 

The first blooms of the year,

I truly hope this means spring is right around the corner.

Thank you so much for stopping in!

Happy Valentines Day to you all!

Hugs

              Diana

The Key to my Heart!

Happy Sunday everyone!

WOW, what a roller-coaster week!

Mother nature really had some wild weather

 in store for us this past week.

From the upper 60's one day to Tornado warnings 

and scrambling for cover to single digits and SNOW!

But I have to admit the white stuff looks pretty 

and beats the tornado weather any day!

After living in Kentucky for over 15 years now,

I just can't get used to the wild and scary weather around here!

NO Tornados were I come from!!!

One good thing, the white stuff triggered a 

"SNOW DAY",

no school, no work

and a blissful day in my stamp-room!

This Valentines Day door hanging

I call

"The Key To My Heart"

is made out of odds and ends I had laying around.

 The hearts are cut with my Cricut and 

the "Victorian Romance" cartridge.

Scraps and a leftover Cupid from an old project.

The stamp is a Michaels dollar stamp.

Love the dollar bins at Michaels, 

I always find something in them!

Looks like I have to go back to work tomorrow,

no snow in the forecast,

it was nice as long as it lasted!

Thanks for stopping by

and

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Diana