ebook for Mother's Day

Favorite Crafts Blog has published one of my projects in their Mother's Day eBook. You can download the eBook for free and it is filled with easy peasy ideas that you can make for some great gifts.

One of the great things about this is that it features 20 different crafty bloggers. What a great way to check out some new blogs while looking for some ideas for mom.

Chelsey Hill of Pretty My Drink
Pat Sloan of Pat Sloan
Fawnda Norman of Fireflies and Jellybeans
Terri Ricioli of Terri Ricioli Designs
Sarah Surface of householder/surface
Vanessa Valencia of A Fanciful Twist
Little Birdie Secrets
Joan Gorman of Nini Makes
Molly Kozera of Bit O’Shine
Terri O. of Super Simple Crafts
Jennifer Juniper of Hope Studios
Alla Koval of My Little City Girl
Amber Dyer of Everything Except the Grill
Amy Anderson of Mod Podge Rocks!
Becky Kazana of The Fab Miss B
Betz White of Betz White
Rachel of La Fuji Mama
Niki Meiners of Niki Meiners
Cristin Frank of The Eve of Reduction
Vicki O’Dell of Creative Goddess

A Mother's Day interview with B

I've seen this on a few blogs and I thought I would join in...B and I took a nap together this afternoon and I asked him these questions about me when we woke up.

What is your moms name... Amber
How old is your mom... 33 (I'm 30)
What is the color of your mother’s hair... brown
What is her favorite color... Pink
What is her favorite thing to do around the house... Clean
What is your mom’s favorite drink... Milk
What is her favorite thing to eat... salad (umm... big no.)
What is her favorite TV show... Mario Kart
What is her favorite thing to cook... Macaroni and cheese
What is your mother’s favorite candy... chocolate
What time does your mother get up... 9:00 (If only!)
What time does she go to bed....10
How long does it take for your mom to get ready... 13 minutes
I really love it when my mom.... loves me
My mom likes to wear..... a dress (like never ever has he seen me in a dress!)
My mom always tells me.... be nice
The best thing she does is .... clean the house
It makes her happy when I..... be good
My mom loves to relax by .....sitting down
When shopping, my mom likes to buy... curtains (what?!?!)
My mom’s favorite thing to do around the house is ..... clean (Yeah, right!)
If she could go on a trip, she would go ... to the warehouse (oh, yes, I go there all the time)
I love my mom because ....she’s cute! (oh, so sweet!)

Mother's Day Gift

I was inspired by one of my very favorite magazines, Family Fun to create this hanging bird bath or bird feeder for our Mother's Day gift.

If you don't get Family Fun magazine and you have young kids, you are just ... well you don't even want to know what I think you are. Each issue is jam packed with ideas that are so fun. We always make at least one thing and sometimes several of the ideas they show.

We used a grapevine wreath, terracotta saucers, floral wire, and twine. Optional items were paint and a sealer to spray over the paint.

The grapevine wreaths were just a little big so I used the floral wire to secure a base across the wreath. I thought adding the handprint added a great touch to personalize the gift for the grandmas for Mother's Day.

I tied the twine in three spots around the wreath and knotted them all together at the top to create a spot to hang them from a tree.

This could be used for a bird bath or a bird feeder!

Mother's Day Gift

The tots and I have been working on a project the last few days for their mommies. I painted terracotta pots with white spray paint. The kids used sponges to decorate each pot for their mom. They were able to choose what colors or how many colors they wanted.

Earlier this week we went to pick out flowers for the pots. The boys picked out some striped petunias that were white and purple.

I used black paint to write "Happy Mother's Day 2009" along the top of each pot.

After the paint was dry I used a clear gloss spray to seal the paint.

Since I don't like to post pictures of my tots on here, enjoy this rare pixelated photo of all of them together! They were just so proud of their flower pots!