Ugggg...Sick Again.

I hate to feel any kind of sickness and this is twice in about a month. I am achy and have a sore throat. I'm trying to fight off the cough, I think that is the worst, the coughing that feels so uncontrollable and it hurts so bad. So, I have been lounging around even though I have a ton of things to do. Jason has been a great 'caretaker', (perhaps I'm milking it a little??) he's made me toast and hot tea and gotten me anything I need from the store (even my favorite scrapbook magazine!). Hopefully this will end soon (the cold/sickness thingy, not Jason waiting on me hand and foot!!).

I made this mini book for Mason's student teacher who was leaving last week. I had all the kids write a nice thing about her and then I placed them all together in this book. I don't know where I got this small scrapbook, I found it lying around in one of the many boxes in my scrap room, but it was perfect for this project! It also had a price tag on it for $1! Can't beat that. See, I always buy cheap things because I might need them for something later!! I used crackle paint on the front and back and then distress inked it. There were a total of about 10 pages. Some of the kids wrote on both sides of the paper which posed a challenge. So for those I cut a transparency to fit and then just put them between the regular pages and there you have it, you can see both sides!! I actually think that it made it look better, it gave it more interest. The student teacher really liked it!





I love to make things for Mason's teachers (Christmas gifts, Easter, last day of school type things) and so far Mason has had all women teachers. In 4th grade there is a male teacher--WHAT am I going to do??? I really can't make him a flower pot or a cookie sheet calendar! I guess I'll have to cross that bridge when I get to it, but really, that's not going to be any fun!

Here is a little tin cup that I got at the flea market last week. I painted it and added some pearls and glued the little tag on it. I had these beautiful Hyacinths growing outside and they are so top heavy that they both snapped at the bottom. So, I brought them inside and put them up in my room and the smell was amazing! This has to be my favorite flower.