Happy Mother's Day!

Hi Everyone~

I want to wish all of your a Happy Mother's Day and a wonderful weekend! The winner of my blog candy giveaway is Tammy of Tamminnie's Designs--Congratulations Tammy!

The winner of my hot air balloon tag is Diane of "Nellie's Nest!"

And the winner of my "Tea Time" Tag is Angie of Meriscrapper13!

Congratulations to my winners and thank you to EVERYONE who played along! Sending hugs to everyone on Mother's Day and I hope it is a fabulous day!

XO

Cindy

Mother's Day and a Giveaway!

Hi Everyone~

As you can see, I am posting early for Pink Saturday with Beverly this week! I hope that you will join in the fun and show us your "pinks" on Saturday! I am Beverly's featured guest this week, so please take a look~I'm so excited!

I am having a big BLOG CANDY giveaway and if you would like to be in the drawing to win it and have not already signed up to be in it, you can leave a message on this post....I will announce the WINNER on Saturday night!

Here is a repurposed tin that I made for my mom for Mother's Day~and it is already in the mail to her in California. As many of you know, I design for Dezinaworld and this piece was made with one of their images (there's a whole collection that is "Mother & Child.")

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and enjoy Mother's Day!!

I am linking this to Pink Saturday!

And to a Mother's Day challenge at Crafter's Companion!

Oops! And ONE more thing! I've got a "Pink" giveaway on the next post down. If you'd like a chance to win, just leave a comment on there!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED...THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING IN THE FUN!

XO

Cindy

With Moms in Mind--A Garden Full of Memories

Hi Everyone~

As you can see, I have been busy creating Mother's Day pieces for my Etsy shop. The latest is this "Shabby Cottage Garden."

I design for Shabby Cottage Studio and the wooden shrine that it was created with is one of their products from their awesome on-line store!

Lots of shabby goodness here in addition to a nest and eggs--perfect for someone who enjoys their garden and would like to bring "the outside" in!

Here is a mixed-media, silver-toned bezeled bracelet from my shop...It was created with images from Madame Tussaud's Museum Collection.

This one of a kind piece is like wearing a virtual garden on your wrist! This is the only bezeled bracelet left in my shop.

So many of our moms inspire us--so, I wanted to create this piece with an image from Dezinaworld where I am on the Design Team. The image of the girl is from their Spring collection. The background is theirs, as well.

I have a question for you~Do you have any special memories from your childhood of your mom in her garden?

As for me, I remember when it rained, my mom would break off little pieces of bread and put them on the fence around our house so that the birds would not go hungry because of inclement weather. That was such a sweet thing to do!

A special blog event is starting on Sunday--so, please come back and take a look!

XO

Cindy

Linking this to White Wednesday!

Linking this to Laugh Love and Craft!

Linking this to Creavil!

Linking this to Alphabet Thursday!

("B" is for bezeled bracelet.)

Linking this to Show and Tell Friday!

Mothering Instincts Week Continues

Hi Everyone~

I wanted to share some altered art pieces that are in my Etsy shop...

They are ideas for Mother's Day for your mom--or for yourself!

Dreaming in Black and White Necklace

And, as Mothering Instincts Week continues, I have a question for you....What is the best advice your mom ever gave you?

As for me, my mom always reminded me of the saying, "This too shall soon pass." Those words have alot of truth. She'd say it when I was a teenager crying over a break-up or later in life if things got rough...Those words have stayed with me. I think her advice was something I could hold onto throughout my lifetime.

How about you? What is some sound advice your mom gave you?

XO

Cindy