Early sings of Summer

With all the warm weather we have been getting I've been spending a lot of time outside these past 2-3 weeks. There definitely are signs that summer is approaching quickly! I had my first tick on me, - ewwww! Mosquitoes are out, a couple even left their bites on me. I got my first ever Poison Ivy which is on my stomach, arms, neck, back and legs. As much time as I have spend outside these past few years I have never had it before. I think I got it from the dogs who found a patch of it and then I got it from hugging them (I give them lots of hugs!) It showed up as a few little spots then was popping up all over. It wasn't too bad the first day or two but after a few weeks I couldn't stand the sleepless nights from the itching and I finally broke down and went to the doctor yesterday. He gave some Predinisone, which hasn't kicked in yet, sure hope it kicks in soon as the itching is unbearable! I'm one of those people who do not like to go to the doctor and would much rather spend the co-pay and prescription money at Michaels or Hobby Lobby - LOL! I've been looking everywhere on the property for the Poison Ivy and finally after a week I found it right behind the dog kennels, go figure that! Terry has bought some stuff and is going to spray it and hopefully it will die off. I don't ever want to get messed up with Poison Ivy EVER again!
Oh, and to top off the sure signs that summer is almost upon us - our resident 6 foot Black Rat snake made her first appearance yesterday across our front lawn.

There are good things about summer that I like though, the birds, flowers and especially fresh picked tomatoes and veggies from the garden!

I worked on an Easter card using some Papertrey Ink releases from last month. Made a bunny basket and cut slits in the bottom and weaved in some thin pieces of felt to make it look like a woven basket, then added some stamped egg bunnies, a rolled rose and some Easter grass.

Made a little scallop card and pocket using We R Memory Keepers, Papertrey Ink egg die and Sizzix.

Cupcake set with a fabric envelope and matching card and tag. This is the front of the fabric envelope.


I made some fabric and paper pockets and tucked some tags inside.




Also just finished a chipboard album. The base is a chipboard book I picked up about 3-4 years ago, finally decided to do something with it! Most of the papers in the book are Simple Stories which I picked up last year. I added lots of pockets, journal tags and places for photos. This is one project I can check off my to do list!




I've got a new toy to play with, an Embroidery sewing machine!! Will share some projects as soon as I figure out how to use it!

Wishing you a lovely day!
Smiles, Annette