2016 Mother's Day Mantle

Happy Mother's Day!!

I sure did make a mantle in my honor! Lol!

As you can see, Lil Hunkie is a little bit creative like his momma! I thought it would be sweet to display his recent artwork for me on a "Mother's Day" mantle. 

I'm loving my marquee W...someday I will get batteries and use the lights with it!

And I love that this mantle is so colorful! Just like Lil' Hunkie!

Hope your day is sweet!

Unique Gift Giving With UncommonGoods

I'm a third generation gift giver....currently working on the fourth generation!

I'm told my Grandma Georgie was a giver, my mother is indeed one and when one of your Love Languages is gift giving, well there's no denying I'm carrying on the family tradition!

I'm also a crafter, a handmade maker. For the last 6 years my son, Lil' Hunkie, has watched his momma make countless gifts from baby gifts to wedding gifts. Now that he is in school the amount of handmade gifts he has made is without a doubt comical. (Evidence in the above photo! He made something then packaged it up all on his own!)  I don't even know the number!  I've learned to just let him be....he's spreading goodness and kindness and compassion and why, oh why should I disrupt that?  He is being his own kind of uniqueness.  And uniqueness is what I try to achieve when gift giving.  Now if you aren't into making things then let me share a place you can go... UncommonGoods.

UncommonGoods is "committed to offering creative and exciting merchandise",  in other words they provide uniqueness.  UncommonGoods gives back with their Better To Give program, which allows customers to choose a non-profit organization to receive a $1 donation at checkout, in other words they are unique.  

Supporting makers while shopping and then giving to worthy causes? Sounds like a perfect place to find gifts for some fast approaching holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day! 

Check out UncommonGoods' Top 25 Gifts for Mothers!

And here's some of my favs....

Bedside Smartphone Vase

How cute would this look on a tray when you serve Mom breakfast in bed!?

Way cute I say!!

Personalized Branch Bracelet

Love this cuff that you can personalize with birthstones!

They have some great Mother's Day collections to help make shopping easy and fun!

And there's Father's Day collections too! One of my favs is a guitar pick maker!!

And how fun is this Donut Warming Mug?

I don't know about your parents, but mine have gotten to the point that they don't need anything so giving unique, fun things has been where it's at!

So happy shopping lovelies!! And Happy Tuesday!

*Disclosure: This is a sponsored post, but, as always, all opinions are 100% mine.

Thanks to UncommonGoods!*

{Freebie} Mother's Day Printables

Ugh, I am not ready for Mother's Day!

 Meaning, I'm not sure what to get my mom and mother in law, let alone my sister and sister in laws!

I"m still trying to figure it out! And would love for my brain to come up with a kid friendly craft. We'll see. My fail proof back up plan is baked goods. Always baked goods!

Or a printable, those are pretty fail safe too! I did make some to share with you that I bet my gals would like too!

I was inspired by the funky fun song "Uptown Funk"...I love the line where it says 'straight masterpieces' so that's how the Mom You're A Masterpiece came about.  And then I found some other awesomely appropriate 'm' adjectives to describe moms and made the M is for. 

Gold floral graphics courtesy of  We Lived Happily Ever After.

Right click, save, and print!

Enjoy!

And Happy Mother's Day!

{See my Link Parties page for the shares.}

Happy Mother's Day & What Matters Most

(DIY Tile Coaster I made for gifts!)

Well Mother's Day has been over for about 2 minutes now.  

Hope you had a great one! Ha! I sure did! I try not to make a big deal out of this day that way when I do get blessed it means a little more, know what I mean? A couple of week's ago my hubby surprised me with a bird bath that I've wanted for a while now.  Totally not like him! So I just kept telling myself that the bird bath was enough.  Well I came home on Thursday from work and Hunkie had taken Lil' Hunkie shopping and I immediately had to open my gift or else someone would've have eventually just told me what was inside! A lovely new hummingbird feeder, my favorite perfume and some pretty packaged lip balm. I sure am feeling blessed and my hubby probably doesn't realize he's speaking one of my love languages...gifts.  So it's not really about the things, though they are awesome and I love them!, but more about doing for others and how you make them feel. I feel like my husband might finally be 'getting it'.

And guess what? I totally stunk at being a blogger this last week! I had intentions of posting more than just the party but life has been a bit more full lately.  We had a lovely lady in our church lose one of her sons unexpectedly and his service was last week. Another lady lost her dad.  My sister was on pins and needles waiting to hear if she passed one of her extremely tough classes so she could graduate nursing college. My niece had her last high school band concert.  And Lil' Hunkie had a routine heart doctor visit. 

So during all that I found it hard to be a blogger.  Sometimes what matters most is being there for a friend, giving encouraging words, sitting front row at a concert, and just being the best mom you know how. I love being a blogger! But it got rearranged in the list of what matters most. And you know what? 

That's ok. One of the bottom lines of blogging is being good at balancing it within your life. And my opinion is that it's more than ok if there's no time to blog if your attention needs to be elsewhere. 

I've wanted to say that for a long time.  

It felt good.

I really do hope you had a great Mother's Day!!

Like the tile coaster I made for my family? How about I share the graphic?

Just right click and save!

Have a great week lovelies!

Mother's Day Mantle

Well I just now took down my Easter decor.  It took me this long because I was indecisive about what to do on my mantle.  No spring ideas were coming to me and then I had a light bulb go off....Mother's Day.  

I have a Home Interior print that I bought way back when to use when I got married.  Well it doesn't really go with my bedroom decor and I have a hallway area that I've not gotten to decorating yet so it's perfect for Mother's Day!  I pulled pictures from my bedroom and den and framed a few.  And then used a few other things I have so $0 cost for this!! (I love saying that!)

Probably the most famous mother/daughter duo in the Bible is Ruth and Naomi.  Ruth had married Naomi's son but both he and his brother died.  Naomi wanted to move to Judah and so told her daughter in laws to go back to their families.  But Ruth refused.  Her words are often used in weddings and a good promise to remember in marriages.  But their original form was for a daughter/mother in law relationship.  Fascinating that the bible is crystal clear the attitude we should have towards our mother in law!!

Just to bring out some of the colors in the print I found some scrapbook scraps, cut them to size and added some vintage clip on earrings. 

Finally I made some coffee filter flowers! So easy! There's all kinds of tutorials pinned. 

There's photos of both my grandmothers, my mom when she was a baby and then one of us on my wedding day.  A photo of my mother in law holding Lil' Hunkie when he was born and then one of me when pregnant. I couldn't forget my sister and sister in law who are both wonderful aunts. Finally I found a generation photo I had packed away of me, my sis, mom and my niece...the only niece we have! It's jammed packed but that's how I wanted it!!

Happy Thursday!

{See my Link Parties page for the shares!}

Soiree Day-Celebrate Mom

Time to celebrate our moms again!  Looks like we've got an overnight stay with my mother-in-law planned for Friday night and then a cookout with my mom on Sunday afternoon.  And nope I have no clue as what to get either of them! It's usually a picture of Lil' Hunkie so we'll see what I can come up with! Both ladies are totally fine with just getting to spend time with us.  

One thing that I've enjoyed with my mom in the past has been a Mother/Daughter Tea hosted by our church.  I'm not sure how it happened that moms and teas got together but I think it's a lovely combination!

Here's a roundup...

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Vintage Mother's Day at Catch My Party

Photo courtesy of Catch My Party.

Girlie & Modern Tea Party in the Park 

at Hostess With The Mostess

Photo courtesy of HWTM.

Mother's Day Tea Party from Country Living

Photo courtesy of Country Living. 

Mother's Day Tea Party by Fiskars

Photo courtesy of Fiskars.

Mother/Daughter Tea Party at Bird's Party

Photo courtesy of Bird's Party.

Vintage Tea Party at Amy Atlas

Photo courtesy of Amy Atlas.

Are you ready to celebrate Mom?

Happy Soiree Day!

Go Handmade for Mother's Day!

{This is a sponsored post by Chez Mukweto.  All opinions are mine.}

Good Morning Lovelies!

By my calculations there's about 3 weeks till a very important day of the year...Mother's Day.  

If you are like me, you have a mother who has just about everything and doesn't really need anything.  

So what to do?

I say go handmade!

 Handmade either by yourself or someone else in my opinion, is a different kind of special.  

One idea is some cozy slippers from Chez Mukweto.

Yes these are my cute chubby feet! I've been wearing these and they are comfy!  

My first thought when I pulled them out of the box is how very well crafted they are.  I know only enough crochet to crochet a straight line for a scarf so I'm amazed at how these are made!  They have formed to my feet perfectly and are keeping them nice and warm. {I can't stand to have cold feet!}

Of course Jacqueline can make any color, color combo you like in sizes 3-11.  I think these would be great alone or with a pedicure gift card or in a foot care basket!

And would my own mom like some? Yep! She loves slippers!

Go check out Jacqueline's Etsy shop Chez Mukweto and tell her I sent you.

Wishing you all an early Happy Mother's Day!