Thanks for Owl You Do! Tag and Gift

My girls attended a fun craft camp at our new church this week! I will post all of the adorable projects they made next week, but this camp wouldn't have been possible for us if one of my friends didn't drive them to and from every day. She is the mom of one of my daughter's friends, so the 3 girls attended this craft camp together and even went to the local community pool in the 100 degree heat after camp yesterday! This working mom soooo appreciates this friend making the fun pool day and week-long camp possible for her girls!!!

In order to properly thank her, I picked up a Target gift card. And of course I have to visit the dollar section every time I'm there, so I also grabbed a little white bucket to put the gift card in. And if you saw my posts from last month, you will know I hit the bi-annual Bath & Body Works sale HARD and picked up lots of lotions and shower gels. The 4 oz Cherry Blossom lotion and shower gel seemed perfect for my little gift bucket! And lastly, my oldest daughter has enjoyed making flower pens as of late, so we placed one of her pink blossom creations in the bucket as well. Ta da! A fun little thank you gift for my friend!

Supplies:

• Cricut Cindy Loo cartridge for owl and flower-shaped tag
• Dark pink, light pink, brown and white cardstock from my scraps
• "Thanks for Owl you do!" sentiment from Scrappy Mom's new Happy Camper stamp set
• Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip Ink
• Uni-ball Signo white gel pen
• Crystal and Cinnamon Stickles
• Celebrate It Fit to Be Tied dark pink flower ribbon from Michael's

Can you believe it? Yet again I got my new Scrappy Mom stamps in the mail and made something with them the same day! So fun! :)

I have a busy weekend ahead so I will see all of you bloggy friends next week! Happy crafting all!

My One Word for 2011

Did you make a resolution on New Year's Day? If so, have you stuck with it? Like many, I've usually broken my resolution by this time in January in the past. But this year is different.
I was recently listening to my favorite radio station,
K-Love ,where the Morning Show's Lisa and Eric were challenging their listeners to chose ONE word for the year instead of a resolution.

Myoneword.org says this:

"The challenge is simple: lose the long list of changes you want to make this year and instead pick ONE WORD. This process provides clarity by taking all of your big plans for life change and narrowing them down into a single thing. One word focuses on your character and creates a vision for your future."

I thought this was a very good idea for me since I'm just not successful at the resolution thing. So, I thought very carefully and chose my word for 2011:

TRUST

Last year had many speed bumps for me, or maybe better termed as road blocks. I believe that those road blocks would have been easier to bear if I had my trust where it belongs - in God.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5

To put this word in front of me every day so I work on my trusting the Lord with all my heart, I created this banner:

It is now hanging in my home office - my "happy place" where I spend most of my time. The hope is that when I come into this room each day, I look at it, reflect upon where I'm at in my walk with God, and continue to get stronger in that goal.

On to the crafty part. I used patterned paper from the Die Cuts With a View Stack 6, white and blue cardstock, light blue ribbon, Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge for the banner pieces, and Cindy Loo for the letters.

I really do love it! It was fun to make and I hope it serves its intended purpose. Now go jump over to myoneword.org and pick your word for 2011!

Have a great weekend all!!