Wordless Wednesday: Packing Up

One last set of pictures from my daughter's leaving - the packing up, the heading out and the arriving. 

Car #1

Car #2

Heading out - waving bye...

The new home

Pre-unpacking... house in background

It was a wonderful trip - nice dinner out with the "kids" - back home.... what's 7 hours, right?
Quilty hugs,
Carrie

Advice for my daughter/s...

As a family, we crossed one of those milestones yesterday.... one that mirrors the "roots and wings" saying.  It was wings we gave her.  We headed 500 miles out of New England, through New York and across Pennsylvania to deposit our oldest daughter to experience the next stage in her life.


She spent the last few weeks packing up her world here in New Hampshire.  She filled tubs, suitcases and boxes, which have sat waiting in our living room since then.  The living room is empty now.  So is part of our house and part of our lives.

It's one of those times that you KNOW it's the right thing, but that doesn't make the ache it leaves any less.  There will be plenty of texting, phoning and BTW... Skype!  Yup - I'll be learning to use that little camera to keep her informed about the things she's had to leave behind: the world of sports that she's been such a part of, her nephews who'll be growing a mile a minute, the weather in New Hampshire and all the little things we take for granted each day.

She went off 5 years ago to go to school out there.  She alone chose the direction of her life - she's chosen it once again.  We are proud of her and the young woman she's become, proud yet sad to see her fly the nest.

I found these words from another mom to share with her and with you, my friends, mothers of girls AND boys...

 

A Mother's Advice to Her Daughter 

Be strong.  

Be intelligent.  

Smile. 

Know that beauty has everything to do with how you feel about yourself and nothing to do with looks or other people's opinions.

Never do anything just because everyone else is if you believe it's wrong.

Always be true to yourself.

Expect the best from life and that's what you'll get.

Learn from your mistakes and failures.

Believe in magic and wish on stars.

Love and trust and be compassionate.

Make faces.

Play in mud puddles.

Take bubble baths.

Turn off all the lights and watch lightning storms.

Dance, laugh, cry, and sing when you want to.

Read everything you can get your hands on.

Stand up for what is right especially if you stand alone.

Don't allow yourself or people around you to tolerate prejudices of any kind.

Don't be afraid to try something new.

Do something daring at least once a week.

Run through snow drifts.

Spin in circles and roll down hills.

Pet puppies, hold kittens, and talk to babies.

Take afternoon naps.

Stay up to watch the sunrise.

Never apologize for being a woman or for being yourself.

Never forget that I love you more than any other person in the world, no matter how far apart we are you will always be my daughter.

If you can read that last line without crying, more power to you... I can't!

Hugs to my dearest Kel and to you all,
Carrie

Earth Day - Without Art, it's EH!

In honor of Earth Day, I scrounged around a bit to see what creative ideas were out there.  Here's what I found, enjoy!

From The Lovely Dept., a beautiful watercolor illustration she did - hop over and you can down load it!

How about some yummy marshmallow pops?  Find out how at the Decorated Cookie!

I LOVE Modern Parents, Messy Kids!  Its such a fun website!  Here are some printables for recycling.

Planet Blue has some wonderful ideas and this perfect picture for Earth Day:

**I know... it wouldn't rotate very well in that shape, but it's soooo cool!

Let's wrap it up with an Earth Day party... notes for next year or ideas you can use today?  Worth a look!  Tip Junkie is a "go to" site for all things fun!

I hope your Sunday/Earth Day/What-ever-day-you-read-this-day is wonderful!

Chat soon,
Carrie

Planning Posting... What would YOU like to read about?

Good morning, friends and co-creators!

As I thought about today it occurred to me that I would really like to know what you, my friends, readers and co-creators would like to read about! I can write about a multitude of things and will, but I am curious what interests YOU!

I popped into Survey Monkey this morning, made up an account and viola - I have a 15 second survey for you to do to help me out and give me some guidance as to what you enjoy.

Click on the link below and it will take you to a one question survey where you just click on the options that interest you and submit!


Click here to take survey

Thanks so much!
Carrie

Tutorial Link: How to make a photo collage

I ran across this wonderful post on Blogging with Amy this morning on how to make a photo collage.

I zipped over to ipiccy.com, like she said, followed her directions and whipped up a WONDERFUL collage for someone special (can't put the details here yet!!)  It REALLY is easy to do!!

Here is her page:

Clipped from: bloggingwithamy.com (share this clip)

It is SO MUCH FUN!!  I have a feeling I'm going to be addicted to this!

Here is VERY quick example of some of my projects:

I kid you not, folks!  Head over to Amy's blog and check this out!!

Enjoy!
Carrie

PS.  If you try one and post it, add a link to it below in the Linky Party!  We'd love to see!

So these two Pins walk into a bar...

For some reason, I just had these silly Pinterest jokes running through my head this morning and I thought you might get a chuckle out of them.


When you see these plastered all over the Internet in a few weeks, remember you saw them HERE first!  :o)

How about this one, in honor of John Lennon?

Let's get your "Dr. Seuss on!"

Let's see how many we can think of!!  Post your ideas below!  I've got some more funnies already!  Muahahaha!

Quilty hugs,
Carrie

Wordless Wednesday - photos of my world - 4/18/12

Good morning, all!

Spring is definitely here, finally.  Here are some signs:

My little plants are progressing - their getting their second leaves.

Love the telephoto lens.  This beauty was singing a wonderful song.

Who doesn't love the splash of color a forsythia adds?

What do you consider signs of spring where you are?

Have a wonderful day,
Carrie