All Gifts Big and Small

 

Remember when you first looked down on your little baby?  That moment when your eyes met theirs and there was an instant recognition?  I know you!  

 

 

That memory runs through my head each time my now 2 year old girl looks me in the eye.  She loves to get right into my face, forehead to forehead, and stares into my eyes.  If I blink, she pulls away immediately screaming and giggling while covering her eyes.  “It tickles!” she screams.  The best moments of my day.  Right there.  Hands down.

 

These memories are the best gift she can give me.  All these small moments, when time stands still and I bask in the love that little girl has for her mummy.  Simply, unique, unfaltering love. 

 

 

…a must to remember when she grows up and becomes a teenager...

 

 

To help keep these moments alive all the time we create these beautiful pieces of art.  They are favorites for Mums, Grandmothers, and Great Grandmothers alike!  Made, literally, by little hands.

 

We always start with a blank canvas.

 

 

Mummy painted the stems…

 

 

…and dotted her fingers with pale yellow paint.

 

 

Smooch then dotted her fingers around in colored paint to create tiny little flowers.

 

 

While those dried I got to work on the pots…

 

 

Just brown textured paper cut into the shape of a pot.  LOVE textured paper!  Then a little brown paint around the edges is applied to make it look a little more rustic.  I picked out two shades of the same type of paper, to provide more dimension overall.

 

 

Anyone else in love with making homemade gift tags?  I love these little guys, so easy to make…I never knew!!

 

Okay…piecing it together.

 

 

I’m also obsessed with ribbon.  I need help… but it sure does make things beautiful!

 

 

…drum roll…. Voila!

 

 

So when my little girl is growing up too fast, making her own choices (like the festive outfit below) I can look back and remember all those silly little tickle moments that make my current days so bright.  LOVE.

 

 

P.S. When making these for Mother’s Day gifts for Grandmothers it is best to ship them out before September.  Heading to the Post Office, be back in a bit.

Little Cowgirls

My daughter is certainly blossoming into her own version of a cowgirl.  Her Mummy LOVES this!  I was always worried that my daughter would not develop the passion I have for horses and riding.  What on Earth would I do?!

We love this man!

 

 

Thankfully I don’t have to worry about it.  My Smooch loves it!  We’ve made a couple trips up to Montana the last few months, further developing the budding passion.

 

 

 

 

What a joy to see this tradition develop in the next generation.  :-)

  

Another passion of mine is visiting yard sales!  I love to see what possibilities are out there just waiting to be discovered.  On one such trip I found a very beat up child’s vanity that was in desperate need of TLC.

 

 

So off I went to Hobby Lobby.  Anyone else feel an addiction building to that store?  I heart Hobby Lobby!!

Smooch picked out beautiful cowgirl stickers, to my enjoyment.  I picked some paint, paper, and some embellishments to match.

First things first, spray painting the parts.  Make sure you tape off the mirror first! 

 

 

 

I find it important to take time when doing this.  A little bit of paint on the mirror really does ruin all the effort that goes into the project.  Well, in my opinion at least…

 

 

Three cans of paint later, one of which exploded paint all over me, we have a finished product.  Tada!

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, little cowgirls have to have lots of horses and cows to play with.  And a beautiful vanity to cover with them!