Week in Review

I was surrounded this week by happy thrifted fun & sure signs that Spring has sprung. Oh, & I cannot put my book down. I'm speaking of Twilight. I scored a used copy for 4 bucks. Sweet. It feels so weird to be reading again. I was a reader as a kid, but as I got older I read less & less. I really like how I can enter a different world when I pick up a book. It feels nice & something I look forward to.

My mom's b-day was this week too. We had the most rushed & hurried party for her. She & my dad had to leave town quickly to get over the snowy mountains for round 4 of 5 dilation treatments for my dads "throat". The docs are still trying to fix his swallower. He's so skinny now.

My little WhiMSy casa is trying to get over the sickies. For the last few weeks we've all just been a chorus of coughs.

The girls are on spring break this week. I look forward to lazy mornings & keeping my jammies on just a little longer than usual.

*Click on the mosaic for a photo play-by-play.

Week in Review: Feb 2-8

Mostly this week was full of craftin' new items & custom orders. And cooking up a feast for my once-a-month (yeah, it used to be "once-a-week") dinners that I host & cook for a local Teen Challenge group. I think I might have to blog later about the meal we had. The guys were weirded out when they saw the combo they'd be eating, but then they ate it. And it was good.
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OH! I was asked how I create the Picture Mosaic. For those who don't know, it's a service of Flickr. On the top of your Flickr page you'll see some headings: HOME, YOU, ORGANIZE, CONTACTS, GROUPS, EXPLORE. Click the little arrow next to "EXPLORE" & scroll down to "Flickr Services". Click on that. Under "Featured Third Party Flickr Apps" you'll see fd's Flickr Toys. Click on that & find the "Mosaic Maker". The layout I do for my week in review is the 4x4 with larger center.

Mosaic, Monkey & Marbles

I created my first mosaic "week in review". I totally love the super-favorite-colorful-oozing-with-happiness-girly Jek in the box's mosaics & thought I'd start giving it a go. My mosaic turned out quite bland. But I just learned how to make them & it's my first try. I hate that it is full of so many self portraits. My daily dose of the 365 will do that. I've also been busy on the homefront with family stuff, so I haven't been taking a whole lotta photos this week. I'll work on it. You can go to Big Huge Labs & have fun with your photos too.


I LOVE how my little monkey perpetual calendar turned out though! Isn't he hilarious & adorable?! I'm anxious to look around the Canon Creative Park website at all the fun paper projects they have.

Alright, I'm off to put together the crafty kits for my MOPS group (Mothers of PreSchoolers) tomorrow. I'm reviving a craft that I taught the moms to make about 3 years ago--marble magnets. They are SUPER fun to make, sooooo easy & it was one of the most popular crafts I've taught in the last 4 years. Everyone loved 'em!

And look at the cool LARGE, really flat glass pieces I found. I can't wait to use those!!

Hope you're havin' a fabulous Monday!