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[which one would you choose?]

 

For Mother’s Day, my husband did something extra special this year. He sent me and Sienna for an adventure. He gave me 10 cards which I was to open as directed. First one took us to my favorite furniture store, F2. While browsing modern furniture, we were supposed to wait for a special guest. It was my mother-in-law who didn't have a clue why she had to come to the furniture store to meet us.

We opened the next card and found out we needed to go for lunch @ Cora’s which was a short distance away from the furniture store. We had a lovely lunch and then opened the next card. It told us directions where to drive. Once we got there, we opened the next card and we were told to go and get manicures & pedicures. We had a blast!

The day continued as we were directed to do other things too (shopping at Lulu Lemon…).

While waiting for our manicures & pedicures to start, we browsed a magazine with funky hair dos. We played the game “which hair style would you choose if you HAD TO choose one”. I thought it would be fun to do here on the blog too. Leave a comment to state which hair style you would choose. Just something sillly to do since it’s almost Friday. Be courageous and don't choose #19. J

My choices are #4 and #9. If I'd had to go all the way crazy, I'd choose #18. Wouldn't I be the coolest mom picking her kid from school or what? J

Don’t I have the best husband ever? How he comes up with these things, I don’t know. Now I need to come up with something equally good for Father’s Day. J

[for mothers everywhere]

How to use my freebies.

Mother’s Day is coming. 
I saw this quote online and I just had to use it.

I am NOT a poet by any means. Not even good with words usually. But one day this poem just “came”. 
For all the mothers everywhere. ♥

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RetroLovePhotography

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Just in case a millionaire happens to read my blog:

Please feel free to purchase any of these Aarikka products and send them to me for Christmas. J

Love, love, love the Keisarinna series by Aarikka. With love from Finland.

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Acrylic personalized cake toppers by Miss Sarah Cake/Etsy.

You can purchase them here.

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For a long time, I have admired Alicia Bock’s photography. Aren’t they gorgeous?
I think they'd be perfect Mother's Day/Anniversary/Wedding/Birthday gifts.

Alicia Bock

Alicia Bock's Etsy shop 

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Father’s Day is just around the corner. Better get started with the gifts…

Here are some ideas.

"DAD ROCKS!" paper weight and shirt gift bags (I think we'll fill ours with a 1kg bag of M&M's) found via Tip Junkie.

Self-portrait or a picture of dad, family portrait or father's day flowers by Better Homes & Gardens.

DAD photo frame & shirt cards by Martha Stewart.

Tiny photo magnets. Idea found via Google image search.

So many versions of the shirt cards/bags. This one is perfect for a gift card. Template and instructions can be found here.

These father's day cards are available for purchase here.

I have a feeling we'll be making this one - my husband's last few weeks of school = lots of stress. Click here for the instructions and to see who came up with this great idea.

This is what we did last year: I took many pictures of our little girl and asked her all sorts of questions about her daddy. I started a father's day photo album into which we add pictures every year. Fun to see how her answers change. 




This can be purchased here.

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Gorgeous cake.

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[feelin' blue & mother's day stuff]

Tons of beautiful, inspiring things at the Feelin' Blue blog.

I hope you’ll take a minute to stop by.

Then some Mother’s day stuff:

 The last three images via Google image search.

Happy Friday everyone! :)

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Beautiful LOVE related gift items.

Purchase them here.

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Chain stitches, seed beads, flower sequins = easy to make necklace. Beautiful Mother's Day gift, perhaps?

Find instructions here or in the April 2012 Bead & Button magazine.