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hoppy easter:

 

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instafriday: week 13

 

This week flew by super quick

In fact as you read this I am in my car driving to Vegas.

 We enjoyed our last few days working in the yard,

How can you not with this beautiful weather

 

Sunday we went to brunch at the golf course

Jager went to Starbucks with me, with the ragtop down so our hair could blow

My happy Buddha {my aunt Diane gave him to me for Xmas}

Making Easter treats for my Starbucks peeps

Hanging in the hammock while Kevin packed the motor home, I was still feeling under the weather

Selfie

Arrow love

My Cassie girl loves to roll in the grass

word challenge:

 

I made a tag for Pretty Little Studio’s

Word Challenge

 

It’s on their blog today, go check it out!

 

 

 

 

Check out our newest collection!

Birthday Cake is now shipping!

An adorable retro childrens' birthday collection!
Vintage book papers, colorful balloons,fun cake die-cuts,
in bright and cheery birthday colors.
Enjoy celebrating your children’s birthday party
with this adorable paper collection!

 

obw:

 

 

It’s one buck Wednesday and I made a project

 

The digital cuts Mini Check Book Album is 50% off at Jessica Sprague

 

 

thrift shoppe:

Have you seen the March embellishment kit “thrift shoppe” from Paper Issues?

 

Well I got to play with it and it’s AWESOME!

It’s so March

It has lots of green

{hello St. patty’s day}

And a vintage feel, it also has my new favorite PandaEIGHT flair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go get a kit today and use my code AIMEE at check out for 20% off

 

 

garden tour: march 2013

 

Welcome to the first garden tour of 2013

 

I wasn’t planning on having a garden this year because we were gonna be gone for so long.

Last year I did a container garden and LOVED it!

It was perfect for Kevin and I. We don’t have a lot of time {or will} to give to a garden but we love what it gives to us. It’s so fun to go out and see a vegetable grow and say I GREW THIS. Then get to eat it. It is very rewarding.

So as soon as I found out our first trip got cancelled, off to the garden center I went!

 

First I had to convince Kevin to rebuild the “herb” garden Mark had built for me almost 10 years ago.

 

He rebuilt one side at a time and now all we need to get is dirt, and then we can plant!

 

before rebuild:

 

here you can see the old herb garden in the far right corner

{i always tried to avoid taken photos, cause it was falling down}

you can kinda make it out in this photo too

 

After first side of rebuild:

Cassie helped out with the construction!

so did Jager

 

After reduild side 2:

 

I kept the old gate and stained it with a weathered wood stain. I plan on staining the “box” too. I just haven’t gotten around to it. Really all we need is to get a scoop of dirt and I can start planting. I love the fact that you can walk down the middle of the “box” it makes it easy to access the vegetables.

 

I also am doing the container garden again.

In the first to photos you can see what I did last year. I had the along the grass so the sprinklers got the containers until Kevin hooked up the drip system.  All the plants are planted, drip system is set, now to watch them grow!

Ok so my pots are NOT the prettiest, please look past that lol {they are freakin expensive} I had these when Mark lived here with Marzen, do you see where chewed on the containers! Anyways I had painted them black back then and it’s slowly chipping off!

 

First we have some red cabbage, never have grown it, I think its more of a cooler weather plant {I know lettuce is} so we will see how it does before the heat comes.

We are only gonna do 2 tomatoes this year. I hate tomatoes so what’s the point, lol.

Kevin got to pick the 2 he wanted this is the first one the “bonnie original”.

Next we planted 2 Anaheim peppers. We love chili rellenos. So hopefully this pepper is similar. The tag said you could make chili rellenos from them! It’s worth a try.

I even got the dogs some cat grass. Not sure if they will eat it, but they might.

Back in oct/nov I planted some romaine a red leaf lettuce. Lettuce likes the cool weather. We had 2 or 3 salads from it, it was pretty cool. I had never really been to successful with lettuce. Then a few weeks ago before we were gonna leave on our trip I cut all the lettuce for one of Kevin’s friends. I just took a knife and sliced it of the stalk {is that what you call it}

Anyways I thought it was done and the plant would die. Now this is what we have, so I will keep till it gets hot and doesn’t want to grow anymore. Kinda excited to get another round out of it!

Here is the second tomato Kevin choose. “red beef steak”

I found some okra. I have grown it before, just didn’t know how to cook it. lol

This is a Jalapeno from last year. Kevin wanted to keep it. So I just trimmed it back a little and we will see how it does this year.

 Here is my over flow. I bought a bunch of pansies {ILOVE PANSIES}

And yeah that another tomato plant, I couldn’t resist. It suppose to be purple, will see. And an artichoke. I have been very successful with artichokes! They have to grow for like 2 years before they bloom. So I figured I would get a jump start on next year

 

This is some of our haul from last year. Lots of basil {cannot wait to fill the herb garden with basil} banana peppers jalapenos & cherry tomatoes!

Hope you enjoyed, I will try to give you an update on the garden in april

 

 

 

up in the clouds: sog

 

Welcome to Paper Issues “up in the clouds” with Some Odd Girl

You should have arrived here from The Paper Issues Blog

 

 If this is your first stop, be sure to head over to

 Paper Issues to start at the beginning!

 

 

You may or may not know I am not a stamper, or even a card maker!

But when Kristy from Some Odd Girl asked me to guest design for this hop

I was thrilled!

 

I really wanted to play with her new sentiment stamps.

As much as I love Gwen, I don’t love to color! Lol

I got kinda crazy and made 2 layouts & 3 cards.

 

I love adding a little stamping to my layouts.

I used glossy accents on top of the cloud stamp to give it an epoxy finish.

 

 

 

No need for a stitching template here. I simply stitched on top of the stamp.

 

 

3 winners will win a stamp set of their choice,

so make sure to follow the directions below!

 

Next up on the hop is Kristy

 

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tutorial: pretty little studio

 

 

want to know how I made this invite?

 

head on over to the Pretty Little Studio blog today

where I show you how

instafriday: week 12

 

It was a pretty good week around here. Still have this dang ear infection, but SLOWLY it is getting better.

Spring is definitely upon us, and I LOVE IT!

Shamrock Shakes, Fresh fruit in my salad, morning walks and Easter candy

{it’s the devil} make up one pretty darn good week. Now if only I would finish my work rather than enjoying the weather!

 

Now for the pictures… our follow me during the week @aimeemaddern on instagram

Sportin green on St. patty’s

His shamrock shake

Spring blooms on my morning walk

I cooked!

Fresh & clean, out of the shower

Her shamrock shake

These are ridiculously terrible {I kid}

Yes I wear flip-flops everyday!

Breakfast

obw:

 

It’s one buck Wednesday and I made a project

 

 

The digital die 8 egg boxes are 50% off at Jessica Sprague