Our Family Blog 2006

Pardon me; it has been over a month since my last posting... I guess I've been slackin' but tonight, tonight I have something worth posting- so how do you like?

I'm really into giving creative gifts or in the very least thoughtful ones. I love my girlie girl Maddy so I wanted to do something special. The problem, she has lots of cute girlie stuff already so I wasn't really sure what I'd do. Then it hit me; I'd decorate a hatbox for her and make it "Maddy". But I couldn't find a hatbox. Since I had found such great stuff for decorating, I couldn't give up so I bought a corkboard and had at it. I LOVE the outcome. I hope she does too.

It wasn't easy though, the pictures I had posted previously and then submitted to Wal-Mart to print turned out awful. Part of it was because I use to resize them, now I know better. The other part I think has to do with the upload- perhaps it makes it pixilated? Anyway, I had some more pictures saved on a CD in my car so on the way home from Wal-Mart I stopped by CVS. I only had to go through the system 3 times to finally get it right but I don't care- like I said I love the way this turned out.

You never really know if these things will turn out and while I love to mess around with this stuff, I hate to go through the effort, time and expense when it doesn't work out. I made a memory board for my nephew a few years ago that just didn't have that ump that I wanted and come to find out- it fell apart. Sadly I think it was trashed. It was my fault, my plan was too grand, I worked really hard on it- probably like 6 or 7 hours (maybe more) but that wasn't enough to make a lasting gift. Now I'm learning to keep in mind time, money and talent (or my lack there-of). Speaking of, these homemade gifts aren't cheap so please don't think that's why I do them. A lot of times I probably spend more than I need to but it costs more than you think- still I hope that what it means ALOT to the person (in this case Maddy).

Goin' to bed happy, my house is a mess and laundry needs to get done but I still have a smile on my face because it is so worth it!

Happy Birthday Maddy Girl!