full speed ahead

June is just the most insane month I can ever remember and I have had many, many insane times in my life. Portals is printing and I hope to be mailing next week. I have been working like a mad woman on the swaps and RR's that I owe, while planning a birthday party for my Mom who is turning 60! Gasp! Now tell me, does THIS look like a woman who is turning 60??

I think not.. and not only does she LOOK young but she has the energy of a woman half her age. She thinks "I'm BORED" is a really bad word because she has so many ideas and complains she will never have enough time to do all the things she wants to do in her life. She is a great Mom, super fun and artistic and she is an amazing grandma. Hannah is named after her ;) Tomorrow is her actual birthday.. Happy Birthday Mom!!

Anyway, in addition to all this craziness we have company coming tomorrow to stay for a week. Greg's best friend and his girl are driving out from Minnesota. The gang (not me) will take off camping for a couple of nights while I get the party ready but I still need to get them packed and ready to go...

Here are a few sneak peeks of my "Bits n Pieces" swap piece for Jeanne. I am all done except I need to find a ribbon or something so she can hang it.

If you want to see more you can click on over to my Flickr. I have not posted the finished piece yet because I want Jeanne to be surprised. Aim to get this in the mail by Friday! I will have shots of my crown for the tiara swap soon. Risa and I are both running late so we agreed to mail sometime next week. I finally got started and its so fun I can't stop adding bits!!

Finally, I want to share a luscious bit of eye candy. My new friend Martha, that I met at ArtFest, sent me this AMAZING cuff bracelet! I LOVE it so much.. you can read more about her process on her blog >here<.

THANK YOU!! dear Martha I am still swooning over it!!