Um...Who Are You?

Yep, I know, it's been awhile, huh? Sorry for my hiatus. My sweetie had to have surgery, and I've been MIA in order to help him recover. He's doing well and almost back to his same 'ol tricks. So, that being said I should be getting back into my normal routines here soon.

On a unrealated topic, I've recently purchased several praise songs off of iTunes, and "Christ is Risen" by Matt Maher has been my favorite of the new ones. I tried to get all fancy and imbed the video in my post, but my computer isn't cooperating with me this morning, so below you'll find a link to the song. Take a listen. I'd love to know what you think of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2KNvuscKRA

I've been doing some scrapbooking lately, I'll post some of my LO's for you to oooh and aaah over soon;) Have a great weekend!

Coffee Can to Cute Container

A friend is having her first little one in a few weeks, and so this weekend I worked a gift for her. The nursery theme is Dick and Jane, (SO cute!) but I didn't have any Dick and Jane books lying around the house. However I did have a Richard Scary one, (who can find Goldbug?) so I decided to use it to make the above cute little container. I put flowers in it as you can see, but I'm sure that it can have all sorts of other uses.

I took the can, cleaned it out and got to work. First off I mod podged some book paper to the can. After it had dried I used some green electrical tape around the top and bottom to help cover up imperfections. Then I layered on some red grosgrain ribbon, followed by some white satin ribbon and then topped it off with some blue ric-rac. It looks really cute, no? And it works well with the primary colors in the nursery.

This is the finished gift, all packed up and ready to go. I took a lidded storage box from Ikea and padded it with tissue. In went the flower can, along with a few parenting devotionals, a few Dick and Jane board books, a bib, a cute bucket hat w/floral pin, a vintage children's book and an adorable crocheted baby sweater. She loved her gift, and I had fun putting it together for her.

Please click on "Linky Parties I Love" to see where I'll be sharing this gift idea.

A Must Read

I just read this book to my daughter this morning, what a good one. It's hard to go wrong with Dr. Seuss, right? I have read many of his books, but since he's written so much I haven't read them all.

Seriously, this is a great book. If you are in a funk, feeling down or sorry for yourself, not loving your "season of life" you're in, then you should read this book. It's obviously for children, but as you know most Dr. Seuss books have a "lesson" that is applicable for children and adults alike.

Check it out from your library if you've not read it, you won't be dissapointed. Sharing my find today at Blessed Little Nest: