tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100043232010-02-02T08:58:43.050-06:00Life in the Lyons' DenAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.comBlogger742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-57962859766837642302010-02-02T08:29:00.003-06:002010-02-02T08:58:43.056-06:00steve the groundhog...Sunday night as I was falling asleep it occurred to me that Groundhog Day was right around the corner. Groundhog Day doesn't mean an awful lot to me other than I remember it's the birthday of a girl who was a grade below me named Valerie P. (I went to a very small Catholic junior high so we all knew everything about everyone...) Anyway, as I was dozing off it seemed to me that a finger puppet Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-59700559875029207342010-01-28T02:10:00.002-06:002010-01-28T02:25:08.078-06:00i busted out the yudu again...and silkscreened twenty t-shirts for Caleb's class and two posters for his teacher.I thought the kids could all sign one of the posters and then Mrs. Smith could save the unsigned one for next year (or whatever).Anyway, I am having a love/hate relationship with my Yudu right now. I will pontificate in my next post...when my brain isn't tired and grouchy. Sweet dreams, everybody!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-87677560088239222052010-01-22T11:40:00.000-06:002010-01-22T11:41:19.272-06:00trying to fix comments...bear with me...Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-71161941340572374902010-01-21T19:49:00.000-06:002010-01-21T22:26:39.085-06:00the list...I am not one for making resolutions...I go strong for a couple months and then peter out after a while. I do like to make lists though. I get the satisfaction of completing the task AND marking it off the list - it's a two-fer-one sort of deal as far as I'm concerned.So, with that said I'm taking my list from my head and making it official by posting it for everyone to see. Part ONE:overhaul Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-18946510942174302002010-01-21T17:44:00.000-06:002010-01-21T18:24:33.065-06:00i do make things...However, lately, I've been dreaming about making stuff more than I've actually been making stuff. I finally got around to making our thank you notes for this year after I realized the kids weren't going to cooperate for a collaborative effort. Which is totally fine, but I guess I kept holding out thinking something might click. Anyway, it is done! And done quite cleverly, if I do say so Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-4419708683711463232010-01-11T13:27:00.000-06:002010-01-11T13:42:24.066-06:00cubbies pinewood derby...watching the final heat of the derby. lots of cool cars to see.logan's car. definitely would have fared better if i had bought some graphite for the axles and dremeled the wheels. there's always next year.caleb's car. ditto. i figure we can improve on these for next year and they can run them in the open class.* * * * *In other news: I have lost my haloscan comments {drat!} and haven't had Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-39197951653614548612010-01-05T11:48:00.000-06:002010-01-05T11:55:02.965-06:00twenty-ten...From our house to your house, Happy New Year! May 2010 be filled to the hilt with health and happiness and prosperity for us all! xoAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-73842107102509125292009-12-11T19:47:00.000-06:002009-12-11T21:31:46.995-06:00christmas frenzy...I finally finished up the Christmas decorating tonight! The tree is up, the kids hung all their ornaments, the garlands are all hung and the front yard is lit up too. Tomorrow Logan and Lynn have a cub scout thing in the morning and Caleb, Molly and I will be raking the last batch of leaves from the yard and pruning back the last few plants that need pruning.After that the boys want to make Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-7537994744952339402009-12-05T01:23:00.000-06:002009-12-05T01:29:31.251-06:00PS...My sister got to hold her baby for the first time since she delivered her on the 24th! Baby Charlotte has been off IV nutrition since Wednesday and is now getting to do Kangaroo Care with her parents now. We couldn't be more excited for the three of them!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-77997705853271401262009-12-05T00:33:00.000-06:002009-12-05T01:22:52.856-06:00advent calendar 2009...We're doing another version of this advent calendar this year. Admittedly, I do not have my bags filled yet, mainly because I'm trying to plan the best distribution of all the goodies, projects and plans. I think we'll start pulling bags on Sunday or Monday since we'll be putting our shoes out for Saint Nick on Saturday night. Rest assured, the children have been keeping me on my toes for the Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-43626699796958792662009-12-02T11:21:00.000-06:002009-12-02T12:02:51.558-06:00december already...and I'm still writing October on my the three checks I write per month! I'm taking a quick break from decking the halls around the Lyons' Den to knock the cobwebs off this blog. I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was wonderful. All things considered, ours was good. We have a new little niece {Charlotte Grace} who decided November 24th was a far better birth date than her originally planned due Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-44546760931341733512009-11-10T10:48:00.000-06:002009-11-10T11:27:31.113-06:00go buy this book...Katie and Aaron bought this book for Caleb for his birthday recently. We've been reading it at bedtime in between various Star Wars chapter books. I have to tell you, I love this book. I am completely smitten with the idea of a Tollin (side note: little Tollins are called Tillets, awesome!). From the dust jacket: Yes, they do have wings, but no, they aren't fairies. Tollins are a lot less Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-53402242743867889792009-11-03T11:00:00.000-06:002009-11-13T23:57:23.733-06:00it's ornament swapping time again...11/14/09 I'm out of town for a girls weekend and did not have a chance to wrap up all my confirmation emails. So, Im going to leave sign ups open through the weekend and will send out all the confirmation emails and swap details on Monday. Have a great weekend!* * * * * October flew by at break-neck speed and kept me entirely too busy while it was at it. But now I'm ready to start gearing up Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-660282300997269982009-10-20T12:21:00.001-05:002009-10-20T12:22:21.413-05:00vote early and often for a very good cause...I first heard about Brad Blauser and his work from my sister and her husband. Since then I've stopped over a couple times a day to vote for him and his project. I hope you'll do the same!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-83991724917020134552009-10-02T22:24:00.000-05:002009-10-07T21:28:47.499-05:00where are all the halloween goodies...Okay, here goes:This set sold on Etsy earlier this evening. Thanks, Katie!Available at Etsy. Sold. Thanks, Dawn!Available at Etsy. Sold. Thanks, Nic!Available at Artfire.Available at Artfire.Available at Artfire.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-7252876944831798372009-10-02T14:30:00.000-05:002009-10-02T14:36:43.659-05:00halloween goodness...I've been working on getting a good handful of Halloween treats ready to post to my Etsy and Artfire shops today. I forget how long all the styling and photographing and processing takes before you even get the listing stage of the effort...I need a product stylist fairy who works for strawberries and buttons. Anyway, I'll be listing the Mini Captured Souls magnet sets, a few dolls and my Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-933112344297513442009-10-01T00:38:00.000-05:002009-10-01T01:13:56.017-05:00today...Today was also an exercise in patience. Molly was into everything today. EVERYTHING. Markers, glue, you name it. If a mess could possibly be made with it, she was all over it. Caleb also needed to go in for a couple vaccinations. To make a long story shorter: let me start with this, the parking lot was EMPTY. We were ten minutes early to the appointment figuring the nurse could get Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-36245583913265035662009-09-25T13:16:00.000-05:002009-09-25T13:56:17.169-05:00treat boxes, chucks, and a pegasus...The PTA asked for desserts for a teacher appreciation project (I guess this is a monthly thing? Not sure, they didn't really indicate). Anyway, I made a batch of s.t.y.a. cake. I used the tutorial found on Cosmo Cricket's blog to make the boxes (very easy, very quick and very cute). The buses are cricut-cuts (and I did not pay anywhere near $89.99 for that cartridge! yikes.). Molly and Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-24263288535401949582009-09-24T02:03:00.000-05:002009-09-24T02:15:26.881-05:00what to do...when Logan and Dad are at Cub Scouts? Dig in the dirt and collect the season's first acorns, that's what.The weather was crisp this evening and it was highly unlikely I would get too sweaty, so we walked Logan to his den meeting. Once Lynn was there, the littles and I walked back home making a stop at the neighborhood playground. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-3412434305851875822009-09-23T11:11:00.000-05:002009-09-23T11:20:05.225-05:00it's that time of year again...A Haunted ATC Swap 2009!Same as in years past, this will be a five for five swap with some sort of trick-or-treat from me. You'll need to enclose a self addressed, stamped (with two forty-four cent stamps) A7-ish envelope. International swappers can send neat postcards to my kids in exchange for postage.Sign-ups will close on Wednesday, September 30th.The mail-to-me deadline will be October 21st Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-25905496836998052352009-09-19T21:22:00.000-05:002009-10-01T01:17:19.838-05:00eff eye vee eee...September 9th was Life in the Lyons' Den's fifth birthday and naturally it didn't even occur to me that the date had come and gone until yesterday. It's been busy around these parts lately.No time like the present right? To celebrate I thought I'd host a little give away. I made this little mini quilt to send along with my DQS7 partner's actual quilt (which will make a lot more sense when the Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-70521501118838047042009-09-18T14:08:00.000-05:002009-09-18T14:37:54.081-05:00because the pictures begged me to do it...More pictures can be found over on flickr.* * * * *Check back later for a couple announcements. A few hints: 1.) September is my blog birthday month. And 2.) I think it's time for some Halloween ATC action, don't you?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-63649012087816662292009-09-14T19:51:00.000-05:002009-09-14T20:13:57.236-05:00it's been raining for four days now...And I am not complaining one bit. We need the rain...it's been a bit (or a lot) dry lately. Plus I've been busy inside working on swaps that are due right this minute!I sent these off to Mary Ann for her itty bitty book club fairy tale swap. The card base is water color paper with a wash of blues, stamped with a Cosmo Cricut Mr. Campy wave. Thumbelina is actually a flower fairy stamp I carvedAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-70864575989073687282009-09-11T09:10:00.000-05:002009-09-11T10:22:10.208-05:00remembering...I woke up this morning and did not turn on the morning news. In fact, I haven't turned on the morning news in eight years.Logan was exactly three months old on 09/11/01. We had our routine. Every weekday morning Lynn would get up, get ready and head out to work. Logan would wake up ready to nurse. I would turn on the CBS Morning Show while I took care of our brand new baby. After Logan Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10004323.post-59648443154332359362009-09-10T10:52:00.000-05:002009-09-10T11:03:08.045-05:00vote early and vote often...You know how Spoonflower has their weekly fabric design contests? Well, they put the call out for Halloween submissions last week and since I already had a pattern designed from last year, I submitted it and it's up for voting this week! If my design wins, I'll host a Halloween give-a-way with the yardage (because I already have some yardage I ordered last year) and some other Halloween treats Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167247310407465549amy@aplcreations.com0