Happy Art Swap Creations For September

Today I wanted to share with you the art I created for this month's Happy Art Swap!!  So, here we go...

I am quite happy with these postcards!!  I love creating them.  My only issue with this swap is the size - 5x7... its REALLY hard to find recycled material that is large enough to cut into that size... most food packaging is too small and I really don't want to purchase material just for these cards.  So far though, I have been able to reuse materials for this swap.

Anyways... that is all for now!!  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day!!

The Rest of My Birthday Celebration

Yesterday I told you about the color run which is how I started off my birthday  Today I will tell you about the rest of the day.

My friend Hillary took me out for a Best Friend Birthday Lunch!!  We went to a local place:

And I got a create your own burger:

It was DELICIOUS!

Then we went to our classmate Lauren's house for a Princess Party!!  It was to celebrate the arrival of another classmate's daughter and we also celebrated my birthday!

Hillary & I wearing our tiaras! 

Here is Lauren holding that ice cream piñata:

That thing was a beast.  After letting the kids take several whacks at it each, we let the adults try...

Mary 

Hillary

Action Shot of me

That was a strong piñata... the adults all took 2 turns then we let the kids back into the action for a bit and then finally a few more adult hits and it came open.

It was a nice party - cake, ice cream, kids, adult kids... a good day!!

A Very Colorful Birthday

Saturday was my birthday.  I turned 32.  That still seems old to me...the number at least... I don't feel old, although sometimes I think my body must be about 60 lol.  Anyways... I began my birthday celebration by doing The Color Run... a 5K that results in participants being covered in color!  So, today I wanted to share some photos of the festivities with you!!

Here I am before:

and some after photos:

I was unsure of this event at first because it is quite expensive, but it was so much fun.  It was a great way to celebrate my birthday!

And, FYI, if you are planning on doing this - the color does not come out/off easily.  My sports bra is still colored even though I washed it 4 times - twice with bleach - and I scrubbed my arms in the shower until they hurt and I was still purple and blue!  So, if you do this, plan on wearing something you don't care about and plan on being colorful all day.

August Happy Art Swap Cards

Another feature of cards I received as part of Sandie's Happy Art Swap.  These cards came in the mail for the August Swap!!  My first card was made by Mivi:

Mivi did not give an instagram or blog on the back of her card, but thanks for the lovely words Mivi!!

My second card was made by Katie:

You can find Katie on instgram at Kradke!

And my last card was made by Kim of KHeilArtworks!

You can find her at http://kim-heil.artistwebsites.com 

Hope you guys enjoyed seeing the cards.  Go check those wonderful ladies out - see some more awesome artwork!  Thanks for stopping by, "see" you soon.