A couple weeks ago, my niece and nephew celebrated their birthdays, and in true Amy-fashion, their gifts were super late!

Luckily for me, the kids enjoyed them more for the fact that they didn't expect them, and it was more of a surprise ;)

The cause for late-ness was the fact that I decided to make my niece a hop-scotch, and I should know better by now than to think I can make a gift in any decent amount of time! I was so stressed last Christmas because I wanted all of my gifts to be home made, and I should have learned my lesson.

Oh well, they always get done eventually....

Anyway, here are some pictures of the hop-scotch!



Their cards I just slapped together, but I had a little bit of fun playing around with gouache and Photoshop to make them. I wasn't thrilled enough with them to offer them in the shop, but I thought they turned out pretty cute.


What do you do for your kids/nieces and nephews? Would they appreciate a home-made gift, or is it store bought all the way?

Thanks for stopping by!

I decided to go ahead and come up with a twenty-six before twenty-six list this year! I've never done one before, but it seemed like the blogger-y thing to do ;)

I have several things that have been on my to-do list for a long time (finish my furniture projects and my camper), and a few things that I came up with just for this list because they sounded like fun! (Like trying a dragon fruit and knitting a blanket)

I'm not going to put too much pressure on myself, but I'm excited to see how many of these I can knock of the list before my birthday next summer! And of course I will share them with you as I go along!

TWENTY-SIX BEFORE TWENTY-SIX

1. Try a dragon fruit. They just look so cool!
2. Perform at an open mic night with Dane!
3. Finish my camper.
4. Go camping in finished camper!
5. Organize my house Marie Kondo style. Specifically my paper situation.
6. Come up with (and stick to!) a house cleaning schedule.
7. Work on my photography skills.
8. Get a puppy! -Done!
9. Knit a blanket. I think I'm finally ready! -Done! Better late than never...
10. Try one new recipe every month.
11. Learn to play the ukulele/mandolin. We already have a mandolin, but ukuleles are so cool!
12. Plant a vegetable garden.
13. Pickle some asparagus. Yum!
14. Make my intsagram account better fit my brand.
15. Paint all of my furniture projects. Finally.
16. Go to the beach. -Done.
17. Make almond roca. I kind of cheated, oops!
18. Perfect my cupcake frosting skills.
19. Visit Colorado/another state I haven't been to.
20. Weave a wall hanging. They are so neat!
21. Throw a mini food party. Because, mini food!
22. Go skiing for the first time.
23. Start doing yoga again and learn a hand stand!
24. Have a fall themed brunch.
25. Buy some copper mugs. Put some ginger beer into said mugs ;) - Done!
26. Finish my stationary line!

It's my birthday! Today I am officially half way through my twenties, and that feels super weird!

I know that some people stop getting excited about their birthdays as they get older, but that isn't the case yet for me. Maybe it's just the narcissist in me, but I LOVE my birthday, and I usually end up celebrating birth-week instead ;)

I'm thinking this year about coming up with some sort of 26 before 26 list, and if I do, I will definitely share. It might be a good way to knock some goals off of my list!

I had planned on being done with my new blog and card designs by now, and doing something big for you all in celebration and thanks, but life gets busy and I'm not quite prepared. But I will say that I have something in store, and I can't wait to share it all with you!

For now though, I am off to go celebrate with my friends and family. My mom is treating me to a birthday brunch (she knows how much I love brunch!) and tonight my parents are taking the whole family out to the rodeo. It's going to be a good day, and hopefully a good year as well!

Thanks for stopping by :)