Be proud of yourself!

I love to craft.  It makes me happy and, honestly, proud of myself.  I think as busy women we tend to forget about ourselves and make ourselves happy and proud.  We are happy for our kids, proud of our kids, but we need to remember not to lose ourselves in the process of being a good parent. 

So whether it be a card, a scrapbook page or a "thingy", crafting is like therapy for me.  At our last Girls Weekend, I wanted to make these letters.  I bought them a while ago at American Scrapbook Store in LaCrosse.  They are plain chipboard letters that you can punch out of the square.  I apologize, I should have taken "before" photos.  But I bought them with the intent to do something with them, so this is what I did.

I punched out all of the letters and sanded them to make the edges smooth.  Then I inked them with my chocolate chip ink (craft would have been better, but I didn't have it).  Then I cut some old designer series paper that was in an old Simply Scrappin' Kit and covered the squares.  I then adhered the letters to the paper with some Crystal Effects and embellished each square.  I think they turned out mighty cute!  I haven't decided, but I think I'll get two frames and put the squares along with a picture or two of each child in their own frame.

So, the moral of the story is to go create something and be proud of yourself!

Audra