Karate - KIAI!

My children have both been in karate since I found the most amazing karate teacher.  My son started there last year in July on his birthday and my daughter started just before Christmas.  I just love how well they're both doing!  Being a former martial arts student :) I knew it would be worth it to put them in karate, but I really didn't think it was going to make such a big different in how well they focus!  My son just moved from the Kinder class to the White belt class and he's just loving the extra challenge!  It's amazing!  I look at my little babies and I'm so proud of them, how far they've come and how far I know they'll go!

The Direction of A Bug and Beyond

It has been suggested to me by my very good friend over at http://claireshegoes.wordpress.com/ that the homeschooling of my children is really very interesting.  I have been trying to figure out for a long time how to start blogging about it without getting too much into curricula, etc, because there is already so much information out there about that.  So Claire recommended simply blogging about daily experiences, and what I would like to see in another blog.

I don't really know what I'm looking for exactly.  So I'm going to stumble about in the dark until I find it.  I'm not sure what this blog will be about, although it will center around our daily experiences in homeschooling.  I seem to have an idea of a blog resembling a scrapbook, but I'm not quite sure yet.

I'm going to try to post fairly regularly but I can't really promise that either, I'm shooting for once a month for now; maybe if things get more interesting I'll post more often.

I encourage you to come on over at the beginning of each month and see what I've got up here.  There will always be something at least once a month for now, and for sure more to come.  Thanks for stopping by!

Get Well Card

A get well card I made for a younger cousin who was in the hospital for a while.  I love the ribbon: It says "Blessings" across it.  I found the ribbon at Michael's.  On the left is the envelope and the actual card to write the message is on the right.  I ended up putting the whole thing into a regular envelope because I didn't want the cute envelope getting wrecked in shipping.

What do you think?  Thanks for looking.

Mother's Day Card

What do you think?  It's simple but I like how it turned out.  Thanks for looking.  :)

Love Card

As promised, here's my first project.  I made this card for my husband for Valentine's Day.  It's a little late :D, but better late than never. As you can see, I had to take the picture on top of the washing machine (LOL) because I couldn't find anywhere else that was white or light coloured: I'm working on that.  I also cut the card base in the wrong direction, so that I got more of a vertical card.  Not a big deal, it still turned out pretty nice, I think.  But for the following cards, I'll be using some white card bases that I bought at an office supply store a while ago and have never used.

I'm also trying to figure out a drop-down menu across the top.  It'll be a while before that gets fully finished but I'll get there.  I'll also start working on videos at some point, again not sure when, because I do want to get the blog looking good before I get involved in anything else.  Plus I need to find a permanent home for the camera, etc.

Thanks for looking, see you soon.