saturday in pictures

I don't know about you, but I love blogs where I get to peek into someone's day and see what they've been working on.  Especially if they include lots of photos.  So, here's my Saturday In Pictures.  

We have been so blessed by the extra income from my etsy shop of late.  Who would have thought?  It's just enough to keep my creative juices flowing and gives me the excuse to do thrift store treasure hunting!  What's big right now?  

Custom library card invitations...

I get to hunt for children's books to chop up.  It's almost sad to cut up nice books, but the finished product is so cute, and all the profit is bringing us that much closer to our little girl!  

Another trend this spring has been shabby chic painted mason jars.  Here's a special order I'm working on for a wedding.  These are quart sized jars, but I'm also doing 1/2 gallon.  Did you know mason jars came that large?  Very fun!  The bride is putting pink hydrangeas in these mint jars.  Sounds beautiful.

And this little listing for shabby pink mason jars caught the eye of a bridal blog this week.

Then I spent several more hours today updating my four boys' memory books.  I used to keep up with these, but I noticed I hadn't done anything with them for about a year!  Eeeekk!!  That is really hard on my Type-A personality.  So, I waded through my pile of papers, artwork, certificates, and photos and got their memory books up-to-date.  All I have to say is, their future wives better appreciate all the effort I've put into chronicling their growing-up years :)  I found this sweet drawing that our 5-year-old made just a few months ago. 

Count the kids.  See it?  Five kiddos.  He included little sister.  Love this.

And the final picture of the day is a sweet bouquet of ferns and flowers from the edge of the woods that one of my boys picked for me.  And I had the perfect "vase" to use.  Finally.  I've been on the lookout for a while for something like this.  Snagged it this week for $1.99 at Salvation Army.  


What was your Saturday like?  Busy or relaxing?  What would a Saturday in Pictures look like for you?