OH.
MY.
GOODNESS.
i am back from the dead and alive once again to guess what...
BLOG!!!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
i know, i know, it has been quite awhile but if you guys blog yourself, you know it is a major commitment that takes
time, money, and lots and lots of love.
i owe you an excuse if you by chance missed me, and that excuse is none other than my number one top priority:
FAMILY.
after almost 6 years of blogging and constantly coming up with original ideas you don't see on pinterest,
i had to stop and breathe.
that part of breathing was to concentrate on REAL life events and changing things up to better things that were around me before i could share it with the world.
i started some craft parties, continued my food crafting, traveled, and mostly, concentrated on my family.
i wanted to share some stuff however, with what has happened in the past 6 months or so out of blog world so you can see that i did not stop with the creativity,
but actually increased it ten fold in my life.
it was rejuvenating.
i do plan to continue blogging and sharing more of my ideas but if something comes up, i have to put this blog aside until i get to whatever needs my attention first.
no worries, i LOVE all my readers and know you guys understand cuz you are all such lovely people, thus the reason i have to come back here to continue sharing...
anyway, here are a few things i did since my last post, which was about easter btw lol
ok here goes about 99 million pics...
first i had a party at my church that
i helped by decorating this table:
first i had a party at my church that
i helped by decorating this table:
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then i went to a concert with my hubby...
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a short while later, i packed up my car...
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and had a really big taco craft party that i hosted.
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then mother's day came.
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and later i made some dinosaur cake pops for a friend's baby.
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and speaking of babies,
i hosted a baby shower for another friend.
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and made more goodies for yet another friend.
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and summer came so i went to the tropical side,
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packed up my car,
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made some tropical goodies,
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and had another craft party.
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speaking of parties, i had this one for my work team.
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then i packed up my car once again,
and took off with my hubby and son on a
really long road trip that was filled filled filled with memories.
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once we came home, i made soooo many
personalized glass etched glasses.
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96 of them if you care to count.
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it about killed me but i wasn't done yet cuz i was hired as a wedding planner too.
so i had to pack up my car and decorate:
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and make a dessert table at that.
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so now i am back...
let's have a toast to blogging!
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i'm not sure where the road will take me from here
but i sure am glad you're with me for the ride!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwKa9Y-3S-iq3ps2EIV6UwvOyA9qAAkh5O-a_J1xvr5arUIhZXtjx6RhW0Q7jbBN0elANbUKiKLJplHIcxlNHrUXFCt6ScSTe4KoBh3hxtYJoHLieo-0M9ioVEiGjd5W4QjBTwzONf0I/s640/28-busy-time-not-blogging-road-may-lead-hooplapalooza.jpg)
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XO,
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