Sunday Crafty Goodness and Welcome Back!

Hello friends!  So, it's been a bit since I've blogged....
My life has been INSANE!  First, my husband had surgery to repair 2 pinched nerves in his RIGHT arm, therefore making me his right arm slave for a few days and THEN I lost my job!  I know, you're thinking, "Well if you've been unemployed, doesn't that mean you would have MORE time to blog?"  And, yes, in a perfect world that may be true...I, however have discovered that being unemployed takes up twice as much of my time!  Not to mention that both my boys have started baseball, which just adds to my "To Do" list.  Now, in addition to dropping off the childrens I have to pick up Farm from preschool every day at 11:30 am, except for Fridays when he doesn't have preschool at all, apply for jobs, interview for jobs, take boys to practice because dear hubby has been trying to work overtime as much as possible AND since I'm home, I do all the cooking.  NOT THAT I AM COMPLAINING! Sincerely, I try to do as much cooking, cleaning and laundry as I can BECAUSE I am home all day.  But between trying to do my weekly sketches for the blog, being a SAHM, baseball and trying to find a new job, blogging kind of fell by the wayside...but now I'm back!  If you're coming from Nuts About Sketches, WELCOME!  I promise there will be more to ready now :)

But now we're back and I'm going to try to work it in as much as I can!
Today's Sunday Crafty Goodness is going to be a little different in that I'm not going to show/tell you a step-by-step on this craft (it's pretty darn self-explanatory), but I wanted to show you what ELSE I've been up to to try and earn a little extra $$$.

You guys know baseball is very big at our house, so here's my latest craft:

Yup, flowers made from new baseballs, old baseballs and new softballs!  On the back I have glued metal clips lined with felt so that they can be clipped to flip flops, clipped to in your hair, to your purse, your hat, whatever!  I saw them here.  Full disclosure: the DIY video does not show you how to make flowers from REAL baseballs.  So, I MacGyver'd my own :)

Some folks from my home town saw the ones I've made and now I have a few orders coming in :)

So, crafty goodness for today and a commitment to blog more!  Also, if you haven't already, check out my pages and the pages of my wildly talented fellow DT members at Nuts About Sketches and the awesome scrapbook sketches available :)


Maymie

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to Maymie's corner!  This is not my first blog, but it is the first I've done that will center on my crafts and photography and SCRAPBOOKING :) and not my family.  You'll get a peek into my family life and also get glimpses into my journey to become a healthier ME!

So, a few things about me!  My real name is Amy but I have 2 sweet nieces and 4 studly nephews (with a new niece or nephew coming soon!) that all call me Maymie :)  Growing up my grandfather used to call me Maymie Ree and I never realized how much I loved being called that until he passed away in 2000.  When my nieces and nephews started coming along they started calling me Maymie, so here I am!  I am married to the sweetest man on Earth and the lucky mom to 3 sons, ages 9, 6, 4 and 1 stepdaughter who is 15.  About 4 years ago my oldest stepdaughter, Kaitlyn, passed away at 16 after a 5 year battle with cancer.  She loved to dance and we miss her every day.  I'm still working on her scrapbook and so occasionally you'll see pages that feature her and parts of her history.  And you'll get to know my other babies too!  Mr. J, who is 9, plays accelerated league baseball, which, even in Utah is an almost year-round sport!  Practices for spring ball began the 1st week of January and we'll play probably through June, then we'll have a break until August, then fall ball starts and goes through October, then a 2 month offseason!  But we love it.  J has a really great team with great parents and it's a lot of fun :)  Ralphie, who is 6, wants to be just like J and today he took another step in that direction!  We signed him up for Little League today and it will be his first "real" team.  He's pretty excited and it will be fun to have another kiddo on the diamond.  Farm is 4 and our youngest...for now! And he's going to be an adventure, I think.  He's very different at 4 than the other boys were, but given that he was our "surprise" baby, that's not a shock :)  He came to us at a time when our lives were complete chaos, but we wouldn't trade him for anything!  Our Miss is 15 and sweet, smart and full of her own challenges :)  She lives with us half the time and her mom half the time...we're lucky that we can share time that way and have her be a part of things at our house too!

I do work full time for a doctor as a medical assistant and I love it :)  I have a great boss and great co-workers and I really enjoy what I do!  I'm lucky in that they allow me to feed my creativity by decorating the office for the holidays :)  

And on top of 4 kiddos and a full time job I try to carve out time to craft, scrapbook, take and edit photos and now, I'm trying to become a healthier me!  My husband and I are trying to eat healthier and take walks together and set a better example for our kiddos.  Our goal is to start running this summer and start completing a few races!

I'm glad you're here!  Please, leave comments, invite your friends!  I'll be posting photos of my latest projects and pages and all kinds of crafty goodness :)  You can find some of my favorite projects from the past here on my Flickr page or follow me on Pinterest at amyadams04.  You can also see my work at Nuts About Sketches beginning in March 2014 as part of the new Design Team :) 

Welcome to Maymie's Corner!