Special candleholder for a friend

Tuesday!!

I have a very dear friend of mine who has been going through so much sadness this past month which ripped my heart out.  She is also my boss who helped me through so much with everything I went through with my Dad.  She loves her animals and she had to make a very tough decision to put down one of her German Shepherds on Saturday.  He has been very sick this past month and the tears have flown.  A few of us at work ordered her a plant to send to her to just tell her we care but I wanted to do something special for her.

I decided to make up a memory candle for her to honor the love that she had for Brinner.  He was actually pretty young as he was only a little over 5 years old and they had a bond that was so strong.  I took 3 different colors of sand which represent the coloring he had and layered them.  Once I got them layered I poked a pencil down it to blend them in.  I then added a votive holder and a flameless candle on top.  To finish it off I put on vinyl to represent their 2 hearts and his angel wings.

I want to also do another smaller project for her but will see if I have time to get it done.  So there you have it!

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend and happy crafting!!

Today's quote:  "Sometimes where you land is better than where you were falling from."

xo ~ Laura

Got Mail???

Happy Tuesday!  So my husband is always saying that I leave the mail in strange places so he doesn't see it.  Well I don't know how much easier I could make it as it is on the counter lol!!  But anyway, I decided to make this cute mail holder so there is no way he can miss it now!!!

So quick and simple, but yet so cute!!!  His comment was "I like it!!"  lol

I also had a wonderful day with my best friend down in Seattle at Pike's Market and took these fun pictures.  She absolutely loved her plaque I made her that I posted about yesterday. 

I hope you enjoy this tour of some of Seattle.  Although it was a cloudy and overcast day, we still had so much fun.  Catching up on fun stuff, enjoying walking and playing tourist.  I think that all of us should play tourist in our home towns as sometimes we forget all the fun places that we have right in our own backyards.  So here is just some of the pictures I took when going down.  It did eventually turn out with sunshine towards the end of the day :)

First stop was the Public/Farmer's Market.

Some of the beautiful flowers inside the market.  Gorgeous flowers for dirt cheap.  I just loved the colors of this first one.  I've never seen this color of Lily's.  The picture doesn't even capture the beautiful coloring.

Some of the gorgeous fresh fruits.  We got to have a lot of samples they had.  One of the best melons I've ever had.  A mixture of cantelope and honeydew.  Yum!!

I just love these hot pepper hangings.  So colorful.  I just may have to try this!!

Have a wonderful day and I hope that you enjoyed our special girls day out!!

xo ~ Laura

True Friends

Happy Monday!!  I am going to meet one of my best friends in the entire world today for some girl time.  It has been months since we've connected and we're very excited.  Kathie has been my best friend since we were in 6th grade.  We've been through so much together and no matter what, everytime we get together we just pick up where we left off.

Sometimes we lose touch with the ones that mean so much to us, especially when they are so darn close but busy lives get in the way.  We are getting together today and are heading down to the Seattle Waterfront to have just "us" time and I can't wait!

I wanted to do a little something for her that I knew would touch her heart because she means so much to me so I started thinking and going through my inventory and decided to make this special plaque for her.

I know that she will cherish this for the rest of her days and this doesn't even begin to touch how I feel about this dear friend.

Also, stop on by Kim's page for the July give-a-way.  Her blog is just adoreable! 

Hope you have a wonderful day!!

xo ~ Laura