Happy Easter to all and I have a confession (and one that I do not admit to often…but I was ONE POOPED BUNNY yesterday) after the event that I participated in.

It was WONDERFUL and a HUGE success for such a wonderful cause and I wish that each and every one of you could have been there to see over 225+ kids and parents having the time of their life as families uniting together for good old fashion family fun!

This annual event is for an amazing non-profit that an amazing young women in my community has started and is sooooo passionate about. I invite you to click here and see what it is about – The Kisseman Children’s Foundation. You can see the beautiful baskets that are made from this amazing village and the pride and workmanship that is given with each basket would warm anyones heart.

This young women, Erin is such an inspiration to me as I think that is is wonderful that someone of her age is so dedicated, touched, committed and loving to this village, the people that have become her “family”…wow…if our world had more people like this….just think what we could do for so many.

If you can take just a moment to read the bio’s of “the team” you can clearly see how one visit somewhere can change your life. Erin is the age of one of my peeps and I cannot sing the praises enough that she does on this end (the USA) to help bring awareness and make a difference to help this foundation. The Egg Hunt is a HUGE labor of love but one that is SOLD OUT each year. Each child is given a handmade basket from the village.

What is my part? I have a station that the kids make a simple card and then write a note to the children at the school in Ghana and Erin sends them to the school and in the pictures below you can see the sheer joy that the children have by reading a handmade card from “Erin’s Egg Hunt”

Enjoy the pictures and I just couldn’t resist sharing this adorable picture of this little boy….wow – it truly brought back memories of when my “peeps” were little chicklits! I will comment on the cards that I made as I hope that you will CASE them…so easy yet so cute!!!

This is what we made and I invite you to CASE the idea. You can clearly see that the sky is the limit and it is really easy. All I did was provide 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 square of white paper and then had GOBS of Washi Tape and let the kids put on any pattern, color etc….and then they brought it to the end of the table where I had (2) Big Shots and they picked which Die Cut they wanted…..PRESTO  – no mess…no stick because the die cuts right through.

Next they went to the next table where there were dimensional (again….no messy sticky) as little ones are super quick with dimensionals and then they stood there and wrote a note to the kids receiving them.

The most unique thing about this whole thing…..is that there are “NO MELT-DOWNS” from the kids that they are not keeping what they made….is that the BEST or WHAT – I just think that it is great that they could see the pictures of kids receiving them from last year and they are happy to write.

Look at the next 2 pictures and see the determination and fun they are having….and then they popped it in the mailbox and went onto the next activity! What a FUN and REWARDING day but you can imagine how I was HOPPING to get the little ones through!

Hopefully you can see letters that the children in Ghana wrote back….truly a beautiful full circle and I feel very honor to be able to give my time for such a great event.

Now to a FUNNY….last weekend when I went to Richmond…..one of my FUN Downline, Ramsey was talking about these eggs that she makes every year. She was sooooooo sweet to bring (2) boxes of supplies for us to make them in the hotel and guess what – we had so much fun just being together that the boxes never were opened.

Well…..on Wednesday I received a package from her and there were EGGS for me to make! I was sooooooo excited and last night Ashleigh and I sat down and made 2 of them…..hers was great – mine was filled with pins but we had a blast.

Again, this is another great example of how people come into your life and touch your life. I had never met Ramsey before she signed up with me as a SDU and wow – I am so glad that she did as our friendship has grown and we share many of the same loves!

One thing that is FOR SURE….when we get together, it is FUN!

Here you can see the eggs we made….this is the “loot” that James and Ashleigh were taking to her family today as they celebrate Easter with them.

My heart is happy and my JOY TANK is filled (and actually I feel rested as I slept…..ready – 11 hours) ~ obviously I needed it.

Enjoy this special day and I hope that it is filled with family, fun, friendship and memories. I feel so blessed in many ways and one of them is thanks to YOU, I thank you for allowing me to share with you a “part of who I am” – That is the beauty of me blog….it is not only my love for paper crafting but it is also a way for you to get to know “how I roll”

I will see you on Tuesday….and there will be a treat for you…..an organizational tip that you will want to get in order BEFORE the new catalog comes out….enjoy the day and I hope that you can DO EVERYTHING and NOTHING all on the same day!  😀