Slacker am I

It's May...May! I cannot believe it (as our favorite Little Einstein says)! This year is blowing by so quickly...I feel like I should do a quick update...

my hubby and me at lunch on Captiva Island

OK- the last time I blogged was February...that would be my birthday...so Happy 40th to me ;)

our garden when it was just a baby

 March was spring break...my sister's birthday (Happy BD Kel) and the start of spring...ish. It was the month we planted our garden box with herbs and veggies. 

April....ummm I don't really remember April- as we were all sick on and off for what seemed like the whole month. But, we did squeeze in a few trips to the beach :)

phipps ocean park

May was our annual trip to Sanibel Island. Lots o fun and tons of great pics! Also my Mom's and Skip's BD! Happy BD guys!!! xo   Oh- and Mother's Day- Happy Mother's Day to all the Momma's out there...hope it was fantastic!!!

my Mom and me

My oldest son is a master tidal pooler...he caught so many nifty critters:

starfish galore

shark egg case aka mermaid purse

our shell haul

starfish everywhere

cool rounded crabs

little bumpy starfish too

sand dollars were by the thousands

shrimp

crabs

Master catcher indeed! We had a great trip...and it has been a fun last couple of months (minus the sickness) Hope everyone else has had a good year thus far!

~Casey

More Art-O-Mat blocks please!

So- lots going on these days.

First...I ran an ad on Etsy for 7 days...and spent all of $5 doing so...and the response was incredible! I took in 12 orders due to that ad...and made a pretty profit!...that we used on our family vacation last week! Thank You to ETSY- for making advertising affordable- and profitable! I will be running another ad very soon!!! These    were a few of the tiles I just did from last week!

 Second- My family did  take a week off to play in the sands of Sanibel Island.   The boys had so much fun catching fish and crabs and finding the coveted Sand-Dollar...unbroken!

 It was a great week of sun and fun! We stay at this awesome house right off the beach... LOVE IT! This was our third...maybe fourth year at SeaWinds...best 'home away from home' ever!

These are some sunglasses my oldest found on the beach...the boys wore them all week (after Daddy sanitized them of course!)

 Lots of Starfish were in the shallows at low tide...found them every 10 feet or so! We, of course, had starfish and king crown shell races.

Here is a small crab Dain caught...man, these boys were fast- catching tiny fish and all sorts of critters in butterfly nets of all things...at one point I think they had 20 plus little fish in their pails.









First thing in the morning- out the door...nets and pails in hand!

Lastly-
I have posted a few times about being an Artist in Cellophane for the Art-O-Mat project.  I am quite happy about it! I have received a few notices of where my blocks have been purchased...CA, Key West, Michigan...how cool is that!
So I was asked to send in another round of blocks...and I just finished them- all packed and ready to go!

 Aren't they cute? I got some new colors- and worked up some new little creatures...love the frogs and owls! Oh- I love them all- they are like my children! hehehe
Here is the link to find an art-o-mat near you. There are some terrific artists that do jewelry, photos, 2D, 3D...you name it...I need to take a trip down to Boca (the closest machine to me)

So that is it...my past few weeks all wrapped up in this little blog.  Enjoy! I certainly have! :)
~Casey