My Time Made Mother's Day Easier :) No PEEKING MOM!

I can hardly believe it's the weekend again already!  That's ok though, it's been one heck of a week!  I'm exhausted!

Anyway - I'm glad you could join me today, it's the last day of projects from the DT for the May My Time Made Easy Release.  There have been SO many cool projects this month, I've loved them all.  Today, I'm sharing the Boxed Lunch Pretty Packaging Template with you.  Of course -- I didn't plan very well, seeing as Lauren already gave my Mom one of these templates...but now she'll have a pair ;).  lol.

My brother, sister and I decided to chip in and get mom a Pandora charm bracelet for Mother's Day this year.  Mom is always SO HARD to buy for - and the nice thing about this is that as time goes on, we can get her more charms to fill her bracelet...I love this idea.  Now, originally, my color scheme for my project would have been perfect, had I gone with my original plan for the bracelet, which was to get charms with our birthstones, but when I saw them in person, I didn't really care for them. So I decided on Murano glass beads instead, and chose colors that I think well represented the three of us...

Yes, yes, I know, you aren't here to hear about the bracelet...lol.  Sorry -- I get carried away!  Onto the template.  I used some Candied Apple Cardstock from Couture Cardstock for my base and lid.  Then I used one of the patterns from the Retro Lunch digital paper pack for the decorative layer...there is a reason for this particular pattern.  When I was growing up, my Mom always crocheted.  She started making these blankets for my sister and I that were going to be these beautiful blankets, made up of a bunch of fan shaped pieces that had rainbows on them (looks like this one - WARNING there is music on this link!)...she made a LOT of those fan shapes...but as hard as she worked...we never saw those blankets, lol.  The fans are all still in a bag in her attic...it's a funny story, so I thought the rainbows would give her a chuckle. 

A little lacy trim, and the perfect sentiment finishes it off.  I truly am BLESSED to have such an AMAZING Mom who is always there for me whenever I need her.  This small gift only pales in comparison for all she has done for me.  Happy Mother's Day Mom -- we love you!

Stop by the rest of the DT's Blogs for more and more eye candy made with the latest and greatest from My Time Made Easy!!

Dawn Easton

Geny Cassady

Katie Cotton

Lesa Rapp

Mona Pendleton

Pam Imholz

Stephanie Kraft

and of course Lauren Meader!!