Handmade cards

I made some thank you cards and wanted to show them off, so here are a bunch of pictures of the handmade cards that I made.

I liked this layout a lot since it was cute and fast to do!

Photo Books

I found this super cute gift to make for any occasion or to make for yourself on Crafting Chicks. Cute photo books using Bare Books. You can find Bare Books here. I made my first photo book with the 5x5 bare book. I also ordered the 8x8 and that is my next project. For the pages, I used digital scrapbooking and printed out the pages. Then I used mod podge to put the printed pages on the book. Really easy to make and cute!

Front of the photo book

Inside of the photo book

Taking a break

We have to say that we really enjoy our blog, our shop, and all of our followers, but we are going to take a short break for the summer. Amanda is getting ready to move and I am getting ready to have my baby, so we decided that Crafting in Laymon's Terms is on a summer break.

Keep on checking our blog and following us, we might post some tutorials or recipes every now and then through the summer if we have some time.

Starting in September, we will posting every week with all new tutorials, ideas, recipes, and shop items :)

We hope everyone has a great summer!!

WINNER!!!

Thank you for all that entered our giveaway and the two winners are....

Tina and Tsslug! Congratulations!!! You will now be able to make your very own personalized name pillow from www.YouCanMakeThis.com.

Lovely Blog Award...15 Lovely Blogs!

WOW!! Amy made our weekend :)

We received our very first blog award! How exciting!!

This award came from Keeping up with the Schultz Family. Amy's blog is very lovely and you should definitely go check out what she has going on over there. Amy always leaves wonderful comments on our posts, she is so nice. Thank you for this wonderful award!!!

Here is the award and what to do now:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Here are our 15 blogs that we have discovered:

Meal Planning Mommies - We just stumbled upon this site and really enjoy all the easy, yummy meal ideas.

Capture the Moment - Wonderful stamping ideas on this blog! We have gotten some really cute ideas from here.

Crafting Chicks - Super cute blog!! These crafty chicks have some really awesome craft ideas. You need to go browse their blog.

Grace Violet - This is a daily blog stop for us. Kristin is very creative and comes up with some really cute ideas.

A Feathered Nest - Abby is another talented blogger. (so many talented people out there!) We really enjoy stopping by her blog to see what new thing she has posted about.

Infarrantly Creative - Very creative! We are always checking out her blog for her latest remodeling, sewing, and craft tips.

Little Birdie Secrets - Check out this blog for some great creative tips and tutorials.

Madi Moo and Company - You have to go browse Jenni's blog and her etsy shop. She has some adorable custom made items.

Jes the Bes - We just discovered this site and really enjoyed reading all the posts. Be sure to browse around her blog for awhile.

Livin' Life Patino Style - We really enjoy reading this blog and she has some super cute ideas all the time.

Angie's Spot - You have to check out Angie's blog and be sure to check out her Monday morning eye candy :)

Two Under Two. Whew! - Another great blog that we love reading and seeing what is new in her posts.

All In A Mom's Life - You have to check our Kristen and her lovely blog. We love reading about other mom's and the things that happen in their daily lives.

Dandelion Wishes - Go read about Mamarizzi and all the daily adventures that she has.

Janana Bee - Love Janana Bee's 'Not Me Monday' posts. We always laugh when we read it. And be sure to check out the Friday Favorites!

Hope you enjoy all of these 15 blogs.

Feel free to take this award and pass it around if you would like.

It is great getting to know new people.

Summer Time Craft Swap

Go check out this really fun summer time craft swap at Madi Moo and Company! You know you want to do it too :) We are so excited to be doing our first craft swap. It is so fun to receive things in the mail and see what someone else has given you! We just have to figure out what we will send...

Giveaway time :)

We were so excited when www.YouCanMakeThis.com asked us to host another giveaway. We really love that site!

For this giveaway, www.YouCanMakeThis.com will give two...that's right two...winners the book on how to make Personalized Name Pillows. These pillows are so cute and easy to make. The book with all the instructions is really easy to follow too. People have loved making these for their children and it's written in a way that even a person who has never sewn before, could make these.

You can check out the Personalized Name Pillows here:

http://youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/Personalized-Name-Pillows.htm

How to Enter:

Just leave a comment on this post telling us who you would make the personalized name pillow for. That's it...easy! Of course you can earn extra entries. For each additional entry, leave a separate comment letting us know what you did to earn an extra entry.

How to earn extra entries: (One extra entry each so you can get up to five extra entries)

* Become a follower or a subscriber to our blog.

* Post about this giveaway on your blog, linking back to this post.

* Follow us on Facebook

* Add our button or add a link to our blog on your sidebar

The giveaway will end at 11:59PST on Sunday, May 10. Good luck :)