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This is a cross post from my family blog. It was photography related so I thought I’d share it here too. Happy Valentines’ Day!!!

After much deliberating, I finally decided what to do for Uly’s Valentine cards for his kindergarten class. I was originally going to make this really yummy looking candy popcorn. I liked the idea of sending Uly with a treat instead of a traditional valentine card. However I started realizing that it was going to be a bit more work than I wanted to invest for all of his classmates.

This morning, (my sister) Olea sent me an email with a blog post to check out with a note that said, “Wish Lala was bigger so we could make these!” When I read that, before I clicked on the link, I was wondering what she was talking about. I started thinking about sewing for little girls or something like that. I wasn’t thinking Valentines’ Day. When I finally clicked on the link I was excited by what I saw because it incorporated photography, my kids and candy. I don’t think you can go wrong with that combination!

This photo of the finished product is not as good as I’d like it to be, but I think you’ll get the idea. You take a picture of your child with his hand in a position like he’s holding flowers or something. Then cut out a slit, punch a hole, or cut an “X” above and below the child’s hand. Then insert a lollypop. It looks like he’s handing you the sucker.

I loved the idea. Plus it looked easy!!!

I was inspired by my blogging buddy Tara’s post yesterday. She made these adorable Scrabble pendant necklaces. I love them. I don’t know what it is about them but I have been enamoured with these things since I first saw them a few years ago. I even bought one off of Etsy a while back, which I love. I keep telling myself I am going to get the supplies and make a bunch of them. I think there are so many fun applications beside necklaces for them.

Anyway… Go enter Tara’s giveaway. Then comeback here and check out this project that I made before Christmas. I didn’t post it before Christmas because it was a gift for a few people and I have been holding off on posting because one of those people has not received theirs yet, but I can hold back no longer! It’s time to share with you this cute little photo album. If it looks familiar it is because I mentioned it in a quick little post back in December but I didn’t post any pictures. Here is my result:

I had a bunch of wallet sized photos printed up and filled them with shots of the kids and family and have given them to the grandparents.

Anyway, if you are up for it, it is a super easy and fun craft project to do. I found the business card holders at Target and then had a blast playing with Modge Podge. I would like to cover the world in Modge Podge.

OK, I am going to be completely honest with you.  I am a procrastinator.  Really.  A bad one.  Here it is, December 16th and I have not bought or made one single Christmas gift yet.  I haven’t even made a list of what I want to do yet.  

I am going to come clean on another, slightly more embarrassing issue as well.  I have not sent Christmas cards out and what’s more, I don’t plan on it.  I have beat myself up with guilt over this issue, but I have come to the realization that some things are just not going to get done.  I still have hopes to send out cards, I just have decided to send Valentine cards instead.  So if you were waiting for a Christmas card post from, this is why you haven’t seen it.  I just need more time. 

A lot more time!

So just because I haven’t seriously made any plans for gifts, doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about cute things I’d like to make.  I’m always thinking about things I would like to make.  I’m crafty like that - or at least I pretend to be!

While I was pretending to be crafty and pretending to think about gifts for people, I found this adorable gift idea and wanted to share with you.  I know we have a diverse group of people who read MomShots and many of you are real crafty - not pretend crafty like me.  Maybe you still have a gift or two to make, if so you might like this idea.

Actually, now that I’m thinking about this, I have a few people who might really like this, especially if I filled it with photos of some precocious little people.