Oh how I love Spring....

It seems like we live outside in the Springtime here at our house! 

Start our day with coffee on the back porch and end our day walking the pups outside. 

Spring and Fall are my favorite times of the year! 

In fact Dan took a picture of Bella helping me blog early this morning...

 I swear Bella doesn't take a bad pic! 

We've had a really rough last week around here, Dan's mom had a stroke

on Mother's Day (a week from today) and it was a bad one. She's been moved 

to a full rehab hospital and they are awesome! All the nurses and therapist are 

upbeat an fantastic, we are so luck to have her there. 

She has a long road ahead of her and it will take time and patients but we

all know she can do it! 

I've had a handful of people send me a link to this video and honestly

everyone should watch it so you will know if you or someone you love

is having a stroke, even if your loved one has had a stroke, you should watch it,

so you will know exactly what they might have gone through. 

Jill Bolte is the speaker in this video and she had a stroke and tells the

story of herself having the actual stroke.

Her is the link to her video on Ted 

(Ted is awesome place to watch great speakers):

Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight

If you watch her video and want more info here is the book she wrote, 

we are reading it too. Trying to get as much insight to what my MIL went 

through and what she will go through too. 

We ordered our copy on Amazon. 

We appreciate all the prayers and love sent her way! 

Have a great Sunday!

SPRING CLEANING CLEARANCE SALE!!

SOLD OUT!! SOLD OUT!!
GET YOUR SPRING WAREHOUSE BOX NOW!

(BEFORE THE BUNNY DRIVES AWAY WITH THEM ALL!)

THE BOX IS PACKED WITH ALL SPRING AND SUMMER COLLECTION KITS, COORDINATING STICKERS, PUNCH-OUTS/ DIE CUTS, AND EMBELLISHMENTS!

**Everything in this box will be different from the Winter Box Sale!**

(No repeat items!!)

TOTAL RETAIL VALUE PER BOX IS: $150.00

ALL YOURS FOR: 

$38.50 

(INCLUDES SHIPPING FOR USA)

SOLD OUT!

SOLD OUT!

*PayPal automatically sends the buyer an email to confirm all orders. If you didn't receive confirmation email after ordering, then you may have your PayPal notifications turned off in your profile settings or your inbox may be full.   

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(If you live outside the USA please email me (nikki@nikkisivils.com) your address and I can give you a shipping price, most USPS flat-rate shipping prices are $39.50 and up.)

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What you'll get in your box:

12- full collection kits for spring and summer 

(including: 2 sheets of all the pattern papers) 

stickers

die-cuts

 6x6 mini pad of papers

pocket of treats stickers

burlap buttons

journaling tag sheets

chipboard mini albums

bread-tab

(random extra's from open stock product)

Shipping Will Start on or before April 15th!

Here are a few of the collections that WILL be in in YOUR BOX:

SOLD OUT!

(Plus 6 more Spring and Summer collection kits!) 

Don't Forget:

*Shipping Will Start on or before April 15th!*

SOLD OUT!

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Have a great Day!!

Cuteness Overload...

I feel like its been forever since I've blogged! 

I believe it has been a month now, oops! 

We've had some crazy and exciting things going on around here...

We are selling our house, I've wanted to down-size for some time now, and in a little over a year we will be "empty-nesters"! Now, how crazy is that!!! I'd love a one level home and we've found some really cute houses that would be perfect for us but waiting to sell our house first. It's only been on the market for about 10 days and we have two families that are really interested in it, so we will see.

Henry is going to state in debate, we are very happy for him. Also he's started looking for a summer job since school will be out in a couple of months. Can't believe the school year is almost over. 

The dogs are all good, even little Alfred who was near death in December has bounced back and is healthy as a 13 yr old pup can be. 

Here are a few pictures from the last month...

Bella all cozy in her sack.

My Nephew, Noah is getting so big and comes over to visit all the time.

I've really been into making homemade, healthy pizzas lately. 

Took my niece, Alex out for mani's and Pedi's during spring break.

Henry's "State" trophy for debate. 

Vet check-ups for Savannah, Nico and Bella! 

(Everyone is healthy.)

Well, my niece, Taylor HAD long, all one length hair until she decided to "trim" it up for her mom!

She's a cutie no matter what though and she has a really cute haircut now all short and sporty!

(This picture was take just minutes after the "trim" took place.)  

My nephew, Jacob, loves birthday parties but thinks they are always for him! We had

3 family birthdays in February and none of them were for him but he doesn't know that! 

He's so sweet!

The twins, Max & Mollie, are 4 now and finished playing soccer this winter, which by the way was so much fun to watch! Seriously!! 

Lots of little ones running in and out of our home and we love it! 

Wouldn't want it any other way! 

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I have opened an Etsy shop and would love for you to check it out! 

I'm adding things here and there and it will change as I go and as I sell product. 

I went to several consumer shows last year and had a lot of pre-kitted

product that I wanted to sell as well as projects and soon I'll have finished products that 

have been in my booth at CHA trade-shows that I need to find homes for too. I'm waiting for a 

good day to take pictures of the finished products since it seems all we have these days are

 gloomy, rainy days. 

Click here to visit my shop!

Here's a little inspiration with my "Get Well Soon" collection.

Layout by: Stephanie Dang

(Here is her blog if you want to see more of her great work: http://www.paperandi.blogspot.com)

Have a great rest of the week!! 

Thank Heaven for Little Boys!

I have 2 of the cutest cards to show off today on the blog!

Laurel Seabrook created these cards using my

"NOAH" 

paper collection! 

How cute are these little overalls! Love this card!

You can find these cards in the latest issues of Scrapbook Trends Cards and Cricut magazine.

Thanks so much Laural for your great work!

If you are interested in buying my "NOAH" paper collection you can find it in my Etsy Shop along with a bunch of other fun items! 

Also I still have a few cupcake kits left (about 28) if you are interested in buying one. 

See this CUPCAKE link to buy yours!

Have a great weekend!

Paper Cupcake Kits are ready!

Paper Cupcake Kits are ready for pre-orders!! 

Get yours ordered now!

4 cupcakes per kit for only $22.00 plus shipping! 

Kit includes everything you need to create these adorable cupcakes

plus extra paper and stickers to make them your own!

The only thing you need is:

Hot glue gun, glue sticks, pencil and scissors.

Kit also include full color sheet of instructions and I'll 

have a video up soon too of me creating a paper cupcake to

make it even easier for you!

Here are some FUN sample cupcakes:

With the ribbon, banner flags and cute "icing" these are the perfect cupcakes for

any birthday party! These cupcakes are great for sending to a friend or family

member for their birthday that they can keep forever! 

Taking PRE-ORDERS now!

(Will start shipping February 7th.) 

This is a great deal for $22.00 plus shipping. 

Just click the "Buy Now" button below!

(Will start shipping February 7th.) 

I had to add this one in of my silly hubby photo bombing me!

Have a great day!!

Get Well Soon Collection Kit...

It's that time of the year when everyone is sick!
I know my family and I have had colds, flu and combo of both... not fun at all.
My "Get Well Soon" collection is perfect for the layouts of our sick family members
and cards for friends and family that don't feel well. 

Kit includes: 2 sheets of all the papers, 1 die-cut sheet and 

1 sticker sheet that's half alpha and half elements, also

1 bonus sheet of paper.

I found this fun layout by 

Nicolle Kramer (Nikky)

I thought it was so fun, she added some of her own goodies from home too!

So creative! Love it!

Here are a couple of layouts I made.

This first one is about my allergy shots I get weekly

as I'm allergic to everything!

This is a 2 page layout I made about Nico's Knee Surgery

(he had several years back).

Hope you enjoy today's blog post, several online stores sale this collection, like

 Amazon and I have a new Etsy shop I'll be opening soon and will sale that collection there too. 

A "Messages" card on the blog today!

Hope everyone is having a great week! 

I'm having an okay week, but had to go to the doctor this morning to see if I was sick because 

I was feeling pretty bad with a sore throat, I wanted to get on top of it before it got worse. So after my doctor worked me in I found out I have a severe upper respiratory infection, so much for waiting, it was already bad! I'm on some good meds so hope to be feeling better very soon. 

With all that said this will be a short blog post featuring a card from one 

of my favorite designers, Mary Pat Siehl. 

Mary Pat used my "Messages" collection...

I Love this card because it can be used in so many ways, for a friend or hubby!

 This is the collection Mary Pat used:

Thanks Mary Pat for sharing your work with all of us!

Have a great Wednesday!