Happy Mama's Day

We are entering the no-nap zone lately and I'm overwhelmed. In the last four days, Kumi has napped only once. And I've developed a nasty habit of staying up really, really late so I'm getting very little shut-eye...plus MF is out of town this weekend so that makes everything much harder. This kind of exhaustion makes me even more appreciative and respectful of all mothers out there, especially my own. My mom had two kids back to back, and I have no idea how she did it.

Still, I couldn't stop myself from making this little stamp last night (it's not looking so little up there though, is it?). I made it for the mother's day cards I sent out. The color above is slightly different from what I ended up stamping onto the cards, and I must fess up to using a little Photoshop magic for the color change. You may recall that I made a wee apple stamp a while ago and this is stamp #2. I'm still learning obviously. This was meant to look entirely different but I'm not hating the lotus flower-y end result.

Thank you so much for all the nice comments!! I'm so thrilled each time a new comment pops up. Speaking of which, Kirsten of Tollipop mentioned this fabulous book: The Hundred Dresses and I MUST get it. My mother is finishing up the 100 dresses and not only do I like the numeric connection, I love that the book's message is about kindness and compassion.

I put Kumi down to sleep at 6:45pm tonight so now it's time for this mama to have a relaxing evening. Happy Mother's Day everyone!