Teddy Bears

The older I get, the more I realize that I am becoming my mother. It seems all of us women go through this at some point. Yet there are always some characteristics that we swear we will never have. Never!! If I had to name one great quality that my mom has given to me, I would have to say it would be my creativity. It is what has led me to my career today.

My mom has always been a creative person, from stitching all of us kids' baby blankets, to creating a twetty bird costume for me for halloween one year, to scrap-booking my entire high school career beautifully. Her talents never end. But the most meaningful item that she has made for me, my brother and my sister has to be our teddy bears. My dad died when I was only ten years old, my sister was seven, and my brother was four. It was a hard time to go through because we missed our Daddy so much, but my mom's strength for us was indescribable. I truly do not know how she did it. A few years after my dad had died, she gave each of us kids a teddy bear made out of our dad's clothing for Christmas. This teddy bear is so precious to me. Even though it has been fourteen years since my dad died, there are still times that holding my teddy bear makes me feel closer to him.

Since that Christmas, my mom started a mini-business of making these very special bears. She not only loves the process of creating each one of a kind bear, but she also loves knowing that she may be bringing a bit of comfort to each person that holds one of these bears close.

I am working on some advertising materials for her and took a few images of one of the bears she has made. If you are interested in more information about a teddy bear of your own, contact Jill by clicking here.

Each bear has a unique memory heart on the butt.

And here is me with my teddy bear!

Beautiful, Cold Sky

I just wanted to share the beautiful, but cold, winter sky I saw driving today. It is gorgeous. Sometimes I take our stunning country landscape for granted, but not today.

12Seconds.tv

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Another World

Trevor sleeps to escape from life. No matter how angry, worried, or sad he is, he can go to sleep and forget about all of his problems for a little while. It has always really irked me! (Yes, Irked!) It is so completely unfair! I am infamous for being a worrier, and I definitely cannot sleep with my emotions raging. I have been so completely jealous all these years that he has a way to escape the troubles of life, but I do not.

Last week, I found my escape - Stephanie Meyer's books! I first got Twilight because I was curious to see what all the hype was about. And boy, I was not disappointed. Every time I opened the book I completely fell into the story. I even found my thoughts drifting to Edward and Bella's (characters in Twilight) lives throughout my day. I needed to know what was going to happen next to them. I even went as far as relating vampire characteristics to my everyday life. I got angry yesterday, and I said to Trevor, "I could just attack her right now and suck her blood." He looked at me like I was crazy, and I realized I probably was. But I love it!

I am already on the second of the series, which is titled New Moon. I love that every day I can travel into another world. I never want it to end...I am lucky it is a long series.

Make Face Time

I have always been one to enjoy talking.  In high school, if you heard whispering during class it was probably me.  Sometimes I talk and end up saying too much - I have to remind myself to think before I speak.  And every once in awhile, I will get a wave of energy the moment I turn my reading light off to turn in for the night and start talking uncontrollably until Trevor will tell me to relax and go to sleep.  Please!

And now, there are so many different ways to talk with each other that even I cannot seem to keep up sometimes.  There is obviously the phone and e-mail, and now there is Facebook, Blogging, and Twitter.  With each one I have a love hate relationship.  I love how quickly I can connect, yet I hate that I am always (and I mean always) connected.  The best part is that I get to meet new friends every day, and we can all learn more about each other.

If you would like to feel more connected to me you can be my friend on Facebook or follow me on twitter.  I definitely would like to be more connected to all of you.  Every once in awhile I send out an e-mail about special promotions or announcements.  If you would like to receive those emails please send me a quick email to leah@lreneestudio.com or leave a comment with your email address.  

Still, the best way to communicate is face to face.  That is why the new Face Time commercial is my absolute favorite right now.  I thought you would all enjoy seeing it too!  Enjoy and make face time today!