P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to another Freebie Friday! Can you believe we’re already in May? Did you know that May 1 is commonly referred to as May Day? May Day falls approximately halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. It’s also synonymous with International Workers’ Day or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement.
For me, May Day reminds me of dancing around the maypole in elementary school. Oh, how I loved the bright, shiny ribbons and the fun music my teacher would play as we danced around in circles. It literally made me feel like a fluttering butterfly. Speaking of butterflies… We spotlighted some beautiful butterfly projects in our March/April 2009 issue. And since they’re still so trendy, here’s another look:
I just love Angela Sgro’s Time Enough Card and Maren Benedict’s Forever Card. Did you know our art director Stace shot these on real flowers? No Photoshop here!
And since I’m always on the lookout for new sentiments, here’s some of my favorite butterfly quotes:
“The butterfly counts not months, but moments, and yet has time enough.” ~Rabinhranath Tagore
“Happiness can be as elusive as a fluttering butterfly, but as easily attainable as a crawling caterpillar. Put aside the net and let it happen.” ~Brian G. Jett
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” ~Richard Bach
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly. “One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~Hans Christian Anderson
“Butterflies are not insects. They are self propelled flowers.” ~Robert A. Heinlein
Guess what I’m giving away today? That’s right! Butterflies! Since we’re right between spring and summer, leave a comment telling me your favorite spring/summer activity. Three random winners will win an assortment of butterfly product featured below. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Sunday, May 3. The winners will be announced on Monday’s blog.
Three lucky winners will take home some of this butterfly product!
Happy May Day!
Kelly
P.S. Make sure you check back here on Monday. We’re announcing the details of our May Gallery Challenge!
I just love opening the house up to the fresh air and warmer weather, spring cleaning at it’s best:) I also love being outdoors with the family and gardening. Love the butterfly giveaway you have, I actually was drooling over them at my local scrapbook store just yesterday.
Hi! I love to hike in the sprig time, but since I live in Israel the sprig is very short here so we don’t have enough time for that. In the summer we go swimming a lot!!!
Maria from Isreal
I love gardening. I’ve created a backyard habitat in my yard for birds and squirrels.
My favorite spring activity is definately taking wildflower pictures. In central Texas the bluebonnets start popping up and are soon followed by a rainbow of flowers along the highways and in fields.
It is not that warm here yet but sitting out on the porch with a coffee in the sunshine suits me just fine….
I love flowers and butterflies since they remind you of life. Thats why i love spring so much too. One of my favourite activities during spring is hence, gardening. I love growing flowers. I am a Hindu and this time of year we have a festival called Holi. Its a harvest festival in which we all play with water and eat awesome homecooked food. Lots of local specialities are cooked. I just love celebrating Holi. It comes somewhere in March. The date depends on the Hindu calendar.
I love just sitting outside and enjoying the spring weather! The pool is also fun a fun place in the summer to enjoy the sunshine!
I look forward to going to surfing our kayaks at the beach.
my favorite spring/summer activity is going to the park with my daughter as much as possible..she gets to play and we both get to enjoy the fresh air. thanks for a chance ! jen t.
My favorite springtime passtime is reading and drinking my morning coffee early in the morning while sitting on my back pourch. It gets so hot here in SC that I can only enjoy this in the spring and fall.
Happy NSBD! I am moving from a condo to a house and I can’t wait to get my fingers in the dirt!
I love barbeques with the family, followed by smores by a fire. So fun!
Love those butterflies!
I love walking outdoors after being couped up all winter. We go to the park sometimes and I take tons of pictures-they are so much better than the ones I take indoors-you can only have so many shots of someone sitting on the couch!
All three of my daughters’ birthdays are in spring/early summer, and I love throwing them birthday parties at the park. We usually also take them to the lake a few days before or after their parties, to swim or just enjoy the Sun.
I am staying in summer heaven, so everyday is summer
My fave activity during the hot day would be eating ice-cream or drinking bubble tea with my kids.
The first thing that came to mind…..I love planting this time of year. It’s a time when the flower beds come to life after a long, cold winter. I enjoy adding colorful annuals to my perrenial beds.
I LOVE butterflies.
In fact, my last blog entry included two cards using butterflies. If you click on my name you can go check them out.
Anyway, that prize looks like a fantastic line-up of beautiful butterfly product. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
My fav. thing to do outside is planting flowers and watching them grow into their beauty. Perfect for butterflies to play in.
Butterflies are my fav!!
Have a great day!!
Pretty butterflies!
My favorite spring activity is going for nice walks with my family and summer always means camping/boating fun.
Great giveaway, thanks for the chance to win. In the spring/summer I love spending time outside with my family camping, boating, long walks, bike rides…anything as long as it’s outside.
During the summer I enjoy picnics and BBQ’s!! I love spending fun time with family and friends, they’re always great memories and great for scrapbooking of course.
Butterflies are beautiful!
Planting strawberry plants with my grandmother when I was little and then when I came over to visit she would let me pick all the ripe ones off and since it is going to rain ALL weekend here a nice prize of butterfly products would sure cheer me up. *wink wink* Thank you so much for the chance to win such a GREAT prize.
i love butterflys!!!!
I love spring & summer…its my chance to be outside, enjoying the warm weather, walking around the city and parks, going to the beach, BBQ’s outside with the family, ice cream on a hot day, fireflies on warm summer nights.
My favorite activity in the springtime is to go around our yard and make bouquets with all the new flowers and blossoms that are growing and keep them in Mason jars in my kitchen windowsill.
Wow, what a great giveaway… I LOVE butterflies! My favorite spring activity is going to my son’s baseball games with the whole family in tow. It’s such a relaxing way to pass a breezy spring day (especially with ice cream afterwards!) Thanks for a chance to win such a great bunch of goodies!
I love working outside in the garden and flower beds. If i’m not working in them, I’m sitting on the back deck enjoying nature’s beauty!
Yah! What an awesome way to celebrate NSD!
My favorite spring and summer is to get up at
dawn and walk the dogs and listen to the birds sing and the beauty of a new day coming.
then I come home and work in my flower garden.
What a great way to start d day. It helps me to feel close to God and all my friends and family.
My favorite spring/summer activity is camping with my family. We have campfires at night and go fishing or swimming during the day. It’s definitly what i look forward to when the weater starts to get warmer.
We just raked our yard today and even though I hate raking….It was amazing to see the tiny green grass shoots trying to push their way through the winter stuff…..I love watching my brown world transform to green in Spring!
Cathy
Thanks for a chance to win these cute products.
Oh…I just love butterflies! Both of your cards are gorgeous!
My favorite thing to do in the spring is walk with my mom in the arboretum, when all the flowers are in bloom.
Thanks!
Butterflies are all the fabulous rage these days and I’m loving it!
My favorite spring/summer activity is going to the beach and walking the boardwalk with my husband as the sun is going down when he gets home from work and spending some time together just winding down from the day.
Can’t wait for summer to get here. I love going camping with my entire family. It is the one time of year when my family travels from all over the state to be together. We all take turns cooking and just have a great time hanging out with no interruptions from everyday life. AHHH:)
I love being able to get outside with the kids to play. And there is nothing better than cutting into a nice juicy watermelon on a hot summer afternoon! YUMMY!!
My favorite summertime activity is floating in my pool with hat and sunglasses on, tunes wafting on the summer breeze and a nice cool drink! Now if only summer would hurry up and chase the chills away.
I love butterflies at lot! I love them enough that I got a butterfly 30 years ago!
Watching my garden grow and taking pictures to record their growth are my favorite spring/summer activities.
Oh, you are after my heart now. I love butterflies as much as my mother did. She passed that along to me. When she was alive, she would paint butterflies, and many birds. Now I stamp with butterflies and it makes me feel a little closer to her. Thanks for the memories!
Living in the northeast – getting out once the weather turns nice is so inspiring – I especially like to get out and walk.
Butterflies are the best! My favorite summer-thing-to-do is just lounging around with a good book and a great tall glass of ice tea!
I LOVE little league baseball!
In the springtime I get my garden ready and start planting and summer my family and I spend lots of time at the beach.
For me its the sunshine, the fresh air and the longer days. I love to have the windows and doors open and just enjoy life!
Awww, for me it has to be the KIDS….the freedom they have dancing around in a nice spring shower!!!….or running thru a rain puddle…..how about just jumping rope or playing tag….picking wildflowers as a gift for their special someone..
That’s what i love to see in the spring and summer..lol..can you tell I’m a grandmother!
Happy belated May Day!!!! It is such a magical time here in Hawaii with the Lei Day celebration in most of the elementary school. With all the pagentry and elegance. It brings back all the wonderful memories of my childhood May Day programs and also my children’s. What fond memories!!!!
My favorite spring activity is choosing and planting flowers. It is fun to watch them grow into big beautiful plants as spring turns into summer.
Being outdoors be it at the playground with the kids, park, picnic or just taking a walk around the neighbourhood enjoying the sun and admiring the beautiful blooms sure puts me in a good mood. Love spring and summer!
I love to plant flowers in the spring, I love flowers and their gorgeous colors! The trick is trying to figure out which ones will last the best! I also love butterflies! Thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous things!