Tell Me Tuesday

Miss Adorable Ashley over at Me and My Boys

Is doing her first linky party called Tell ME Tuesday

and I am so excited and just had to join

First off let me introduce you to my blog friend, Ash, that 

I haven't actually met in real life

Well first of all she lives in Cedar City which

is where I used to live

I so wish I knew her then so we could have crafted together

She has an adorable little baby boy, Ty

And she is so cute and crafty

Her blog is just one of those Fresh, honest love to reads

She has always been such a sweet supporter of my blog 

and I am so excited when I get a comment from her

Make sure to check her out and join in on the party :)

So here is goes:

1. Why do you Craft?

I have enjoyed crafting since I was young

I think it is in my blood that and the fact that my

mom is very creative, a decorator and crafter

and I have always looked up to her

We used to scrapbook together when I was in Jr. High and high school

I wasn't very good but my mom always said I was

and always encouraged me 

Which made me love it even more 

It was fun to do that together and I have such fun 

memories of Scrapbooking together on Halloween

when my dad and the kids would be trick or treating

we would stay behind and craft and pass out candy

I think that is how it all started 

Me wanting to be like my mom 

But as I have gotten older I have found my own 

creative touch

I mean I am still very inspired by my mom 

But now that I am a wife and Stay at home mom

I craft because I love it

Because it is fun

Because it keeps me doing something

 Because it keeps me sane

Because it gives me something to do for me when the babe is napping

Because making it myself is usually cheaper

Because it gives me a sense of goals and accomplishments   

Because it is very rewarding when my projects are all done

And I love to share my project with others through gifts and through my blog

2. What is your favorite Blog to Stalk?

Well This is hard because I look at a lot of blogs

But I would have to say the first two blogs that I started 

reading outside of friends' family blogs were

Little Miss Momma

and 

Organize and Decorate Everything

I still blog stalk these on a regular basis 

but now have a whole list of others that I just love including

Cute Ashley Me and My Boys

Tatertots and Jello (for crafts)

Kojo Designs (for sewing projects-my bedding)

Simply Sadie Jane (for crafts)

All Things Thrifty (for DIYs)

Six Sisters Stuff (for recipes and much more)

and much much more
I just don't want to list them all
They are all on my side bar if you want to see where else I stalk :)

I am a hard core BLOG STALKER here 

and I'm not ashamed :)

3. When Did you First get into Blogging?

We got married in August of 2007 

and I just kept hearing about family blogs 

My sister in Law Brooke had one and I loved reading it

Blogs were not as big as they are now 

and I only read family blogs back then

It got to the point that if you are a wife...

you had a blog so I decided it was time for

our family blog

Brooke helped me get it all together and cute

My first post was April 16th 2008

and I probably only blogged here and there

when something exciting in our lives was going on

I blogged for family to know what was going on
But that was about it

As time went I blogged more then less 

and it was just kinda up and down and

more of a family journal

Then when I got pregnant with our little Maddux 

I felt like Life was more exciting and blogged more

I Blogged about pregnancy and my belly

Then Maddux was born and I felt like I had so much to talk about 

Don't you mommy's feel like you could talk about your kids all day

haha

 When Maddux was born I quite my job

and became a Stay at home momma

So what did that mean?

well that is when I started crafting more again

Cuz I had time and I needed to do something

Then after about another year of blogging mostly about our family 

and here and there some crafts 

I decided to convert our blog into a 

Mommy/family/craft blog and named it 

A mommy's life...with a touch of YELLOW

And I have been this mommy/craft blog since 

April of 2011

It is a fun change and I am getting to know a lot of other bloggers

I am kinda small now but It is growing thanks to all of you guys 

and it is just so fun for me I hope I get more and more followers :)

Thank you for all your support and for reading

And don't forget about the Giveaway tomorrow