Tuesday, September 14, 2010

101 days & counting!

101 days til Christmas! Why does this instantly instill a feeling of panic in me?!!  I will be debuting new holiday 2010 designs throughout the month of September.  Here is this first sneak peek…

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As always, this design can be personalized with your own text, you can choose all black and white or all color for your photos, or incorporate ideas or colors from other designs to make it all your own.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Ladybug Customs

Ladybugs are a very popular theme for little girls this year! Recently, I did a custom order for someone who was looking for a ladybug-themed invitation using a single photo. I played around with a few ideas…

This first one is an adaptation of an older design:

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This design would be GORGEOUS on pearl or linen cardstock…

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This design was inspired by another recent custom showcased HERE as a collage card…

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Which one would you have chosen?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Custom Birthday Invitation for a Special Six Year Old…

Busy week ahead here, as my middle son will be celebrating his sixth birthday on Friday—Happy Birthday Cooper!  Here is a the invitation I designed for him:

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Back to School Blog Tour

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I am participating in the Back to School Blog Tour this week, sponsored by Living My MoMent and The Work At Home Woman.

We go back to school early here, and all 3 of my boys are well into the first few weeks of the new year.  My oldest son is a 3rd grader, my middle son is a 1st grader, and my youngest son is in PreK this year.  In addition to running my stationery & card business from home, I returned to the classroom last year as a substitute teacher, and I work at the older boys’ school anywhere from 1-5 days/week.  These past few weeks, I have had a lot of sub jobs, so its been very hectic and busy getting into the school routine while trying get 3 kids ready to go to 2 different schools and hustle out the door! (to say the least!)

When I started my business, my goal was to develop products that I would use, and I truly do!  As I have posted numerous times, I could not live without my excuse pads and school envelopes.  I have a few excuse pads stashed in different places because when I am subbing, I use them to let my sons’ teachers know where I will be in the building and how they are getting home.  Right now, I am using the rainbow name pads, and I am working on some new designs for their envelopes to use this year.

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If you are stopping by for the first time by means of the Back to School Blog Tour, I hope you enjoyed your visit—my blog is mainly a place where I showcase new products, special events, and custom designs.  Please be sure to stop by my main website & poke around!  I hope you will come back again!  I am getting ready to do a giveaway for Facebook fans of some of my favorite back to school goodies, so be sure to fan my page.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Rainbow Name Excuse Pads, Take Two

These pads are a result of a recent order in which the customer wanted a little customization on the rainbow excuse pads.  She wanted to have individual pads for each child, and I suggested using a different color combination for each so that it was easy to grab the right pad quickly when needing to scribble a note to school!

Get yours HERE!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Monogram School Envelopes

This was a recent custom order.  These are also available in a script monogram, and in other color combos.  Get yours HERE in time for back to school communication!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Vacation Bound…

We are heading to the beach tomorrow morning!  While I am away, the shop will be open, and customers can enjoy FREE SHIPPING. Offer expires Thursday, Aug. 5th. Use the code: shipit to save! Stay tuned for a back to school giveaway when I return….