we took a little family road trip to pick out Joey’s first puppy. there were 3 girls that we had to pick from and they were all too cute. we told her that it was her choice, and in no time she found the little runt and would not put her down. it was wonderful! we get her in 2 weeks. the little farm was quite a drive but we wanted her to get to play with them first. he has a great website! i could have taken them all home. her name (as of right now) will be lily marie.
i'm finally back from a lovely lake house vacation with my wonderful family. we made a little time for a road trip to Branson Missouri for some fun at White Water for Josephine. on the way i noticed we were driving right past Springfield. home of the adorable red velvet art store. my darling hubby watched the time all day so we could make there before they closed. i never imagined I’d actually get to go there. it was the cutest place ever. elsie is so inspiring.
i had a recent request to make baby shower invitations. they wanted to encourage everyone to bring a book for the mommy to be. this inspired me to make library card invitations in the wonderful colors of the baby’s nursery.
the patterned paper and ribbon are from American Crafts, the grey cardstock is Bazzill in dusk and stonehenge. i designed the library card and tag.
i'm in a serious rut when it comes to creative thinking right now. i'm joining shimelle's color challenge to try and get the juices flowing. i'll try to take new pictures tonight, but for day I dug through oldies but goodies for my favorite green shots!
so this weekend i took my first FULL stab at being a florist. i have always thought it is exactly what i should do, and i make floral arrangements all the time. i love creating centerpieces and a lot of the same principles apply for making wedding flowers. my lovely friend crystal gave me a shot and this past weekend i was put to the test.
i am surprised is even survived. from the moment i picked up the flowers at 5pm on Friday i thought i would have a heart attack. what florist doesn’t understand the concept of bright pink? I said like shocking pink ribbon of which florists everywhere have a spool but what i got hardly looked pink at all. I WAS FREAKING OUT.
after failed attempts to get a hold of replacements i proceeded to trash out my kitchen and created the entire floral arrangements for crystal’s wedding.
as you can see from all these (somewhat blurry pictures) these beautiful flowers photograph in a variety of shades of pink. in some light they look red. that is why i freaked out. of course when i got them to church and held them against the dresses they were wonderful. i know that no amount of invitations has ever stressed me out so much. i always thought i'd love to do it but now i am not as confident. i do think they were lovely and i hope the beautiful bride did too!
here's a sneak peak @ this year's save the date cards for the bbq competition my family competes in. it is so much fun to come up with new pirate themed ideas every year. this year i got out markers and paper and drew the whole thing. hard to believe that i'm in my 30s! coloring makes me so very happy.
check out last years pirate invites here.
i have been saving the thick cardboard backing from legal pads forever now, and decided to put them to use. i'm making cute mini books for mother's day gifts out of them! i'm also hoping to use up some of my scrap peices of paper. (the finished size is approx 3.5"x 4.5" with 6 pages for a total of 12 front and back) i'll be posting the bright tags used in my store today!
i’ve been making some really fun and adorable invitations lately that I wanted to share. including my first official online store sale to Brittany! she purchased my lingerie shower invitations in red and black. and a wonderful friend of mine is now the bride to be purchased rehearsal dinner invitations in my new design flourish. it will be for sale at etsy soon!
I'm a mommy and wife that works full time as a Marketing Director that plays with paper and ribbon in her spare time!
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