new invite

where does the time go? hard to believe its already almost april! i've been working on some invites including the ones above. plan on posting these sage and cream along with periwinkle and cream in the store for spring events. they are very pretty (pic is kind of dark!)
life has been busy busy busy! our house in on the market, already had an offer even, but had to turn it down. i am reminded how stressful buying the darn thing was, selling is not any easier!! creating invites/crafts is proving difficult when half my supplies are in my lovely SIL's basement. HATE having a spotless house. its nice don't get me wrong, but sooo not our style. hid dirty dishes in the oven this morning!
tomorrow we get another chance at finding out the sex of the new baby. I am 27 weeks now, and it is hard not knowing, I don't know how you ladies do it!

our love story: i hate clowns

valentines day always makes me a little gushy and romantic. i've always been a bit of a "fairy tale" girl. every year for this sweet holiday i bring out this ring and wear it. in high school a boy surprised me with it, and i have cherished it ever since.

i hate clowns with a fiery passion. i am terrified of them in fact, and have had many funny encounters with them over the years. so my high school boyfriend played a joke on me. all day at school he kept telling me he had a big surprise that i would get at the basketball game that night. he came into the gym carrying his backpack with a curly rainbow clown wig hanging out of it. i was mortified. i had visions of clown telegrams singing -then of course eating me. (logically because that is what clowns do)

he walked right up to me and pulled a little burgandy box out of that back pack.

*swoon* i still love that boy with all of my heart! and hate clowns.

awww! how cute are we? we were 16 or 17 in this picture.

thank you cards

the lovely jess should be receiving her thank you card order soon if she hasn't already. they turned out so classic and pretty that I thought I would show them. (they are shipped flat but are perforated for easy folding.)

and her thank you gift just in time for valentines!

our big girl

i'm kind of sad that our sweet little girl has offically moved out of her toddler bed and into a big girl bed. we've been cleaning and packing things up to try and put our house on the market. wow is that a big undertaking!

here is joey's new bed, it has a trundle on the bottom so she can finaly have a sleepover. she picked the bed spread herself. and i found the oh so girlie sparkly throw pillows at Target on clearance for $6. (thank goodness i was able to get out of buy the big hannah montana pillows, she doesn't even really watch that show!)

and congrats to mom and dad for getting it put together, with out arguing!
while taking the pictures joey said "this will be prettier" and jumped into the shot with her own little pose.

creative christmas

all the beautiful wreaths by this flickr member inspired me to buy yarn for the first time. wow what amazing wreaths she has made. ( i have a serious itch to learn to crochet or knit lately) so with a styrofoam wreath form and some goodies from home i made this, and i adore it!

i used a peice of white felt (i really wanted red but had used it to make my dog a cape for halloween!) and some corsage pins and voila! instant embellishment!

i also finally got to Target's dollar bins early enough this season to pick some adorable socks for joey's advent calendar. i numbered them with some old Making Memories stickers.

here is 2008 advent when i couldn't find socks. it worked just as well, and its so fun for joey! (same dark green ribbon used to hang both, i don't think i'll ever use up that spool!)

reason to revel wednesday candy cane stripes

photo cred

one of my favorite things about this time of year is the availability of Bob’s Sweet Stripes.
i love, love, love them! they have inspired this week’s reason to revel with their red and white Christmas-y striped goodness.

1. candy cane shot glass, these were given as a secret santa/white elephant gift at a recent party with peppermint schnapps. yummy

2. candy cane cocktail from miss martha

3. candy colored tree

4. holiday cupcakes, these are the cutest things ever!

christmas cards

whoa! I 've been away awhile! tis the season to be busy i guess. here are some very colorful x-mas cards i made for my wonderful mother in law. and below that is a card that came to the office at my 9-5 job! a pop up snowglobe. you can get similar ones here. i still prefer paper and glue but they are very unique!