Its probably not a good sign when your to-do list contains the following item:
Well, at least I am tearing through the cute Cupcards {to go} kit and cranking out thank you notes, which I've really been needing. Inspired by the beautiful work in the gallery there.
And oh yeah, I'm sewing something!
Yesterday, the hubby and I celebrated our thirteenth wedding anniversary. We didn't do much, just a quiet take-out dinner at home with candles and the boys requesting more cranberry juice. It was perfect.
I made a card with real paper for the first time in probably a month. Yikes! I used the new card kit from CupCards {to go}. Very cute stuff put together by my good friend Sonda.
I'm back from the reunion, all twenty-two visitors are gone, and I'm slowly catching up on life. I say slowly, because in a fit of frustration, I decided I needed to upgrade my computer right now and you all know what that means. Yes, an endless time-sink transferring files, troubleshooting, plugging and unplugging components. Ugh. Thank goodness my hubby is great with computer stuff. As soon as I get through this, I know its going to be fabulous. I'm just trying to focus on that.
I have a ton of pictures from the reunion which I'm slowly editing in between swearing at my computer. For now, I'll share just one along with a quick story. When you live in California and the rest of your family lives in the Midwest or on the East Coast or in the South Central part of the country, you tend to get lots of jokes and comments about living on the "Left" Coast. Or all the hippies that you must hang out with. Or all the tofu you must eat. Yeah, yeah, I can take it and I'm even willing to admit that I harbor a bit of a hippie soul and frankly I do like tofu. Even so, I decided to use the reunion as an opportunity for a bit of payback. Look what I made for everyone to wear on their visit to the Left Coast.
Oh yeah! Now that's tie dye baby!! Ah revenge is sweet. And it sometimes makes for good photos. Click on it -- its better bigger.
In other news, I've been digging into the super fun August Lime Tart Half Tart kit and, while I can't say tooooo much, I think I can share few a little peaks of the Half Tart with you.
And speaking of peeks, and since I'm feeling guilty about being a bad blogger, here's a peak of one of the many way-too-cute new releases coming out from Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet.
I have seen the whole range of stamps she is coming out with for Halloween and let me tell you I cannot wait to score some of these. The creativity just blows me away! Johanna will be making the release available on August 1, so we don't have to wait too long thank goodness! If you want to receive the new release announcement, get on over and sign up for Johanna's newsletter here.
Until next time . . .
As in Lime green! Good thing I love limes! The gallery is up for the Lime Tart July kits and holy moly is there a lot to feast the eyes on! Hey!! I'm really loving the exclamation points this afternoon aren't I?!! Anyway, make sure to take a look through all the fabulous projects by the Lime Tart DT. Here are mine.
I am freshly back from our big family reunion down near Monterey. It was so much fun and we are totally exhausted. I think I'll be doing laundry and "recovering" for a week! I'll be sharing some fun pictures from the trip soon.
Well the cat is out of the bag on one of my secrets. Or should I say that the bird is out of the cage? Or the lime is out of the tart? OK clearly I better stop now before they get much worse!
My big news is that I've joined the Design Team for Lime Tart, which is now selling its amazing kits in the United States through the equally amazing Just Johanna's Odd Bird Planet! Hop on over to the Odd Bird Planet store and check out the beautiful July Lime Tart kits. And check out Johanna's stamps while you are there. They are so very cute!
This month I had the pleasure of working with the Full Tart. Wow what a great kit! 'll leave you with a few peaks at the designs I made with the kit. Check out more peaks on the Lime Tart Zest Blog!
I'm off the beach for the big family reunion! More surprises in store, I'm sure!
I can't believe its been nearly four years since I signed up for a little card kit club called Self-Addressed. Or that for nearly two years, I've been privileged to be a member of the Self-Addressed Design Team. The endless bounty of Jenn's kits has nurtured my creativity, just as the warm and friendly message board has been a place to nurture friendships. June is Self-Addressed's last month and I am truly sorry to see it go. I will Jenn and her family all the best as they move on to new adventures in their lives. Thank you, Jenn and Self-Addressed, for four wonderful years!
Here are my last designs from the March and April Self-Addressed kits.
Love you!
Here are my February projects using the Self-Addressed February kit. These We R Memory Keepers papers are so wonderful and fresh.
Valentines Day is one of my favorite, favorite holidays. I love making and sending beautiful cards to friends and family. I love that this holiday gives one an excuse to send pretty, sparkley, sappy little notes to people you could never get away doing so with on any other occasion.
Here are a few I've been working on:
Plus, a peak at my January designs for Self-Addressed:
This week has been all about catching up. Catching up on sleep. (As I write this, my boys are shockingly still asleep at 8:20 a.m. -- unheard of!) Catching up on reading magazines. Catching up on organizing and cleaning up. Catching up on exercise. Catching up on the holiday cards. So embarrassed that I didn't get those out before we had to leave on the 22nd. And mostly just catching my breath.
We has an exciting time skiing in Steamboat Springs, Co with my dad, my sister and her family. The boys took to skiing like fish to water. They loved it. We loved that they loved it. I see more skiing in our future.
The cousins got along really well. On this trip I could feel them slipping away from the grownups. Slipping into that kid world of secrets and games and just going off on their own to talk and laugh. The way I remember being with my cousins while the grownups hung around doing grownup stuff. The older four are turning into big kids and little Sandy (my sister's youngest) just tries to keep up.
Sometimes visiting with family in a new place -- not someone's house -- frees everyone up from the distractions of everyday life. I felt this happened for us last week and that was the greatest gift for me.
For the next week or so, I'm going to try to play catch-up and post some of the projects I generated in the December rush. Here are the projects I did with the Self-Addressed November kit. The cards were tiny little dudes, 3"x2". So fun! The patterned papers and rubons are Sassafrass Lass. I used Purple Onion stamps. The Mini Sentiments Set was absolutely perfect for these little cards.
This house is the Happy Home shape from Say It With Letters .
And finally, a Paper Cone for giving a little treat. I can see hanging this on someone's doorknob for a sweet surprise:
The boys are (finally!) waking up. There is hot cereal to be made. Tomorrow I'll share some napkins and coasters I made for my grandmother.
