Okay - just a warning: If you don't have a slightly slanted sense of humor please don't continue. I found some
super funny cards at Cocodot (no relation but I kind-of wish there was). I am a big fan of stayre. I love the retro-style illustrations with the sarcastic sayings. I have attempted to create a couple of things...some with vinyl, a few with photos. It has been suggested that I do a line of cards. Well, I don't know that I could compete with
these.
It's about this time of the year that I get really antsy for Spring to arrive. The weather teases us with 60+ degree sunny days. The stores clearance their Valentine's Day inventory and have stocked the shelves with Springy Eastery goodness. The calendar starts filling up with plans for road trips and Spring weddings. The anticipation is inspiring.
I recently made these cute alphabet flippers for my cutie-patootie niece and my cuter-than-10-things honorary grand-daughter. They were ridiculously easy.
My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup line includes this darling alphabet card deck. I stuck them in plastic badge holders and clipped them all together. I hope "Auntie Coco's" girlies love them!
Here are some other designs to inspire you:
Echo Park Paper has really cute springy paper patterns and embellishments.
Bella Figura this is a letterpress company that offers, among other fabulous things, customized coasters! If you want some fabulous design ideas for anything...invites, vinyl, cards, etc. - this is where to get them.
May Arts Ribbon I love ribbon! It's one of my very favorite things! This company is known for fabulous ribbon - but there are also some really fun ideas on their blog.
Create something good today! Spring is coming!
When my children were wee little ones, I was an avid scrapbooker (is that a word?). Seriously - I have completed 20 full albums, collectively, for my kids, 10 family albums, 1 album for my husband, 4 for me, and several other random albums and projects. This was all done in a 15 year time span. Honestly, I don't know how I did it. I was a scrapbooking fool. A couple of my sisters were fools right along with me. They have each completed
more than I have, actually! I'm convinced that one of the biggest reasons for our scrapbooking success was that we made it a point to get together
often. Those were the days... and I miss them. So to my happy surprise, my cute sister sent me a text the other day inviting me to her home
every Wednesday for 3 or 4 hours to scrapbook! She has a fabulous craft room and tons of scrappin' paraphernalia. She said that I could even keep my current project at her house so I won't have to haul it over every time. I am very excited. I have been away for far too long. Although I have been on the digital bandwagon for a few years - I will still scrapbook the traditional 'paper' way also because I absolutely love paper! (but that fact deserves it's own post.) In any case, I have a few favorite online scrapbook stores for you to check out since I'm in the mood.
2 Peas in a Bucket,
Shabby Princess,
A Cherry On Top,
Scrapbook Graphics,
Digiscrap Warehouse,
Part Time Sally,
Studio Calico,
Blue Moon. Locally, I love to browse the store fronts too - Heartland in Bountiful, Pebbles in Holladay, and I am dying to get to Archivers in Orem. I'm sure there are so many more! Leave your favorite site name or store name as a comment if you have one. It's fun to share!
I need to start making my Valentines.
Martha has inspired me. Look how adorable her current collection is... Check back to get a peek at what I come up with.
WELCOME!
Almost everyday, I see or find something I want to share with someone. That's why I'm often saying something to the effect of, "Hey! Look what I found...". As I gather ideas and inspiration from everything around me, some of these things actually turn into projects: invitations, party favors, decorations, gifts, things for my friends, things for weddings, things for my house, things to eat, etc. But truthfully, most of them go in my files. And, yes, I actually am the kind of person who goes back and looks at them. In my perfect world, I would have ample time to create (or attempt) every fabulous project, as well as endless resources to purchase all of the beautiful, unique, and sometimes quirky things I come across. But until then, I would love to be able to share this obsession I have of looking for the next incredible find. So, come back often--it will be an insight into my thoughts (which I always find entertaining, at the very least) and an adventure in creative possibilities.
