Shabby Chic

Happy Saturday. I hope you all  had a good week. Spring has finally returned here. We had more snow this month than we did all winter. It has been the worst April I can remember weather wise. Hopefully May will be better.
Our little dog Lily is going to have surgery next week to remove one of the toes on her back foot. She has been having probelms with it since the first of the year. She had been on antibiotics to treat it a few months ago and we thought it was resolved but it has come back and they are not sure what it is now so they have decided it is best to take it off. Hopefully what ever it is will have been caught early and taking the toe off will get rid of the problem. Doggie Prayers are welcome. :)
I am still swamped with orders in my Etsy shop but today I want to share with you my shabby chic party package.  It all started out with this hat which has become one of my biggest sellers.

That hat lead me to designing all these other items to go with it. A high chair banner, a smash cake topper, cupcake toppers, thank you favor tags, and a wall banner.

Click on the photo to see the items close up. There are lots of little girls out there enjoying these items which makes me happy.

That's all for now. I hope the rest of your weekend is good one.

Happy Birthday Emilia

Happy Tuesday. Today is a very special day. Emilia turns 15. I know I say this every year but where does the time go?? Even though it is her birthday I always feel like I am the one that got the best present. I am just so thankful to have her for my daughter, She is a beautiful girl both inside and out and has such a good heart. She is a wonderful chef too. Cooking is something she loves to do and is great at. She cooks for us all the time and we love her food. I am just so thankful to have her for my daughter.
The day started off with these Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Buttermilk Coconut Pancakes.

and this little gift set I made her. The bag template is from  Leigh Ann's blog. The hippo is from this cut file set but reduced 50%. The pattern paper is from this digital paper pack.  The balloons are from this cut file and  were stamped with a sentiment from Mixed Messages.

Inside the bag was this beautiful flower clip that I got from this Etsy seller. 
She also got seasons 1-3 of Glee on DVD and money for cooking supplies. She really wants a good blender so if you have any recommendations let me know.
This afternoon my mom took us shopping  and she got some cool new outfits. 
The day ended with a family dinner. We had Chicken and Black Bean Taco's from Skinny Taste which are one of our favorites and desert was Dairy Free Tres Leche Cake.

Overall she said it was a great birthday. Hopefully 15 will be a great year too!

44 and Catching Up

Happy Monday! I can't believe it has been a month since my last post. Etsy orders are still keeping me very busy which does not leave much time for blogging, but today I wanted to share a some new things I have recently made with you. The biggest seller in my shop are 1st birthday party hats. The first one I made was back in March of last year. That hat was the original girl version. A few months later I came up with this boy version which was an even bigger seller.

Recently  I got a custom order for other things to go with it something I have wanted to do for awhile now.This is what I came up with, matching cake topper, 1st year photo banner and high chair banner.I was so excited to finally get the chance to do this and love how everything came out. I hope you like them too. You can see close ups of everything in my Etsy Shop.

I have done this hat in so many different color combinations now I am losing count but here is a collage of many of them.

 I also have some new girl things that I want to share with you as well but will do that another time so check back soon.
Today is also my 44th birthday. It is hard to believe that a few years ago I wrote this post. It is amazing to see how things have changed since then.  Be careful for what you wish for it just might come true. :) Mother nature didn't get the memo that is was spring and dumped a lot of snow on us this weekend. It is also very cold out so that took care of doing anything outside to celebrate today but hopefully I can do something fun when it warms up and melts. It looks like December out there right now but at least the sun is shining. Rich got me a new IPhone 4S. It is fun talking to Siri and Emilia is making me a special desert for later but my best present of all is the 44 years of life I have already been given.  Hopefully there are many more to come.  That's it for now. Emilia's birthday is next week so I will back then to share that with you. Until then I hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

Little Monsters

Happy Saturday. I hope your week has been a good one. Sophie is sick again. It started Tuesday night out of the blue. She is still on the new antibiotic too which is really odd. She usually relapses when she goes off the antibiotic.  I left a message for the specialist vet she went to see about 6 weeks ago to call me back on Thursday and he never returned my call.  When I called yesterday they told me it was his day off and put some stupid vet on the phone who wanted us to bring her in again. I told her no because the dog has been there 4 times now and they should be able to just switch the antibiotic. My vet is trying to figure out what to do in the meantime but it is just so frustrating. This is what I go through with my doctors she should not have to go through that too. I have her on the full dose of Neurontin right now which seems to be helping some with the pain but it is so hard to see her like this again. I just hope something can be done to help and she will be feeling better soon. 

In the meantime I wanted to share a custom order I finished last week. The buyer was having a monster themed party with black chevrons and rainbow colors for her 1 year old son and wanted me to make a matching hat and high chair banner. This is what I came up with. Click on the banner to see it close up.

 The monster images are from this SVG file. I made the party hat on my own then added a balloon from this digital file.  The chevrons are from this digital paper pack 

I am really happy with how it came out and the buyer was too. I hope the rest of your weekend will be a good one,we are suppose to get some more snow here this afternoon into tomorrow. I hope it won't be to much but we could use the moisture. As always thank for stopping by.

Sweet Love

Happy Monday and Happy February too. Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been swamped with Etsy orders. My printer decided to break last week too which was really bad timing. Thankfully Rich was able to get me a new one in time and the orders were able to continue on schedule. I am greatful for the all orders but this many is starting to take a toll on me physically. My shoulder is giving me problems again from using my arm so much.Thankfully the dogs are doing better at the moment though.
 Today I wanted to share one more Valentines Project since Valentines Day is Thursday.

I made these a few weeks ago using this SVG file called Pop On Over from My Time Made Easy. They are a super cute way to package cake pops, or lollipops. As you can see, I made a boy version and a girl version. I used digital patterned paper to decorate them and some tiny tags attached to satin ribbon to finish them off.

This is what they look like when opened. Hopefully you can use this idea on Thursday to give something sweet to your loved one.
Thanks all for now. I hope to be back soon to share some cutsom orders I have been working on. In the meantime I hope you have a great week.

Pillow Box Love

Happy Friday,  The weather has been super cold here for the last week but we have finally come out of the deep freeze and are enjoying warmer weather. It is suppose to be in the high 50's today and tomorrow. Very happy about that.
Thanks to everyone who left comments on my last post. Unfortunately my blog has been taken over by SPAM and I accidentally deleted  some of your comments in the process. I like to visit your blogs if you leave a comment so if you didn't get a visit from me that is why.
Sophie got sick  again last Saturday. This was the 3rd time now so she went to see a specialist on Wednesday. They think the problem is an infection in her neck not not her ear now so we have her on another antibiotic with a new pain med. Thankfully she is doing much better now just hope we are on the right road to curing her this time. Lily is also having problems with her foot now too. She did something to her back paw and did not respond to antibiotics so we are watching it for now. Hopefully is it nothing serious. I just hate it when animals get sick I feel so helpless because they can't tell us what is wrong. I hope they will both be back to normal soon.
I am still very busy with Etsy orders but made some time to make a few new Valentine items. Today I want to share a few of them. This is the first one.

My inspiration for this pillow box came from this card by Debbie Olson. I used the pillow box svg  from My Time Made Easy for the base which I cut out of Rustic White Cardstock. I sewed the gingham layer on to the box. I then cut some layers with the new heart dies and stamped the images from the With All My Heart stamp set. (Love that set!). Finally I added some tiny pearls to the middles of the flowers and finished it off with some Hawaiian Shores Saddle Stitched Ribbon.  I loved how this came out so much I made another one.

This one was made with a Vintage Cream Base and patterned paper from this digital paper pack. I finished it off with a Plum Pudding Satin Ribbon tied in a bow. I had some problems getting good coverage while stamping the heart image. I even used the new ink formula too. If anyone has any tips to get better coverage let me know. These boxes are perfect for holding gift cards too.
That's all for now I will be back with one more Valentines project to share soon. Until then I hope you have a great weekend.

Chalkboard Love

Happy New Year! I hope it has been a good one for you all so far. Mine started out great! I reached 300 sales in my Etsy shop on New Years Day and many more followed after that.
Even though I have been super busy working on orders, when I saw this weeks Make It Monday #98 Chalkboard Technique I was inspired and really wanted to play along. Fortunately I was able to squeeze in some time and this is what I came up with.

The sets I used to stamp the images were from  the new With All My Heart Set, Postmarks and Thank Big Favorites 11. The banner was made using the PTI heart dies, digital patterned paper strung on red and white bakers twin and finished off with tiny pearls. A piece of pure poppy cardstock finishes it off. I had a lot of fun making this card and hope to make more like it in the future. That's all for now I hope to be back soon with more things to share. Until then I hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.