Jungles and Legos

Hey y'all! I've been busy! Will is almost walking...but he is a FAST crawler! He is hard to keep up with! I can't believe he is turning 1 in two weeks...where has the last year gone?? This time last year, he was kicking the heck out of my bladder! I just couldn't wait to meet my little man, and now he's almost 1, almost a walking, almost talking, almost all grown up {this is the sappy mom in me coming out!}.

Looking back on this year, I have LOVED staying at home with my son and would encourage any mom who can make the numbers work out to do the same! The precious time I've spent with him is irreplaceable. Although the day to day things are kinda boring most days, I know my son better than anybody, hands down! I love that we have that special bond that no one else does!

ok, ok....on to my new paper stuff! I love the idea of a jungle theme boys b-day party! So bright and colorful and so many different directions to go! I did the invitations for this party and am working on the banner this week (will post pics soon).

Closer view...sorry for the quality, I am NOT a photographer!

grrr.....love the little tiger! I wanted this to be playful and fun!

I was asked to do a few things for a Lego party! How fun?!?!!? Well, I had so much fun creating the invitations, banner, and favor tags! Here's a few views of the banner. I'm only showing "Turner" but it says "Happy Birthday Turner". How fun to make the layer behind the letters look like Lego's? After I took these pics, I punched a hole in each top corner for the ribbon. I chose a blake and white striped ribbon.

Cute little Lego face's for the ends of the banner!

Favor tags!

The invitation! It took me a while to make the Lego's but I think the effort was definitely worth it! I put these with white envelopes, no liner. Price for items shown are: invitations - $25 for 25 invitations and envelopes. Banner - $25 for banner and ribbon. Favor tags - $15 for 35 tags. The jungle invotes are also $1 per invite and envelope!

Invites for Liz

I'm so excited to show you what I found! I have Hobby Lobby adventures at least every other week to see what treasures I can find in the paper department, and today did not disappoint!

I was looking for oranges and burgundy's, either together or separate. See below for a few ideas for your invites... And, keep in mind any of these papers can be used for your favor tags or as a background for your out of town boxes/bags. I've shown all these papers with craft paper envelopes (I LOVE using these! They make it look so unique).

I apologize for the picture quality....I am no photographer.... :)

Butterflies...I love "nature" related paper. It has some orange, but not any burgundy, which is why I show it with the orange paper.

Burgundy! The lighter color is cream...If we used this as the liner, I would use solid burgundy with cream on top for the invite (like your wedding invites).

Orange! If this were the liner, I would use orange as a background with cream on top for the invite.

I found these three...the polka dot one is super cute, but I don't know if you want the "cute" feel to the invites. The other two are shown in pictures below with envelopes.

I really like this! There is a little burgundy and some orange (it does not match exactly to the orange your using, but you can't really tell) But, I would use burgundy paper with white on top for the invite. Or just white.

This is probably my favorite...I LOVE the pop of orange! This paper really incorporates the orange and burgundy in a classic way! I would do this with an orange invite. The orange in the picture matches your orange :)

I actually think this paper would be perfect for tags with a layer of orange on top! Or the paisley pattern...both would look SO good!

Let me know what you think!

Go Mom Go!!

It is 10am, and I have successfully dusted our living room, done one load of laundry, put away dishes, started the dishwasher, and taken pictures of some new paper stuff...whew...that may not seem like a lot, but it is quite an accomplishment! What can I say, I celebrate the small things now...today, I consider myself a super mom...

I am so sorry for the quality of pictures....I am NOT a photographer! I wish I could take better pictures. Trust me, the products look much better in person!

Below is something neat that I cut out with my cricut....I LOVE this shape, and with the "2" on it, it can be used for any number of things...table numbers for weddings, or I could cut smaller ones for very unique cupcake toppers :)

I made some notes for my friend Dianne's future sister-in-law...so exciting! She wanted me to use her new monogram. The liners are a weddingish pattern, and the envelops are craft paper.

I also made these for Dianne's future sister-in-law, but I just used her initial. I love these liners and have used them before...I just think they look more fun!

I made these address labels a while back, just never took pictures of them. So, here they are!

I really like these...I have lots of these houses, different colors and styles.

I haven't made cards to go with these envelops yet, but I just LOVE the liners...the paper looks like paint chipping, very rustic.

Onto tags...I love making tags. You can used any paper, so you can match it to whatever you want! The uses for these are endless...weddings, birthdays, Christmas...I've used them for gift tags, without the holes and ribbon you can use them for food labels for dinner parties, place cards...gosh...you name it!

Picture of the front and back of the tags...

I made some notes for a benefit in February. They will be used in a silent auction...hopefully someone will want them :)

This is the finished product, packaged with ribbon and labeled with a tag!

It's a set of 10 cards, 5 say "Happy birthday friend." and 5 say "Thanks friend."

Closer look at the liners.

These are really fun! Also made for the benefit... I have lots of these owls. This is a set of 10 cards all saying "Thank you..."

I did some of these cards with a green patterned liner, too! I don't know which I like better!

Some new things...

Hello all!! I've been very busy with a sick baby :( BUT, I have had the pleasure of making some invites and favor tags for some friends that I would like to show you... See below!

My friend Jessica wanted me to make favor tags for her daughter Camille's first birthday! She ordered chinese style take out boxes to use for her favors and needed a little something for the front saying thank you. I couldn't quite figure out how to get the pictures from her facebook to my blog, so here's the link to one of the pictures of the boxes!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558699550939&set=a.558699471099.2069385.147801674&theater

This is for a St. Patrick's Day themed party! As you can see they called it a "pub night"...what a fun way to celebrate! Well, I made the invites and mailed them for the client. So, I also made return address labels with their address on them.

The address labels...

I've also been working on some more baby stuff. I found these great "baby update" cards and want to do some of my own. And, I'm making some month by month cards to use when I take Will's monthly picture with his gigantic bear! Stay tuned!!!!

Gift tags and flat cards

The gift tags measure about 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches. The birthday gift tag is 2 1/2 by 3 1/2. All the flat cards are quarter pages, which would be 4 1/4 by 5/1/2.