Graduation Card

The calendar reads May 1(at least for 28 more minutes) and with that comes Graduations. These days one of the most favored gifts by grads is MONEY!! Who doesn't love to get money. Giving money can seem a little boring, so you need a card to make it fun. Designed this for my mother in law to give to a high school grad.



Since I made it for someone else I didn't get a picture of it with the money in it, but I designed it so that the money will go down in with the pen and pencil. Great way to make giving money a little more exciting.

National Scrapbook Day

Today is National Scrapbook Day! I haven't made an actual page, but have been creating some cards. Looking to open an online store soon(this week maybe), just trying to decide where. I'm also wanting to make some banners, thinking Graduation might be fun.

Just some more cards I made recently.






Just one week until Mother's Day. Also don't forget graduation season will be upon us very soon.

Make it Monday

So my Monday only has 52 minutes left in it and I realized I never wrote a post for the first Make It Monday. Had a bit of a crazy weekend, which included a call Saturday night from the mom of the son Dart was spending the night with. He tripped and hit the corner of her coffee table, while she was cleaning the cut up, he passed out on her. We are heading to the doctor bright and early in the morning. I'm hoping they will be able to give us some answers as to why this is happening(this is the 2nd time in a little over a month that he has hit his head, not major blows and passed out).

I do want to share a few things I made last week. Right now I'm sketching ideas for cards I want to make for Mother's Day gifts. I am also working on editing pictures I took on Saturday for a very good friend at her son's First Communion.



I love reading and usually have several books going at once, therefore I need lots of bookmarks. These however were not made for me, made these for the PTA President at my sons' school who is leaving us after this year. Her family is avid readers and unfortunately she didn't get the bookmarks...her daughters stole them before she could even claim one.


If you are working on something right now, leave me a comment, I love seeing what others are crafting.

Mother's Day gift idea...

With Mother's Day just around the corner are you looking for something different for the women in your life that they will love and could even pass on to others? I think snail mail, especially of the happy kind is becoming a lost art. Part of the reason is email is so easy, but another I think is the cost of cards in a store, especially if you are sending them "just because". Why not give mom or the other women in your life a set of greeting cards? We can do themes of all kinds from traditional holidays to those just saying hi. With so many people trying to conquer clutter and in general have less stuff a set of greeting cards would be a wonderful gift.


Here's just a few cards I've made recently(gave them to a friend of mine and she almost lost them to her daughters).

A Day to Breathe

So today was the least busy day of the week. Had lunch with a friend at Chili's. LOVE there chips and salsa. I usually eat just that, but today I had something a little more. The Chicken Tortilla soup is really good, will have to have that again.

I'm still brewing some ideas for some weekly series type things to post on here. One I really think I want to do is "Make it Monday" where I will show either things I'm working on making or things I want to make at some point(because that list isn't long enough already). So hopefully Monday will be the beginning of that.

Just a peak of some things I've been making...

For the Reader in your life

So today ended up not as calm as I hoped it would be, but it was a great day. I had lunch with a very dear friend of mine at Chili's. My favorite place to eat. Love their chips and salsa. Although I came out of there feeling like I had eaten a Thanksgiving meal.

So for those of you who might have a mom or soon-to-be-graduate in your life here are some ideas for them:

Anyone who reads regularly knows you can never have enough bookmarks.




I usually try and get most of the books I read at the library. However there are a few books that I dearly love and know I will read again and those I do buy, but often times lend to others to read. These are just a fun way to make sure you get your book back. So easy to do and just adds a nice touch to the front of the book instead of just writing your name.


If you have a mom or graduate you know who would love these, please email me and we will get your order taken care of.

Sneak peek

I have lots of things to share that I've made over the last couple of days, but I am really tired. Tomorrow is a fairly calm day for me this week so I will be back to share all of it. However, I did want to leave you with this....



Getting excited to try some different things for graduation cards.