Happy 19th Birthday Brother!

Happy birthday to my little Dexter look alike!

Wordless Wednesday: Captain Calamari

Tackle it Tuesday: Card Making

The principal at the school I work for is out for the rest of the week to recover from her foot surgery. Staff was going to buy her a card and flowers, so I of course volunteered to make the card instead. Who wants store bought when they can get handmade?

Anyway, I started off really conservative

It isn't bad, but it just isn't her. When I actually got thinking more about her personality and what she would like, I came up with this

Yep. That's definitely more her personality and sense of humor. Oh, and have I mentioned my new love of embossing?

As you can see, I'm still having lots of fun with my cricut. I'll just save the first card for another occasion :)

Tackle it Tuesday: More Orders

75 silver

and 75 gold

Orders of a single color get a bit hard on the eyes after a while. I'm happy these came out well, but also happy they are finished!

Spring Break To Do List

Since my husband and I both work for our local school district, we have spring break off together. This is most definitely one of the perks of our jobs :)

Since I don't intend on sitting on my butt the ENTIRE week (but definitely for some of it) I've been putting together a list of things I'd love to get accomplished:

1. Laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. Clothing, towels, bedding - everything.
2. Carpet cleaning. After an entire rainy season, my carpets near the front door are looking less than awesome.
3. Clean the microwave....it's just gross.
4. Finish painting the bathroom....I painted the walls but never finished the ceiling, lol.
5. Dusting dusting dusting.
6. Ship off 2 orders.
7. Finish up an order for 75 silver tissue packs.
8. Take my car to Toyota to have a recall thing taken care of....I've had the notice for months.....
9. Take a trip to Sacramento with the husband. Just for fun. :)
10. FINISH my thank you cards for my wedding which was EIGHT MONTHS AGO. Yea, I think I need to move this up to number one.
11. Keep working on centerpiece flowers for Brittany's upcoming baby shower. Even with getting together with the ladies to work on them, there are LOTS and LOTS to be made! I'll definitely be putting together a post on these  :)
12. Exercise? That'd be nice.
13. Roll all the quarters from last month's laundry

I'm sure the list will grow as I think of more things, but this is where it is at for now. Can I finish it all? We'll see!

Wordless Wednesday: Bathroom Surprise

Tackle it Tuesday: 150 Gray & Yellow

I'm currently working on an order for a gray & yellow wedding. I thought it sounded a bit odd at first, but apparently it is quite popular right now. Their last name is very similar to the word "silver" so, they asked to go with some silvery hues to play off of that.

(I'm still having a difficult time getting good up close shots of my products. Even with TONS of light, I feel like the images come out looking dark. Any advice would be much appreciated.)

The monogram was provided to me by the bride. All I had to do was add the wording underneath.

I've had quite a few orders placed by wedding planners lately. I'm guessing this is a good thing, and could bring me more business in the future. Fingers crossed!

What's your tackle this week?

Take a Walk With me to Santana Row

I thought I'd take a walk this afternoon and enjoy some of this awesome spring weather before the rain starts up again. Care to join me?

While walking down the sidewalk, take a moment to enjoy the sunny sky through the trees. Ahhh, Spring.

Notice the texture of the bark on this old tree.

Don't look at the sky or at the scenery for too long because you may need to duck a bit...even short folks like me can't quite clear this.

Take a right at the stop sign.

Enjoy some of the beautiful spring flowers that have recently been planted.

Enjoy the beautifully painted wall and reminisce...

...about our engagement shoot...

Moving along, take a look at how beautiful the shadows from the palms look on the side of Crate & Barrel and take a moment to wonder if the architects designed it that way.

Make your final stop at the best store ever! If you have even an ounce of crafty-ness in you, this store is an absolute MUST.

Thanks for taking a walk with me, and I hope you had a good time!

Simple Cricut Wedding Card

This is a very simple card I made for a friend who is getting married in a week. No fancy layers, just simple, monochromatic, and elegant. The background was embossed using my cuttle bug, and the ribbon was found in the dollar bin at Michael's. Dimension was added to the one dimensional shapes by using foam pop dots. If you don't already have a cricut or shilouette machine, I highly recommend it. They are so much fun!