Cards

I am starting to get in the Christmas cardmaking spirit BIG TIME. I actually rarely make Christmas cards to hand out to my family and friends…maybe I’ll change it up this year. I am wanting to make some cute, pastel tags- hopefully I can find some wrapping paper to match. If I can, I’ll definitely take pictures!

In the next few weeks, I want to start planning what I’m giving everyone for Christmas. There are a few people that are easy to buy for (ie youngest sister, brothers and a few friends), but then there are others I haven’t the slightest idea what I’ll give them. I’m going to *try* to set a budget this year since I really overdid it last year. I would love to make some handmade gifts this year, but I want them to look nice and be useful, any suggestions?

This weekend I was able to spend time with friends and got LOTS of laughs- an easy way to burn some calories. This upcoming week is my mom’s birthday, so I need to come up with a fab birthday card. If you didn’t get to see the card I made last year, here it is. It was such a labor of love, and of course, I feel like I have to top it this year. I have NO ideas at this point….hopefully I’ll have a burst of inspiration between now and Saturday!
I hope you enjoyed the first set of my Christmas cards! Have a great rest of the night!

Whew, I can’t believe I made it through the week! Even though I only had to work three days, it was so hard to get back into “work mode” after the holiday weekend.

After work I went to Target (one of my favorite stores) and purchased some goodies. Once I got home, I went into my room and felt like it was a complete disaster. Yes, I have been super busy and haven’t had a chance to clean it….but how did it get so messy?! Once I started cleaning, I couldn’t stop! I cleaned under my bed, in drawers, shelves, pretty much everything I could. I have a huge load of laundry (including sheets and blankets) that need to be washed, and I also have a couple bags that need to go to the garbage. I tend to be a fairly tidy person, how did this disarray happen? I think over the years my need for everything to be perfect is slowly fading- I must have that stop! Thankfully, I had fun cleaning since I did it with my sister and we were being goofy while listening to music. Oh how I love my sister! :) I think I’ll treat her to something yummy tomorrow- she IS the sugar queen!

I gotta get these items washed and put away. Have a wonderful night! Oh, and in case you haven’t done it yet, be sure to sign up for my blog candy! There are only 3 days left- make sure you tell your friends and post it on your blog!!

Lately, I have been on this kick to try and use up some of my scraps. Goodness knows I have way too many of them! I’m totally loving this style of card lately- you can mix and match colors, add different patters AND use up scraps! It’s the perfect Paulina card! :)

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that I rarely use purple. I wasn’t too sure if I liked this card, but it has started to grow on me. However, whenever I look at it, I think of Barney (ie same colors).

I’m gonna wrap this up. I’ve had a horrid headache for the last 2 days, hopefully I can kick it soon!

This is the original card that inspired this card. Aren’t these colors fun and fresh? Obviously I loved the layout and card elements- I made three of the same cards in different colors! Which color combination is your favorite, and why?

Today was a CRAZY BUSY day. I stayed out late last night, so I decided to go to second service at church. After church, I had lunch with 20 friends. We had so many laughs and ate lots of yummy food. Oh, and we had an AMAZING waitress- she was so patient and on top of things! After stuffing ourselves with food, a few of us went to see a movie. Sadly the movie was disappointing……hate when the previews show the only good parts! After the movie I went home for 15 minutes and then headed out to a game night. After a 13 hour day of fun, laughter and food, I am SO ready to lay down in my bed.

That’s all for me tonight. Again, be sure to let you friends know about my blog candy! Less than a week left! With Christmas just 100+ days away, you need to start thinking of presents!

Oh what a wonderful Friday today turned out to be! The beautiful sunshine, sleeping in a little, getting a pedicure and my nails done, spending time with a girlfriend, creating lots of cards….life is good. I wish everyday was as good as today- well, except for the fact that I ate too many cookies. Why does my mom make my favorite cookies when I’m supposed to be on a diet?!

I’m going to make this post short. My sister is making batch #20+ of cream puffs for the wedding tomorrow and I’m going to help fill them. Just a fyi: don’t EVER underappreciate cream puffs- they take so much work! Seriously, after seeing my sister bake the last 4 days, I am so much more appreciative of bakers. The things they do to make us people fat! :)

I’ll take pictures of the beautiful creations. She made a cream puff tower that is AMAZING!

Hope you all have a fab night!

Even just typing out the title of this post made me happy! Yes, it’s true, I have an extra long weekend! It’s pure and utter bliss. I have Thursday- Monday off, and I am going to enjoy every single second of it! This summer has been crazy busy, so I’m definitely looking forward to some extra days off. :) In between a wedding, hanging out with girlfriends, spending time with family, creating/ promoting cards for Etsy, I won’t have too much time of nothingness- oh well, at least these are all fun things!

Yesterday I went to my first bachelorette party. One of my friends is getting married on Saturday, which is very exciting. Her sister threw a surprise bachelorette party for her- you should have seen her face! The process of getting to the party was not fun at all. I got off work and quickly had to run to the mall for a gift. You would not believe how hard it was to find a suitable gift! I seriously thought I could just go into Victoria’s Secret and find something really quickly. After 1 1/2 hours at the mall (15 of which were spent waiting for the lady to wrap the present!), I was FINALLY able to head to the party location. By the end of the gift hunting and thinking I was lost, I nearly fell apart and cried myself into oblivion. Thankfully, I held it together (for the most part), and was able to enjoy the party.

After work, I went to my LSS and got some fun goodies. I already made some things using my new items- really fun stuff. I’ve been trying to go outside my comfort zone these days, which has NOT been easy. Right now I’m playing with new color combinations and also some new layouts- haven’t decided if I like them yet. Judging from the response from the fam, I’m not too sure they like the “new style” either. :)

I’m off to blog hop now! ‘Night!