Girl Talk

 

Hello Friends! I hope your holidays have been fabulous and you've had a chance to spend some quality time with friends and family. We had a very nice Christmas, we hosted the family at our house this year and we had an amazing time! The food was great, the company was wonderful, and Santa was good to us! :-) My husband decided to rent an old school popcorn popper for Christmas and it was a HIT! The family absolutely loved it and the popcorn was delicious! So delicious in fact, my husband decided we needed to buy one! We should have it on Thursday, LOL!! I'll be sure to post of picture when it arrives.

 

So, it's almost the New Year (isn't that amazing!) time sure does seem to fly! Will any of you be making New Year's Resolutions? I usually do, but I can never find where I wrote them to determine if  I actually succeeded with my goals! Now that I have a blog, I can look back at the resolutions I write today and figure out if I met my goals (not quite sure if that's a good thing!). So, without further ado, here are my resoultions for 2013:

 

1. Be an awesome wife
2. Be a fantastic friend
3. Blog More - I would like to post at least twice per week.
4. Read More - I think I only read 2-3 books this year and that's just not right. So, I would like to read at least 6 books next year.
5. Work on my photography skills. If that means taking a photography class or looking up a bunch of videos on YouTube, I would like to see my pictures look better on the blog.
6. Open my Etsy shop. This is a BIG goal for 2013, I've discussed this at length with friends and now I just need to do it!
7. Sell my cards and other papercrafts at a local Farmer's Market. I've heard that this is a great way to get started with selling crafts on a local level.
8. Continue to exercise at least 3-4 times per week (and hopefully drop a few pounds in the process!)
9. Mail more cards. Isn't it funny, I make so many cards throughout the year and mail so few of them! I would really like to start mailing just because cards to friends and family just to let them know how much I love them.

I think that's a decent list! I have a couple of other personal resolutions but I think I'll write those down in my journal. :-)

 

And last but not least, today's card is just a cute little card that can be sent to a girlfriend to let her know you're thiking about her and want to get together. If you remember, I absolultey love that coffee cup stamp, it's truly one of my faves! Well, I hope you all enjoyed today's post and hopefully you all have some fun plans to bring in the New Year! I'll chat with you all next year!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol



Christmas cards

Hello Friends! Did you miss me? Sorry I've been MIA, but the holidays have really snuck up on me (as always!). I had a chance to make a few Christmas card samples for my peeps that normally buy from me so I have been busy getting those orders completed. So, since I've been absent for quite some time, today's post will be a little longer than usual. ;-) Here are pics of the cards:

Sorry for the shadow on this one, but my photography skills really need help! This cards uses a stamp set from Papertrey Ink and there's just something about that doily in the background that makes this card festive. :-)

This card also uses a stamp set from Papertrey Ink called Peaceful Pine Cones. I just love the patterned paper it's from Simple Stories.

 

This one uses the same Peaceful Pine cones set, but I embossed the background to give the card a "peaceful" feeling.

 







You can't have Christmas cards without snowmen, right?! These cute little guys really put a smile on my face.

Last but certainly not least, is my favorite card. I absolutely LOVE this sweater! This is a die cut from Papertrey Ink along with a stamp set that makes it look like it's cable sweater. The details on this card are really cute.

 

So, how are your holiday preparations coming along? Do you have all of your shopping done or will you be in the mall on Christmas Eve? Well, hopefully whatever it is that you still have left to do, I hope you fun doing it! It's all about being in the Christmas spirit, right?

 

I hope the rest of your Sunday is fantastic, and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol



O Christmas Tree

Hello Friends! Are  you all getting into the Christmas spirit? I know I am, we picked out our tree, and put up our lights outside, it's been wonderful! So, our little tree shopping adventure took place last weekend and we go to the same place every year Bob's Trees. The trees are brought down here from Michigan and they are so beautiful. So, here's the tree we chose...(that's Bob in the background) :-)

 

I thought this sign was super cute...

 



And here's our tree all decorated...

 

I'm not really too happy with the way any of my pictures turned out (I keep praying that Santa brings me a camera for Christmas!) but as you can see I decided to go with purple and silver. I wanted to do something a little different and take a break from the traditional red and green, I really like how it turned out. Not to mention I bought the prettiest wrapping paper from Costco that's also purple and silver so the gifts are going to look beautiful under the tree. :-) Oh, one more thing before I go, I must show you my all-time favorite ornament...

 

 

This was a gift from my sister-in-law for our first Christmas after we got married. I just love how she's looking him. :-) Well, that's it for me today I hope you enjoyed the photos and I hope you have a great weekend!

 

Carol

You're too kind...

Hello Friends! Happy Saturday, woohoo it's the weekend! I'm not sure how the weather is in your neck of the woods, but we are having a beautiful blue sky, sunshiny morning here in south Florida.

Today's card features one of the cute Pure Innocence girls from My Favorite Things.  They have so many to choose from but I thought this one was really cute with her little bellbottom jeans on! :-) I colored her with Copic markers and just paper pieced her outfit. It was a quick card but I think I really like the results.

Well, this is a short post today because I have to get ready to go Christmas tree shopping! Enjoy your weekend, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol