FOOD!

ok so a few dishes from the beach wedding from my oh so creative, not caterers (I know...so hard to believe), aunts...:) The Cake, though was created by the groom's mom with real seashells but graham cracker crumbs as sand. The starfish is actually chicken salad with crackers crumbled on top. Oh the pineapple, was actually a keylime dip,mmmmmmm, and the fishy creature was a dip. A few other items were crab stuffed mushrooms, shrimp with a teriyaki sauce, chocolate cups.ALL the food was oh so delicious!!! Everyone thought it was professionally catered, but I guess there is just so much talent that runs through the family!

Bday present

This is something I have started making as gifts for birthdays. I usually add three clips but this board was a bit smaller than I have made in the past. This one is also the first blue I made and I think it has inspired me to make one for my own Levi! It is perfect for all their artwork!

Bridal Shower

So here are pics from my sister's bridal shower...going with the beach theme. I made the white chocolate seashells on the cupcakes! :) (first attempt)

Bridal Shower

So here's the shower invite. I used real seashells, net, and glitter...keeping with the wedding theme.

Wedding Invitation

ok so this is a beach wedding invitation. Inside the folded pouch are cards that match and the rsvp card is actually a postcard for guests to return! Thought it turned out cute!

She's a Princess!

This is the latest birthday invite for a Cinderella party. It has some 3-d elements to it to make it appear to be 3 dimensional, but it was actually just a flat card on photo paper. I tried it in blue and in pink.

Christmas card

ran across this one and realized I forgot to publish! I think it turned out beautifully!

Denim and Diamonds

This is a rehearsal dinner invite. I actually have put a rhinestone on the "i." More pics will come soon of the post card and the hard copy.

Happy Valentine's Day!

So these are the valentine's we did this year. Levi wrote on each card and I added the verse for him. In addition, I cut out the front of each bag in the shape of a heart and put clear cellophane over it. I also cut down each bag so they weren't so tall, cut out patterned paper to add a little decor and viola!...beautiful bags to hold the strawberry muffins we made. I put tissue in the bottom of the bag before inserting the muffin and we also put mini candies inside each bag. I covered each candy with mailing labels that I printed with a valentine pattern. Soooo cute.... Hope your Valentine's Day is oh so sweet!

Yee Haw!

I thought this turned out really cute! She is having a western theme birthday party and needed just the right invitation...I did a couple before I actually got it right! :-) The first was a horse that the legs actually folded so it could stand up...3D, then I did a sparkly boot, really cute!, but this was the winner with the adorable cowgirl! :)

Happy! Happy!

So, I call this my "fireworks" new years card... this is a design I did for someone and think it turned out really nice...it was printed on photo paper, the squares represent a photo of course...hope your new year is off to a great start!

Another New Year's card

For Hollywood's Productions...red is their main color so I used it...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So finally.... this is our card!... front says " Wishing all of our family and friends all the blessings we get to experience 365 days a year. Each day we open a different gift from God. We experience joy, personality, adventure, giggles, hugs, and lots of love! May you realize all the special gifts God has for you to open." Inside says "our blessings: joy, personality, adventure, giggles, love...happy new year 2009" and the back reads: "Looking forward to what the next 365 days will bring..............."

New Assignment!

Birthday Party invites! So, my cousin is having a "build a purse" birthday party and wanted a purse invite...and flyer to match... so here's the pocket book... lots of glitter for preteen girls and this was more fun because I got to do a "scrapbookish" type card...a change from the photo cards that I love doing at Christmas...oh, I also did variations of this by switching around the patterns and ribbon and using blue flowers sometimes rather than pink...the party information actually slides out the top so the card itself doesn't even open...they turned out soooo cute and perfect in a 5x7 envelope! you can click on it to see it up close. I also did a flyer type card for invited adults with no children...

End of the year

It's almost the end of the year and this was a year full of joys and blessings and I was so glad to have shared it with all of you. Please feel free to leave comments on any of the posts...comments are always wanted, and sometimes needed!

Happy New Year!

Christmas...

oh, and mine will come next and will be the absolute last of Christmas... still working on it and we only have 7 days left!!!! :)

last of christmas

well these are the last of the designs this year... a few photo cards, a folded card, and a couple of cards with the white backgrounds printed on white metallics paper giving it that pearlized look, really beautiful for Christmas!... hope you all enjoyed the cards and now we just wait until the next project... :-) Merry Christmas and may God be as good to you as He has been to us!

Christmas Card

whimsical and pretty...

Christmas samples

Here is the same design for girl or for boy