2011 is here...

Have a Safe and Happy start to this new year!  

Customizing your Christmas

Celebrating special moments with family and friends is one of my favorite things.  As always where there is a special occassion a gift or card often follows.  These are perfect opportunities to break out your creativity and come up with that special personalized treasure for your loved one. 

With Christmas just around the corner it's never to soon to start coming up with those custom gifts and cards.  But wait....your schedule is packed and you have no time to hand craft cards for each family member and don't forget all those friends?  Have no fear there are still ways to come up with a prim and polished customized card that will leave your recipient in aww.  Just turn to Shutterfly.com.  This site provides many wonderful cards that you can match up with your favorite photos and click order.  In no time at all you will have a perfect batch of cards.  

For my card this year I'm going to take a picture of me in front of my new house after the first snow and use that on the front of my card.  Here are a few of the designs I'm might pick from this year. 

   

Which design would you use? Check them out here and let me know. 

During the past few months I have traveled down Buyers road and purchased my first home.  With my focus on this new adventure taking place my blog and Etsy store have fallen behind. 

I'm settled in my new home now with a perfect space for making cards.

Look forward to new creations coming soon.

A handmade birthday gift

One set of small plain tea cups bought at an estate auction....

turn into this carefully decorated set....

and after searching through garage sales the set is complete...

A special gift for my niece's 5 year birthday. 

Photographic Moment: Spring has Arrived!

Alice's singing garden

Today's card was inspired by 2 creative blogs and a photo I took while visiting Disneyland:

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  365 Cards Movie Monday Challenge - create a card based on the movie Alice in Wonderland. 
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  Card Patterns Sketch 56 
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  The picture was taken of the Alice in Wonderland float during the daily parade at Disneyland.

And here is what I came up with:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This card was created with a touch of green in honor of the March holiday.  Inspiration also came from sketch 55 from Card Patterns blog and the color scheme from color chef challenge .

Cherish your surroundings

This card was created based on a sketch from 365 cards blog and is a good reminder to cherish everything around you. 

Kodak Moment: Valentine's Dinner for 2

Digital Piece: Family Love

Loved this digital collage so much that I wanted to share with all of you.  Using just the basic Microsoft Office Publisher program, a couple of pics I enjoyed and searching the net for a few great quotes the piece below came tother. To give it a more professional touch I sent this image off to an online company and had it printed on a canvas.  It turned out so well and will be something that I will treasure forever.