I cannot believe that my first baby is going to be 4. Four!!! How did that happen??? I swear it zips by in a blink. I know, I know...some days are definitely seemingly endless but when you look at the time as a whole it's just amazing how fast it goes. I decided to do a very small group this year of 8 little girls including my daughter. The theme is CUPCAKES!! I'm planning
DYO cupcake (decorate your own), a cupcake hunt with homemade (by the kids) telescopes, a cupcake craft and we're having the proverbial bouncy house for anyone who cares not to participate in above activities. =) Considering the small number of guests, I have decided to do something a little extra this year for her invites. I pulled out the mailboxes that I hoarded during last Valentine's Day and set to work. We will be hand delivering these with a letter inside to each child with all of the party details.
I can't wait and I hope that early October brings us fantastic weather!! But if not, we'll have the festivities inside!!
I hope that everyone has a great and creative week!! It's so great to be BACK!!
Mailbox* Details:Cardstock: SU! Old Olive, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Only Orange, and
PTI Lemon Tart
DP: Stemma - Something Sweet Cupcakes and Doodlebug Design, Inc in Birthday Girl Party Time (thanks
Kristyn!!)
Stamps: Doodlebug Design - Doodlebug Birthday, Hey Cupcake (just the cupcake)
Ink: Brilliance in Graphite Black,
Pearlescent Lime,
VersamarkEmbellishments:
SU! 1/4" grosgrain ribbon in green apple and orange (both retired),
wasabi DS ribbon (retired), regal rose 5/8", yellow and pink polka dot ribbon both from Michael's, velvet flowers (I don't remember which brand they are), clear overhead sheets, Doodlebug glitter, a variety of adhesives, clear embossing powder, heat gun
*Mailboxes are from the $ spot at Target during Valentine's Day
I made these over the weekend. The card is for one of my bestest friends and the mini tin was a hostess gift for another bestest friend of mine whose house we went to on Sunday afternoon with our kids. The pail contains all kinds of cute office clips, pins, ribbons, etc. I had a creative burst and this is what came of it!
Just a quickie simple card for a dear friend who turned 40 a while back. 
So busy! So busy!! Here's a card that I made for my darling friend Jen to give to her hubby for their anniversary...IN SEPTEMBER!!! That's how behind I am on posting!!! YIKES!
Home independent consultant and it's been keeping me quite busy!! But I'm figuring out how to best manage my time so that I can pack in all the things that I love into one day!! So here I am!!
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A basic masculine card. Seems easy...right? Ya...not so much!! There's so much girly, girly, girl in my stash so putting together a masculine card is sometimes challenging. However...BASIC GREY to my rescue!! This is from their Obscure line and it made the job of pairing basic solids together relatively easy. Chocolate chip, Real Rust, a misc piece of textured green cardstock and PTI vintage cream for the inside and VOILA...a masculine card.
See this is what happens when I leave things in draft form for too long!! I forget about them!! This is a wedding card that I held from posting because I didn't want the recipient to see it before I gave it to her. 
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My fantastic cousin Jodi asked me to make a set of notecards and matching bookmark for her to send to a friend's daughter who is away at camp. I had a blast doing these and my cousin loved them! And sorry for the short post but I'm wiped out today!! Enjoy!
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