Life is busy.

My life has been so busy lately.

Very busy.

The kind of busy where you don't have an extra minute to make crafty things.

In the upcoming month, I have a shower, bachelorette party, and a wedding. This means crafty, creative things are coming. I'll make the time.

I'll post pictures.

You'll visit my blog.

You'll leave me oodles of comments.
And I'll love it.

I promise. :)

Thanks for continuing to visit my blog, even though I haven't posted anything new in a while. I hope everyone is enjoying the summer and all the fun that it brings.

Graduation Open House Invitations

I designed the following graduation open house invitations for one of my mom's co-workers. I vectored the trojan, which turned out rather nicely. I have the personal information blurred out for privacy purposes. The typeface I used was Bergamo SmallCaps, which is one of my favorite fonts for invitations. I think it has an elegance to it, without being overwhelming.

Save the Date for a Couple's Shower!

I created this save the date card which was sent out for a couple's shower being held for my brother and future sister-in-law. It's all vectored artwork, but the actual invitations were handcrafted.

Hair Accessory Holder

I made this for my niece's 4th birthday. I made all of the bows, as well as the holder. All of the clips are pinch barrettes, covered in ribbon.

No cricut on this job. The next time I make this project, I want to create some felt shape barrettes. I'll definitely use the cricut for those.

Assorted Card Sets

I made the following cards for 3 different sets of 4 cards, that are going to be prizes at a bridal shower. Each set has a birthday, thank you, baby, and wedding card.

Challenge #32: Going Away Album

This project was done for my college roommate. Although she's not "technically" my family, she might as well be. She's my "sistah from anotha mistah".

Tomorrow is the going away party for my college roommate who is moving out of state. I volunteered to make her a "going away" album. Guests have been encouraged to bring their favorite picture of themselves with Melissa, and they'll also be invited to write a message of good luck to her for the book. There are over 60 people coming, so I had to make a lot of different spaces for writing, and pictures which I don't know the size of yet. That has proven to be a little tricky. I hope that I have enough space.

Even though she's getting this tomorrow, I'm too excited to wait to put pictures up. I hope that she loves it!

You can click on any or all of the pictures for larger images. Feel free to leave a comment if you have time. :)

4th Birthday Princess Party

I made these invitations for my niece's 4th birthday party. She loves princesses, so naturally she wants it to be a princess party. I used the Celebration cart to cut out the fours, as well as the rounded squares. I found the princess stamps @ Michael's, which were perfect.

I also used a heart stamp for the background, as well as ribbon and rhinestones to add a little extra.