I want to remember this little girl.

Little Sadie.  My number 3... my miracle, my joy.
I want to remember that smile, the bounce in her step, that hair.
I know these days will be gone soon... and I just want to remember.
Summer days... filled with laughing and giggling, captured effortlessly and purely by my Sadie.

You can read more about little Sadie's story here... if you haven't already :)

Blessings,

Mini Envelope Cards with Seals... Printable

Today it's a dear friend of mine's Birthday...
And I needed to do a post for you beautiful people :)
....So hurray for multi-tasking at its best!

I made some sweet little envelope cards this morning... perfect for attaching to a little gift.  And I'd like to share them with you....
I also made some little stickers to seal the envelope cards.

Here's what you do to make these for yourself:
Download the files...

Print the envelopes on card stock and cut on the lines into rectangles.  I would suggest folding them next, before you cut off the corners on the flaps.  This seems to be easier than trying to fold the flap after it's cut... it's kinda small and awkward!

Print the stickers on sticker paper (or plain paper if you don't have sticker paper) Then just punch out the stickers with a 1" circle punch. (Use a glue stick for your seals if you printed on plain paper...)

Leave a cheery hello if you plan to download!  Thanks and Enjoy! :)

DOWNLOAD ENVELOPES

DOWNLOAD STICKERS
 (Please Remember...File and finished product for personal use only... not for resale or profit of any kind.)


Happy Birthday, Kerstin!  I love you :)

Blessings,

HOME SWEET HOME TOUR... Spring Cleaning in the Office

A couple weeks ago, I took some time and did a little Spring cleaning in my office/work space... it felt so wonderful.  I organized pretty much every drawer, nook, and cranny.  This included cleaning out and my "decorative" cube shelves.  I wanted to display some of my favorite pretties and also make space for those crafting supplies that had gotten lost in some back drawers.  I figured if I could see some of those things I wanted to use, then maybe I'd actually remember to use them!  Genius, right? :)

I thought I'd show you the shelves... and a couple new things on the wall... Enjoy peaking into my office!  (if you'd like to see the rest of it... well at least what it looked like a year ago... click here!)

Scrap fabric... for projects like this, and this... oh, and this!

Vintage stationery... to use and for inspiration...  

 

Paint chips and vintage map puzzle pieces... color inspiration.

 Vintage books, magazines, cards to cut up or repurpose...  oh, the things I want to do with this pile!

Vintage catalogs... these are awesome!!  I've already used them for half a dozen projects...which I will share with you soon :)

These are a couple of my fav pages from those catalogs... 

I mounted them on foam core with spray glue... 

Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Blessings,

HAPPY THING :) Vanilla Milk...

The other day when we were out as a family in OKC, the girls were thirsty and J.J. and I needed a boost as well, so we stopped at Starbucks.  We usually get the girls regular milk there, but they were out.  So we opted for their vanilla milk (rather than chocolate, because I don't like stains!).  Whoah.  That stuff was good.  The girls were licking there lips and rubbing there tummies acting like it was the best thing they had ever tasted! ... It reminded me of something I used to drink when I couldn't sleep.  I would heat a mug a milk in the microwave, add a teaspoonful of sugar and a drop of vanilla.  So... I offered that sometime I would make them vanilla milk at home.  Let's just say they take me up on that offer as frequently as they can :)  It's become a special "tea time" of sorts... we always use the special little flowered glasses, as they call them.  It's fun to see them get all excited.  It's definitely a Happy Thing :)

In case you'd like to try it as well...
I just warm 4 cups of milk and add 6-8 Tablespoons of sugar (depending on how sweet you want it) and a teaspoon of vanilla.  Chill and serve!  Yum.

Blessings,

A Pretty Little Gift

I wanted to show you the goodies I whipped up for the special moms in my life the other weekend...
Enjoy :)


First off, I filled some glassine bags with pretty colored treats...

I decorated the bags with fabric scrap flags, meaningful verses, little labels, and sewed it all together with a zig-zag stitch.

I made fabric covered little envelopes... to hold simple little Mother's Day notes.

I wrapped Hershey's Nuggets with Avery address labels... which I had printed vintage floral patterns and polka dots on.

And finally, I wrapped  little boxes in vintage sewing pattern paper and vintage Montgomery Ward catalog pages... (I don't have a pic of the one in the catalog pages :(  )  to hold all the goodies!  I used plenty of double stick tape to secure the brittle paper onto the box... that worked much better than regular tape or glue. 

I liked the wrapped boxes so much, I think I'm going to have to make some for myself... they'd look great on my office shelves :)

Blessings,