Lauren's Baby Shower

Last weekend, I was honored to help host my dear friend Lauren's baby shower. She is expecting her baby boy the beginning of July and we can't wait to meet him! The parents-to-be are keeping the baby's name a secret until he arrives so the "P" inital is for his last name. Here is a glance at some of the things that were made for her sweet shower...

Welcome Eliza Kate!

Elizabeth Katherine Fokens made her sweet arrival yesterday and now has a sign to welcome her! I was very impressed when our friend Erica put in an order for a sign to go on the hospital door. Great idea! Like me, Erica loves all the little details. I'll have to store that one away for the future. Welcome Eliza Kate! :)

Babies and MORE Babies!

It is definitely the season for baby showers! I was really excited to receive this order for a black and white polka dot and fushia themed shower. My favorite two things... polka dots and pink! Pictures of the coordinating banner are still to come. Too cute!

Ann's Sprinkle

We held a sprinkle for my precious friend Ann this past weekend. It was such a sweet time to celebrate the new baby soon to arrive. We decorated bibs, wrote prayers for Big Sister to say over the baby as well as had a special time of prayer for Ann and Little Blue. Sprinkles are my new favorite idea! :) She is keeping us in suspense as to the gender and name of this bundle-to-be, so we anxiously await his (Mom's hunch) or her arrival!

Tula is behind!

I found this adorable photo on another blog I follow, which she found on wehearit.com. So cute and so ME right now!! I am so behind! For those who know me well, I live by my to-do list. Well my lists have been crazy lately, but I'm getting really close to catching up. I have been wonderfully busy with lots of new orders and have so many fun things to show you... very soon! :)

A Baby "Sprinkle"

Has anyone heard of a baby "sprinkle"? A few months back, I was invited to my first "sprinkle" for the birth of a second child. The idea was completely new to me and now I think it is the sweetest thing! Instead of being "showered" with gifts as you do with first, it is a time to celebrate and make baby #2 feel special and unique. It's also a great reason to get together, make cupcakes and have a girly brunch! :) My sweet friend Ann is having her second surprise in May so we are throwing her a sprinkle in a few weeks. Not even in the mail yet, here is a preview of her invitations. Check back soon for pictures of the banner and cupcake toppers that I'm working on next!

More of the "Pretty and Pregnant" Collection

Holly, one of my BFFs from college, is giving a baby shower soon so I made these pink and green invitations, polka-dot of course, for the honored momma-to-be. I think they turned out so cute and are a top contender among my favorites! :) These 5x7 invitations are professionally printed on 100 lb. matte cardstock or the file can be emailed if you would like to print them yourself. (A great way to save money if you need a large number of invites!)

Also pictured are direction enclosures, coordinating return address labels and party tags. The tags can be attached to lollipop sticks and used as cupcake toppers or punch a hole through the corner, add some ribbon and use as a favor tag. They also look very cute as napkin rings or tied around a vase!

Pretty and Pregnant

I made these notecards for my dear friend Lauren who is pregnant with her first baby boy! Her little belly has officially popped out and she is looking as cute as can be! :) With showers to come and thank yous to write, every momma-to-be needs some personalized notecards.

Happy Love Day!

Some fun notecards and gift tags to make your valentine packages extra sweet! :)

Lily's Shabby Chic Tea Party

A sweet friend from an old discipleship group contacted me to make some invites for her daughter Lily's 6th birthday. She is having an afternoon high tea and needed an invite to go along with her shabby chic theme. We worked together and came up with these adorable invitations for Lily's big day! I can't wait to see the pictures from this party. Kristen, the party planning mom, has every detail planned to a "tea"! ;)

As I was working on this order, I came down with a really bad eye infection. As a little bonus, I designed some coordinating return address labels to make the wait for these invites a little easier! Thank you, Kristen, for being so patient with me!! :)

Meet Festive Frills!

Introducing Festive Frills for Jacks and Jills! Ashley, another crafty momma, is a sweet friend from my discipleship group that makes the most adorable clips, headbands and so much more! She asked me to make some cards and stickers to package her items for sales. She just sent over these pictures of the cards in use and I think they turned out perfectly for her crafty creations! Check out her site at festivefrills.etsy.com!
She has even made these way cute headbands for my girls! Anna Claire (top) and Julia (bottom) modeling their Festive Frills headbands.

Miss Hayley's Roller Skating Party

I use to love roller skating! As I worked on this project, I was wishing I would have had a roller skating party once upon a time. Then I remembered, I did!! It was my 25th birthday! What's even more ironic is that we drove FOREVER to get to this rink "up in the suburbs". That same rink is where this party is being held and 5 years later, it's now 5 minutes from our house. Who knew?! The only thing that was missing from my party were these fun invitations and cupcake toppers...

Personalized Noteblocks

How great are these noteblocks? I just love how polka dot ribbon makes everything cuter! I also have to give credit to my dad for making the perfect wooden holders. Thanks Dad! :)

More Enclosure Cards

Polka Dots and Purple

One of my sweet, sweet former classroom moms contacted me to make some fun enclosure cards and jazzy stickers as stocking stuffers. She informed me that purple is the "in" color right now so I hope Kristen and Katie like these fun designs...

Oh Boy! Invites and Banner

Baby blue is nowhere to be seen in our house, but a recent order allowed me to finally search the paper aisle for something other than pink! The choices are far slimmer (why is that?), but I did find a paisley that I loved along with some polka dots and argyles to coordinate my brown and blue theme.

More Christmas Tags

I created a few more gift tags and also made a batch as stickers. I just love anything with an initial or monogram, so I think these are my favorite so far.

Pretty Presents

I admit that I am a girly girl and I like things to be pretty... even my presents! :) My friend Lauren first inspired me to make my presents pretty when she taught me how to make great bows for my packages. Once you know how to tie a pretty ribbon, there is no turning back. Well the same thing goes for gift cards. Gift cards are great. The only thing that I dislike is feeling that it doesn't look like I put much time into your present. For a recent wedding gift, I wanted to give their gift card a little glam. With a bit of effort and personalization, gift cards can be pretty presents too!

And the winner is....

This past Friday, I was a part of the Lakeshore Holiday Market in Windward. Thank you Sarah for hosting the fair in your gorgeous home! (I think I spent half the day admiring her house and beautiful decorations!!!) I also held my first "Gift Tag Giveaway" as a fun extra and am excited to share that Katrin Nelson is the winner! Katrin, please send me your mailing address and I will put your free tags in the mail! :)

All I Want For Christmas...

My sister-in-law told me that all she wanted for Christmas was for me to make her some package tags and enclosure cards. Well, she is definitely getting more than tags for Christmas, but here is a preview of just one. Lots more to come. Beth, don't peak! ;)