a daily dose of design.

60th birthday!

2011-11-07T11:21:00.000-05:00

this past weekend i went to a surprise birthday party for one of my favorite people! this is the card that i made for her! i recently saw this envelope technique in a magazine and thought i would try it myself and i love how it turned out :)

happy birthday bonnie!!

teacups.

2011-10-24T09:01:00.000-04:00

saw these teacups recently...love the colors and patterns! very fun...though the 125 dollar price tag is a little steep for me!

'stache.

2011-10-21T07:27:00.000-04:00

i saw this - i think in the new hgtv magazine - and thought it was awesome. it is made by worldwidefred.com and they have sooooo many other great products...you should definitely check it out!

pears and apples.

2011-10-20T01:37:00.000-04:00

these would be so cute as kitchen art! probably wouldn't be too hard to make either...if you had the right tools. my favorite are the pears and apples!

cards!

2011-10-19T08:37:00.000-04:00

i haven't had a chance to post any new cards in awhile...so i thought i would share a couple that i made this summer!

stitched.

2011-10-18T17:43:00.000-04:00

love these hand stitched cards! found them over on etsy.

instagram.

2011-09-29T20:17:00.000-04:00

thought this was fun! a real life instaram cookie! made by bakerella.

balloons.

2011-09-27T11:11:00.000-04:00

love these fun wedding invitations! so cute!

children's stories.

2011-09-26T10:03:00.000-04:00

i love these posters made for children's stories! these were made by christian jackson and you can see more of them here! my favorite is the one for rapunzel!

gift wrap.

2011-09-22T06:37:00.000-04:00

while browsing through pinterest recently, i came across some of these out of the box gift wrap ideas! thought i would share!
this one is my favorite...a little tedious though...but it looks awesome!

this one is double sided tape covered in confetti!

socks! hahaha i just hope they are new ones!

and this one just uses yarn!

Hello!

2011-09-19T09:13:00.000-04:00

HELLO! wow...can't believe it has taken me this long to get back to my blog! sorry about my absence...it is hard to focus in the summer!

i found these adorable cards a long time ago...but i love how simple they are, but are also very cute! i think they would make anyone smile!

balloon wreath.

2011-06-24T13:45:00.003-04:00

happy friday everyone!

i saw this balloon wreath idea over on amy atlas's design blog and thought it was so cute! a great idea for birthday decorations! she had linked to a tutorial for it...which you can find here!

stamps!

2011-06-21T11:57:00.006-04:00

i recently got some new stamps and just started playing around with them! here are a couple new cards i have made:

lemons.

2011-06-20T08:53:00.000-04:00

i think this commercial is adorable! i love the lemon's voice and face...it just makes me laugh!

wedding.

2011-06-17T09:49:00.021-04:00

recently i was asked by a family friend to help her with a wedding gift. someone had given her a framed copy of her wedding invitation with the image of the church painted on the invitation...so she thought she would do the same and asked me to do something similar. well i haven't done a lot of non-computer art in quite a long time...so i was really nervous since i only had one copy of the invitation! but in the end i think all turned out well...could have been better, could have been worse...but my friend was very happy! so i am glad it worked out!

birthday.

2011-06-16T11:47:00.002-04:00

hellooo! just popping in with a card a made recently for my mom's birthday!

new era.

2011-05-20T08:55:00.003-04:00

so i know this really has nothing to do with design...but i think these commercials are so funny! i love john krasinski <3

have a good weekend!

starbucks.

2011-05-18T15:53:00.002-04:00

i saw this neat gift card holder idea the other day on pinterest...and you can actually make it yourself! very cute!

graduate.

2011-05-17T10:15:00.001-04:00

this is a card a friend asked me to make for his sister who was graduating! unfortunately, things have been super busy for me this past week and i didn't get a chance to get a better photograph before i gave it to him...so sorry about the bad photograph!

oh and can i just tell you how much i would love to be here right now? maybe next year...

origami.

2011-05-16T09:55:00.002-04:00

i saw this stop motion piece recently and thought it was really well done! it was created for the may ipad issue of martha stewart living - very nice! i found it here!

mother's day.

2011-05-10T08:45:00.004-04:00

nuts and bolts.

2011-05-06T07:03:00.007-04:00

so my friend ms and i both saw this diy project awhile ago...and finally got around to making them the other night. and if i do say so myself, they turned out awesome! we saw this hex nut bracelet on pinterest...all you need are some different colored strings (we used heavy duty yarn) and some hex bolts from the hardware store. i personally don't look good in gold, so i went with the standard silver color...but ms decided to buy some that were gold colored and they looked pretty sweet as well! here is where we found the instructions ---- here! they were super simple to make (as long as you know how to braid) the only part that took me a little bit of time was to get the nuts to stay nice and tight, but once you figure it out you can breeze through it the next time! below are some pics of the ones i made...i am very excited to wear them!

sherwin williams part II.

2011-05-05T17:55:00.005-04:00

i posted about the sherwin-williams ads awhile ago, but just the other day I saw this commercial on tv and i actually like it better than the print ads! i especially love the beginning of the commercial with the balloons...just thought this was a good extension to the print ads!

and these are two that i actually hadn't seen on tv...but found while looking for the first ad! also nice, but i think the first is my favorite.

birthday.

2011-04-20T09:47:00.018-04:00

it was my wonderful cousin's birthday over the weekend...so i of course made her a card! i was also asked by my aunt and uncle to make a card for them to give to her as well...and here are photos of both:

stamps.

2011-04-19T09:01:00.000-04:00

i saw these stamps recently and thought they were beautiful!