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A Mother’s Day Lesson…

shanna — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:17:33 +0000

Holy Mother’s Day weekend from Hades!!

I have a mom and a mother-in-law that are truly incredible. Totally selfless, thoughtful, and generous. I had this little plan all worked out to give back to them a little over the weekend.

Surprise pedicure appointments were made, dinner was planned, and my youngest sister and I got together to prepare a gift for the salon. OHHH I was excited about the treat we were going to give them.

Oh there was a treat all right. Just not what I had planned.

The...

A Mother’s Day Lesson…

What a Happy Find!

shanna — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:33:29 +0000

I’ve been working on some design projects lately which means lots of research for inspiration and ideas…and that always takes me off the beaten path. But that’s how you find out about new things, right!?!? So what if you’re 500 miles from where you need to be….

*sigh*

The good news (I think…) is, you may see a few more design type posts in the future as that is where my brain and my time are, so it’s the best way to multi-task.

To start, while I was researching something else entirely,...

What a Happy Find!

A wonderful Gift Idea

shanna — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:55:33 +0000

I love this book. I really sweet friend sent it to me after our wedding with a little thank you note. It was such a thoughtful little minding! I think it would be perfect to send to someone after a fun family dinner, a birthday party, a weekend with friends…..

There are loads of great resources for making photobooks these days and many are much more elaborate and complicated than this one. This is about 10 pages long and has a paperback cover. What makes it perfect is its simplicity, and its ability to fit...

A wonderful Gift Idea

quick gift idea

shanna — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:45:45 +0000

It was my dad’s birthday this past week and I wanted to make something with the Littles for his garden. He and my mom have been working on an awesome vegetable garden that I will write more about later. But since our Littles are a bit too little to do anything that requires too much skill, I went with painting rocks that Grandpa could add to his flower pots, as well as painting a little potted basil plant.

Super easy projects, and the Butterfly Fly stamps added the...

quick gift idea

outside of the box gifts

shanna — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:45:50 +0000

My youngest sister is brilliant.

Beautiful, creative, talented…..BRILLIANT!

And she can give a good gift card gift! So often we struggle with what to buy someone for their birthday, Christmas, anniversary, you name the occasion and we have all scratched our heads endlessly trying to think of the perfect gift….and panicked when we get to the night before with still nothing. (OK – maybe some of you perfect folks have not, but I for one have been there MANY times!)

So I love seeing what both of my sisters come up with...

outside of the box gifts