Where have I been?

You are probably wondering where I have been . . . or then again, maybe not. :) 
I've been here, I've been busy and I've been too tired to post.  Pathetic I know! 
So to prove to you that I have been here and I have been crafting . . . here is a little something I made for a custom order recently.

Customer tells me they need thank you notes for a recent fashion show they did and my requirements are "pastels, lots of bling" and if possible a model or hat on them.  Well I thought and thought and thought about this and just couldn't come up with something that had a hat or model on it in pastels with bling and it not be totally TACKY.  So I did what I do best, I went with my gut and said screw the requirements *ok not really!* and decided that 2 of the requirements I could work with. 

I grabbed my DCWV Luxury stack (because of all the shimmery fancy paper in PASTELS) and picked out 5 patterns that I liked.  Next I found a nice label to cut for the front of the cards (shame on me for not notating which cricut cartridge this was from - sorry!).  After cutting what seemed like a million silver and copper labels I ran them through my printer to print the 'thank you' sentiment on them (because I didn't have a stamp that was big enough and classy enough to use - dang it!) . . . so after taping 6 labels at a time to a sheet of paper and running them through my printer repeating the process about a million times.  Assembling the card front, the label and of course some serious BLING . . .  THIS is what I ended up with. 

I think they are a very "Elegant" way to say Thank you!

What do you think?  I welcome your thoughts, suggestions and feedback!  If you can't leave me a comment because you are viewing this via e-mail feed, click on the link to open the actual webpage and you can leave a comment there. 

Thanks for looking!!

A few wedding gifts my super talented sister made

My super talented sister recently made a few wedding gifts for her best friend.  Lucky for me, she sent me some pictures of her handy work so that I could share it with you!  :)  Take a look at these awesome custom monogrammed home decor items she made with the help of her Cricut!

These are the initials of the bride and groom (groom on the left, bride on the right and last name in the middle).  If you look really really close, the little metal thing under the central image says "soul mates".  Awwww . . . . Doesn't that just melt your heart?

Here is a close up of the letters and gorgeous paper. . .

This is a neat way to honor the marriage; it can be displayed in a china cabinet, hung on the wall or displayed on top of the kitchen cabinets, fridge or decorative ledges in many homes.  Actually it can go anywhere, those are just a few places I could imagine it in my house! :)  Hmmm, might have to make myself one!

And this is a really cool serving tray she monogrammed for them. (Why is it I never see anything funky like this when I'm shopping!?)  I'm not sure where she got the tray from, but isn't it awesome!? 

If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment!  I'll pass along any questions or comments to her, and if we're lucky maybe she'll even leave a comment to reply!