Gift ideas

Along with the cards, I've also been making coasters to give as gifts. I make them in sets of 4 with any color scheme. They are on sale for $12.00. Just let me know what colors you want and I'll send you pics of what I've found for final approval. The ones pictured below are ones I've already made for others.

Just a Little Something...

I've recently been thinking about how much fun it would be to open up a gift shop/interior design store. I don't know how good of an idea it is to combine the two, but two things I really enjoy doing are designing and creating (if I'm not teaching). I'm toying with the idea of an etsy site. If any of you have been given a gift by me recently, it came with a handmade card. Here's a couple of examples. (Cards-see below)

We'll see about the etsy site. I'm still undecided. The good news is the new house will have a craft room complete with a sewing machine, so my creative juices will continue to flow.

Shower Fun

Recently I threw a shower for my future sister-in-law. Due to the fact that I'm not working at the moment, I had lots of time on my hands to scour and find interesting projects to use for decorations. One of the things I decided to make was to spell the word BRIDE using twine, wire, and wreath flowers, and string it across the mantle at my parent's house. It turned out great! Even though it was time consuming (about 4 hours), it was well worth it. Anyone can make this, and it's cheap!

I also made the center pieces
for the table. I bought some hat boxes
and placed Styrofoam at the bottom,
inside the box. I then bought silk
flowers and cut them to size. I simply stuck
the flowers into the Styrofoamand- voila!
Perfect centerpiece for any party.

Summer is here!

We are so excited to get moving on the summer- literally. We are moving from Raleigh to Atlanta June 19th and couldn't be more excited. I'm busying myself with anything I can possibly think of to keep my mind off of wanting to hop in the car right this second.

We bought a house in May and can't wait to have a place to call our own. Here's to parties, cook outs, the pool, friends, family- the works! :D