four on friday.

1) ah! friday, at last! i'm gearing up for throwing a little birthday party for my husband this weekend. nothing major, just some wonderful friends and lots of food! i'll be serving this, and these, and this, plus a whole lot more. i'll share some photos next week.

2) i love bags. i'm currently knitting this little baby in lime green, though i'd really love to get my hands on this. have you met orla kiely yet? my friend wendy has a crush on her, too. so does celeste. looks like my bag-love is in good company.

3) i mentioned earlier that i've been busy planning and getting ready for mike's party. so what on earth was i thinking last night when i started making dog treats for my sweet pup? isn't she cute? she loves the treats, by the way. so does my son, but that's another story...

4) does anyone know what tomorrow is?

of course, the party's been goin' on all week over at creating keepsakes, but you won't want to miss tomorrow! i'll be prepping for a birthday party, but i'll check in over at club ck throughout the day. i hope pop on over, too!

here's what's going on:

• a layout sketch every hour from 9 AM to 6 PM (that's mst)
• page titles and free fonts!
• a photo-contest
• page-layout contests with randomly selected winners
• and some great prizes from here and here. (two of my favorites!)

happy friday!

a really great place to start.

who knew starting a blog could be so difficult? i've written a handful of opening posts, only to hit delete. so, i'm opening with photos from a great long weekend away.

happy sunday.

fun friday.

a friend shared this link a week or so ago. fun stuff!

shape collage


try it! it's free AND fun!

happy friday!

flowers.

aren't these darling?

i made them.
all by myself.
with a LOT of step-by-step help from nina's tutorial. :)
check it out.
like her stuff? me, too!
and you know what?
she's guest-blogging over at write. click. scrapbook. today.
go check it out!

happy tuesday!

as promised, printable bookplates.

hope you all are having a wonderful friday! my oldest is recovering from the stomach flu, and though she's certainly not 100%, she had no problem helping me out with this:
i printed them on avery sticker paper and trimmed with my trimmer, though you could easily punch each one out with a circle punch (assuming you have the right size).

you can download the blue-birdie book plates here.

enjoy! and happy friday!

joy.

today we can have joy,

because we know how the story ends.

happy saturday. happy nearly easter!