stationary box filled with goodies

I am really proud of this oh so easy project. The lady that is marrying Todd and I on Saturday is fighting her 3rd battle with cancer. The first two times it was breast cancer now this time it is bone cancer from the breast cancer. I wanted to make her something very special and thanks to Marie (aka ~~me~~) I was able to do that. The other day while looking around on the mb I saw her post of where she makes these stationary boxes. I thought they were just great so she kindly shared her recipe for them. I am in love with these, I plan on making many many more. The cards I monogramed with her initials using the storybook cartridge, the note paper is nothing but 3 1/2" scalloped squares cut from mini monograms. The tags were cut from George at 3" and then I ran ribbons through the top. The address book is nothing but notebook paper and then printed paper hooked together with brads. I am going tomorrow to get her a book of stamps to go in the stamps slot. Judy going up the side was cut from Plantin Schoolbook and the flowers on the other side is George with stickles in the center. then I added an ink pink and tied a ribbon around the lid of the box. This was the first one that I ever did so it took me just a little longer but I plan on making many many more of these. Thanks again Marie, I think you helped me make the perfect gift....

here are two more thank you cards for my wedding

Here are a couple more thank you cards for people that are doing things for our wedding. The first one is for the lady that is singing. I have picked Allison Krauses- You say it best when you say nothing at all and John Berry's- Your love amazes me. I am so excited to hear her version because she has the most beautiful voice.

The next is a thank you card for the lady that owns the florist. She knows my soon to be husband ( 2 weeks from today) whoo hooo...... I offered to rent an arbor, candelebra and some potted plants and she said no, she wanted to just let us use them. She said this was something that she wanted to do for us. She is also making my bouquet so I wanted to make her an extra special card. I wish you could see it in person because the picture doesn't show it's true colors. I have to tell you out of all the thank you's this is one of my favorites.

I hope they both enjoy their cards. Thank you all for looking and leaving me a comment. I still have a few more wedding thank you's to do before the wedding so I hope you can bare with me....

Wedding thank you cards

I have been so busy getting ready for the wedding. My daughter and I picked out what I think is the perfect dress. Todd and I both have been through a marriage before so we wanted to do everything our way so my dress is my no means a traditional wedding dress. I tried on a bunch but my daughter and the sales lady both kept saying the red one, the red one.... The sales lady even gave me a very nice compliment and said that not everyone could pull off red but I most definitely could. I even found killer red shoes to match. I was so excited. Well with the wedding dress shoping out of the way I thought I would start on some other things needed for the big day. So I have been working on my thank you wedding cards. September 5th is just around the corner so I want to get as much done now as possible. In the midst of working on these thank you cards I found the frames from Storybook. OMG, I am in love with these frames. I think they work really well for thank you cards. I was even able to use up some of my scraps on these cards because I wanted to keep them light enough to mail with one stamp so they really don't take much paper to make. All of the butterflies were the MS butterfly punch. I layered all of the butterflies 3 times each because I absolutely cannot make a flat card. lol... Anyway I hope you enjoy seeing them because I am sure there will be a lot more to make. The next thing I am going to work on is my hershey kisses with our names on them and little containers for them to go in. I am thinking about the little popcorn containers from TBBM, hopefully I will get those done today to show you. Thank you for looking and thank you for leaving a comment. They mean so much

Wedding Card Book

Todd and I have finally set our wedding date. September 5, 2009. I am so excited. I went and looked at rings today and went and looked at a wedding chapel and decided that the perfect place for us to get married would be in our backyard. We truly have a gorgeous back yard. We have this old oak tree that is over 200 years old. It stretches over almost the entire back yard. I have the photographer lined up, I picked out the two songs the other day. John Berry - Your love amazes me. You can listen to it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62okIG1DNB8 and Allison Krause It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsjZWlRVvo

I am excited about both of these songs because I think both of them suite us so much. I will post a picture of our wedding invitation too. Todd said he wanted something simple so I tried to make it as simple as possible but still elegant. It will be a very small wedding with just family and a few friends. This book will be setting out for all of our wedding guest to sign along the inside. I thought it would make a great keepsake. I saw the idea of making the book from Mandi Lou, aka bunny lover. Thank you for the inspiration Mandi Lou. I took a picture of the inside verse but I am not sure how clear in came out. The first page says "There are three things that we will endure- Faith, Hope and Love, and the greatest is love." the second page says "Two hands, two hearts, one love forever! then it says "Better than I was, more than I am and all of this happened by taking your hand." and the third page says "From this day forward by God's grace and goodness, I give you my hand and my life to share." Then I wrote both of our names at the bottom. I didn't want all the folds to show on the edge of the book so I took another piece of paper and made a binding for the book and the adhered another full sheet to the front and back of the book for the cover. Alot of time and hours went in to making this but I wanted it to be special. I truly wish you could see it in person because I really don't believe that the pictures does it justice. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I spent a lot of time on this project and would love to have your input. Thank you so much.

Cuttlebug challenge #43

Here is my cuttlebug challenge card for this week. I hope hope you like it. This was a sketch challenge. For this card I only used three carts. Storybook, Plantin Schoolbook and Beyond Birthdays. The flower was cut at 2 1/2" and I used gold stickles on the ends. The butterflies were also from SB and I cut them at 1"and cut each of them twice and layered them. I also used gold stickles in the centers of the butterflies. The frame is from SB and is cut at 3". The my friend is from BB and is cut at 3". The scallop is from Plantin Schoolbook and is cut at 1/2". I used my cuttlebug swiss dots folder for the frame and then I used the smaller flowers from one of the cuttlebug accessory sets. I also used a piece of gold ribbon down the center. thank you for looking and thank you for leaving a comment.