Friday, September 24, 2010

Get Sketchy!


If I were going to design a baby shower invitation based on a movie premiere, this would be it. Based on Get Sketchy #56 (http://getsketchy.blogspot.com/2010/09/gs-56.html), this was a whole lot of fun to make - thanks to Summer for pointing me toward such a fabulous contest!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Changes for the holidays

It's almost the equinox, folks. How crazy is that? Where does the time go? Why do I always feel like quoting Monty Python right about this same time every year? "A year passed: winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn... until one day..."

The questions, they have no answers.

At the same time that I'm considering simplifying lots of things around me, I'm planning on ramping up others. Like the holidays. Most years we just send out a printed photo card from Sams Club - and that's fine.

But to paraphrase Dr. Seuss - "maybe [the holidays] mean a little bit more". So I'm thinking handmade cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yep. And more handmade gifts, quite possibly personalized by the kids. And food gifts.

Because really - don't we all have enough brightly colored plastic bits around the house already?

What are you planning to do for gifts and cards this holiday season? Any particularly awesome ideas or recipes to share?