II'm delighted to be back and blogging with you this week! Our theme
for this week is BIRTHDAYS, in case you somehow missed the title. :)
A few months ago I begged and pleaded with the WCS "powers that be" to let me blog in March. The reason? In our little family of four, we celebrate three birthdays in the month of April. You heard me right! Yes, April is a crazy time of year for us. And by "us" I mostly mean "me."
I love to celebrate birthdays. It's my way of showing the people I care about that I'm so very glad they were born. So this week, all week, we're talking about birthdays.
Here's what we're looking at for those of you who, like me, like to plan ahead:
Monday - celebrating birthdays, remembering birthdays
Tuesday - birthday invites
Wednesday - birthday party decorating ideas
Thursday - one pretty amazing giveaway, so stay tuned!
Friday - birthday gift ideas, party favors, etc.
Saturday - documenting birthdays
Ready to get started? Here we go!
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Let's
start out with a little confession, shall we? I'm terrible at
remembering birthdays. In fact, I very nearly forgot my only little
nephew's birthday. terrible, right? It gets worse. he and I share a birthday. Oops!
Of course, I might never have nearly forgotten my little nephew's birthday if I'd had one of these hanging in my office like I do now.
I made this in one short afternoon using the following:
- SRM 6x6 pre-made calendar and stickers
- October Afternoon Thrift Shop papers
- Random buttons
- The title from the Silhouette store, by Quickutz
- And these frames by Katie Pertiet over at Designer Digitals
Want to see a few more? Check out this one that our wonderful Celeste Smith created for Pebbles Inc.:
Darling,isn't it? And you know what? She even created a free downloadable template for each month. You can find it here on the Pebbles Inc. blog.
Want more? Check out these sweet designs by the lovely Cheryl Overton:
Now if those don't make you want to lock yourself up in your scraproom, I don't know what will!
But wait! Short on time? Money to burn, or at least, that you're willing to part with to ensure you'll never forget a birthday again? Say no more. ETSY to the rescue.
Just take a look at these two super-cute calendars you can buy.
Find this one here , by Gerbo Designs:
And this one, by Creative Services in Belgium (can you say, shipping?!):
And for those of you who, like me, simply love organizational tools like this one by This Modern Belle:
That's it for today's post. Go order yourself one of those cute little calendars (or visit Celeste's post over at Pebbles Inc.) and get organized!
And if you have a birthday calendar you've made and would like to share, please post it to our flikr gallery!
Let me leave you with this sweet shot by the very talented Jamie Waters. See her darling birthday wall? Yeah - those are all photos! I'm so gonna do this for my kiddos and hubby this year! Just watch me! ;)
Come back tomorrow for more birthday craziness! And happy Monday!
