Month March 2009

I seriously do!! My good friends, G & S, gave it to me so that I could have plants in my apartment (not enough sunlight comes in to grow plants without an AeroGarden) because I love taking care of G’s flytraps and African violets so much. The first 5 months I had basil, chives and thyme growing in there. Well, now I have switched to flowers!! I am so excited! I am growing marigold, mini…

Today’s lawn fawn loves etsy Monday is brought to you by…

JADE GREEN!! Almost 6000 entries showed up, and here are five of my favorites. Most are jewelry because the word jade brings up a lot of jewelry, but, wow, did I find some gorgeous stuff!! Oh, necklace by luxedeluxe, how I love thee.
Isn’t this bracelet by TheArdentSparrow the most beautiful thing?
This photo by evesimone is so gorgeous. I wish I was…

I had to do another challenge! 🙂 As a reminder, here are the colors:
Here is my card:

I started with a cool angle shot this time to change it up a little :). The colors:
chocolate chip – front circle frame, tree
tangerine tango – sentiment, leaves, brads in flowers
so saffron – inside circle frame, bird, flowers
whisper white – card base, inside card circle This circle card was cut out with my …

Another challenge!!! Woo!! Here is Kristina Werner’s challenge for this week:
Here is my entry:

As you can see I tried a new photo set up. What do you guys think? Do you like this or the other way I’ve been photographing? The colors:
chocolate chip – strip of polka dotted card stock, “gracias”
tangerine tango – felt flower ribbon
so saffron – strip of polka dotted card stock, cloud frame
whisper white – card…

Here’s a cutie card I made for my friend J to give as a thank you card. Don’t you remember these types of drawings in those little golden storybooks? I am in love with this puppy stamp. It is from sideshow stamps. They have some awesome designs that are really unique. Check them out!

Another color challenge!!! Woooooo! This one comes from Dawn McVey, and she is amazing! You must check out her blog! This is going to be a quickie post because I made this card at 2:00 AM! My Mom is visiting, and we have been so busy I haven’t had time to make cards. I am glad I was able to do Dawn’s first challenge though!
Here is the challenge:
Here is my card:
brown…

Can you believe it’s Monday again already?! The weeks are flying by! Today’s lawn fawn loves etsy Monday is brought to you by…

MAGENTA!! Almost 5000 entries showed up, and here are four of my favorites! I love this baby blanket by LittleMamasDesigns. When I have a kid one day, I would love to have cute and bright stuff like this for him or her!
This button ring by PizazzEtc is completely awesome! I…

I am participating in another one of Kristina Werner’s Color Inspiration Challenges, AGAIN! I couldn’t help it! I just kept going! Once again, here is the challenge:
Here is my card:

Here is how I used the colors:
basic black – flamingo outlines, flamingo beaks
riding hood red – flamingo
regal rose – flamingo
pretty in pink – flamingo
bashful blue – “gracias”, picket fence Here are some more photos:
I was so happy to…

I am participating in another one of Kristina Werner’s Color Inspiration Challenges. Yay!! So fun!! I had a hard time with this one at first, but I ended up having a blast with it. So here is the challenge:
And here is my entry:
Oh how I wish I had a light box to take better photos. I always have to take the photos at night, and I can never get the picture just right!
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