Ahoy Matey, Argh!!

So as promised, new goodies are here!!

One of the commercial use packs I got were a pirate set. I jumped right in and did a ship and a cute little pirate fella. Combine that with some ocean waves and some fun pirate-ish fonts, and you get my newest invite:

Pirate Invitation

Why, Thank You!

I haven't made any thank you cards yet, though it is on my ever-growing to-do list! However, a customer came to me and asked if I had a matching thank you card for my Sesame Street invitation. 

 Matching Sesame Street Thank You Card

 

I have to say, the idea was instant. I saw it in my mind and not only did I love it - but so did the customer. So I decided to put it in my store for anyone else interested :)

I got some commercial use goodies a couple days ago, so expect some new invites soon! I'm eager & motivated to create some new stuff, so it should be fun! :)

~ Jeni M.

Run or Dye Time!!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blogging to bring you a first for me! I took a break from designing and card making to run my first 5k.

After losing nearly 40lbs last year through hard work and determination, I really wanted to run an official 5k. And before you ask - there is no secret. I lost the weight through the very old and boring routine of diet & exercise.

A scrappy layout I made during the competition chronically my 12 week results

And I know, I know - the word diet disgusts me too. So let's just call it clean eating. And I don't mean I went all natural (I can't afford that yet! lol). I just mean I watched what I ate, how much I ate and when I ate. I learned that sodium & I are not fast friends, so I paid attention to how much sodium I took into my body and lowered it as much as I could. I allowed myself a good splurge at least once a week. And I made sure to exercise over an hour every day! That's it people - the pounds literally just fell off of me during the competition (which I won by the way!).

So yes - a 5k. But not just any 5k. I wanted to do one of those colorful ones popping up around the country. You've got the Color Run. Run or Dye. Color Vibe. Color Me Rad. Color In Motion. And I'm sure many many more. I went with the only one coming to the town I'm currently living in: Run or Dye. I signed up and waited for the day (which was over 6mo after singing up for it - grr).
Fast forward to yesterday! The big day had arrived. I won't bore you with too many details, but let me just say it was awesome. Not only did I have a great run, but the color part was so much fun! If you can ever experience one of these - I highly recommend it!! I don't have many pictures yet. The run has some, but they haven't been posted yet. And I left my dang camera battery in the charger at home. Total bummer! But the memories are fantastic, and I won't forget those any time soon!!

At least I had a cell phone :)

It's The Boys Turn

Yep, the boy version took me longer than I thought it would. I just couldn't decide on colors. I would think blue & green would be easy to pick, but there are so many shades that I just couldn't decide lol.

Boy Sleepover, Slumber Party Invitation

But hey, at least I got it done! I can breath a sigh of relief and decide what to do next! Until then!
~ Jeni M.

Slumber Party Sleepover Invite

So I had this cute idea with some girls grouped together for a sleepover invite. I pictured pillows & blankets on the living room floor. Well, I never figured out the blankets (I did try, but it looked funny), but I did put them down in front of a couch :) 

Sleepover Slumber Party Invitation

Add some movie night goodies and you have my newest invite. I'm working on converting it to boy colors. Wish me luck -- switching colors seems to be a pain for some reason lol.

~ Jeni M.

Monkey Baby Shower Invite

I started this one a while ago, but just never had the motivation to finish it. With some down time, I forced myself to focus and get down to business lol. After finishing the girly version, I did up not only a boy version, but also a gender neutral version as well :) Seems like lots of people like to do gender reveal at baby showers now, so I wanted to make sure they could use my invite for that! :)

Monkey Baby Shower Invitation

Working next on a sleepoever invite! I'm excited to start it, so I'll be back with that one soon enough!

~ Jeni M.

Bouncy Fun

I've been to more than one party with those inflatable bouncy house things. I swear that's all you could do for parties in the small town I lived in a few months ago, lol. SO! I thought - what better invite to do next then one with those castle things!

Bouncy House Castle Invitation

It was a lot of fun to make up the house/castle thing. I have to say -- there are so many different versions out there. And colors. Who knew!? The hardest part was narrowing the colors & design down to what you see above. But once it all came together, it just fit, you know :)

That's all for today. Onto my next project (not sure what that will be yet, but I'll figure it out soon, I'm sure)!

~ Jeni M.