thank you cards.

I created an image in Photoshop Elements and had Modern Art Stamps from Costa Rica create a custom clear stamp!  Last night the boys helped me cut ribbon from Martha Stewart (it was quite dangerous but they loved helping!)  I grabbed my new Tim Holtz tiny attacher/mini staple gun (I have been dying to use this!) and voila!  Custom thank you cards!

shoe love.

I have the fever.  Spring Fever.  And that leads to "shoe fever".  I found these great, adorable shoes (they are comfy too) and I just had to have them in anticipation of some Spring day where I can pair them with  jeans and a white oxford!  Simple and plain but going to be oh so cute!  What is your Spring Fever?

valentine's day chocolate covered pretzels.

Well, this took a bit more work than I anticipated!  Yes, I dipped, hand dipped, one-by-one, an entire bag of mini-pretezels....I should schedule myself to see a psychologist after this project!  Truly, I did not think it was going to be that time consuming but it ended up taking a good couple of hours.  However, the final product turned out great and I am sure my colleagues and the kid's school teachers will enjoy them!  

The Ingredients 
1 bag of salted pretzels
1 bag of chocolate melts (any color)
1 jar of your favorite of sprinkles (I went through more than I thought but I could have had a heavy hand)


 The How To
1. Melt the chocolate melts in the microwave (you can do this over a double broiler as well) but for being simple, I used the microwave.
2. Dip the pretzel in the chocolate and tap off excess.
3. Dip the pretzel in the sprinkles
4. Lay to dry on baking parchment paper  (non-stick).   


That's it!  


I placed them in clear bags and tied with jute and attached a red heart!  


Enjoy!