kris' 40th birthday

i really am the worst blogger but unfortunately, i just lack the time to sit down and upload my photos, so please be patient with me.


a good friend of mine turned 40 on the 9th of April and since she has everything she needs/wants, and she loves sending cards. i thought some customized stationary would be the best bet. plus, she totally values the time and energy spent on crafts so that alone made me want to spend extra time on creating the best gift for her!










and these two are my favorite:




and these were presented to her in this lovely gift bag!


The Deets:
Paper: Papertrey Cardstock, K Marcella Patterned Paper from Target, Only Orange, Real Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Certainely Celery
Ink: Real Red, Only Orange, Very Vanilla Kraft
Stamps: Papertrey Ambassador Monogram Edition, Borders and Corners Monogram Edition, "Happy Birthday" I believe it's Stampendous
Ribbon: Green Galore 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8" Chocolate Chip and Brocade Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Ribbon Originals Fairy Tale and Jersey,
Punches: Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Cicrle
Misc. Paper Bag from Target

The last one!

Yeah...so I procrastinated on getting the gift for this shower because well, this particular girlfriend already has 1 kiddo and it's not a real shower but more of a get together of some girlfriends. I figured I'd stop on my way to the shower and pick up a gift card to Target. Isn't the packaging so beautiful? I definately stood out amongst the rest.

Oh, and can you believe...NO STAMPING?! It really was a jiffy to put together. It's a shame I struggled with the card.


The Deets:
Special Delivery Boy Simply Scrappin Kit
Coffee Bag
Congratulations Rub-On frm Basic Grey

Easy Peasy Wrapping

Doy...who got a friend their Christmas present the night before they were exchanging presents? Not me...violently shaking my head...;)

Ok, so maybe I did. Here is the partial gift:


Any guesses to what it may be?

well....

It's a MAC eye shadow. I know, a weird gift right? well, my gf likes it but refuses to spend such money on make-up so I got it for her and a gift certificate for anything else she may want.

How was i going to wrap this? Put the gift card in a card and hand her this little 1x1 box and say Merry Christmas?! No..I couldn't do that and all the other wrapping I had would be misleading, so I remembered I had a stash of lunch bags lying around.Why not alter it? I wanted the bag to be christmas-y but not be your traditional green and red. I found this stash of non-SU paper under my DSP and knew I hit the jackpot.

This is what i came up with...


Isn't it spiffy?! and on top of it all, it took me like 5 mins to "design" and another 15 to create it!

Let me tell you, it was sitting on my desk at work today and boy did I get a ton of compliments on it!!!!!!