Celtic Valentines Day Card

I believe in the concept of soul mates and I am lucky enough to have been married to mine for almost 30 years. That being said, I was inspired to create a one-of-a-kind Valentines Day card for my husband this year.

I just have to say that I have a very large crush on Avery's design online and print program.  I have started creating projects left and right, including this little beauty (if I do say so myself).  Did I mention the design functions are FREE to use?  You can also import your own images as I did on this project.

I have been seeing cards (on Pinterest, of course) saying "I have loved you for (x number) of days".  Some of them are available as free printables, but I wanted to personalize mine a little more.  Here is a link to the web site I used to calculate the number of days...Date Duration Calculator.  

I love using Celtic knots in design projects,so that part was a no-brainer.  There is some wonderful free clip art on the net...                           

I used the Tangerine font.  I saw this verse and thought it finished the thought perfectly.  "All my love always" is a phrase I started using years ago to sign cards/letters to him with.


Disclaimer:  I received no compensation of any type from Avery for this.  I am merely sharing the source I used for my project with you.

New Years Resolutions and why I created this blog

It's that time of year again.  If you're like me, and most people, it's time to make those New Years resolutions that you declare with the greatest of intentions...at the time...and then, well, not so much. One of the main reasons I started this blog is to have some kind of accountability, if even to no one other than myself.  I am approaching my 50th birthday and enough is enough.  Good intentions don't really cut it for me anymore. I have illusions of organization, but they don't stick.  When I am organized, I am very organized.  So the potential is there. One of the biggest culprits for me right now is my oodles and oodles of holiday decor.  My go-to phrase has become "It looks like Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas threw up all over my basement".  I said that last year too.  The thing of it is, I HAVE room for everything, so I don't really have to down-size so much as organize.  I have perused Pinterest once again in search of a method of keeping track of each season's decor and found a couple ideas I really like. I will share those with you in later posts along with any tips I have.  Now that the last of our Christmas celebrations are over, it is time.  I am forgoing the tempting urge to decorate the house for New Years to make time to organize, but that hasn't stopped me from accruing a few items in anticipation of next years decor *wink*.  I plan to reward myself with each goal I achieve with a craft or home improvement project that I've been wanting to do. It's time to cross some of those off my mental to-do list too!  

I really like these resolutions from Danielle Bruflodt at Thyme is Honey.

            Get ready, get set, organize!

In the spirit of these declarations (yes, I'm stealing them for myself!), I found one way to organize my day/week/month that works for me, in theory at least.  This method shouldn't involve so much paper waste--I plan to use the back of each page as well.   I am a visual person but I don't seem to do well with planners for whatever reason.  Jessica Fisher, at Life as MOM has a great post-it note to-do list.

And as soon as I track down my clipboard, I will be on my way to organization!