What I think about PINK.

WHAT I like about pink is everything.

HOW I like using it best for a party is with lots of different pinks all at the same time.

I think that pink is a difficult color.

There are about a bazillion shades of pink and when you try and use just one shade and try to match everything to that one shade (and you absolutely can't), it can look "off ". That's why I think purposefully using several shades of pink works like magic. Soft or bold... pink is still pink and nothing is more girly than pink.

Stacey's Beautiful Quilts Part 1

Before Stacey and I started working together she had more time to make some really gorgeous quilts. Quilts take math skills and Stacey has those in a big way. She could teach high school math if she wanted to and everyone in the family comes to her for math questions . She always knows the answers. Her cutie pie Jeffrey is following in her footsteps. You either have it or you don't.

I fall in the "don't" category. I've never made a quilt but I looove them. I can do math and balance a check book but I'm not even sure what calculus is and even whether I spelled it right. I am the proud holder of 2 of Stacey's quilts of family pictures. I cherish them. I always thought if I had to spend some time in the hospital I would grab one off the wall and take my whole family with me to wrap around me.

I'm going to take more pictures of Stacey's quilts and make one of those fun little animated Smileboxes. That's on my To Do list.

Are you "On" my website?

I have a very smart and web savvy nephew named Mickey. He's a big cute grown up guy with 2 sweet little girls. He has a blog called: MickMelSEO

He recently posted 10 interesting things most people are confused about pertaining to technology that he hears most often. I guess I can be considered "most people". #4 on the list was that you are never "on" someone's website. If you say that then....well....Mickey would give you that look. I think I've been given that look more than a few times by Mick. (But he's also one of my favorite peeps anyways.)

He says you're never "on" someone's website. You just pull the page to your computer screen and then you're disconnected until you pull another one. Isn't that so interesting? Did not know that.

BUT....who wants to replace the word "ON" with "I just pulled your webpage to my computer screen and then I was disconnected and now I'm going to try and pull another one". I like the word "ON" better. I'm going to continue to say it and I'm going to expect that most everyone else is going to say it too. I'm very fine with that. I"ll just try and remember to not say it in front of Mickey cuz I want him to think I'm cool.

Candy and color trends

Here's a new and fun Sign In Board we made for Hannah's party. There are sharpie markers for writing just everywhere all over the board in all three party colors.

Turquoise, red and yellow has long been one of my favorite color combinations.

Lime green has replaced turquoise somewhat these last couple of years but I still love turquoise. The place I get paint from has finally decided to carry a true beautiful lime green paint called sublime green...about time.

I understand orange is going to be big this year...I'm watching. We've bought some very good looking orange glossy mylar but haven't dented the roll too much yet. We also finally found a true chocolate brown. What happened to pink and brown? And blue and brown? Now I have it and I'm not using it so much.

We're sailing thru red, black and silver though. And royal blue is always popular..every year.

I also love all the pastel shades together and when it's mixed with pearlized balloons it just never misses in my opinion.

Crappy Crafter Designer Wear

Susie and Stacey bought me the SAME birthday card and neither one knew it.

I always love creative new ideas.....but I'm not sure I'm up for this one!

Maybe if the bows were a different color it would work for me.

Baby Shower: Potty Like a Rock Star

Sometimes an idea comes over to us that is just so darn cute we are smiling all the time we are working on it. This was one of them...thanks to Katina in Missouri and the baby shower she was giving for her twin sister. Katina made the logo and came up with the cute phrase "POTTY like a Rock Star" and we made the little 10" guitars that sat on her 24" round tables. We also made the star guitar for the 30 guests to sign in on and added the parents-to-be's name on it. We loved using the cute variety of pink guitars we have in all sorts of fun shapes like hearts and bubbly shaped.

I think this is a refreshing and clever way to make a baby shower memorable and Stacey and I were glad to be part of it.