What's in a name?

I love, love, love this!

My friend inspired me to create a work of art with the letters of my last name. (Thanks Lesli!) The letters are made from things in nature and details in architecture. I spent a good hour at Roberts making sure my name looked just right. You wouldn't believe how many things there are to consider..."are there too many upper-case letter?", "do I have too many letters made out of metal?" Decisions, decisions.

The project is a little pricey but I used a 40% off coupon on the frame and the smaller letters are a steal at $2 each.
When it was all said and done, this is how it turned out!

Be Mine

I spent Superbowl Sunday watching the game, of course... but also making valentines with my mom! Here is one I made, I've sent it to Brent. The paper is from Memory Works. I love the vintage feel.

Luck o' the Irish

For our January card swap we had to use a template... that was the only rule. Here's my St. Patrick's Day interpretation.

Believe

My friend, Rachel and I made these super cute "Believe" blocks from Heartland Paper! They turned out so festive!

Christmas sour cream containers

These make cute neighbor gifts! They're called sour cream containers. I found step-by-step instructions on splitcoaststampers.com. I made mine a bit bigger than the instructions said so it holds 8 or 9 mini candy bars. I used a paper crimper to seal the ends and stamped a cute Christmas saying to put on the front. They are super easy!

new years card

It's time for my second card swap! The theme was "holiday". I chose New Years and went with a black and gold theme. I used the "A Brand New Year" stamp from Stampin' Up! and found festive paper at Joann's. Happy new year!

Twilight

"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
--Bella Swan, Twilight

My mom and I love Twilight! We made these blocks from a kit we got at Heartland Paper. It was really easy to do, and I love the little embellishments... there's a tiny fork on the letter "l".