hopeink LOVE DEFINED giveaway!

A new Etsy shop recently discovered is Hope Ink!

Emily, owner and designer, makes ready to hang canvases and notecards using God's Words from scriptures, they are all beautiful and uplifting!!! Most everything can be personalized. LOVE them, I'm eyeing a few of the canvases for our walls.

Little bits about Emily: "Mama to 4 kiddos, living in sunny California, and helping my husband with our non-profit counseling ministry. Love to design art that showcases Scripture in a fun and fresh way - with personal touches like names and color choices. A weakness for iced coffee."

Emily is giving away a custom love defined personalized print!



Just go check out her shop and then come back and tell us what's your fave!?

Happy monday!

on vacay and the website is done (sorta)

tuesday evening we snuck up to Nebraska for a few days for a family wedding on saturday. enjoying time in the sun, swimming,picnics, walks and visiting with great grandparents. my internet access is very limited and will answer all emails when I return :)

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In the meantime, the jewelry website is done. Kinda sorta. I have more stuff to add but needed to take a break from working on it (plus we went out of town) so they will be added later. And I have some tweaking to do here and there.

But it's ready to take orders!

A HUGE thanks to Timi for making this site for me! She was so patient with me, we have been working on this for months!

Please take a peek at the new site, www.thevintagepearl.com, would love to know what you think!?

Also, please let me know if you run into any glitches, typos, etc. :)

(funny thing is we already had orders and emails just moments after we went live to test it a few days ago! Freaked me out a bit as I wasn't ready, but so exciting!)


have a fab week!

family tree

something new made for IvyLane's "wings" launch that starts today! LOTS OF CUTE STUFF, go look around!

so we took the family tree design idea that is floating around out there and addded a bird for each family member. then stamped each members names around the edge, so sweet!

I'm not sure if this will be added to the website or not so this may be the only one offered!

find it here!

introducing...

Please click HERE!

I am thrilled to have the photography site up and running! Starting a photography business has been something I have been dreaming of and I have finally decided to just go for it :)

The first 5 sesions booked will receive a free 8x10 of their choice!

almost ready!

I spent almost the entire weekend trying to finish up our new jewelry website... I was dreaming about jewelry last night!

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red, white and blue!

and a very special birthday wish...



Eden watching her first fireworks...







Hope everyone had a fun and safe celebration!

my helper

Tessa sat with me for over an hour last night helping me make initials :)

We are getting ready for a show and would love ideas for ready to go pieces, what would YOU buy?

my view

most days this is what I see when I look down...









til she gets bored with me (and my camera!)



I have a great view :)

just bein' silly

who are you?



"eye" see you!



happy tuesday :)

winners!

Thanks so much to everyone that left such sweet and supportive comments for these shops! I wish everyone could win :)

Here are the winners, all randomly picked by the random number generator:

1. shey b camera strap cover- Sarah!

2. polkadot moon hairpins- Christina!

3. fab K creative blog makeover- Heather!

4. back40life vinyl wall decal- Katy!

5. pixisette necklace- Kacee!

6. pdx baby beanie- Ang!

7. jl photography hope print- miss anne!

8. pretty in pink wristlet- Magda!

9. golden shop cupcake bib- Lauren!

10. elm studios bowl- Alissa F!

11. daisy chains initial hairpins- gina!

12. danburry lane tutu- Marinda Fowler!

13. field of roses coin purse- tinsley time!

14. buggy bows- Wendy!

15. the vintage pearl enamelled necklace- nicole!

16. joys hope- Summer!

So these 16 winners were entered to win a handstamped necklace from my shop (as long as they had the giveaway banner posted!) and the randomly picked winner is Lauren!

If you won, please email the shop owner you won from!

I had so much fun with giveaway week (did ya'll have fun?) that I have already started a list for a fall giveaway week :)

the party

Eden's party was last night, and our house was full of family and close friends that came to celebrate :)

Eden absolutely loved her birthday outfit.

Jess from polkadots and pirates sent us the adorable tutu and the hat and bib are from Rachel of goldenshop. These two are friends and team up on projects, their collaborations are perfection!



Tessa wants an outfit like Eden's for her birthday, so we will be placing an order soon :)





Eden ran around the house happy and excited!



Jess from polkadots and pirates also sent us these CUTE cupcake toppers.



we sang happy birthday...



and then the real fun began...


















Happy birthday Eden!!!


We love you!!!