Pink Paislee Warehouse Sale Time!

Every year I get super excited about the arrival of this warehouse box and I have never been disappointed!  It’s always stuffed with the best Pink Paislee products… it’s an amazing value.

It only happens once a year and will end on August 14th!  Get your box here.  GO GO GO!!

Feeling Punchy

Last week was The Perfect Punch week on the Pink Paislee blog. I am kind of a “basics” sort of gal when it comes to punches.  I don’t have a lot of fancy shapes (I leave those for the die cut machines) but I do have a fair amount of border punches and simple circles and squares. 

The perfect punch can be perfect for more than one reason: perfect because you adore the shape, perfect because it just happens to be the right size, or perfect because you reach for it over and over despite it being ordinary.

Today my perfect punch is the last of these reasons.  It’s really just a plain square punch but if you look “outside of the box” you’ll see you can create a lot more with it.  Windows. Triangles. Diamonds.  Or… chevron!

The green and teal chevron shapes on my page are made from punched squares.  I punched the squares and cut them diagonally into two triangles.

Then all you have to do is stagger the triangles to create the zig zag shape.  I stitched over mine to reinforce the design.

This is a really simple way to use your square punches for something more than, well, squares! No measuring required.

I used all sorts of Pink Paislee goodies on this page.  There are some Woodshop alphas and the darker teal letter stickers are some of the first ever… and still just as great today! I cut the layers of the raised heart from some Spring Jubilee packaging.

And I reinforced my “song” title with a little bird and the music note chipboard from Spring Jubilee.  I love that I was able to take elements and colors from this line and make a boy page.

Check out the rest of The Perfect Punch week on the Pink Paislee blog for more fun ideas.

Where have I been??

You may have noticed a bit of a recent absence here on my blog.  I have good reason, I promise!

I am thrilled to announce the arrival of Little Miss Lily Sophia, weighing in at 8 lbs., 4 ozs and measuring 20.25 inches with a full head of dark hair.  She made her debut on July 19th at 10:15pm. 

So far ::knock on wood:: she is about, ohhh… a million times easier than her brother was as an infant.  Compared to Owen’s alertness and reflux she is the easiest baby ever.  It’s early yet and we are waiting for the other shoe to drop but we’ll take it while we can get it!! 

So projects will be slower to appear for a while but I am amassing photos in the mean time!