Race fan... his dad won't be happy!

Dan may not be happy, but the rest of the family is. We went home for a quick visit and went to my brother's to see his family. It was a Sunday, which only means on thing for my brother and his family, my sister and her family and my uncle: RACE DAY! While we are basketball fans in our house, Nascar seems to have made a great impression on Aidan (well, and the cake and birthday gifts too... Nothing like celebrating 5 birthdays at once... 4 kids, all cousins born within 10 days.. ) But my brother was so proud! This is Aidan watching Earnhardt, Uncle Ryan's favorite!

View from my balcony...

The view from my bedroom window was so spectacular this morning! Now if only I could have found a way to move the pesky hydro wires out of my way. It is mornings like this that I realize exactly how lucky I am to live in the North and be able to see images like this instead of concrete and cars.

It's not easy being green...

I started working on the next wedding invitations. The bride and groom left for Costa Rica for a month and only left me with limited instructions on the colours they want and the pictures they wanted to incorporate. I am finding it tough to only use various shades of the same green as I like to add a little colour. Based on various style elements from other samples that the bride liked, I worked on a very rough draft on some ideas.

Big Helper...

Aidan decided to be a big helper to his dad today and shovel the driveway. Not sure if he is holding up the shovel or if the shovel is actually the one in control!

K's wedding invitations...

I was asked to come up with a creative idea for a local couple's wedding invitations. One of the bridesmaids is a good friend of mine and it was so easy working with the bride. She was laid back and just let me know what colours she liked and we went from there. We had just a short couple of weeks to go from idea to 190 of these all set to go and be mailed. Luckily she has some fabulous friends and family and everyone pitched in and they were done in 2 short afternoons. It is hard to see the jewels, pearls and the stickles in the picture, but they really shone in the sun. The bride loves butterflies, so we threw it in there just for her. I loved working with the simple design and colours.

Hogs and Kisses!

Here are a couple of the valentine's cards I made for my son's daycare class. Everyone really enjoyed the sentiments "Hogs and Kisses" and "You are beary special". Lost on the children but the parents thought it was funny! Couldn't resist putting hersey's kisses in there. It wouldn't be Valentine's day without them. My little peanut was pretty excited to be able to give them to his little buddies.

Getting started...

Well, I am just getting started, so please be patient with me until I get this up and going. I am hoping to find someone who has some creative talents with respect to designing the blog. That is one aspect I am not very good at! I have created this block as a creative outlet for me to show my work and hopefully inspire others as some very talented people have done for me!