Thank You Cards

I was sitting at my workstation this morning trying and trying to get the lettering exactly perfect on my cards. They're a special order and I just want to make sure that everything I make to give away or sell is as perfect as I possibly can. It suddenly hit me that I was fighting a losing battle. God doesn't expect perfection in us, so what business do I have in expecting perfection in myself? God wants us to do our very best, which is what I always do. But, there is no perfection in this human flesh.

In order to remind myself to expect no more of myself than God, my cards will always have some sort of imperfection in them. They won't be perfect. Just like me.

My pictures aren't perfect either. They were taken with my cell phone and the colors are not as 'true' as they really are. They are black and white with different shades of green as accents. I made all of the flowers, except for the two neon green flowers.

Thank you cards

Amy received a TON of stuff from a lady at work who recently had triplets, two of them being girls. She gave Amy all of the stuff the girls have outgrown, plus a bouncer, plus loaned her a pack-n-play with a basinet sling in it. Needless to say, Amy was thrilled and deeply touched.

As such, she wanted to give Tina a special thank you card, and not something that just anybody could go buy off the shelf. So, I made her this:

I put a picture of it up on my Facebook page and another friend saw it. She messaged me and asked if I could do something similar with neon green. So, I made this one to show her:

She liked it so well that she ordered 10 cards. They are all going to be Thank You cards and she wants them all to be in the same color family. I'm not sure if the accent color is an issue or not, but I'm going to make a few and show them to her. If she wants them all exactly alike, that's OK - I'll just buy enough papers to do them all the same. If so, I'll have some extras to put up for sale. If she's happy with the accent colors, then we'll be good with that.

Baby shower is over!

I've been meaning to get this post up but life has been a bit hectic... Everyone enjoyed the shower and Amy got a lot of really nice gifts. She totally loved all of the decorations and how the cake turned out. Here are just a few of the pictures.



Topsy-turvy cake made by my sister; I did the animals



She has Anna's room just about ready for her. Now, all we have to do is wait. Five more weeks...