Because moms love flowers and chocolate (every now and then), I baked chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream icing and cut out purple marzipan flowers - adorning them with silver and gold pearls. Handmade cards with a cupcake theme announcing 'homemade goodies' and 'baked with love' complement the packaged treats.
Take some time to make something for your moms - homemade goes a long way.
Happy mother's day!
xoxoCarola
It's hard to capture the perfect shot of a pet - lighting and posture happens by luck when you press the shutter. Although many photos will turn out blurry (after all, what animal wants to hold a pose while you're fiddling with exposure settings?!), once in a while, everything will fall into place to capture an "aww-how-cute-moment". And a great way to share that photo is with a card!
I made the card below for my sis-in-law to showcase the cat she recently adopted:
happy holidays!
For this card of carolers singing, I used watercolour pencils and shaded the colours in for a smooth finish:
my friend recently tied the knot, and to congratulate her, I made this card (the faux 'pearls' do give a touch of fancy):
I don't call myself a seamstress and if you take a close look at my sewing projects, you'd know why...but as I'm improving on my limited patience with the sewing machine, I've learned to actually enjoy fabric crafties.
It took me about 20 minutes to make this iphone cozy and I pretty much love it; I don't worry about throwing my iphone into my purse and it's a cute accessory. If you want to see the tutorial on how to make a cute and very simple iphone cozy (for those who want to take a small dive at the sewing machine), leave a comment and I'll blog it. If not, we'll just leave it at the end product:
May 9th (AKA Mother's Day) is right around the corner and this year my cards feature a whimsical spring theme. Paper butterflies and floral handstamped designs make for pretty cute card designs! What are you doing for your mom this year? 
Photos of my Mother's Day cards are in this album (and also on the right sidebar).
Although I'm nearing the launch of my online store via Etsy, these Mother's Day cards won't make it to the web. I will be including Father's Day cards though, so stay tuned!
This was my first time taking part in Ali Edward's 'Week in the life of...' challenge, and I definately learned quite a bit about my daily life that I would otherwise just brush off as insignificant. I may not carry around my dslr wherever I go, but I'll always have my iphone with me and will challenge myself to take impromtu photos of random things that touch my life in some way.
Here are some of my favourite pics over the past week:
I put up more photos on my flickr page (link on the left, or click HERE)
I'm excited to take part in the "Week in the life of..." challenge by Ali Edwards from April 19-25. One week in my shoes, documented with photos and words in a simple 8.5x11 scrapbook. It's only for 7 days (7+ photos per day); a visual journey through my daily life in 2010...and looking back at this project, I hope to learn something about my muse.
Why not join in the challenge? Think about it: what motivates you, inspires you, to get through the day? Follow yourself around for a week with your camera and get a glimpse at your life - maybe you're not where you want to be in 2010, or maybe you are...either way, enjoy the 'right now' and keep it as real as possible.
Here is the process and tips (directly from www.aliedwards.com):
Take photos. Commit to keeping your camera with you throughout the day. Capture everything. Capture things that may seem silly or dumb. Capture the normal. Capture little things. Capture your environment. Here's a couple questions I ask myself or I keep in mind as I am going about this project: what's my daily routine, where did I go, who did I see, what do I do, what does the inside of my home look like, where do I spend the most time, etc. Capture stuff that you use everyday: your computer, a coffee mug, a favorite pair of shoes, a book, etc. Make sure to take a photo of yourself each day. See the list of possible photos below.
Upload photos. Take a bit of time each evening to upload your photos for the day. You can use this time to eliminate duplicate shots and if you are really on top of things you could print them out or upload them to your favorite developer to have them ready to create with the following week.
Designate a place for notes. Have a notebook or a couple sheets of paper set aside to jot down notes, stories, things to remember about each day. Don't make this complicated. Don't run out and buy a new notebook. The back of some junk letters, the leftover pages in a journal you have always meant to get around to, etc. You simply need somewhere to write down notes over the course of the day.
Take notes. Once you set up something to write on, do the writing. What should you write? Thoughts you have during the day, things your kids or your boss or your partner say, things you notice (simple and profound), what you ate, etc. Go for the basics. These notes will be transferred into your album when the time comes. See more about recording the story under the category heading below.
Designate a place to store life-stuff. Part of the process is collecting bits and pieces of your life over the course of the week. For this I recommend setting up an envelope or folder for each day. You may use some of this stuff and you may not. I tend to keep things like receipts, handwritten notes, etc. These will be companions to your photos + words.
I'll keep you posted on my journey for this one week. Enjoy yours!
I'm...a motorcyclist, a photographer, a crafter, a baker, a wifey, and a mother to a cat & turtle.
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