Tis the season.. to give and say thanks

It's that time of year to be thankful and give to those we love. With my love of stationary I am always looking at what is out there. The art of note writing seems to be dying off. I am not the best at doing it, but I do like to try and having cute cards does help. Here are few notecard sets I have found recently - that I love.







I found all these at RedStamp.com.

All because he loves me

On Wednesday I had a bad day.
Then on Thursday at work I got these.

Jon sent them to me to cheer me up.
Aren't they beautiful?
He's wonderful!

Purses, handbags and fabulous!

Hey Ladies, if any of you have a love for handbags I strongly encourage you to check out madebyhank. This girl makes some fabulous bags! At least I think they are fabulous. She also has an etsy store, which is where you can pick one up. Maybe if I am good Santa will bring me one.


photos from madebyhank

Stationary

Another of my loves is stationary. I have numerous different styles of cards at my house and have to resist purchasing more when I find more that I love at the store. Well a week or so ago I lucked out and won this adorable set of notecards from a blog that I read.

Photo courtesy of Chris

The blog is You Can Call Me Chris. She hand makes tons of wonderful papercrafts. Right now she has adorable Christmas tags in her etsy store. I highly suggest checking out her store!

To be Thankful

The Library of Congress has recently added several color pictures from the 1940's to their Flickr Stream. After looking through several of the pictures it made me very grateful for the sacrifices that so many people have made for this country. Veteran's day doesn't always have the celebration and fanfair that other holidays receive, but it doesn't make it any less of a holiday and I feel it should always be poignantly remembered by our country.

My Grandpa and Grandma on my mother's side as well as my Grandpa on my father's side all served in the arm forces. I am thankful for all they did in supporting this country. Here is a picture of my mom's parents.


If you have the time I highly recommend going through the pictures from the Library of Congress. They can be found here.

Books and beauty

I love old books with designed hardcovers, or in this case these new books. I think that the cover of a book should be interesting. I know that this might go against the old adage that you can't judge a book by it's cover. I personally like to pick books by their cover. I also read the descriptions but if the cover is interesting I will definitely buy the book. I figure if the book sounds interesting and the author can come up with a great cover, I will mostly like love it!

I dream of one day owning a house that has a floor to ceiling bookcase that I can fill with lovely books like these.

The suspense...

has it killed you yet? I am sorry I really wasn't planning on drawing it out this long. Life just got in the way. Here is the reveal.

For those of you who might be wondering how long my hair was before, it was to my shoulder blades. I had Jon take a few pictures the weekend before I cut my hair. Just so I could later stare at them in awe of the time I spent growing my hair out. I'll try to post them soon.