saw this cute english bulldog puppy photo and entered the "joy to the world holiday card challenge." please visit minted.com and vote for your favorites!

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teacher appreciation week

we truly appreciate all that teachers do.

with reminders that came from school and from classroom moms last week... this week was teacher appreciation week. we have 5 days to show appreciation... and to do something creative :)

day one
bring in a flower... my daughter gave a faux flower lei on monday "aloooooha!"

day two
write a special thank you note on tuesday. boy, was it special!

day three
make a bookmark... we created a sweet bookmark on wednesday with her teacher's name on one side and her mini crayola art on the other

day four
draw something special on thursday. a truly sweet crayola art of her teacher and her standing together

day five
a small gift to show your appreciation... my mini and i designed a personalized framed desk/wall art below with words to describe her (i helped pick and explain each word and she picked the colors)

her teacher LOVED it!

stay tuned to see what we upcycled for earth day... pretty fun stuff! have a great weekend

family holiday portrait 2011

We decided on a fun family "hair-itage" illustration for our holiday portrait 2011. My two minis were amazed at how just our hair can truly represent us...

I love that about visual communications, semiotics specifically, and the relationship between objects + symbols + references. That's truly something magical!

calendar pop + nursery art

Holiday gifts 2011 included colorful, fun mini magnetic perpetual calendars and baby nursery framed artwork.

Thanks to the UK for an awesome idea, this fun magnetic calendar gives the gift of color pop and printed whimsy for my family and friends' home or office. This calendar can be used for years to come by simply rearranging. Each month they'll have fun with colored targets for special dates, departure and arrival airplane icons, deadline icons, star, asterisk, exclamation, thunder bolt, and headphone icons. Also available on etsy.com. Please email for additional info.

3 of my cousins had children this year... two beautiful girls and a handsome boy arrived. I sent their families colorful typography as baby nursery framed artwork. Custom framed baby nursery artwork also available on etsy.com.

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a rare winter solstice lunar eclipse

who's watching it tonight? my eyes are heavy and telling me i'm gonna miss it! :(

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