what’s better than a chick-flick, dark chocolate and red roses combined? free printables! amy from thank you card shop has made 18 free valentine’s day cards with 6 different designs, each available in 3 colors. head on over to the thank you card shop blog for the download instructions, thanks amy!

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colours of summer – free photoshop actions download

oh, happy tuesday! i love the excitement of perusing the world wide web in search of utter inspiration and enjoyment. as you can imagine, i was thrilled this morning to stumble across annie’s photoshop blog, and in particular this free photoshop actions download called colours of summer. above you can see 8 of them in her collage, and below you can see my own version of all twelve effects.

free and easy to use (download comes with easy to follow instructions!)- head on over to funky photoshop actions and give her some love!

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happy monday, friends! i just can’t believe that this is the last week before Christmas, can you? i still have gifts to wrap (and make!), but we are home in north carolina with our family and it feels so wonderful. this week will be full of beautiful projects and downloads to inspire you, and today’s is no exception!

amy from thank you cards shop has kindly made several free printables for your Christmas season! thank you cards, gift tags, bookmarks and even recipe cards! they will make your gifts prettier and your wrapping easier. they would also make fabulous stocking stuffers!

head on over to the thank you cards shop blog for all the downloads!

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after my last font affair, bethany commented on a new (to me) website for free fonts! thus today’s all come from fonts101.com. do you have any favorite fonts lately? please do share in the comments section!

1. playdate | 2. simply glamorous | 3. before the rain | 4. roskrift clean | 5. freehand 591 | 6. leytonstone regular | 7. silver script | 8. atlast Greeting | 9. shelly script | 10. baronesse | 11. baker script | 12. daniel script | 13. baby font | 14. hurried font | 15. alako | 16. mr. wade | 17. aka frivolity | 18. milk & cereal | 19. callie hand | 20. celine dion handwriting

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my latest font affair! do you have any favorite fonts lately? please do share in the comments section!

1) 5th grade cursive | 2) four feather falls

3) beautiful every time | 4) birmingham titling

5) candy strip | 6) channel

7) complete in him | 8) follow you into the world

9) horseshoes and lemonade | 10) janda romantic

11) luck of the irish | 12) mesh stitch

13) heart doodle | 14) section intersection

15) the only exception

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glass straws

STRAWS. when’s the last time you thought about a straw? for me, it’s been a while. i decided to give them up a long time ago in efforts to save plastic, but there are still times where i just want.a.straw. i mean, i have sensitive teeth!

CONCERN: did you know that over 500 million disposable plastic straws are used in the united states every day? that’s about 38,000 straws per person during their lifetime, and that’s a BIG issue. we’re filling our landfills and using plastic like it’s nobody’s business. (you can read more about these statistics here.)

SOLUTION: of course, we could all just be straw free. but like i said, sometimes you just want.a.straw. turns out, their are alternatives to straws popping up everywhere- from paper to bamboo!

i believe my favorites are these handmade glass straws. they have a lifetime guarentee and are made from the same glass that pyrex is made from! they come with a little brush cleaner and are also dishwasher safe. you can even order a hemp straw sleeve to keep one in, making it easy to use them on the go.

stainless steel straws

here are a few other resources for great straw alternatives. not only are they eco-friendly, but i think they also add a really nice eclectic touch to the table!

glass straws: straws by carli, dharma glass

stainless steel straws: brook farm general store

you can also read more over at bestrawfree.org.

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hi sweets! i have something a little special for you today, a free download! i’ve been playing with a few photos i took over the weekend, and came up with these card fronts.

what do you think? you can download the free pdf here and use them as cards for any occasion. enjoy!

<<download here>>

 
terms of use: print them, share them, and give them- just don’t sell them. :)  if you post them, please direct readers back to this post for the download.  xox!

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can you believe fall is just around the corner? whether we’re ready or not, it’s already time to start thinking about the holidays (wahh!). to get a head start, consider getting prepared early. purchase three months of any ad size, and get december FREE. that’s right, the busiest, most important and (traditionally) most pricey month for advertising- FOR FREE!

download the full press package with advertising info here then e-mail me or comment here if you’re interested or having any questions.
 

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