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This last year we have been laboring our little fingers away to come up with some amazing lines. It's definitely been worth it and although our creative juices have been drained we are so satisfied with the fruits of our labors. We each have a different line that we like to call our baby and we're hoping that you will want to take them all home with you. What we'll be doing this week is featuring one new line everyday and telling you a little about it. Please, please please leave us your comments and feedback. We would love to hear what our lines do to your heart, whether it flatlines or pitter patters. Our first line that we're showing is actually here and ready to order, she is called... Lovebirds.


The sweetness of love is delivered especially for you. This collection is the key to expressing your love and friendship. Small lovebirds fly free among the flowers. Die cut lace paper is a delicate patterned overlay. Chocolate, forget-me-not blue, lilac and berry say “you are the key to my heart”.

Love,
the art studio

Resolve to Preserve Your Memories!

This year I have high expectations for my resolutions. In addition to scheduling time to straighten-up the house each day I have also scheduled a time for seven different areas I am working on. I plan to spend one hour on a different area each day of the week.

The trickiest area is my family history. I want to have a written & visual history of my family. Right now this seems overwhelming to me since I am already behind. But I found a great solution to this problem... sei’s calendar!

With this calendar you can just start wherever you are in the new year and about go back later. You can hang your calendar in the kitchen or anywhere you will see it often and write in important things as they happen. No worrying trying to remember them later. There are also stickers to mark special occasions or things to remember, along with journaling stickers (great for a written record). The calendar already has 12 patterned pages (one for each month) with places for photos. It even includes basic instructions if you want to dress up each page with the coordinating stickers (great for a visual record). At the end of the year, you will have a completed album and a record of the year! The 12x12 pages fit perfectly into our preservation series album.

I gave my sister-in-law one of the calendars for Christmas a few years ago and she loved it. She has done one every year since and now has a great family history. So give it a try! There is no better time than the present, right? (that's why it's called the present!)