Happy Friday!

It's hard to believe that this is the last day of August. Where has summer gone? I'm hoping that the nice weather will hold out for a bit longer at least, but with each day I feel the cooling breeze of fall approaching. With this being the long weekend, I'm hoping to be able to fit in some relax time, go for some Menchies yogurt, and spend time with good friends. I hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend as well!

{above shot: relaxing in Stanley Park on my birthday earlier this month}

Friday's Thought...

 

Happy Friday + DIY Father's Day Card

Hello and Happy Friday! I woke up this morning to beautiful sunshine in Vancouver. It's been awhile since I've had the light shine in through my window like that, despite it being June!

Sunday is Father's Day, and being someone who designs greeting cards for a living, I wanted to make something special for my dad. So, here's a little DIY hand-made card project I created. {Instructions below}. It's pretty simple and the part I love most about it is that you can customize it to suit your dad's style. It can also be used for a birthday card, graduation, pretty much any occasion for a guy!

I hope you enjoy this project! If you happen to create this for your dad, send a link back with some pics. Would love to see the cards!

This card when finished and folded is a standard 4.25" x 5.5" size.
You'll need a few supplies:
4.25" x 10" cardstock (colour of your choice)
Scissors
Ruler
Buttons
Glue
Pencil & Eraser
Bone folder (optional)

1. Before folding, I drew some guidelines in with pencil
(as per the measurements pictured above)
2. To create the shirt collar, fold the top edges to the centre
(which should be 2.125")
3. Fold up the cardstock so that the bottom edge reaches the tip points of the collar. Draw guidelines.
4. Cut lines at angle to reach those guidelines.
5. Erase those guidelines you made in pencil.
6. Tuck bottom edge into those cuts and voila, your shirt is done!
7. Here's the fun part: Add buttons, a side pocket, whatever you want to customize the card.
Oh, and don't forget to write a special note inside!

Enjoy!
Val

a little r&r...

With so many things on the "to do" list sometimes and limited hours in the day, I think our minds just need a bit of a recharge sometimes. Thank goodness for weekends! It's the May long weekend here in Canada (bonus!), and after a busy week I'm definitely looking forward to spending some time just relaxing, meeting up with friends, and just relaxing...Did I say that twice? Happy (long) weekend!

Happy Friday!

Wishing you all a great weekend! It will be a busy one for me, as it usually is this time of year, but I hope it'll be a good mix of work + play (emphasis on the play)!

Happy Friday!

It's been a good but busy week, so I'm happy to say it's Friday! I was recently going through my photo files and noticed a bit of a theme. Sooo here are a few fun pics to cap off the week!