Just because it's one of those days....

Inspiration for 2012

I was asked to create a mini album for the New Year for Bella Blvd....

I decided to create an Inspiration Album for me to look at on a regular basis, and no need to worry about going back to it....because they are not resolutions!

You can see the and read about it over on the Bella Blvd Blog
Here are a few peeks at it!

Happy New Year 2012

Be Good To YOU!

It is so important that you give yourself the kind of respect that you would give to someone who has lived through all that you have lived through. It is so important that you are compassionate with yourself, that you are gentle with yourself, that you are patient with yourself. It is so important that you continue to remind yourself that you have made it through tough things and that you will continue to make it through things. It is so important that you give yourself credit for what you have learned so far instead of comparing yourself with others. It is so important that you cheer yourself on, instead of putting yourself through the ringer. It is so important that you are fair and kind with this sacred information that you have about yourself. No one, aside from our Creator, knows what we know about ourselves, and so we must be careful and responsible and a noble guardian over these things.

You are worth whatever it takes for you to be respectful, kind, patient and good to yourself. Listen to your heart, listen to your dreams, listen to the things that hurt and take care of them. No matter how much someone else loves you, they can not know what it means to BE you, and so you must do the work of BEing you, and taking care of you.

The Brave Girls Club....xoxo

Bella Blvd Blog Hop for Stephanie!!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful friend, Stephanie, the owner & designer of Bella Blvd!









Even thought it's Stephanie's birthday, we have some gifts for a few of you lucky readers as well! We know how generous and giving Stephanie is, and we know she would never have a fun blog hop, without a few giveaways up for grabs too. So we got permission from Robin, who works alongside Stephanie in the office, to pick TEN lucky winners, who will each receive a Bella Blvd collection. All you need to do to be entered in the random drawings, is to leave Stephanie your birthday wishes in the comment section. You have lots of opportunities to up your chances, since you can leave a comment on each blog you visit, as you go through the blog hop. There are 26 blogs, plus the Bella Blvd blog, for a total of 27 chances to get your name in the pot. We will randomly choose winners, from 10 randomly choosen blogs, and announce them on Friday!








click here to hop on over to Becky Williams

Winter Wonder

WINTER WONDER...yes, I said it, Winter!! It is approaching...so here are some wonderful Bella Blvd products to help capture all your memories of the season!

Check out the Bella Blvd Blog and look back for the whole week to see what the Design Team and Artista's have created with Stephanie's new products! Winter Wonder & Spring Flings & Easter Things!

Here is what I have created for the Bella Blog today! A card to invite someone special to have a cup of coffee.....and a cute little coffee cup sleeve!

Wickedly Cute!

When asked by Stephanie to make a mini album using the Too Cute To Spook Bella Blvd line....the first thing that came to mind was my little girl! How fun to document her years of costumes....and that is exactly what I did! Here it is, enjoy the eye 'candy'!! xo

NEW Bella Product!!

Take some time to stop by the Bella Blvd Blog to see the projects that are showcasing the new products! The creative inspiration is going to amazing!

Amen to THAT!

There are many things that spread and spread and spread...far and wide and deep.
You could be THE ONE who makes a huge difference in not just spreading wonderful things, but in making sure that not so good things don’t spread so much.


One of the best ways you can do this, beautiful soul, is to stop the gossip when it gets to you. One of the fastest moving and most destructive forces around is gossip...and it not only hurts the person(s) who is the subject of the conversation, but it hurts the souls of anyone hearing it or spreading it.

Kindly tell the messenger that you are certain that there are valuable and wonderful things about this person, and that is what you are choosing to focus on...and let it go. You could either keep the story moving, or you could stop it with kindness and truth....


Because you see, it really is the truth....EVERYONE has wonderful things about them that we can focus on. If nothing else, focus on the fact that they are a fellow human being...that should be enough to compel all of us to speak with only kindness.

The Brave Girls Club

always....

expect absolutely nothing in return...

Back to School.......almost!

So getting ready for BTS (back to school) we had that yearly doctor appointment today.....Princess is measuring in at 4 feet & 4 1/8 inches.......really? at 8 years old!!! YIKES! I better start buying 5 inch heals! Weighing in at 62 pounds and both land her in the 65% for her age. Shocking.....I thought the height would of been a higher %.

Still has 20/20 vision....and passed her hearing test as well. Still struggling with some allergy issues...but all in all it was a very good appointment!

So, now we need to finish getting the school supplies and pack up the back pack! Figure out the BTS outfit for the first day and we should be good to go!

She is on her way to Third Grade.....I can't wait for all the fun we are going to have!