St Patricks Day 2011

How Lucky Green St. Patrick's Day Card

Modern greeting cards and party invitations by Shutterfly.

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I received a code from Shutterfly this morning for 10 free cards. I didn't have any intention of purchasing any photo cards any time soon, but figured, what the heck! I logged on and saw this adorable card, and decided to use my most favorite recent photo of the little guy. In addition, I used another code from the website, for another 5 free cards! What would have cost me nearly $45 was FREE!! I'm so excited to share these cards with my friends and family!

For anyone who's interested, you can use promo code 5FREECARDS to get 5 of your own. If you do, be sure to post to your own blog for a $25 gift certificate to Shutterfly! Happy card making!

Vera Wang Bedding

As many of you know, I had surgery last week...which means this week has been very mellow for me. A lot of laying around resting, watching tv, and looking through my huge stack of magazines that I've neglected recently.

Last night I was looking through the October 2010 issue of Elle Decor and came across some Vera Wang bedding that looked lovely in the glossy magazine photos.

I looked at the Vera Wang site this morning, and wasn't all that impressed, to be honest. The website automatically links you to Bloomingdales' website to view the collections. Which is fine...but I didn't like the way the bedding looked all put together. I much preferred it in the pretty glossy pages of the magazine!

This is the Bloomie's photo

I decided to check her collection at Kohl's, and decided I liked it even better! And the price points are great, as well!

I love these Simply Vera Lagoon sheet sets as well. Nice and simple, but still pretty.

Merry Christmas!

Greg totally surprised me this Christmas with a new laptop!


One of my favorite things about it is that it has a webcam built in, so Cameron and I can now Skype with Greg when he's out of town for work! Really excited about that!

If you're looking for a new laptop, Costco has some great deals!

I still haven't had much time to really play around with it, but I am liking it so far. Thanks, honey! :)

New Sweater!

We opened Christmas gifts on Sunday with Greg's mom and older brother and his family, in an effort to make Christmas Eve a little less hectic. Greg's mom bought me this gorgeous sweater, the Side Zip Cardigan by Madison Lilly.

I cannot wait to wear it! It's mostly wool, so it will be so nice and cozy. Really excited about this one. Thanks, Pat!

Costco Photobooks

We went to Hawaii over Thanksgiving, and had a fabulous time. I took a TON of photos, and I wanted a way to document our trip. My sister-in-law told me that Costco now has photobooks! I was thrilled, because Costco's prices and quality can't be beat.

If you're looking for a less costly alternative to some of the higher priced photo websites, I suggest checking these out!

And just because I can't mention our Hawaii trip and photos without sharing one, here's one of my favorite shots...

$99?!

I just hopped on Target's website looking for something completely different (black leggings) and stumbled across this chair. I am smitten! If I had a place in my house for this chair, you can bet I'd be buying it. Regularly $169, currently priced at $99!!

It's called Avington Slipper Chair, in Whimsical.

It also comes in vine, if this suits your color scheme better...

Someone please buy this chair!!

Thom Filicia

I'm looking through the September issue of Elle Decor and just love love LOVE this look by Thom Filicia for Kravet.

The colors, the patterns, the fabrics...all of it. Great look.