cards and scraps.

Had to make some cards again, so here was a baby card I sent my friend Jen. 

(No, not you, Jenn, but yours looked similar didn't it!)

Then I messed around with my new stencils and pan pastels, and here's what I came up with.

I'm going to have to add something to these, but I wanted to try them out.  The above pastels are done on black pastel paper, and the one below is on white mixed media paper.



This one was hand drawn with Sofft applicators on Black Pastel paper.



spring rush

Well, it's Mother's Day soon, and also a lot of birthdays.  These cards were simple, but fun to make.  I love the new washi tapes.  Let me know what you think about the quick cards!

 

the fan moves too, so it will fit in the envelope!

Rack Zombies

So, the new Nordy's Rack in Seattle is like a madhouse.  BF calls it a zombie house, where people walk around half-dead looking for shoes, etc.  Whatevs.  In my .4 I was allowed to spend there, I managed to pick up some Donald J Pliner "Vajib"'s for around $59 (Regular $245).  Good deal.  Comfy.

Donald J. Pliner sandals

Rain rain, go away. So I can wear my suede shoes.

Ok.  So DSW sent me a $10 off coupon, and it was raining, and I was worried I'd ruin my suede Enzo's, so I went to DSW at lunch.  Lo and behold, more inappropriate rain shoes, but gorgeous!  The Ralph Lauren suede "Zamora" in Smoke.

They ended up being about $35, which is cool, because online the cheapest sale price appeared to be $69.

So I thought I should get another pair.  Madden Girl, Lyons.  Under $30, which is good, because I don't like to pay too much for Madden Girl shoes.  I thought these were retro-cool, though, for partying.  Maybe I could wear these with my Betsey black dress, ya know?

So then I went to Costco, and I saw some flats that I thought would be good for travel.  I remember them being marked down at Costco from $50, and now they were around $20.  Bingo!  Score, because online at Endless.com they are still $79.  Me Too, "Legend 2"

Flats, yes, not my thing, but cute for flats!  Good deal.  Yeah.  More shoes.

I work to buy shoes.

So, last month, I bought some cheap Nine West "Pravo" shoes for $19.75.  I spotted a good deal, because they're now $50 on 6pm.com.
I wore them around Vegas, and with the shoe pads, they were actually comfortable, making it from Luxor to Mandalay and back with no problem.  A little help from "foot petals" though.

They were super cute on, too.  Bonus!  While we were in Vegas and waiting for Ms. Priscilla to buy her hat, I spotted some awesome shoes at Mandalay that would look great at a rock show.  So... lucky me, the bf bought them for me.  $18.99

Awesome.  So, then, I was at a meeting in the Valley yesterday, and I had to stop by Nordy's Rack.  I felt like I spent too much on these, but my feet hurt, and then when I looked them up, they're still over $100.  So, not bad to get for under $50... 

The Coach "Serenity".  You can't really see it, but gorgeous detail chiffon flowers, with "Coach" trinkets.  yay.  Comfy and cute, with a plastic base and small heel.

Finally, at a lunch meeting today, Amanda and I stopped by Ross with a half-hour to kill.  You can imagine I had to buy some shoes.  These are super hot -  I can't wait to wear them with all black. Guess patent heels with a cork base.  Anyway, that's all for now.  Enjoy!

plus one.

I've never really been a "plus one" before, however the bf had a meeting in Seattle, so I decided to tag along to go see some of my colleagues and friends.

Of course, I didn't make it to the seminar (I mean, I have enough CLE credits, and I didn't want to pay the expensive CLE price?), but I did make it to Nordy's Rack and Ross?

So, I agonized over my choices, and finally decided I could buy these for $43.50.  I mean, yeah, they're Stuart Weitzman's regular $255.00 (DeLovely), but I am frugal, right?  So I get these (uh, and the other shoes below, and uh, the Armani dress, but this is not a dress blog), and go up to the counter.  They ring up as a penny....  no kidding!  But Nordstrom honors their register prices, so yeah.  I got my awesome Stuart W's for a PENNY!!!  I rock.

So, uh then, I, uh had some other incidents.  Some gorgeous Badgely "Kamille" nude heels for $37.00 (regular $185.00), and some black Stuart Weitzman "Tarot" heels for $67.00 (ugh, I have a $50 limit) but regular $335.00, so I guess somehow justified.

So, then, waiting on the corner for Laura, as she's usually late, I ducked into Banana Republic, and I found these gorgeous "Rayna" shoes, regular $140.00, for $24.00.  Awesome.

Finally, I rounded up the weekend at Ross. I can't help it.  Picked up a Nine West suit for $41.00, and then some Guess heels that were pretty comfy for casual activity.  That's about it.  My "plus one" weekend in Seattle.  Vegas next!

Shoe Juggernaut

I've been a bad girl.

Luckily, my awesome bf bought me some Coach gold Inez shoes.  Yay.  Because.... I was having a Nordy's Rack incident.

Coach Prima $109 (reg $178)

TJ Maxx BCBG Generation $15

Stuart Weitzman's $22.00 Reg around $350?  Juggernaut.

Kenneth Cole Reaction $29.90 reg $79.  For traveling.  Soft!  Get from point A to point B...

Then, I got home and my package from 6pm.com came,  Betsey Luuceyy $59.58 reg $169.95!  Now they're only $50 but hey.

Go get some.

Total Feb incident.