A Birthday Gift to Share

I was asked by my friend Angie of Seven Clown Circus to create some special birthday decor.  So being that she is my friend, and seeing as how as my sister are trying to expand that part of our business, i said "sure"  She gave me colors and said...now go, create!  I did, and then she said "these are fabulous, this is a style you should offer in your store" and I said "okay"...yes I am not much of a conversationalist.

She used these to celebrate the 140th birthday of Smart and Final (I had no idea they had been around that long).  Follow this link to see pictures of the printables in action, and get some yummy party recipes.

I am so glad Angie loved them, and now we want your opinion, too.  If you would like to try these printables, we will send you the banner and cupcake toppers free.  Let us know if this is a style you think we should add to out shop.  Write to tricia@shysocialites.com for the free set.

Oh, and Barbara and I plan to have the Etsy shop (or at least a printables shop, if not Etsy somewhere) ready by the end of this week, we are working on a few Halloween party printables, and let me tell you this, Barbara has some awesome and exciting surprises for you!  Since I cannot keep surprises, I will tell you the ones I plan to post are "Candy Corn Cowgirl and the Candy Corn Bandit", "Arg the Owl and Franken Owl" and "Candy Corn A Palooza", and perhaps, a Halloween version of this little number here :)

We look forward to hearing from you, and look forward to showing off our shop!

Tricia (and her sister Barbara, even though she did not write this note ;))

A Gift Today from Truly B

Today Truly B posted a thought on our thoughts.  Their advice was this- if you are feeling blue,visualize yourself at a time and place and doing something where you feel truly happy, it will not necessarily be easy to do, but once you do, you will feel better.

Your thoughts, your creativity, your ideas are an amazing gift.  No matter the situation you can close your eyes and, if only for a moment at a time, you are a princess dancing in a beautiful ballroom, you are in a lovely garden listening to a gentle fountain, you are on an adventure in an exotic location discovering hidden treasures.  Your ideas and thoughts can take you anywhere, and are an amazing way to help you realize how many fabulous experiences are out there.

One way t o start your journey is to write down your thoughts, write down details and dreams, do not worry about your penmanship or spelling, just write (or draw)!  Soon the words and images in front of you will transform your heart and mind into a better place.  This is the first step on the journey of making your dreams come true!

This journal page is a gift from Truly B.  A gift for everyone.  A place to write your thoughts, designed to fit in a 8.5 by 11 inch binder, you can click to enlarge, right click to save as an image or write to tricia@shysocialites.com for a PDF copy.  Truly B invites you to join them on Facebook, join the discussion, share your ideas, it is a place where all are welcome!

Cookie Shop Pictures

I tried and I cried.  I have received requests for photos of my printables in action, as you know I have been trying with the Tip Junkie owl set and the popcorn box. So here I try again.

These are so cute in person, they are, I am just not a good photographer, yet!  Before you blame the camera, it is not the camera (I might post some photos my son has taken to prove it later).  Anyway, I DO love this set, it is very cute in person, and here is my attempt to photograph some of the bigger pieces for you!

The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle has some adorable photos of the cookies in action here, much better photography.

The little cookie bags are adorable, and would be fun for real cookies you give as gifts.  Also, the st would make cute paper-ornaments fora themed tree and/or scrapbook extras.

I hope you like it, have fun with it, and feel free to share your ideas on uses for it.

Now I am off to draw something and feel less down about my photography skills ;)

Fondly,

Tricia

for the set write to
tricia@shysocialites.com