Rubies for baby Ruby...and Catherine, too.

I've been busy this weekend! Putting together lots of pretties for my home party on Tuesday and the boutique in October. But, by far my faves are the personalized stationery I did for a couple of baby gifts for our friend's and family's new arrivals. Ruby-inspired, our friend and neighbor's 5th child arrived just over a week ago. So, we had to pick up this pomegranate metallic scalloped paper for her and of course embellish with RUBIES for Ruby! And sweet Catherine is our cousin's new baby and she just had to have the same. I love how they turned out. I will be offering this style for custom order coming soon, so email me if you're interested!

Dictionary definition note cards

I did these cards this weekend. Get it? It's "you define friendship" and "you define kindness" because the flowers are punched from the dictionary! (Do you think anyone will get it?) I certainly thought they were kinda clever!

dreaming of stationery

So the dream was always to become a stationery + invitation designer. I love, love, love paper and of course have been a designer and art director for so many years it seemed like a no brainer. But, every time I thought "now's the time!" something else seemed to get in the way. So, now seems to be yet another "now's the time" type of opportunity. So, what do you think?

Should I call the paper line Raspberry Prairie? Will it work in a retail environment? Am I better off going straight to etsy? Will I be able to do non-personalized, as well as personalized items? Can my dream spin into reality?

Do you have a dream? How did you make it come true?