Shop Update TODAY :)

Updating my shop today with a bunch of I Love You goodies - perfect for Valentine's Day or a "Just Because I Love You" project :) Mini MiniBooks, Embellishment Packs, Paper Packs, and heart cut outs from scrapbooking papers and vintage French pages. These items will be available at 2pm EST in my shop :)

sneak peaks: shop update - i love you edition

I am currently working on a shop update for upcoming Valentine's Day! :) I plan to have it all ready to go either tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday. I am so excited to share some sneak peeks of different goodies that will be available - I Love You Paper Packs, Mini MiniAlbums, Embellies Packs, heart diecuts and more. Want to be up-to-date on the shop update? I always post to my Facebook page and Instagram feed.

One Little Word 2014: Choose

Happy New Year! Happy 2014! 

My word for 2013 was make. And man, was it a good word for me. I am a creative person. I like to create. I like to make. I easily carried it through the entire year of 2013. Not only was I making tangible things, but I was also making the best (and sometimes not) of situations I was experiencing - mostly dealing with postpartum depression that followed me into the year from 2012.

This year my word is choose. This word easily came to my mind when I started thinking about this new year. This word can encompass so much to me, personally. I have so many things I am thinking about surrounding this word.

I can choose how to handle situations, both good and bad. How am I going to react?

I can choose how I want to spend my (very little) free time.  Sitting around doing nothing? Or having a quiet time. Or working on making and planning my blog and shop. Or folding that extra load of laundry ;)

I can choose to make a plan. To plan ahead with things like grocery/meal planning. To plan out blog/shop stuff.

I can choose to have joy. I can also choose to not. My prayer is that I would choose the former. That I would strive to seek Christ in my daily life. Because really that's what is the most important. That is what will bring the joy, through all circumstances.

Here are my words and thought processes from 2013 (and here and here), and from 2012. I'm so incredibly excited for this year and what it holds. 

What about you? Do you have a word? Go here to see more what it's all about on Ali Edward's blog.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

As always, thank you for reading here. Thank you for the support!

And P.S. My shop is now open again :) I am currently working on several new products, including new Mini MiniBooks (and an option for custom ones!!), and Valentine's items, which will be in there soon.

Handmade: I Love You So Much Card

My hubby and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary (!!!) this weekend :) I, of course, wanted to make him a card and knew that it had to include confetti. So I made up a cut file and cut it out on my Silhouette, attached a clear transparency with adhesive, and then sewed it to a piece of kraft cardstock - I put the confetti in after sewing up three sides and then sewed it shut :)

He loved it :)

Shop Closing for the Holidays today!

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to place an order in my shop ;) I will be closing my shop for the remainder of the year and open after New Year's :) Merry Christmas to you and yours! :)

P.S. Thank you to all who entered the giveaway for the paper packs! I posted the winners on that post - go here to see :)

Giveaway: Christmas Paper Packs

A fun little giveaway for the Holiday Season :) (And my first time ever using a Rafflecopter for a giveaway - yay :)). I'm giving away two Christmas Paper Packs! These cute little packs are a delightful mixture of Holiday papers and bits & pieces. Each pack is chocked full of papers such as: new scrapbooking Christmas papers from top brands (Studio Calico, October Afternoon, Bazzill, Basic Grey, etc), vintage papers from hymnals, salvaged holiday storybooks, envelopes, doilies, tags, and much more.

These packs are perfect for adding fun details to your Holiday Album or Journal, or to Project Life. Or create some handmade Christmas cards to send to a loved one! 

Each pack is packaged in a 6.5"x9" clear cello bag and contains 30+ pieces and some sequins sprinkled in for good measure :) 

Can't wait to get one? Find them here in my shop. ***I will be closing my shop for the holidays on Tuesday, December 10 and will reopen after New Years :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanksgiving Printables and a Shop Coupon Code

I shared these printables a couple years ago and am printing them out again to go in my Gratitude/Fall Journal :) Below are the cards to print. Click to enlarge, save and print on 8.5"x11" cardstock and cut down to 4"x6" using the cut marks. Enjoy :)

****As with all printables I share here, these are for personal use only. Please link back to give credit if you would like to share on your blog. Please contact me with any questions. thecreativeplace (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks :)

________________________
Black Friday Coupon Code!! Enter THANKFUL15 for 15% off of your entire order in my shop. Coupon good Tuesday, November 26 - Sunday, December 1.