24 years... Woot!

Can't believe it's the middle of June already! The month of many weddings! Actually, my husband and I just celebrated 24 years married on the 15th of June. He took the day off work, (I was already off) and we spent the day together. First out for breakfast at a restaurant that we hadn't tried before. It was great, then we went shopping together, bought lots of fun clothes, shoes, ect. Then we went to Starbucks for coffee and snacks and came back home about 5 pm. We had some dinner and then went to the gym for a workout! It was a super day! Love my man! Anyways I thought I'd share some of my wedding items that I've created for my zazzle store. Some unique postage, magnets, bags and even some fun keds shoes for the flower girl! Drop by my store to view some more! Shell's Designs

Organize Your Time

When you have several sites to maintain it can be overwhelming sometimes. This week I am trying to be more organized with my time. I am trying to spend one day working on one site and designating another day to work on a different site. One day I will spend more time writing and then set aside another day to focus on my store. It takes quite a lot of time to design and create new products so for this I need more focused time. When I block time to work on these, I can usually get more done. There is still housework, meals, and errands that have to get done too! My latest article for Squidoo that I just finished is all about my favourite pink lipsticks. Suprisingly, there are lots of lipstick fans out there! Just look under my Squidoo Lenses in the sidebar here and you can check it out! Also thought I'd show some of the business cards I've been working on for my Zazzle store. Come have a look around, great gift ideas, you never know what might inspire you. Shell's Designs

RocketMom Graduate

Well I'm proud to be among the first graduating class of the Rocketmoms! We had so much fun learning and growing together. I met some wonderful ladies! We had a great experience learning from one another. Can't wait to see who else is joining the group for the next round! It will be a fun but busy time! I've been busy creating new lens for Squidoo, the latest being a holiday lens. ( I know it must seem crazy creating Christmas items in June) I've been designing gift tags and christmas stickers for packages and gifts. Some really cute designs! Stop by my store and have a look around, I may inspire you! Also been creating these beautiful floral greeting cards! Shell's Designs

Learning, Learning, Learning

It's been a crazy running around kind of day today! My youngest son (17 in a few weeks) happily just got his braces off! Yeah, after 2yrs./9months. That was a long time! His teeth look great now, nice and straight and finally he can smile again, he never liked to smile fully with those braces on!

Well I've been busy working on some new lenses, actually just finished a delightful lens featuring all of my Christmas and holiday cards that I have designed! I know Christmas is a ways away but this was a project for the rocketmoms group I belong too! I was so happy yesterday as I taught myself some html programming just enough to add a few touches to my lenses! My husband calls me his 'fearless' learner! Keeping busy designing and coming up with new and interesting ideas for my zazzle store. I've been designing some great gifts for 'Father's Day'. Pop on into my store and have a look around! Shell's Designs

Finale - Kris or Adam

Some Great Garden Designs that I created for these t-shirts, mugs and stickers.





Well I'm blogging while watching the finale of American Idol! It's the big night, is it Kris or Adam? I missed Tues. show so I don't know who did better or stood out the most last night! I think it's going to be pretty exciting! Anyhow, aside from this I've been learning lots of new things the last few days! Let's see I joined Flickr.com,this is a really cool photo sharing site, if you haven't heard about it you should check it out! People from all over can post their own photos and share them with others. This is so great! I added about 15 of my own photos for sharing, this allows people who may not be able to get photos of something they're interested in or need a picture of to have access. Really cool! I've been busy designing some products for my zazzle store. I went to a great park this past weekend and took about 40 photographs while wandering around! Enjoyed the ocean air and walking with my husband! While that's it for now, chat again soon!

Cartoon Characters

Do you love funny cartoon characters? They just have so much personality by the expressions on their faces. I've been busy drawing and designing products with cute fruit characters. I've done an apple, orange, banana, lemon, lime and pears. It was my husbands idea, actually! I really like how they turned out, and I've had some great comments on them already! Hopefully, they'll turn into big selling products! They were really fun to design and each one kind of has it's own personality! I've been doing lots of article writing lately too! Busy going to the gym and of course keeping up with the unending housework! Oh ya, I had a great bulk sale on one of my floral t-shirts today, that was awesome! I'll chat again soon, have a great week!

Spring Planting

Well it's a rainy day today, so glad I got my pansies planted in the front flower garden yesterday. Added a little bright green cypress tree to the back garden and half a dozen or so marigolds! It sure brightened it up! My lilac tree is blooming beautifully for the second year now, yeah! I think I'll go snip a few sprigs to bring in the house! Love the scent of lilacs!
I've been working on new lenses for squidoo, enjoying learning new things from other 'Rocket Moms' My latest lens is one I created about Black Forest Trifle and other great trifle recipes. You can view it under my squidoo lenses in the sidebar. I did some fun drawings for this lens too, I used them on some of my zazzle products. Also been busy drawing some 'Cala Lilies' and these look really pretty on postage stamps and magnets too. Well better get back to work the day goes fast!