Pears!

The pear is in peak season from late summer until January, so now is the perfect time to celebrate this delicious fruit!

This is my favorite sandwich! Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich with pears from Martha Stewart.

Cool woven pear from Ballard Designs.

My favorite of our enclosure cards: the elegant floral with the same colors as the pear.

Auburn Christmas Card!

Ok, I'm gonna say it really loud WAAAAAAARRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!!!!!  That is the battle cry of my NUMBER ONE ranked Auburn Tigers! Maybe not such a big deal to people at that certain other school in our state, but this is the 1st time my alma mater has been ranked #1 since the BCS rankings began 12 years ago.
I just had to post this unbelievably precious Christmas card we've just had come through our office. It is a 5x7 folded card. The photos were taken by the FABULOUS Brooke Dilworth Photography in Opelika.
WAR EAGLE!

Halloween Wreath

This is a super easy and precious way to decorate your front door for Halloween.  With the week ahead of our family, I am afraid we may not get to carve pumpkins this year, but at least our neighbors will tremble with fear when they get to our front door ;)

STEP 1: We started out with a grapevine wreath, florist wire, scissors, matte black spray paint, red glitter paint, and plastic creatures (snakes, worms, and spiders).

STEP 2: Next, we used the florist wire to tie the creatures to the wreath.

  

 STEP 3: After everything was attached, we headed outside to spray paint it

(before a baseball game...obviously!)

STEP 4: We used the red glitter paint to paint super spooky eyes onto each creature's head

STEP 5: After it dried, we hung it on a wreath hanger!  So quick and easy...and SUPER SCARY!

Halloween and Martha

Hard to believe Halloween is just about 6 weeks away. My Little Lambs are in the process of deciding what they want to be...and it changes daily. I am blessed that they are at such fun ages and really get into the dressing up and trick-or-treating.  We always have fun trick-or-treating in a huge group in our neighborhood. Maybe it's time for you to start thinking about your Halloween get-together. Shown here is a spectacular costume by Martha Stewart and an even more spectacular matching way to invite your friends over on the big day.

    

The Little Lamb Hydrangea

Collier's Nursery is just down the road from our office. They carry some really beautiful plants and have such helpful people working there. Although I'd rather pull out my own teeth than do yardwork ;)  I have visited them several times throughout the years.  I drove by there today and saw on the marquee that they now carry "Little Lamb Hydrangeas." WHAT!?!?!  Of course I just HAD to check that out. Not only are hydrangeas my very favorite flower EVER, this one has the same nickname as my boys (oh yea, and a certain stationery company you might have heard of ;)
The crazy thing is, I actually have 2 huge Little Lamb Hydrangeas in my back yard and had NO idea until today. I planted these 2 small bushes in our backyard when we moved into our house 7-1/2 years ago...2 years before the stationery company or the 1st Little Lamb were even born...and every year, when they bloom, they produces hundreds of these huge, amazing white blossoms.  Here is a picture:

So in honor of the Little Lamb Hydrangea, here is a hydrangea invitation from our Invitations album:

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/purple-bouquet-invitation.html
And some matching hydrangeas stationery:

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/purple-bouquet-folded-notecard.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/purple-bouquet-rectangle-return-address-label-set.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/purple-bouquet-enclosure-card-set.html

The Beach!

I'm leaving soon to be taking a "walk on the Wilder side" with an annual beach trip with our friends The Wilders. In honor of this special occasion, here are some of my favorite beach invitations. I hope you are enjoying your summer...it is almost over :(

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/surfboard-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/surfboard-invitation-1.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/fish-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/sailboat-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/mermaid-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/pool-party-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/shark-invitation.html

 

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/summer-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/speedboat-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/invitations/tropical-luau-invitation.html

National Lasagna Day

Did you know today is National Lasagna Day? I have heard it is, though a quick search online doesn't tell me how this "holiday" began, and I guess we need to celebrate!
Here are some recipe ideas:
Green Lasgana http://bit.ly/gVpFL
Crockpot lasagna http://bit.ly/906L0g
Fruity Dessert Lasagna http://bit.ly/cACgSB

and although I don't really have any lasagna invitations, here are a couple of Italian-ish ones ;)

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/pizza-invitation.html

http://www.littlelambdesign.com/index.php/tuscan-vineyard-invitation.html