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I've been hearing about Pinterest for several months but never took the time to sign up. Holy moly...now I see what all the fuss has been about. Basically, you see things online and you "pin" them to these "boards" to be able to keep tabs on everything you are interested in, or want to come back to later. I just signed up last night, so I don't have tons of "pins" yet, but click here  to follow me and see what all neat things inspire me!

4th of July Invitation

Maybe because I am still trapped in my hometown because of my Little Lamb's baseball schedule, but I am pining away for Independence Day and the chance to head out of town!!!  The food, friends, and FUN always make for a special day to celebrate our great nation. Are you planning a get together? Check out our new Fireworks invitation. 

Help your kids get along this summer with our FREE printable!

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56274473/Play-Together-Chart

My Little Lambs are 3 years apart, just far enough to really get on each other's nerves, but close enough to reasonably be expected to play together ;)  I had one of those "ah-ha" parenting moments last week and told them if I "catch" them playing together throughout the summer, they get a sticker on this nifty chart I made. When they get 5 stickers, they get a special treat. So far the treats we've thought up are going to get ice cream, hitting at Total Baseball, and getting balloons at the "party store." (For those who know my Little Lambs well, guess whose idea was what!?!)

Click on the link above and you can download and print this chart off and post on your fridge as I have done. So far, they've gotten 5 stickers last week...but only 1 this week...hopefully it's not going to be a LONG summer ;)

Ellen

Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon

Have you heard about the hilarious new book by Jimmy Fallon?

It is called Thank You Notes, and is really, really funny. The BEST thing about it, though, is that he takes out an actual piece of stationery and writes these "thank you notes" on them. LOVE it!!!

Raise them right!

Yesterday afternoon I took my Little Lamb to get a new bike since he's outgrown his last bike. Since we're preparing to leave for the National Stationery Show shortly, I had to go back to work last night, so Daddy took him to try it out. When I got in last night, he had left me this thank you note!
  


I gotta say, I am really proud ;)  After making him write thank you notes for birthday presents for the past 2 years, I feel like I've given him the gift of good manners!  Although he has an entire drawer full of thank you notes that I've designed for him, he chooses a piece of notepad paper, but I couldn't be happier...and prouder!

Ellen

It's Graduation time!

Hard to believe graduation will be a month or 2 from now. Check out our new photo graduation announcements / graduation invitations!  Graduation is all the buzz at our office this year because Stella has one graduation from high school and another from college!

 

 

Little Lamb Design Stickers put to use in Bangladesh

This past fall we had the pleasure of working with Tommy Obenchain as he took the next step towards realizing his dream of using his for-profit company, Taylor Pearl, to help fund his non-profiit, Pearls for Life.

In 2005 he traveled to China and saw an opportunity to import pearls and re-sell them in the U.S.
At the same time he knew he had a passion to provide for the basic needs of some of those most in need.
His concept was born to use a portion of the funds from the sale of fresh water pearls to fund fresh water for children and their families in Bangladesh.  In 2009 he traveled to Bangladesh  to research the problems and the best options to help.  Tommy also worked with several professors at Vanderbilt University, where he is currently a senior. The solution that he decided would have the greatest impact was a Sono filter, which uses rocks, sand, and an arsenic probe to eliminate bacteria, metal and arsenic from the water. 

This fall Tommy used his fall break to travel to Bangladesh and oversee the first installation of the filters.  Our stickers made the trip too, leaving the Pearls For Life logo on the filters provided by his team's efforts.

Over 77 million people drink contaminated water every day in Bangladesh. He has already provided water to about 300 hundred and hopes that number will reach the  thousands in the coming year . He will work full time on Taylor Pearl and Pearls for Life for 18 months after graduating this spring, before starting work for Huron Consulting. 

It has been a pleasure working with Tommy and learning more about the great work he is doing! If you would like to read more about Taylor Pearl and Pearls For Life check out .taylorpearl.com