Stelie Designs

This weekend brought a much needed warm spell (30's & 40's) here in Minnesota. We took full advantage while we knew it would be short. Sunday was a great day to play outside. The kids and daddy made snow angels, shoveled, and played on the slide. Monday we went to the zoo. We even braved the outdoor part and got to see the puma's, baby lynx, and tigers among many others without freezing our tails off. The inside dolphins and sharks are always a great attraction too. Here are pics by the tiger's den. Avery trying to block the sun while sitting on a baby tiger Paxton blocking the sun even though he didn't need to

It's been a while since I've posted anything about P&A, it's not because they haven't done anything adorable or note worthy (that is daily.) It's because their mommy has been too busy to post it. So this is for those who want to hear about them. Recently, we have been discussing eye color. Paxton has blue eyes, Avery has hazel (sometimes brown) eyes, she prefers to refer to them as dark eyes. They are big into matching things and noting like things. So P says "mommy has blue eyes like me." "Grandma & papa have blue eyes like me." A says "daddy has dark eyes like me." "Grandma Karen has dark eyes like me." Yes, but in reality A doesn't have her dad's eyes she has her grandma karen's eye color. Which in turn came from her dad, so I guess she's right. Last week was a really big week for P&A, Monday they got to have their first sleep over at grandma & papa's without mommy. I survived....

I've started creating more cards with ribbons. Here is a peek at just a few cards from the new Ribbon Collection by Stelie Designs. These have not yet been posted to my etsy shop. You are the first to view them, after me, my husband, my mom, and my dad, okay so not quite the first.

This card was inspired by the need for spring to come soon & the rainboots (see below) I'm planning to get Avery for her b-day (shhh.) I just love this green w/white polka dots paper purse and the raspberry twine handle. How fun! It's true art imitates fashion, just wait until I post another new purse card. It's delightful.

I am running a short term promotion...Buy any 5 single greeting cards get the 6th one FREE. Who doesn't love promotions/sales and/or to get something free. Everyone will be jumping at the chance. Check out my shop http://www.steliedesigns.etsy.com/ to grab the promo listing before it's sold out and select 6 cards of your choice by noting it in the message from the buyer section. Happy Shopping!!

A few new items have been posted to my esty shop that you have to check out. Okay maybe not new for some of you that recently looked through my inventory, but it's new to esty and the rest of the world.

Monday morning, the kids and I drove my husband to work since his car is in the shop. We were all dressed and ready to go so we continued on to running errands. Since it was barely 8:00, Target was to be our first stop of many. That morning was particularly fidgid, we'd been having a slight heat wave of 30's, now it was below zero wind chill. Being one of the first to arrive at Target we got a great spot right in front. I was able to get some groceries and the kids were able to do their usual "look at toys!" Well it was now time to get moving onto the rest of our errands. Bundled the kids back up and off to the car we went. To my surprise, my remote wasn't working, so I tried the key, it didn't work either. For a quick minute, I thought it was the wrong silver SUV. I looked inside, nope, that was our toys/mess. I now realized our locks were frozen, my sweet husband got my car washed the day before. Arrggh.. Thankfully, somehow I was able to get th...