this precious life.

all through highschool i collected things cut from magazines & catalogues and then created my own stationary & cards. it was a whole lot of fun & over the years I made/used/gifted several hundred. but now i’m at a place in life where i don’t have the time to sit & cut all those pieces out & put together cards. so i loved when i saw this idea from fossil for making simple postcards from catalogues & magazines. i have a bunch of anthro & fossil catalogues sitting around that are awesome inspiration... but they keep coming & i don’t need them all. i love turning them into something else inspirational.  i adore how these turned out & can’t wait to mail out little notes this summer that let friends know i’m still thinking of them;) Materials: catalogues/magazines | card stock | scissors | glue stick | pen/marker Cut your card stock into 4 x 6 rectangles. Lay one of the cutouts over a magazine/catalogue print & trace. Cut out the pri...

love this quote. "Nonetheless, nothing expresses respect for another like a handwritten letter, and no love e-mail, text message or cell phone call will ever be carefully bundled into a memory box and savored for years to come. In a world that thrives on acceleration, the handwritten letter calls us to a time more deliberate, elegant, and gracious." -Tom Barlow and this. "The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years."  ~ Audrey Hepburn oh and here are some more. "It's more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail- then you can dream all the rest around it. Because wh...