Nifty Notepads

As much as I love a handwritten note I don't always have the time to sit down and write a lengthy letter so I'm loving fun notepads of late where I can let friends know "I'm thinking of you" without having to fill an entire notecard. These adorable ones from Boatman Geller are at the top of my list!

Sweet Sheets

What a weekend it's been....house guests (the in-laws), graduation and Mothers Day. I'm exhausted and the week hasn't even begun! Thankfully our annual girls weekend to Palm Springs is coming up this coming weekend and I'll have plenty of time to relax poolside with a fruity drink and brainless magazine. In the meantime, I've found some sweet personalized stationery and a cute site called Rock Scissor Paper which always seems to make the day a little better!

Paper Paradise

While I'm not planning on having another baby for a little while, I always love to see cute baby announcement, shower invites and of course cute holiday cards so when I found Tiny Prints I nearly died and went to heaven.

Sugar Sugar

I LOVE Sugar Paper's stationery so when I got word that they had created a new website AND were offering 20% off on all orders through June 15th it seemed too good to be true! Now in addition to darling paper goods they have great organizational items, baby things and gifts! Hooray!

Flats + Notecards = Perfection

I love flats - there are so many cute ones out there and they are so great for chasing the twins around the playground. And as you know, I love stationery. When a friend recently told me about Cassie Adams Designs and I saw this notecard I realized it had to have been made for me! They offer darling invitations, notecards, stickers, return address labels and the like...definitely worth a visit...

Paperweights

As you know, I love things that are personalized and have fallen in love with these adorable paperweights from iomoi. They seem like they might be the perfect gift for the mom or mother in law who has it all and with so many darling patterns to choose from there is no reason you can't find one that suits even the hardest to buy for friend or relative!

Sticker Collecting

I had THE best sticker collection as a kid. I remember trading stickers and keeping all of my favorites in my hello kitty sticker book. Tell me I am not alone in this. Now that I've found Whitney English and her incredible collection of stationery, stickers, etc...it makes me hope that my girls will do the same just so I can take part in it! Her stuff could really blow a gals budget so be forewarned.

Stamps & Embossers

As you know, I love fun address labels but I have to say that embossed addresses on envelopes I love even more! The stamp and embosser options at Three Designing Women are classic, elegant and fun all at the same time. Now the question is, which to choose?

Pink Loves Brown

Talk about a cute company name! When I saw these too adorable book plates from www.pinklovesbrown.com I knew this was a site I would love and really as always when there is cute stationery involved how can you really go wrong? These are perfect for book lovers of all ages...maybe a fun thing to give the Mother who has it all come Mothers Day? I know one who would love them!

Design Yourself

The question has come up as to whether or not I actually buy or try all of the fun things I share with you all. Sadly my stay at home mom "salary" does not afford me the luxury of doing this nearly as often as I would like which is why your comments are that much more important when you have bought or tried things so please do share!

Here's something that you can buy or just have fun with...My friend SP told me about Design-her-gals and I've been having a ball on the site trying to figure out which "gal" I am....is it the one with the jeans, t-shirt, ponytail, double stroller and dog or the one with perfectly dried hair, pearl necklace, skinny black pants and pointy toed heels? Depends what day or maybe what hour of the day you ask I guess but the great thing is that when you DO figure out which version of yourself you like best you can have it printed on notecards, stickers, recipe cards, notepads and the list goes on...enjoy!

Whimsical Wrapping

I strongly believe I should have been born a Spelling as I love to wrap and would be in heaven in the Spelling families famed gift wrapping room. Until I am able to afford one of my own I have a ball doing my thing at the kitchen table. Now with the help of the darling papers from Whimsy Press I can have just that much more fun. And as with nearly every site I love, they too have darling stationery options.

Polka Dot Challenge

Perfectly Pink did a fabulous post today on 10 fun polka dot finds under $50! She found some wonderful items and challenged anyone else who wanted to add to the list. So who am I to pass up a shopping challenge that involves polka dots no less?!! So here's my list and be sure to check out hers too! Anyone else feel free to join in on the fun!

1. Classic Bikini Top from Boden $34 (yes, I do realize that you'll probably need the bottoms too but that puts me over the $50 limit so humor me!)

2. Chocolate Brown Dotted Notepad from Lemon Tree Paperie. 2 pads for $32

3. Signature Dot Reversible Bucket Hat from Toss Designs for $19.95


4. Dotty Striped Chester Gift Labels from Expressionery. 80 Labels for $16


5. Preppy Polka Dot Calling Cards from A Touch of Whimsy. $12 for 30 cards.


6. Polka Dotted Apron from Sally Russell $44

7. Pink and Green Dots File Folders from See Jane Work. 6 for $11.95



8. Printed Jelly Flip Flops from JCrew $19.50



9. Dot to Dot Towels from Garnet Hill. From $8



10. Hot Spots Tinware Canisters from Kate's Paperie $4-$24

Nifty Notecards

I sure do love stationery so when my sweet friend BG introduced me to Erin Condren's adorable stuff I was sold. Not only are her designs bright and cheerful but she is the mother of twins! She also has darling gift labels which I think are a fun gift in and of themselves now that we are on the "birthday party circut".

Beach Totes

I love bags and these totes from Room Service Home have my name written all over them....they are so bright and cheery. I've been thinking a lot lately about using a re-usable bag for my groceries in order to help with the enviornment, etc...and these might just fit the bill and help me look stylish at the same time. Might even have to add them to my birthday list for darling hubby! For my fellow catalog lovers, RSH also has a catalog....more fun things to look forward to in the mailbox!

My new favorite catalog

So it's no big surprise that I love getting mail. In order to ensure that I get something fun ALMOST everyday I subscribe to a ton of magazines and order catalogs galore. My new favorite is from an adorable papergoods company called Swoozies that of course has great stationery but also has darling totes and party items from fun ice buckets to cute paper plates and napkins. It looks like they even have retail stores in Georgia, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Arizona. Let's hope a Cali location isn't too far off!

Precious Plates & Placemats

I LOVE plates and platters and think that these personalized plates and placemats from Fontaine Maury are just adorable. Of course they have darling stationery too!

More cute stationery and on sale too!

My sweet friend HM knows how much I love stationery so shared with me this darling set on clearance at Mountain Cow....what a great gift!

Address Labels

I love getting mail and it's even more fun when the note is on cute stationery and the envelope has a fun address label on it. Noteworthy Notes has a great offer in case like me, you need to re-stock! Now through the end of the month with any Dinky Designs address label or gift sticker order you'll get double the quantity at no extra cost! Happy shopping!

Paper at any price

As you all know, I adore stationery. While I don't often splurge on letterpress stationery for myself it's definately on my wish list and this darling polka dotted variety from Sugar Paper is one of the first ones I think I'll get when that time comes! In the meantime, my favorite more reasonable stationery site is American Stationery. I just noticed yesterday with my sweet friend JS that this darling set from Jack and Lulu is on sale too!

All She Wrote

I love monogramed items and as many of you know thought long and hard about the twins names and initials to make sure they would have nice looking monograms. With this said, I hope you'll enjoy this fun site. Not only do they have fantastic monogrammed items but they also have darling paper goods and stationery...is this girl heaven or what? And to top it all off they have three storefronts in Chicago - the worlds coolest city - it doesn't get much better than that! www.allshewrote.com