Be Thankful Freebie

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It’s Wednesday, which means we are halfway through the week and, today, just about halfway through the month.  I’m not sure how I feel about that yet.  My kids have started talking about the fact that Christmas is only 6 weeks away.  I feel like I spend most of my days watching my kids grow in disbelief; willing them, with every power I can muster, to stop growing up so fast.  I remember being in the trenches of babyhood and having days that felt like 10 years, with people telling me how fast it goes and me not really understanding.  I loved having babies.  There were hard days, don’t get me wrong, but I so love being a mother, that I have only vague recollections of the tough days.  I would love to go back in time and just rock each of my babies just one more time.  But, since that isn’t possible, I’ll be thankful for the near-tangible memories instead.  I’ve decided that those ratty old baby blankets and stuffed toys that kids keep forever are really for the moms – so we can hold them and be taken back to the days when we had no time for showers or hot food – some of the best days of my life.

Anyway…on that note, I made this download for you (and me) as a reminder to be thankful for the little things that make life so amazing.

Download 12×12 print here.

(If you need to resize it, just make the adjustments in your print settings.)

Aloha Beach Notecard Free Download

beach-tote-giveaway-5If you haven’t had a chance to enter to win this adorable striped beach tote (and a few of my favorite things to go inside) then make sure to do that here!  If you want to get your hands on the notecards that you can print at home and send warm greetings to all your friends, you can do that here.  And…don’t forget to enter to win a trip to Puerto Vallarta!  Enjoy!

 

The Extra Mile Free Printable

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It’s been a while since I posted a free printable.  I saw this little gem a while back and thought I’d use it in my lettering practice.  Hopefully your week is off to a good start.  If it’s not – or if it is – it’s a good week to go out of your way and do something nice for someone.  I know I can always do better.  It’s easy to get caught up in my schedule and be blind to those around me who could use an extra hand.  Whenever I take advantage of the opportunity to help someone, my life gains purpose.  Going the extra mile is something we are always trying to teach our kids.  Our kids are getting bigger and this summer we’re hitting it even harder and included service in their daily to-do list.  They get an allowance if they get their chores done each week.  I hate to lump service in as a chore, but it has to start somewhere, doesn’t it?!

Download your free print here.

(Feel free to share.  Please be sure to use it only for personal use and link back to this post.  Thanks.)

Free Hand-lettered Mother’s Day Printable

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I asked a kind and talented friend, Jessica, who blogs at Coco & Mingo to team up with me on a giveaway. She lettered this sweet tribute to mothers, which extends to those who mother their own children or someone else’s children. We all need mothers, our own and those who’ve become mothers to us over the years. Be sure to let your mother(s) know how much they mean to you.

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You can also print a smaller version by adjusting the settings in your print screen and turn it into a card.  I used a little watercolor paint to add some spring colors to mine, which is super easy and can be done with any old kid watercolor set.

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Thank you, Jessica, for the beautiful print!  Be sure to thank her by stopping by her blog and following her on Facebook or Twitter.  You’ll be glad you did.  She is so inspiring.

Download your print here.

 

Free Christmas Deer Wrapping Paper

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To go along with the round up of gift tags, I made this holiday wrapping paper for you to download today.  Personally, I tend to prefer non-traditional holiday colors, and enjoy more of the look of winter instead.  Well, now that I said that, I should mention that I do have a collection of Old World Santa’s, so the traditional reds and greens are not entirely forgotten.  To add even more excitement to your holiday, I have a lovely collaborative giveaway starting next week that you will most definitely want to get in on.  I have some lovely friends who are giving away some amazing gifts this season, so you’ll want to enter here to win an iPad and check out the 24 Merry Days daily giveaway.

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Since I love my vintage velvet ribbon more than all of my other ribbons, I tend to inadvertently design wrappings to go with it.  You can scale the paper and print it on an 8.5 x 11″ paper, which covers a 4″ box perfectly, or take the file into a local print shop and have it printed up to 24 x 36″ in size.  Enjoy!

Download your wrapping paper here.

A True Photograph Quote by Ansel Adams

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This has been such a beautiful week all over the wedding and design social spaces.  I’m feeling so inspired.  I had an entirely different printable ready to roll this week, but as I’ve been putting the finishing touches on Beloved (hitting the virtual newsstand next week) I have found myself saying “wow” over and over again at the depth in the features in this coming issue.  I dabble (a stretch of the word, really) in photography for Peter Loves Jane.  I’m content with photographing still objects and taking candids of my babes.  This week I have been particularly grateful for the talent and perseverance of photographers.  What a lovely gift to the world it is to so beautifully document fleeting moments in time.

Download your printable here, (and please feel free to grab this image and share it.)

Some of the beauty I was referring to:

Bits of great advice coupled with nostalgia

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Pretty thoughts on marriage

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The light.  The textures.

An amazing giveaway….

and another.

 

 

Thanksgiving Leaf Printable Placecards

A day early for this weeks printable, it’s true.  Along with being a day early, I have a little change taking place.  Like many of you, I find myself drawn in by all of the amazing people creating and sharing and inspiring every day through the Internet.  Also, like many of you, I find myself not spending enough time with those people who are most important to me.  So, I’ve decided that my blogging week is going to be a day shorter.  I’ll be posting all kinds of amazing weddings, stationery, branding and entertaining posts Monday – Thursday, in fact, I will likely be posting twice a day some of those days (I do have so many lovely things to share with you), but Friday will just become an early Saturday.

And so….I’m more minimal and not very traditional in most of my holiday decorating.  I can never get enough textures on my table.  I prefer a simple white plate because it seems to show off the food I’ve put so much love into baking – and presenting.  I have a collection of vintage velvet ribbons that I absolutely love, and use all the time to make the little details extra special.  These leaf patterns are perfect for setting a stylish table fit for the lovely people joining your feast.  You can even use them to label foods if you happen to be serving buffet style.

In need of another idea for a simple table?  Here is a favorite, using seeded eucalyptus, from not too long ago.  It even comes complete with printables, too.
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Download these leaf patterns and make your fall or Thanksgiving table simple and festive.

 

Thanksgiving Placemat Printable

Welcome to the holiday season!  Over the years, I have really started to love Thanksgiving.  This is most likely due to the fact that I am a good-food-lover.  I get to start baking now and have the excuse of the holiday’s to continue baking clear through December.

I also appreciate the reminder of the bounties that we enjoy and the kindness that comes out of people in more abundance this time of year.  Though, I do sometimes wonder if people are actually kinder, or if we notice it more because we have more grateful hearts?  Either way, it’s a good time of year.

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Today’s printable is one I’ve used at the the dinner table in November’s past.  It keeps little hands busy coloring and bigger hands busy writing out their blessings.  When we sit for dinner,we like to ask all of our kids what good thing has happened to them that day, and what good thing they did for someone else that day.

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Download your printable placemat here.  They are legal sized so you can print them on your home printer.  If you prefer a regular letter size, simply scale it to print for that page size.

Black and White Halloween Animal Printable Banner

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Just for fun, I thought I’d throw in another Halloween printable today.  It’s hard to go wrong with black and white, or grey and white as I’ve printed today.  (The printable is black and white, so when you print, you can do a 100% black, or adjust your printer settings like I did and get more of a charcoal.)  These tags are perfect for a bunting or for using as cards for a plate/bag/what-have-you of treats!  Simply use white ink to write your Halloween greeting.  I cut mine out and glued them to a fabulous copper metallic from The Paper Mill Store.  I really love this paper.  It’s super heavy and has a perfectly metallic sheen to it.  Treat yourself to a sample size pack, as it’s the perfect size for a party.  Enjoy!

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Download your banner here.

Vintage Halloween Label Printable

Halloween-Label-PrintableWell, we took the kids to their first Halloween carnival this week.  My six-year old was the most excited to get dressed up.  He went as a zombie, which seemed to be the theme of the party, there were dead cheerleaders, dead nerds, dead doctors…you name it – it came dead.  I think he just was plain happy that I let him loose with a pair of scissors and clothes.  We did find a life-like liver at the dollar store, too, which he taped to his stomach.  (Eh, liver – stomach, they both are part of your insides.)

In keeping with my Halloween treat table that I’m sharing with you next week, I’ve designed a couple of labels for your beverages and dips.  Download your freebie here.  Have a swell weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday with one of my favorite weddings of the year!

 

Black and White Halloween Printable Invitation

Ah, well.  It’s afternoon already, and I’m just getting today’s printable up.  Some days are like that.  Over the years I’ve learned that on days like this, it’s better to roll with the punches than try to fight back against them.  So….here we are.  Contrary to what seems like most of the crafting world, I don’t love Halloween.  As a kid, I wore the same costume every Halloween from the time I was 8 until I got to stop dressing up.  I’ve been to a number of awesome Halloween parties, mind you, and always had a blast.  I just don’t thrill at the idea of decorating my house or actually hosting a spooky party.  In an effort to try and get in on the Halloween fun, I’ve decided to throw a mini-Halloween party and share it with you.  For the next 3 weeks, I’ll give you Halloween freebies and the Thursday before Halloween, I’ll put together a pretty + a little on the healthy side Halloween snack station for you.

First things first, to have a party, you have to have an invitation.  I am a fan of the black and white and minimal Halloween decor, so in that spirit, here’s your party invite.  There is a front and back to download and it’s sized as the usual 8 x 10, which you can reduce and print double sided for your invites.  Cheers!  (or Shrieks, I suppose….)

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Download the front and back.

Stephen Covey Printable Quote

be-loyal-printableThe minute I first saw this quote by Stephen Covey, I knew it would be on my wall.  A few weeks ago, I shared another print that I have at the top of my stairs, and another mantra that I tell my kids all the time, hoping that they will take it to heart.  I’ve been telling my kids, mainly my older ones, for months (at least) that other’s names should be safe in our house.  Obviously, our success rate wavers, which is why it’s a recurring phrase.  I love this one, though, because it’s much more to the point, and more easily understood than the vague “names are safe here” idea I have been trying to teach them.  So, kids, let’s be loyal to those present and not present.  Do you have any favorite lessons that you were taught as a child or that you are trying to teach yours?

By the way, the font I used is Oswald, one of my very favorites.

Download your print here.

 

You Make Me Happy

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…when skies are grey.  It’s been fabulously grey, cold and rainy here this week.  I got to break out some of my favorite cozy sweaters and indulge in assorted hot cocoa’s every day; even had the fireplace going while I worked.  It’s a good day again today.  We’ve also had some amazing clouds laying low on the mountains, so I was inspired to use this sweet song set on top of a greyish sky in today’s printable.  I always make sure to tell my kids that they make me happy (even without grey skies.)  I ask them all the time if they know how much I love them.  I think it’s the most important thing they can know, that their momma loves them more than anything in this world.  So, in honor of my 4 bursts of sunshine, who make me incredibly happy (and their dad, who also makes me incredibly happy) is today’s print for you.

Download it here.

 

Be Kind Wall Art Printable

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Today’s motto is “be kind.”  I have this framed on the wall right at the top of our stairs so that for the entire 5 seconds that my kids walk up the stairs, and if they are looking up instead of down, they are told to be kind.  It’s so refreshing to meet kind people.  I had the delightful opportunity of meeting and getting to know Marium Naficy, the founder and CEO of Minted, along with one of her employees, Hope, and a handful of other designers at a dinner last night.  Conversation flowed easily, industry tips were traded and new friends were made.  Everyone left smiling and feeling great about themselves.  So, as appears on billboards and Pinterest boards across the world: be kinder than necessary.  Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday with a really lovely inspiration shoot from my friends at Lacielle Roselle.

Download your free print here.  (I didn’t follow the rules on this one, it is 10″ x 10″, hope you’ll forgive me.)

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quote

life-you-are-proud-ofWow!  It has been such a great week.  A big thanks and welcome to all of you new folks!  I love the new look, and it seems you do, too.  The thing I am most excited about, besides the new look, is that now I get to share some great projects and inspiration that I’ve been saving.  Let the fun begin!

Every Friday in 2013, I have been sharing a free printable.  I’ve had a few reader requests over the course of the year, and am happy to give you another reader request today.  This one was pretty specific: typewriter font on old paper.  Easy enough!  I’ve just started reading The Great Gatsby, which is amazing to read.  I love books that make you feel smarter while you read them.  Love the way Fitzgerald writes.  This quote is one of my favorites and was timed perfectly for me.  Have a request?  Leave it in the comments, and watch for it to show up here.

Download your print here.

 

Choosing Good Friends Mantra

Be-around-the-peopleMy kids all started school yesterday … well sort of, my baby starts kindergarten next week.  Good thing the public school system is breaking me in easy and starting with half-day kindergarten here.  Full-day would find me wandering aimlessly around my house (while all my projects pile up) counting down the minutes until the little thing that has been my shadow for 5 1/2 years comes home to me.  I’m the kind of mom that encourages creativity and independence, so it’s not that the apron strings are tied on too tight.  It’s just that she and I get along so well.  She’s like my littlest friend.  Not to make it sound like my other kids aren’t equally fabulous to me – they are.  Truly the most precious of gems.  Anyway…on to today’s printable.  I made this for my oldest, who started middle school this year (gasp!  Choke.  Yes, I paced all day today hoping he could get into his locker, that he didn’t spill his books all over the hall and that he had lots of friends to sit by at lunch.)  As a person, kid or grown up, it is essential to surround yourself with people that you admire.  Don’t you find that you emulate the qualities in those people you spend the most time with?  I want my kids to be influences for good in the world around them, and for them to find friends who influence them for the better.  What is your best advice for your little ones?  I’d love to hear.  Perhaps it will end up in our Friday printable feature.

Download your print here. (oh, and this one is not the standard 8×10 size, it’s an 8×8 inch print)

 

Don Draper Quote Print

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Reader requests are always fun to get, as many people share a little personal story as to why they love a particular quote.   I believe this quote is from the one and only, Don Draper, but I’m not certain; I’ve seen it attributed to a few individuals.  (If you’ve never seen an episode of Mad Men, tonight is a great night to get an episode or two in.)  This sentiment seems to be applicable in more than just design.  Ultimately, we should work to making our lives simple, yet significant.

Be sure to check back on Monday for our super exciting newest issue of Beloved!  We have quite the week planned for you, complete with giveaways galore and, if the stars align properly, we should have a new blog look up, too!  I am beyond anxious to share it with you!

Happy weekend!

Download your Don Draper printable here.

 

Melissa Esplin Party Suite for Styled. Issue 2

isly-styled-artwork-entire-suite-1Hey folks.  Today’s printable comes to you in the form of “link love.”  I’m not sure why I always think the week before publishing each issue of Be loved will be different than the last.  It never is.  It’s always a zoo.  This go ’round, add a blog re-design that we are desperately trying to launch at the same time and getting my kids ready to go back to school and still trying to get the laundry done and car cleaned from our vacation a couple of weeks ago.  One person was never meant to do it all.  Melissa Esplin always does fabulous work and I’m happy to introduce you to her, if, by chance, you have never visited her inspiring blog.  This DIY party suite was a collaboration with her designer friend, Jill, for a feature in Styled. magazine.  It’s perfect for any kind of fall party.  Stroll around her blog for a bit.  She’s fabulous in so many ways!

 

Emerald Watercolor Bride & Groom Signs

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It’s Friday, which means another free printable for you!  This week I decided to do something for the wedding folks – emerald watercolor bride and groom signs.  Use them as signs to hang on your chairs, to claim your dressing area or whatever else you can think of!

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Printable Party Invite

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For the last few parties of the summer, a tag shaped party invite printable.  Simply add a yarn tassel at the top and pair it with a pretty patterned sleeve. Have a fun-filled weekend!  We are off on our vacation adventure this weekend.  I have all sorts of gorgeous things lined up right here while I am away, so make sure to stop by for some lovely new stationery designs and one of the most stunning styled shoots you’ve seen in a long time.

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 Download the invite here.

Something Wonderful Print + Playlist No. 1

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One of the most beautiful things about children is their ability to believe that the adventures and stories they imagine could actually happen.  If only we wouldn’t forget these things as we grow.  If we could keep that same excitement and sincerity in the way we tackle our imaginings, wouldn’t we be able to do wonderful things?

I think it’s high time that, along with this week’s printable, we share some music!  I usually (can’t say always because sometimes I revel in silence and my thoughts) listen to music while I work.  Music seems to get my mind working and gives me the freedom to try new things.  Playlist No. 1 was compiled by our friends behind the scenes at The Handsome Fellow.  They’ve designed some lovely printables (more) for us in the past, and have hip taste in music.  Let me know what you think!  And, if you’d like your playlist to show up here, be sure to email me your top tunes.  I always listen.

Download your print here.  (The pretty picture is from The Graphics Fairy.)

Listen to Playlist No. 1 on 8tracks here.

Polka Dot 4th of July Printables

I took a little less traditional, and rather informal, approach to an Independence Day celebration with these printables.  They can easily be used to set a pretty table all summer long!  Well, except for the treat flags – they say Happy 4th.  I suppose they can be used to celebrate a 4th birthday, 4th anniversary, or the 4th of something!  The menus and name cards are blank so you can have some fun with hand lettering them.  I’d love to see what you come up with!
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DSC_0009Download the Eat Here sign, menu, treat flags and name cards.

Or check out last year’s download for more red, white and blue fun.

 

4th of July Bingo Download from Design, Eat, Repeat

It’s nearly the end of June.  How did that happen?  Sometimes it seems I’m just hanging on to the tails of life and frantically trying to take it all in.  My babies are growing so fast.  So fast, in fact, that they would be horrified to hear me refer to them as babies.  Except my “baby,” and she is 5.  Since next week is a holiday week, I am sharing a lovely printable from the fab Melissa at Design, Eat, Repeat.  Gather your babies for a healthy game of Bingo!  Dollar bills and candy bars make for perfect prizes!  Thanks, Melissa!
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Download the game boards and all game pieces here on Design, Eat, Repeat.

Floral and Tree Envelope Liner Printables

I’m quite excited for today.  After a couple of quick working hours this morning, I’m off to spend the day romping from park to park with my kids, ending with a promised stop at the library to stock up on good summer reads.  My pick: The Great Gatsby.  I have not seen the movie, and only vaguely know the premise, so I am excited for my reading adventure.

I’ve been pinning to a new board on Pinterest, Envelope Style, and have been so enjoying the fabulous ideas for dressing up a boring envelope that I decided to give you some nature-inspired, yet fun-loving, envelope liners that will go with just about any sort of pretty card.  The printables are square, simply trace your envelope on them, then cut just inside your line and you’re done!  Easy as pie, and just as much fun to give to a friend.

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Have a lovely weekend, and I will see you back here on Monday with a gorgeous wedding from Dulce Photography.

 

Download the yellow tree liner here and the peach floral liner here.

 

Printable Peter Pan Quote

We did it!  We made it to the end of the week.  I have a pretty busy weekend, so making it to the weekend doesn’t signify relaxing in any form, however, sometimes it feels like an accomplishment to simply make it to Friday.  With no segue in sight, I’ll just make the jump…Peter Pan is as charming a story as there ever was; filled to the brim with wisdom only found in children and the very old.  Something happens to us during these in-between years that makes us forget simple pearls of wisdom.  This is why we have children; to help us remember.  Try it out this weekend, think happy thoughts and find your wings.

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Download your print here.

Free Mustache Photo Booth Printable

I must admit that I thought the wave of almost-every-guy-I-know growing a mustache would have ended by now.  It hasn’t slowed, much less ended.  My husband has been part of the throngs of facial hair experimentation groups.  Personally, I am partial to the 5 o’clock shadow over a fully grown beard.  At any rate….we have a mustache printable for those of you who want the look of a ‘stache without the commitment.  Perfect for parties, photo booths, or just to stash (sorry, I couldn’t resist) for some rainy day fun!  Thanks to the lovely ladies at Eleven Letters for today’s fun freebie!

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Download your mustache printable here.

And, the winner of the pretty paper cutting from Epic Layers is……Ashley!  Email us and we will chat about how to get your print to you.

It’s Never Random Wall Print

My most favorite thing about working in the design/creative field is that I am never bored.  I am never pigeon-holed into continuously doing something I don’t find exciting.  Certainly this is not to say that I am in love with every working minute I spend in my studio.  Such is not life.  But, I love design because I can try something new every day.  I’ve been working out, in my head, a geometric background like this one, with no real place to use it.  Then I found this quote (author unknown) and I knew I had to turn it into a printable, and figured my geometric background could work.  When I first stared working on it, I had every intention of keeping the background muted…and ended up here, straight off of a Leprechaun’s vest, no doubt.  I’m sure it could use some changing, but for now, it doesn’t bother me.  And the quote is fabulous; forcing us to consider the grander picture.  I believe very much that this will be true in the end; that we’ll be shocked at how much of our lives happened on purpose.

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 Download print here

If you have a quote you’d like to see here on a random Friday, do drop us a note in the form of a comment below.

 

Free Printable Quote by Emerson

I hope your week has been full and worthwhile.  Today’s printable is a special request by one of our readers.  It’s a lovely quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose works are well known.  Emerson held the belief that in order to form a community, in the true sense of  the word, people had to be real; they needed to know who they were and what they were capable of, and be true to that.  It’s a rather beautiful and resonating idea, isn’t it?  And so, for Rebecca, here is your print.  May we all forgive our “absurdities and blunders” and start each day with serenity and an energetic spirit, making the best of what is given us.  (Oh, and since we have broached the topic,  this commencement speech is a gem, and will likely open your eyes to what is real.)

Download your print here.

If you’d like to see a favorite quote as a Friday printable, simply leave a comment with your quote and we will be sure to get one of our designers on it!

Mother’s Day Printable

I had the most difficult time trying to find the perfect thought for today’s Mother’s Day printable.  Being a mother myself, I know well the indescribable love a mother has for her child.  I could not, myself, even begin to find words eloquent enough to describe both the thoughts and feelings of a mother.  Wanting to give you something that you could give as a gift to that special mother(s) in your life, I didn’t just want to say “You’re the best.”  We all know that mother’s don’t put trophies of that sort on their shelves.  Mother’s display the reminders of the beautiful faces they love beyond measure.  Mother’s want to look at their walls and see the hearts and lives of their most treasured gift, their children.

This verse is well-known and loved, and though, not exactly what I was searching for, it seems to fit.  For, truly, a mother wants nothing more than to influence her child for good.  There is no other love in this world that compares to a mother’s love.  None.  To love a child, whether yours through birth, adoption or simply by claiming hold on a child’s heart, is the greatest gift a mother can give.  The world is good because of children, and we are blessed to be called their mothers.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Download your print here.

Free Printable: A party without cake…

If you were to just look at my Pinterest boards and try and guess what my skill was, you would probably think I was a cake-baking-artist.  I have pinned more wedding cakes than just about anything else.  And, it’s true; I love a good cake.  This quote by Julia Child is particularly fitting for me.  I wonder…if one has cake at a meeting, does it become a party?  I think so, which means that I party a lot.

Enjoy your party!  Download your print here.

Bring Your Own Sunshine Printable

Welcome to the weekend!  It’s starting to warm up in these parts…sort of.  The heater still kicks on at night, and I am still wearing a sweater, but warmth is on the way.  The lovely ladies at Eleven Letters have designed today’s printable.   A needful reminder that sometimes you do have to bring your own sunshine!  Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you back here on Monday with a gorgeous wedding!

Thanks, ladies!

Download your print here.

Sparkler Send Off Printable

Although it seems inappropriate to celebrate today given the national news headlines, I do have a freebie for you.  My thoughts and prayers are with those who have been directly affected by the tragedy in Boston.  I have many friends and associates there, and pray for quick resolution, and for God’s peace to be in the hearts of the people in that great city.

A fabulous send off is the perfect end to your perfect celebration!  Dress up your sparklers with these tags and post a sign next to the sparkler display.  I’ve left a banner space for you to sign (or type) your names and personalize your day.  As always, I’d love to see pictures of how you use our printables!

Download the sign here.  Download the sparkler tags here.

Favor Tag Freebies

Onward with the fun + useful printables!  I made these little tags that you can use for your wedding dinner, rehearsal dinner, bridal shower, baby shower or even as a gift tag.  They are both 3 inches by 3 inches, so the options are fairly wide open to your creative mind.  I’m putting the finishing touches on the next issue of Be loved, which will hit your desktop next week, and am so excited to share it with you.  I’ve re-designed the entire look and do hope you will love it as much as I do!  I’ve added some new features and improved on current features.  One of my favorite additions is that of a talented crew of creative writers.  Stay tuned!  For now, enjoy your weekend, and I hope you get to spend it with someone who loves you. 

 Download the floral tag here and the balloon tag here.

I Love You Notecards

It seems as though my computer thinks its the weekend already and is not happy about my incessant use of it!  We are almost finished with the new look we are giving the blog, making it prettier, and easier to navigate.  I hope you will like it.  For today’s free printable, I wanted to give you something useful.  Not to say that our past notes haven’t been useful, but this month, I’ve decided to make each printable a little more personal.  These notecards are just the right size for sweet words of encouragement, thanks or love.  Enjoy!

Download the notecards here:  Pink  |  Green  |  Blue

He is Risen Easter Printable

This weekend, Easter Sunday, specifically, marks the end of a year long goal my kids have been working on.   They asked us if we would give them $100 if they didn’t drink soda for a year.  We quickly said, “Yes,” not certain if they would be able to withstand the temptation.  Much to our pleasure, they followed through.  So this year the Easter Bunny has to dig deep to fill the eggs!  Though entirely coincidental, I find it fascinating that their willful giving up of a favorite drink happened at this time of year.  It has essentially been a year-long observance of Lent.  They have unknowingly taught themselves a great lesson; that they are able to improve themselves and to deny their momentary desires for a greater reward.  I’m happy about that.

In observance of Easter, and to remind us all that He, the Savior of the world, does live and that he does love us:

Download our Easter printable here.

Love Note from Me to You

When I was young, somewhere around 14 or 15, and was plastering my bedroom with quotes, I cut these two words out of a magazine ad.  Do people even do that anymore?  Cut pages from magazines?  Do people hold things in their hands and feel them, or has the once tangible turned digital?  I still like to read books printed on paper and to tape pages of inspiring ‘what-have-yous’ on my wall.  With plain old masking tape, even.  Anyway, it’s Friday, and you get two words that have stuck with me for over 15 years:  Be brilliant.  It’s what I hope to be; what I tell my kids to be.  Be your best in whatever moment you find yourself in.

Download your free print here.

Superhero Brother Printable

I look forward to Friday every week, and not because the weekend is here.   Our Friday Love Note series has been so fun to share with you.  I’ve enjoyed seeing photos of our quotes on the walls in your homes and hearing what you’ve used them for.  Today’s print comes to you from Eleven Letters, and even comes in 3 color ways!  Have a lovely weekend!

Blue  |  Orange  |  Yellow

Love Notes // You are my favorite

It’s March.  That means that February is gone and my big plans to dip chocolates with my kids for Valentine’s Day will now need to become some sort of St. Patty’s Day activity!  I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who runs out of time on a rather regular basis.  This fun little print comes to you because it is what my husband said to me long ago while we were dating.  I even had it engraved on the inside of his wedding band, and I say it to my babies every day.

(Download here)

Or if you prefer the green background…..click here.

Love Notes Featuring Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s Friday again.  I look forward to Friday’s because I simply adore our Love Note series.  This little gem is one of my favorites, as is the sweet little girl holding it for me.  Your print will look slightly different than mine.  Once I printed it out, I decided I didn’t like the spacing, so I changed it up a bit.

Since this one is on an awesome chalkboard background, it may be worth saving yourself $100 in ink and having your local printer run one off for you.  Plus, you can get it printed on a luxuriously thick and textured paper for about $2.  It would make a lovely gift.  You can print it at home, too.  It’s all up to you!  Have a delightful weekend, and we will see you back here on Monday.

(Download print here) 

Love Notes: You Are My Heaven

What a lovely week it has been!  Valentine’s Day was full of candy and hugs at our house.  It doesn’t get much better than that!   As I was working yesterday, I was listening to Internet radio and a song that I had never heard before, and may not hear again, came on with the lyrics, “You are my heaven.”  It seemed so fitting for me and my sweet little family yesterday, that I painted the words for your freebie love note today.  Originally, I had something else in mind, which I know you will love, but decided to save it for next week.  I hope you have wonderful plans with your valentine’s this weekend.

(Download print here)

*note that this is an illustration, and when printed, the colors may not be as vibrant depending on the paper and method of printing.

Valentine Love Note Printables

Valentine’s Day is just a few short days away!  Since you all have thoughtful tokens of love all wrapped and ready to go, we are giving you five free printable cards to dress your gift, adding sweet words of affection, which, after all, is where the joy of the holiday lies.

 I’ve arranged these 3 to a sheet (including the double sided card) that you can download in two files. Each card is sized at a perfect 4 x 6″ – just enough room for a love note.  Have a happy weekend!

Download A  |  Download B

Love Notes: A Good Day

(Download print here)

Surprisingly enough, I think I have actually come up with a quippy title for my Friday posts, don’t you?  I hope you all have had a good week.  I designed this sign so that my kids could have a bold reminder that today is a good day.  We all need to be reminded of that sometimes; to look beyond the momentary difficulties and see our lives for the good that is there.   Have a lovely weekend and I will see you back here Monday!

 

Free Print by The Handsome Fellow

Happy Friday, folks!  Make it a good weekend with this sweet art print from The Handsome Fellow.  The name is so charming that anything their team comes up with is instantly a keeper.   They just pulled everything out of their Etsy shop and are prepping for a whole new set of illustrations to go up soon.  Count yourself as extra lucky to get a free print from them whilst we wait in eager anticipation for their shop to re-open.

(Download print here)

52 Fridays of Inspirational Prints

(click here to download print)

Is it just me, or did Friday seem to come incredibly fast this week?  I have had a great response from all of you to our 2013 Friday series, although, nobody has even suggested a name for it, yet, and I am terrible at naming things.  We gave our kids cool names, so they got lucky.  When it comes to naming invitation suites or, in this case, blog posts, that’s where my thought process stops.  Just check out the post title if you need confirmation of that.  Hopefully it has a better name next week.

This week our fabulous print is brought to you by the talented duo at Eleven Letters Design.  They have a punchy-fun website and their business cards are fabulous.  Leave them some love on their Facebook page and follow them on Pinterest.  You’ll be glad you did.

Free Printable Quotes

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I love pretty words, and I have always hung my current favorite quotes around my house in some fashion.   Lovely words inspire me and give me the motivation to be better.   Because of this, I’ve gathered a group of some very talented graphic designers and illustrators and asked them to help me out with my Friday posts for 2013.  Each Friday I am going to give you all a free print (the downloadable kind) of pretty and inspiring and sometimes just plain funny thoughts.  If you have a favorite quote that you’d like to see one of our artists turn into something lovely for your wall, please email it to me at nikkol(at)peterlovesjane.com.   I have yet to come up with a fancy title for this series, so if you are so inclined and want to make a suggestion or two, I’m all ears.

And now, without further adieu….the first print of this series, courtesy of me.  I printed this on my home printer on fancy, yet lightweight, champagne pearlized paper from Paper Presentation.

 

Click here for the download.

(All of our Friday quote downloads will be 8″ x 10″ in size so they can be framed easily.  Easily for our readers in the US, I suppose.  If you are outside the US and would like another ‘standard size,’ just let me know and I’ll size one for  you, too.)

Hand Stamped Wrapping Paper Download

I hope you all have had a lovely week!  Ours has been full of adventure.  My husband is touring/performing in Italy and Croatia this week and next, and it’s been so fun to see it with him via Face Time.   Makes him seem a little closer than he actually is.  It brings to mind his first big tour through Italy and South Africa when he was gone for over 3 weeks and we only had an international calling card, with 300 minutes, to keep in touch.  That was a dreadfully long month.

The school Christmas parties have begun and we finally got our tree up.  The kids got to be in charge of decorating it this year; they did a fabulous job!  Lots of colorful lights and bright ornaments!   Next week the baking begins….I can’t wait!

Pantone announced the color of the year yesterday:  Emerald!  Green is my favorite color, so this is a good omen, if you ask me; 2013 is going to be my year!  In honor of the color of the year, I made an emerald green wrapping paper printable for you.  It looks a little blue in this photo, which is kind of fun.  It’s flecked with snow.  I also made a grey industrial wrapping paper for those of you who aren’t into the cutesy Christmas wrap.  These both can be used year round, too.  To tie it up pretty, there are some simple gift tag printables.  I am showing 2, but I designed 4.  I kind of liked the Noel bow with some white showing, so I photographed the tag that way, but in the printable, it’s all colored red.

Happy Wrapping!

 

Download links:

Grey Industrial Wrapping

Emerald Snow Wrapping

Christmas Gift Tags

 

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