Saturday, November 20, 2010

An long-overdue outing.

My best friend Jen lives in Sacramento, and try as we might, we just don't get our girls together as often as we should.  And grown-up girls only outings?  Fuggetaboutit!  They rarely happen.  Well, we managed to get our acts together last Sunday and met halfway at the Modesto Build-a Bear and BJ's brewpub for lunch. 




This sweet gal had a terrible coughing fit after inhaling some of the stuffing from the machine.  Build-a-Bear is a hazardous job!  It made me think of old cotton mills.  Give those folks some masks!


Giving our new friends a bath.


Classic Rachel pose.  Everyone's spotted owl needs some basic black heels, don't you agree?

Little Katherine just has the best smile!


I wish this wasn't blurry.  Love the looks on their faces.

We had a great time and look forward to getting together again soon! 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Shutterfly! For, well...shutterflies!

'Tis the season to start thinking about which Christmas cards you'll choose to both delight your family and beat them to the punch--After December 1st??? PLEASE!  I plan on having mine stamped, addressed, and in good ol' snail mail by November 30th! (Disclaimer:  This statement does not constitute a binding contract, so you should therefore be neither surprised nor chagrined should your card come late, or not at all!)

All kidding aside, I'm here for the first time in months to share my love of Shutterfly.  I've used other Christmas card sites in the past, and have even tried my hand at making my own cards, but I keep coming back to their amazing designs. 

Here are a couple of my favorite Christmas designs:
(Tousle-haired blonde boys are optional--I'm sure you'd much rather include your own family.)


If you're in the Happy Holidays camp, fret not!  There are cards just for you!


 C'mon!!  Adorbs.

For those of you saying to yourselves, "Sure Sal.  YOU can do this, but I don't know what I'm doing!"  Shutterfly has a very EASY photo uploader and even easier interface for creating your projects.


Here's our card from a couple of years back. I loved the simplicity of the design, but it was very hard to choose.  (Side note:  my hair isn't quite that poofy now)


We also made a Year in Review book for the grandmas.  My favorite gift idea, and I plan on making more!

Cards aren't the only thing you can create on Shutterfly.  You can also create wonderful books (my favorite), stationery, calendars, and many more gifts!  It's one-stop shopping.  I can tell you, from experience, that the shipping is fast and the quality can't be beat.  Head on over to Shutterfly and see what you can cook up!

Here's what I've got cooking: 




Sunday, August 22, 2010

Goings On...

Many new and wonderful things abound for the Rawlings family.


The first day of Kindergarten:

Dad resuming karate class:
(photo courtesy of dMg Photo)

Getting together with new friends:


And through it all....





We remain fabulous!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Monday, July 05, 2010

Happy Fourth!