Whisker Graphics

Here’s a little something to get the party started, Witch Invitations. Just print on letter-size card stock, trim, fill in and mail to your friends. They fit nicely in A2 envelopes. If you download them it would make my day if you left a comment to let me know. Thanks and enjoy! (Stay tuned. I have another free goody coming soon.)

Click HERE to download.

Can you ever hear (or say) Thank You enough? It feels good to give thanks and it feels good to receive it. These little note-lettes were inspired by Carly.  She left a comment in the It’s About Time Give-Away post suggesting these.

You can write a message on the back if you like. Leave one on the table with your tip at a restaurant, in your mailbox for your carrier, punch a hole and thread some ribbon and attach to flowers you’re giving someone or ??? Leave a comment and share your ideas on how you will be using them.

Enjoy and Thank You Carly (I’m handing you a virtual note-lette right now) for the great suggestion!

Download HERE.

** Update: 9-1-09 — the labels will be available later this afternoon.**  There is a FREE PDF download of assorted labels/tags just waiting for you over at Skip to My Lou compliments of Whisker Graphics. Enjoy! Tomorrow I’ll have a FREE goodie for you here, inspired by a reader. See you then.

When Cindy, over at Skip to My Lou, contacted me about guest blogging, I thought “How fun!”. Today, our first collaboration is posted and there’s a little something for you. Cindy had this great idea for a PDF. A door hanger that lets the little neighborhood pals know when your kids are available to play.

Click on image to visit Skip to My Lou and get your FREE download

If you want a more personal door hanger, I just added an editable PDF to the shop. You can personlize it with your child’s name. Is it just me or would this be funny to make and hang on an office door or work cubicle?

Can - Can't Play Door Hanger that you can personalize.

**Update 7-30-2009** A big THANK YOU to everyone who has left a lovely comment and/or spread the word about this little booklet. I truly appreciate you!

At times, it can be so easy to take that slippery slide downward and focus on what’s not working. It happens to the best of us.

About 5 years ago, I noticed each night at dinner when we would ask the kids  “How was your day?”, we would get a lot of what went wrong for them. We (the grown-ups) would try and point out the good in the gripe du jour. This would lead to defensiveness from the kids and an overall unpleasant dining experience for all.

So, one night I started out the dinner conversation with “Tell me 5 good things about your day.” It ended up being a great conversation starter and the opportunity to teach the kids (and grown-ups) to focus on what is working. We still do this most nights at the dinner table. It’s always amusing when one of the kids has a guest for dinner and we ask them to participate. They get a shy, funny look on their face, but play along. Repeat guests know the drill and often prompt the question and want to go first.

Long story longer (!)… This little printable pdf booklet came from our dinner routine.

Booklet straight from the printer.

Booklet all folded up and ready to be put to good use.

Booklet in action.

Click HERE to download. I hope you enjoy it! Feel free to leave a comment on a good thing about your day or life.

As always,  this is for personal use only.

note: the booklet doesn’t have to be used solely to record good things about your day. It’s also handy to jot down good things about a situation that is not ideal (your job, a relationship, etc). Pick any topic and find five good things about it.

My inner paper geek is giddy! I stumbled across this website while I should have been working and got so excited. You can make and print your own graph paper. I know, big whoop. But you can totally customize what you want. Pick your grid size (4 squares to an inch, no make mine 5 please) , the color you want the grid to print (hello orange or teal or sage) and download your custom paper via pdf to print again and again. How cute would it be to wrap gifts with this stuff? Tiny gifts, sure, but still cute. Color in the squares to make a design.  Hours of kid amusement. Print on full sheet label stock, cut, write and label everything in your house. Print on both sides, but in different colors and make a booklet. They even have a grid that is just dots.  Good time, good times…

Oh, so many possiblities!

In case you’re operating in frantic mode and haven’t had time to get your mum a card, here’s a couple to choose from. The PDF file has both card designs and an envelope template in it.  Print both cards or just print one.  On your game and have your gift at the ready? You can print out the cards at a reduced size and use them as gift tags.

Click here  Mother’s Day Cards Free Download