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.

Just added some 3″ square editable printable pdfs to the shop. The chandeliers were a request from a customer.  I couldn’t decide if I liked one chandelier per tag or more, so I did both.

Please note: This post may not be appropriate for little ones to see.

I was touched and inspired by this post over at Just Something I Made.  Cathe Holden is not only incredibly thoughtful and kind, but she’s outrageously creative. She started a letter correspondence via the Tooth Fairy with her kids. What a great idea!

I created a Tooth Fairy Letter Kit for the shop for those who would like to do the same with their kids. It’s a pdf file that includes two sizes of notes (cause sometimes you have a lot to say and sometimes you don’t) and a petite envelope in both a pink colorway and a blue. And because it can be a challenge to write so tiny, you can type your letter right into the pdf before you print it out.  The petal envelope requires only scissors to create and a folded dollar bill (if you’re so inclined) fits inside it quite nicely.

“Brush your teeth at least twice a day” and “Visit your dentist every 6 months” are printed on the envelope.

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.

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.

A customer recently suggested using my little birdies  for a Printable Recipe Card Set.  Thanks Carly!

Now available in the shop.

Set includes: Lined Recipe Cards, Unlined Recipe Cards, Mini File Folder and Gift Tags

Next week I will have a happy, free download for you. Have a wonderful weekend!

A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a Giveaway over at Michelle’s Lovely By M blog. One of the ways to enter was to provide a design suggestion. Well, I read (and very much appreciated) all the comments and here are a couple of new items for the Whisker Graphic’s shop inspired by those comments.

Dress Form ~ Mannequin in a variety of colors

Dress Form ~ Mannequin in black

Yarn & Needles for the knitter

I haven’t been doing much designing lately, but last week I did work on a new 2″ square editable pdf for the shop. The scroll design is really simple which I think makes it versatile. Though I made samples geared towards a business owner, this design could also have many personal uses, like party bag stickers, book plates, gift labels for kids’ presents, address labels, food/canning labels, place cards, organizational labels etc.