Full Circle

January 10, 2013

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My very first post on My Friend Betty Says was on saving the precious holiday cards we receive each year. I can’t believe I’m here again and ready to share another simple idea with you.

We have not taken down any Christmas decorations yet but I took down the cards today. I become very sad at the end of the holiday season as we pack up and store away the delicate ornaments, the soft stockings and of course the beautiful photo cards. Most of them are of gorgeous children dressed in their best! What makes me really happy is reading the messages again and thinking of making a super tiny project out of everyone’s hard work and money.

Thanks to Pinterest for the simple idea of hole-punching and stringing some ribbon through the cards!

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Holiday Cards 2012

November 30, 2012


They arrived!! Yay!!! I can’t stop looking at them and I can’t believe there are 3 boys in this card this year! jajaja!

Are you sending out Holiday cards? If you have kids or pets, do you feel like you have to do a photo card? Because we live away from our family and have friends all over the world (love to brag about THAT!), I feel photo holiday cards are a must!

Only Diego is old enough to realize that the “photo shoot” was a huge production for me. But guess what? He humors me. I hope he will continue to humor me in years to come!

You can take advantage all weekend long at Tiny Prints for your holiday cards! They are offering 25% off everything today, tomorrow and Sunday. We chose this “Naughty and Nice” theme because it describes us so well! We are super pleased with the results!

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The holiday season is here!!! Have a fantastic weekend!

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Showing Appreciation

March 5, 2012


We are finally done with celebrating Diego’s birthday! It seemed like I have had space theme on my mind for over two months! We received our custom made thank you cards from Tiny Prints and Diego and I took the time to show a little appreciation to everyone that made his day extra special.

Our kids are very blessed and really have a lot of toys, books, clothes…you name it! I have been thinking lately that we need to continue to send a message of gratitude. I decided to write out the thank you cards, but Diego read them, signed each one and decorated the envelopes on his own. It was a fun little activity that reminded him of the friends he doesn’t get to see often. We talked about what happened two weeks ago and it was all a littler reminder for him to take the time to appreciate all the things he has…lucky boy.
xoxo

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Crafty Crafty

January 30, 2012

I love, love, love photo cards. I send them for Christmas, as invitations, birth announcements and when we have a change of address (which happens a lot). When I receive them, I post them up on our fridge for a while and then I keep them forever. I know how much time and cost goes into making these photo cards so I don’t want to throw them out. For this last holiday bunch, I bought a simple scrapbook at Target and a glue stick. I hope one day, like 20 years from now, one of my comadres will call me asking for that one holiday card she used a long time ago. xoxo

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