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01-28-10

An Updated Look

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I love office supplies. It's pretty dorky, but true. I absolutely love going to office supply stores - I think I could walk around and just look at things in Staples for hours on end. Maybe it's because I'm overly organized, and all of those organizational items in office supply stores just make me feel at home:) A few months back I decided it was time for a bit of an update to my letterhead/business cards. The ones I had before were designed by yours truly, and well, lets face it - I'm not a graphic designer, so they were pretty plain and simple. I was SO ecstatic to have the amazing people of Two Paper Dolls design my new look, and I am absolutely in love with how it turned out - once I ordered all of my business cards, letterhead, envelopes and all of that fun stuff, I was so excited about it that I think I checked the tracking on the package about 25 times a day.....and the day the package arrived on my doorstep, well, it felt like Christmas:)

I am in LOVE with my new business cards:)

It feels so refreshing to have all of these updated supplies now! What do you guys think? Anyone else as dorky as me and LOVE this stuff?

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Sarah - February 2, 2010 - 2:06 pm

Love the colors and design! And I think I need a job where I can frequent Staples more and actually buy all the cool stuff!

Joan - January 30, 2010 - 12:22 pm

They look great Tina! I can’t wait to get one of my very own! I still have one of the old ones, that I thought were great too.

Kylene - January 29, 2010 - 1:58 pm

I am TOTALLY with you..Staples is like a second home for teachers They look great Tina!

Kylene - January 29, 2010 - 1:57 pm

I am TOTALLY with you….Staples is like a second home for teachers They look great Tina!

Lauren - January 29, 2010 - 10:39 am

I’d like to think I had a say in the biz card decision They look great! Can’t wait to pass them out to my friends. Ps. Obvi I’m a dork w/ you if you bought me a number key pad for my bday & I loved it!

Roanna - January 29, 2010 - 10:09 am

Love the new business card/stationary! Very simple but classy and edgy!

Ben - January 29, 2010 - 9:18 am

Looks great Tina! How about some jackets and hats!

Jess - January 29, 2010 - 8:38 am

Oooh I want one!

Lisa-Marie - January 29, 2010 - 12:05 am

Hehehe…I love it too!! I got gift cards for Staples for Christmas I love your new cards and am happy to say I have one of my very own!

Allison - January 28, 2010 - 11:27 pm

I am, I am!! I absolutely LOVE stuff like this, and would love yours even more if I could touch them with my own fingers! The design of these is gorgeous, I see why you love them!

jess - January 28, 2010 - 11:10 pm

looks great! =0)

01-25-10

Delicious Surprise

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Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes! I was SUPER excited when I got home tonight and saw this deliciousness on my doorstep:

Mary and Sarah had my absolute FAVORITE cake delivered to me from a local bakery! I almost didn't even take a picture because all I want to do is dive right into it.....so that's what I'm off to do! Thanks again everyone!

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Joan - January 27, 2010 - 5:55 pm

Wow, does that cake look great! I hope you enjoyed it! I wish I was there to have some too! How very thoughtful of Mary and Sarah…you have some really good friends.

Jess - January 27, 2010 - 4:43 pm

Awww, so pretty and so sweet of Sarah and Mary!

Gail - January 25, 2010 - 9:31 pm

Woot woot!! Happy birthday sweetie!!

01-21-10

Taking a Step Back

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Sometimes, I get overwhelmed. Sometimes I feel like I have so much to do, and no time to do it.....that my life is go, go, go, go with no break. So then I decide to not go out on a Saturday night, or not have a date night with Jay, because that means I can cross things off my to-do list. But I started thinking lately - that's ridiculous. I can think of SO many nights recently that Jay wanted to hang out or go do something, and I just flat out said "no, I don't have time". I realized that has to stop - I also realized my to-do list will NEVER go away, but it can wait. But sometimes, I really need to just put that list to the side and realize it will get done somehow, some way, but it doesn't NEED to happen RIGHT NOW.

So that's just what I did last night. Is my laundry basket spilling over with 5 loads of laundry that need to be washed? Yep. Is my sink full of dishes I haven't gotten around to washing? Yep. Is my diswasher full so even if I WANTED to do my dishes, I'd have no where to put them? Yep. But instead of crossing more things off of my to-do list last night, I went out to dinner with my friends Sarah and Mary. And as we sat there for a 2 hour long dinner, drinking wine, talking about life, work and guys, I realized how lucky I am. I'm ashamed to say I sometimes forget that. So thanks Sarah and Mary, for making me remember how lucky I am (even though you probably didn't even realize you were doing that!) - our dinner last night made me realize how lucky I am to have such amazing friends....life long friends that I love more than anything:) So here's to not forgetting that, and taking a step back to enjoy life. Even if Jay did run out of clean shirts:)

Here is a picture of Sarah and I probably from back in 2007 with an old point and shoot HAH:

And MARY - I realized we have NO pictures together! And we have NO pictures with just the three of us! That will have to be corrected next time we get together:) Love you girls!

**EDITED TO ADD: Mary was able to find a picture of the three of us! Woohoo!

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Sarah - February 2, 2010 - 2:11 pm

Ah I can comment again! lol. love this post and the ‘old’ pictures!

Gail - January 24, 2010 - 8:44 pm

I hear ya sweetie. I didn’t think about photography at ALL yesterday and it was SO refreshing. And as a result, today I’ve gotten a TON of stuff done! Sometimes you’ll find yourself being more productive when you give yourself a break. At least, that’s what I’m finding!

Joan - January 24, 2010 - 4:58 pm

Yes, Tina, I totally agree that we need to step back and smell the roses once in awhile. I am really bad at doing that and unfortunately, you must have inherited that trait from me! Sorry! So glad you had a great dinner the other night. There’s nothing like getting together with good friends and talking about anything and everything! Great post! PS-I think Katie misses her PSU friends!

Jess - January 22, 2010 - 11:26 am

Very cute and very true! I completely agree that you need to take a step back every once in awhile…love this post!

Mary - January 22, 2010 - 9:29 am

Oh my dearest Tina, I will be sending you a picture of the three of us asap We do make a fine trio! Adore this post!!!!

Katie - January 21, 2010 - 11:50 pm

Awe that post really made me miss you girls! Wish I could have lived closer after college!

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