Cyber Monday Sale!

Ok, here it is a Cyber Monday & Tuesday sale at Allison Marie Design! 20% off my Etsy shop until midnight Tuesday November 29. 

Enter the code 'Cyber20' at checkout. My shop is stocked up for the holidays - happy shopping!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/allisonmariedesign

Here is a sneak peek to a few new pieces! 

Custom subway print - this is a family print. Just send me up to 40 words/ names/ etc that are meaningful and I will put together artwork - print is 8x10, matted on natural black wove raffia & framed in an 11x14 frame. $45

 Custom 22"x18"frame. 4 - 4x6 prints matted on ivory satin book cloth & a vintage looking soft gold floral paper. $60

12"x18"glass clip frame. Print matted on black satin book cloth & paisley printed paper. $38

22"x18" Custom Frame. Print can be customized and looks best up to 6 letters. Any text, verse, etc can be added under print. $75

28"x14" Custom Frame. Print can be customized and is matted on a silver foil stamped handmade paper. $90

20"x10" matted Wine sign (any 4 letter word can be done). $48

4"x10" Twinkle framed in glass clip frame. $15 

5"x7" Snow framed in glass clip frame. $12 

Don't forget that I love custom projects - so if you don't see exactly what you are looking for just send me an email or give me a call and hopefully we can create the perfect gift for yourself or someone else! 

~Allison

My grandma & a couple pics

Yesterday Lauren & I were busy making a special supper for Curt coming home - since he's been gone all week for work. She went to the drawer got out an apron and was ready to help. She pulled out grandma's apron, so I put it on her. As we were baking away and she was so into it I couldn't help but be brought back to memories of my childhood & baking with my grandma. I loved, loved, loved going to my grandma's house and we would bake all day. We'd get out recipe books & pick out everything we were going to bake while I got to stay with her. Then we'd get to go into town and grocery shop for whatever we needed. And we would bake & bake & bake. She had silly rules like - no licking your fingers & everything needed to be measured just perfectly, but we'd always get to lick the spoon or spatula when we were done. And she was good, like really good... and we would sit together in front of the stove and watch the cookies rise... Thanks Lauren for bringing back these wonderful memories of my grandma - Oh how I miss her!

Here is Lauren working away - very focused!

note - Maddie in the background always waiting for an opportunity to catch a drop of food...

and a picture of my grandma simply because she was beautiful in so many ways!

And a couple pics of the kids playing yesterday - I got my new iphone - love the new camera on it! So fun & now I have no excuses for having no photos to post :) 

 Happy Friday!

she's funny

Little Miss Lauren (aka Sunshine) is quite the little girl these days. I've been pretty much awful at taking pics so this is all I've got from the past couple of weeks... Just pics of Lauren well doing Lauren stuff. 

Like getting into my makeup

and hanging out in peculiar places... 

and shoving her big brother into peculiar places. 

Our week has been filled with catching back up on life. After being sick last week and getting ready for my Canterbury Show last week and weekend - we are just enjoying everyday things that we've been missing out on. Today it was the library & pizza with the Engel's, tomorrow it's the playground at the mall and coffee with Jodi.

And tomorrow Curt gets home - Yeah!

Some Monday Morning Thoughts (no pics - sorry grandmas!)

We have been to the ER twice & dr office twice in the last 8 days - that is 4 too many times for me... (Jack has croup, LK has croup & big boys playing with fire is a bad combo!)

LK was in the ER until 10:30 last night for her croup & is still snoozing away (soooo thankful she slept all night!) 

Steroids make your kids crazy (at least I'm hoping it's the 'roids - one more day!) 

We have not sold our home and are seriously considering becoming landlords (are we crazy?)

The kids were sooo happy to see their daddy on Friday after being gone for the week for work. He leaves again on Sunday (this makes me sad)

We got to spend cousin time with Reese and Cade on Saturday morning and got to play crazy with the Sullivan's on Saturday night - we love, love, love having visitors in town - it makes mommy very happy!

I snuck away for some shopping time with Dana and a pedi with Jodi this weekend - again a happy mommy! 

Canterbury starts on Thursday - yikes! My mom and dad are coming to help - we are so blessed to have such amazing parents :) 

Our house is a disaster - we have no groceries - and I can't find half of the kids clothes so they have been wearing the same 3 outfits for the past 3 weeks... 

I love the kitchen at our rental - it makes me happy - I've been cooking and baking a lot - this weekend I made pumpkin muffins & carnitas - yummo!

http://iowagirleats.com/2011/09/16/first-fall-baking-project/

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-carnitas/detail.aspx

What I should really be doing is working... did I mention I have a 4 day show starting on Thursday?! So, I should put down the coffee and get to work!

ps - I think I'm officially addicted to Caribou.. I'm going to try really hard to have no more than 3 cups a week... think I can do it?

Happy Monday everyone!