Dedication

I'm new to the whole blogging thing and wanted to add some custom buttons to link to my ETSY shop and Twitter. I designed the buttons, loaded them and had them all linked up, but I still wasn't happy. Wanting to add a little bling to my buttons I brought the images into Adobe Flash and made them into .swf files. Unfortunately Blogger doesn't support these types of files so I had to find an image hosting site to upload the files to.

Once I had the files uploaded I thought, "Great, now I have my bling." Nope! I could see the images but I couldn't get them linked properly. Back to Adobe Flash to embed the URLs right into the file. Again, I thought, "Great, now I have my bling and the links!" Nope! Now I had to go back into my widget and add more code to allow the scripting! What a hassle, but so worth it in the end! It was a learning experience for me and it only took 12 hours! LOL.

Now, that's dedication!

Simple Saturday

Newest listing in our shop today!

Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"

Mark Twain

So I'm reading Break No Bones By Kathy Reichs, who is the inspiration behind the TV series Bones. As I was reading, I stumbled across the quote above and really connected with it. How many times in our lives have we felt stepped on, but to be able to forgive, is one of the best feelings in the world. I thought I would share it with all of you in hopes that you find it as inspiring as I did to help remind us that we shouldn't always sweat the small stuff and to work through and past the large stuff.

I had taken this photo last summer during one of our excursions to a local forest preserve and decided to play with it a bit in Photoshop and share that as well. Hope you enjoyed this little quote and photo.

Until next time!

Puppy Love

Puppy love is the newest addition to our Custom PreMade Banner Sets. What is the difference between a Custom Premade Banner Set and a Custom Banner Set? With the premade sets the only thing you need to do is figure out which one you want and we add your shop info. With a regular custom banner set, you get to decide everything from type of design, whether to use images of your products, colors, fonts. You're starting with a blank slate and working upward. The great thing about premade banner sets is that you don't have to spend time making all of those decisions, we have already done all the work! Keep checking back often to see the new additions that will be popping up over the next few weeks.

Short on cash but still need a banner? Check out our Basic PreMade Banner Sets section for simple yet stylish designs at an extremely affordable price.