SWW #3

So what it's Thursday and I'm just now getting around to posting my 3rd SWW lol

Also, So what that is 5 days until Christmas and I still haven't even started SHOPPING!!!

So what that I've had a skinny caramel macchiato everyday for the past three days straight.

So what I'm hastily writing this when I should be study for my final that starts in 30mins...

So what that I really like this stupid posts hahahaha

Happy Thursday all!!!

xxoo

SWW #2

Hi lovelies! Here's another So What Wednesday on the last infinity date for a long time. Hope you don't mind my little rant fest!

So What:

• If I haven't start any Christmas shopping yet! I'll get around to it.

• If I don't even know what I spent all of my last paycheck on!

• If I still want to quit my job and take my shop to the next level.

• If all I want is a Venti Skinny Iced Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks

• If I still act like a little kid. I refuse to grow up.

• If I want to spend all my money at Sephora and Sigmabeauty.com

• If I'm considering started a beauty vlog thingy.

• If my hair is one of the most important and beloved things in my life. haha seriously though, it is.

• If I really, really want every season of Boy Meets World on DVD.

• If, like last week, I'm still in bed with my pjs on writing this post and watching Boy Meets World... Ya just don't mess with tradition lol

Have a stellar Wednesday all, it is 12/12/12, so that automatically makes today awesome!

xxoo

SWW

This is a new feature called So What Wednesday(SWW) that I literally just discovered on the blogosphere thanks to Kristen Lawlor & really wanted to share it with you all! So here's to hoping you all like it.

• So what if I hate my 9-5 job so much that I actually called out *sick* on Monday, and that I spend a majority of my time at work dreaming of the day when I finally leave for good!

• So what if my parents dislike my puppy and want me get rid of her : (

• So what if I may have just failed yet another Economics exam.

• So what if I blew through all my savings within the last year.

• So what if I haven't brushed my hair in like a week, seriously.

• So what if all I want to do is just quit my job, and stay home to watch Boy Meets World.

• So what if I'm going to be 23 and I'm still nowhere near graduating from college.

• So what if all I want is the world's largest cup of coffee.

• So what if I didn't plan on blogging today until I stumbled upon this feature.

• & so what if I'm still in my pjs, laying in bed and writing this while watching Boy Meets World...So what!

What are you all saying So What to this week? Share yours in the comments below!

Happy Wednesday!!

xxoo

Playing Catch Up...

The last time I posted on here, it was just around Halloween and I had left off with a video tutorial for you all. Now that more than a month has pasted, a lot has happened. Besides Hurricane Sandy and the Nor'easter we had a week after, October was full of new orders to fill and ship out, which thanks to Sandy made it nearly impossible to do. All of my orders were delayed for over a week! I still feel so bad that my customers had to wait extra long for their orders, but thankfully they were all so understanding and extremely patient! [Thanks again to everyone who stuck with PLS during Sandy!] October was a very successful month for my little shop, and I am very happy to have meet the customers I did that month! In the little spare time that I managed to find, I was able to craft some handmade halloween cards for my family. Each one was different and unique to the families members that were going to be receiving them. I am really happy with all of the designs I came up with, but even more so, I was soo happy my family loved them as much as I love making them!

Then came November. The end of fall. The beginning of the Holiday Season... & Turkey Day. Nothing to exciting occurred in November, but I was able to take a mini-trip to Virginia with my family for Thanksgiving. We left The night before Thanksgiving after I got out of work, and made it to my Aunt's house at around 1:30 in the morning. I was soo tired by the time we got there that I just went straight to bed. The next morning was Thanksgiving. Not my most favorite holiday, well to be honest, I hate Thanksgiving because the food selection is pretty much everything I hate, expect for mashed potatoes and my mom's pumpkin pie! I brought with me, a Tofurky, because I don't eat meat. It's my Thanksgiving tradition for the past 3 years, which is how long I haven't had meat. So basically Thanksgiving went something like this: 

9am: I woke up and got dressed.

9am-11am: assembled a lots of items that I was already behind on submitting to a lovely blogger, and took photos out side because it was soo lovely outside.

11am-12noon: Ate breakfast & kind of watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

12noon-1pm: Played some pool, and kick my little brother's butt... 3 times! [I'm just that good lol]

1pm-2pm: Cooked my Tofurky...

2pm-5pm: Ate our lovely Thanksgiving meal with my whole family, which was very nice

5pm-5:30pm: Chatted with my Aunt's friend's mom about some business stuff

5:30pm-7:00pm: Ate desert, which included lots of pumpkin pie in my belly

7pm-til I went to sleep: Played pool against my brother (again), my Dad, and my other brother on and off.

So my day wasn't too exciting, but it was definitely fun to just hang around with my family in a different environment for a couple of days. We ended up leaving the next day around 5:00pm, because we had lots of activites to attend to over the weekend here in New Jersey. But we made it home in less than 4 hours and my Grandma drove back up with us to spend Christmas here. Yayy!!

Now here we are in December (!?!?) Did I just say that? Seriously, though I can not believe it's already December! Hey 2012, where'd you go!?!? I'm hoping to build up my shop inventory this month and just focusing on making my shop one big, cohesive brand that I will be proud to share with others. I wanted December to be filled with orders for all my Holiday Note Cards, but with the Holidays coming up, I'm hoping it will be a little slow in the shop, so I can spend as much of my free time with my family & friends as possible!

What did you all do for your Thanksgiving? Do you have any fun/exciting plans for Christmas/New Year's? Let me know what you Holiday traditions are; I love creating new ones with my family!

Have a happy Monday night, all!!

xxoo

Tutorial: How to insert an Envelope Liner

Happy Tuesday everyone! I survived Hurricane Sandy, and I'm hoping my fellow East Coasters did as well. We lost power yesterday at 6:00, but thank goodness for generators! Stay inside and stay safe everyone!

Now on a happier note, I have a tutorial for you all, on how to insert Envelope Liners into Envelopes. I apologize if this video is atrocious, but it's my first video tutorial and I feel seeing this process of inserting a Liner into an Envelope is the only way to really explain, clearly, how to do it.

So the video is below, and I hope you all enjoy. If you have questions/suggestions, please leave a comment below!

How to insert an Envelope Liner

Have a great rest of you day!

Something about the South + a New Design...

I was contacted recently by a return customer of my Etsy Shop, who was inquiring about a custom order for 'House Party' cards. Yes, that's right House Party. Now, if your mind works like mine did when I initially read my customer's request, then your probably thinking of an actual house par-tay... loud music, too many people and not enough beer. But guess what, we're wrong. This type of 'House Party' couldn't be any more opposite from what I was envisioning. 

It turns out, that in the South, a House Party is what, I interpret, as a second-string Bridal Party, but in the best way possible. You see, your House Party traditionally consists of all the lovely ladies in your life, whom for one reason or another, are not able to be apart of your Bridal Party. [Side Note, I totes wish my sister-in-law had a House Party, because I would have been the first to join that, instead of the Bridal Party, & I say this in the nicest way possible.] I didn't want to seem uneducated, for lack of a better word, to my customer, so I asked Google for a hand in helping me find out what exactly a House Party was. I came across We Love Weddings, The Blog and they provided me with the most simplest explanation to this mysterious concept. The post I read can be found Here. It was very helpful to me, being that I have never heard of a House Party for a wedding before. The South has such beautiful traditions, and I'm learning the best are usually kept secret. Seriously, I love the idea of a house party, and I'm a bit upset that we don't have these up North, and uber jealous of the South for their heartfelt traditions. House Parties are great for the ladies in your life, who maybe can't afford[Read: don't want] to buy that hideous gorgeous Bridesmaid dress, or maybe for the ladies who are full-time career women and/or mommas, and just can't devote that much time to their lovely bride. Whatever the reason maybe, I would totally prefer being in a House Party than a Bridal Party.

So after I did my homework, I began conversing with my client to obtain her vision for these House Party cards. After many edits and re-edits, I finally came up with what she had envisioned. Below, is an image of the House Party cards she has decided on to ask her best ladies to share in her very special day. 

The chevron pattern she chose, is the same as the Engagement Party Invitations she purchased back in August. Chevron is my all time favorite pattern! You will see chevron patterns worked into a lot of my designs, because, well, I love it, and secondly, because I find it to be so versatile. You can customized it to any color combination your little heart desires, and you can change up the actual pattern, making it thinner, taller, horizontal, vertical, etc...

I really enjoyed creating these with this customer, as she is such a doll to work with, and also because, it was something new that I've never done before, in the sense of a House Party card, which we now all know the actual meaning of. 

If you'd like to see more of my Custom Designed Paper Goods, be sure to visit my Etsy Shop: Paper Love Stationery

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Hope you all have a stellar evening! And be sure to share some of your regions wedding traditions and superstitions; I'd love to hear about them!

Let's start off with an introduction...

Many of you may not know the story behind my little Etsy shop, Paper Love Stationery, so I decided I would take time today to tell you a little bit about it, and I guess a little bit about me as well!

You can read the condensed version of my Shop's story Here, or you can continued to read the adventure-in-the-making after the jump!

College student + aspiring graphic designer, who opened this shop to share her Modern Paper Goods that she designs, assembles, prints & ships from her {tiny} home studio in New Jersey.

That is pretty much the most condensed version of my Shop's story. It's nothing too crazy, but it's my own story and that alone makes me soo happy that I finally found the courage to pursue something I truly love, even if it's still a work in progress.

Ever since I was little, I had a quiet love for art and creating pretty things. I say 'quiet' because I never really expressed my creativity to anyone because I was always afraid of people, mostly my family, not approving of me. My family places school very high on our list of priorities, and although I do value school, the standard 9-5 is not my dream. I want a job that leads to a more creative path, where I'll be able to use my creativity every day. What's better than working everyday doing exactly what you love to do? As I said, I always had a love for creating pretty things, but I never gravitated to one specific interest... until I discovered my love for graphic design and paper goods. I opened this shop in May of 2012 to share the items I create with others in hopes that they love them as much as I loved making them. I started 'paper crafting' in November of last year, making my family handmade cards and ornaments as gifts. My love for crafting grew so much after that, and so I began to design note cards and stationery, which inevitably lead to designing invitations!

My shop is going to be 5 months old tomorrow [October 9th!]. I've had some pretty great success so far, that I never thought would happen so quickly. 

            My Ombre Chevron Thank You Cards 

             were featured in a Treasury List on Etsy!! 

I made my first sale in August, just 3 months after I opened my shop, and from there they just kept coming! Which makes me so, so, so happy that others love my items so much they are willing to purchase them! Every customer I've had the opportunity to work with so far has been absolutely fantastic; such lovely people, who were absolute joys to work with. 

Such lovely feedback from 
one of my first customers!

I believe I owe a lot to Meredith of One Sheepish Knit, for my first Etsy Sales. I reached out to her in May or June, when my shop was brand new, in the hopes that she might be willing to accept some of my cards as a gift for graduating college {Congrats again, lady!!} and much to my delight, she did!! I sent her a mixed set of my 'Keep Calm and Carry Yarn' Cards, being that she is a badass knitter! Upon receiving them, Meredith emailed me with the best email I've ever received! She wanted to offer my 'Keep Calm and Carry Yarn' Cards in a giveaway on her blog! I was beyond flattered/shocked/excited/nervous!!! I quickly accepted and from that gained many followers/supporters of my shop + it was great opportunity for my to promote my Shop! She really is an awesome gal, who helped my shop out a lot, and I don't even think she realizes that!


[To Meredith: Seriously, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for the truly amazing opportunity you gave to me!!! I hope to work with you again in the future!]

Thanks to my first sales, I've gained a lot of confidence in my little shop and the items I've been creating, which I questioned in the beginning because I'm actually self taught at the moment.. All my items are created by me from the idea in my mind to the finished product that arrives at your door. I design, print, assemble and ship each product from my {tiny} home studio in New Jersey. There's a lot of love and care that goes into designing each item! My most favorite part of the whole creation process, has been creating my 'brand.' I'm having a lot of fun choosing colors and patterns that I want people to identify my shop with. 

My current packaging/branding for my Shop! 

I'm really loving coral lately, so it's kind of the main color theme.

Of course the most fun part of running my shop, as side from the truly amazing people I've encountered so far, is designing items for my Shop. My inspiration for my designs comes from things that I love, be it colors, patterns, places or objects.. even phrases inspire my designs. I really love color & whimsy & all things modern, which you will see reflected in all of my designs. I'm beginning to prepare for the Holiday Season, with lots of modern note card gift sets, which are the perfect little gift for the Holidays! 

Well, that's all I have for now; hopefully there will be more stories and successes to share with you all! Thanks for taking the time to read more about my shop! 

I really do love hearing from you all, so if you have a feedback or questions, regarding me, my shop, a product, or anything at all, let me know:

comment below

tweet me: @PaperLoveStnery

comment on Fb: facebook.com/PaperLoveStationery

shoot me a quick email to: hello@paper-love-stationery.com

xxoo

Ardiana

Owner/Designer of PAPER LOVE STATIONERY

Paper Love Stationery has a BLOG!!

Hi all!!

PLS finally has a blog, where I'll be able to connect more with all of you! On this blog, I'll be posting some DIYs/Inspirations, projects that I'm working on and all the other little things that happen from day to day. 

I hope you all come back and visit again real soon! & until my next post, you can visit my etsy shop, Paper Love Stationery, tweet me on twitter, and Like PLS on facebook!!

Hope you all have a stellar Saturday day night!

xxoo

Ardiana

PAPER LOVE STATIONERY: New Shop Name!

I'm BACK!! These past few months have been crazy busy between work and my Etsy Shop. I just got my first big order for my Shop too! I'm super excited about it. You can check out the invitation I'm working on and all the other paper goods I have up for grabs on my Shop, PAPER LOVE STATIONERY.

Okay, so it's raining and ugly here in Jersey and I have a four day weekend a head of me. I'm going to watch Sex and the City and work on some more designs.

Have a great weekend all!

xxoo

SHOP UPDATE {JULY 1ST,2012}

Hey all!!!! Sorry I've been M.I.A. these past few weeks, but work is crazy and I've been designing like crazy!! I added lots of new designs to my shop as well as a new Section- Invitations!! Below I posted some of my favorites from the new designs I posted. 

So please head on over to my Shop and check out all the sweet paper goods up for sale!

Chevron Minimalist Invitation

Cheetah Themed Invitation

Chevron Hear Banner Thank You Card

Thank you for all you support and interest in my Shop! This venture is something I've always been (quietly) passionate about and I've finally mustered up the courage to share my passion with others!

Have a fabulous Fourth of July week!!!

xxoo

Friday Favorites...

Happy Friday all!!! This was the longest 3 day work week of my life!! It may have had something to do with having to come back to work mid-week from a 5 day vacation, but I'm just so happy its almost the weekend again, because I definitely use the time off again lol

I plan on working on more note cards and my sister's graduation invitations. I have some note cards to send out to some of my fellow bloggers as mentioned earlier this week. I order some beautiful Linen paper and pretty watermelon envelopes... I seriously love paper goods/products, it's almost sad lol

I assemble a rather large list all of my favorite things I've found on the internet this past week and mushed (is that even a real word?) them all together into a cute, little collage. I hope you all enjoy! 

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*No link available, sorry guys!

(Please excuse the amateur attempt at this collage, It was my first one for my F.F. & I definitely made it too small, sorry!)

Have a super stellar weekend all!!

xxoo

Shop Update...

Hi lovelies!! As mentioned earlier this week, I decided to add those monogramed chevron note cards to my Etsy Shop! Be sure to check them out & maybe even purchase some, if you feel so inclined! [i would love you to the moon and back if you do!] 

There's 5 different color combos, and the monogram is customizable!  I also accept custom requests for all your paper goods needs, so don't be afraid to ask! I'd be happier than you could imagine to design something special for you! 

Super stellar things happening people & I'm so glad I get to share this with all of you!!

Have a stellar Friday!!

xxoo

A Day in the City [a photo-less post]

On Tuesday, I took probably the shortest trip into NYC with my mom & dad. I forgot how much I really love the city and all it has to offer. I always imagined myself living in the city after I graduated high school to study design. But, alas, life had other plans for me and I'm not mad about that either. I like where I'm at in life at this moment. Although, I still hope to live in the city, even if just for a little while.

Back to my city story, I didn't have that great of an adventure in NY, but it was still lots of fun. Tuesday was the last day of my vacation from work, so I'm happy I was able to do something out of the ordinary, and spend time with my parents. 

My dad actually had some work to do, hence the reason we ventured into the city that day, so while he went to work, my mom and I drove around looking for something yummy to eat... and after 40 minutes of driving all over midtown, and seeing all that 5th Ave. has me dreaming about, we actually ended up right back where we started. 

[You can laugh, it's quite funny] We found an 'okay' pizzeria two doors down from where my dad was working and decided to enjoy a slice. The pizza was just average in my opinion and nothing like how people know NY pizza to be. But it was fun to spend time with my mom and get some good laughs in while she was trying her best to navigate her way through the streets of NY. 

Sorry there's no pictures of my day, but I wasn't there that long and was having too much fun to think of taking pictures. But no worries, I plan on visiting again next weekend, so I'll absolutely be sure to take lots of pictures then! 

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I'm always baffled by the fact that It only takes me a good 20 minutes or so to get into NYC from my house, and yet I seldom visit that wondrous city.So I made sure to make a mental list of places I want to visit next weekend [I have some family grad parties to attend this weekend so I can't go] with my sister and some friends. There's like 20+ Irish pubs I *must* go to! I'm obsessed, [as most of you know] with Irish/British culture, so any time I find a pub, I must visit lol As well, I want to visit my company's retail store in the city and also some of my customer's retail locations. Being that I only converse with them via telephone and have yet to meet them in person. I was sick for the National Stationery Show, so I couldn't attend and I missed out on meeting everyone...there's always next year though! Plus, I'm sure once we're in the city, we'll find a hundred more things to do! 

The city is such an exciting and adventurous place to be. When I'm there, i feel like I can seriously do anything! Such a powerful feeling to have. If you have yet to visit NYC, I *highly* suggest that you make plans to do so sometime soon, because the city is an amazing place in of itself, but there's nothing like new york in the summertime!

If you've been to the city before, what's your favorite places to visit? Any good restaurants? Favorite thing to do? Let me know so I can add them to my list for my next visit! 

Have a lovely Thursday all!

xxoo

Handmade Graduation Gift...

Hello, and Happy Wednesday!! Half way to the weekend already! (Except for me lol because yesterday was the last day of my 5 day vacation from work, and it was very much needed/enjoyed!), so I only have three work days left this week and then I get to enjoy a family graduation party on Saturday and attend my little brothers' baseball games. Yayy!!!

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So I'm back to share with you all, those custom stationery note cards I was talking about in my last post. I was on Etsy for some inspiration for graduation presents for my friends, who have recently graduated from college, and I saw that stationery was a highly recommended gift. Being that I have a liking for creating paper goods, I thought, "Oh my gosh, I could totally make custom stationery for my friends' gifts!" And hence, the stationery note cards I've created below. I'm in love with chevron, so I decided to use that in my design and to add the unique, personalized element, I placed a monogramed design at the center front of the note card. I'm super, super pleased with the design, and I am definitely considering adding these babies to my Etsy Shop! 

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Be on the look out for a Shop Update this weekend! & don't forget you can still get 15% off your order when you use the Promo Code below:

Happy Wednesday all!!!

xxoo

Graduations, Family, Friends & Stationery...

Hi all! June is finally here and the first week is practically over already! It's crazy how fast the days seem to be going lately. I have a couple graduation parties to attend this month and I'm rather excited about it. I really love when my family all gets together and can enjoy each other's company. My youngest sister is graduating 8th grade and will be starting high school this fall!! I'm still in disbelief, as it was only a mere 4 years ago that I was in high school!! It's mind boggling! I know she going to do fantastically well, like I did and have a really great four years.

I'm working on lots of design stuff for some friends and fellow bloggers, so this is a turning out to be a busy month for me, and I'm happy about that! I love to design/create, and being able to share what I make with others is a truly wonderful feeling.

For my youngest sister's graduation party, I'm in the process of designing her invites. Hopefully, I'll be able to come up with something she agrees with and loves. We've been through several different designs/themes already and so far she hasn't fell in love with any thing. I mean she's only fourteen, so she changes her mind depending on the day of the week lol I have faith will come up with something soon, as long as she stops changed her idea in mind lol

I'm also currently obsessed with stationery, so I've been putting some designs together to send out to some lovely blogger friends... Maybe we'll start pen-paling! That'd be loads of fun! I haven't had a pen pal since the third grade lol I miss writing snail mail to others, it's such a truly fun and unfortunately forgotten form of communicating.

Also, my friend recently graduated from college and so I thought a great, unique gift would be a simple stationery set for her to write little letters/notes to her friends and family, just in case her career path leads her far away from home. So I decided to design a simple monogram theme for her and I'm going to gift them to her at her party. Fingers- crossed she loves them!

I'll post pictures later on so you can all see what I've been working on...

Happy June Everyone!!

Here's to another stellar month!

xxoo

Vanilla Cupcakes for Two...

Hello all!! Happy June!!! I seriously just love when June rolls around, it's truly such a lovely time of year.

Last weekend I was in the mood to bake, so I did! lol I used a recipe that makes just two cupcakes! The perfect amount for you and your best friend lol



The recipe worked surpisingly well and my from scratch frosting was the perfect finish. I added some sweeten shaved coconuts to the frosting and on top for a little something extra..

Puppy Love...

Hi lovelies! I just want to share some exciting, {well past due} news with you all!

I got a PUPPY!!!

She the sweetest, cutest, most mischievous little pup ever! I've had her for one month exactly and it's been the craziest, most exciting, happiest month so far this year!

Her name is Mia Kovi Optimus Harry Potter Prime, officially speaking, but for short most refer to her as Mia. The madness behind the unnecessarily long name lol well it's a simple explanation really. I originally named her Kovi, after my favorite NJ Devils player, Kovalchuk, but my mom hated it and insisted I change her name because she's too cute to have a name like Kovi. Hence the name Mia. It's cute, but not my first choice. Her middle names are easy to explain as well. I am in love with obsessed with Optimus Prime & Harry Potter; they're my two most favorite people in the world. I always said I'd name my children after them {like seriously, I will}, but since I can't wait that long, I'll permit Mia the awesomeness of having such BAMF middle names lol haha

 I can't believe I've lived my whole life without her. She's a shorkie, half-yorkie/half-shit zu. I love being a mommy to the most precious little bayboo ever! There's soo many fun things I can't wait to do with her once she's older[she's only 3 months old.. Her birthday is February 22nd] I can't wait to buy her cute little puppy presents for her 1st Birthday!! (I know, I'm getting a little a head of my self)

I've broken some rules that my vet wouldn't be too happy to hear about lol but I work 40 hrs during the week so I try to bring her everywhere I go on the weekends. I love coming home to her sweet little face and playing with her. And I melt when she falls asleep on me. She's the best puppy ever, like seriously though

Hey Look...It's a Giveaway!

Hello, hello, hello!!!!! 

So as some of you may remember, I'm sponsoring The Perfect Pear this month, which has been the best experience of my blogging life so far! Lauren is such a doll and really great to work with. On top of being her May Sponsor, I am also hosting a giveaway on her blog!!! 

It's really simple to enter, so I highly suggest you all go check it out and enter to win!!!

I just know you're going to love what I have up for grabs in this giveaway!!

*All photos courtesy of Lauren(The Perfect Pear)

Have a very lovely evening all!!

xxoo

Friday Favorites...

Well thank god this semester is over!! I didn't do as well as I would have liked to, but life goes on, and now I can get back into the blogging swing of things lol

This week's Friday Favorites is inspired by what I in vision my future apartment/home to look like. I'm working crazily to save up some money and move out. on my own. for real. I say it like that because when I was 18, I moved out and dormed 20 or so minutes away from my house and I loved every minute of being on my own... I think that was my problem though lol I loved it a little too much. Hence the reason why I'm no longer attending said college, am now in community college and living home once again lol It's definitely a learning experience. So I've been getting really anxious to just move out already and figured posting about what I'd want my future space to look like might help a bit.

Enjoy....

Bathroom inspiration.

Grey and Yellow are my absolute favorite color combinations! They're soo clean and modern when put together. I don't know, maybe it's just me but I love how a bright, cheerful color mixed with a rather dull, and gloomy color can make for such an impressive combination. 

Chevron Chair.

Okay, so if you couldn't tell by now, Chevron is legit my favorite pattern since...Ever! I honestly can't tell you what it is about this pattern that I love so much, but I do know that if I could, I would decorate my entire home in this pattern alone. I just can't get enough of it... it's kind of a problem lol but I'll take two of these, please!

Blue Velvet Sofa.

Can there be anything more perfect than this sofa right here!? I didn't think so. I've never been the biggest fan of velvet, but this sofa, I just can't! I would love to come home from work and just lounge on this beauty all night. This is definitely on my list of things I need!

Tufted Headboard.

I've wanted one every since I can remember. They're soo luxurious and princess-y lol I just love that it's soft and comfy so you can watch a movie or read a book in your bed and just be all comfy and what have you. Love. Love. Love!

Grey & Red.

Grey & White.

I love both of these style living rooms for soo many reasons. First off, they're gorgeous! 

I love the drama and coziness of the Grey & Red with that pretty, round 

white table in the center. The grey walls matched with the grey chairs is perfection; and I just love the accent of red with all that grey!

The Grey & White room is soo simple, yet intriguing. I find the sort of monochromatic color scheme to be one of my favorite aspects of this room. I just love the way all the elements flow and come together to make one cohesive and stylish looking room. 

I would love for my future living room to look like either one of these, or even better... a combo of the two.

Yellow & Grey Bedroom.

Trade the brown accent wall for a lovely shade of grey and I'm sold on this room. It looks soo relaxing and comfortable. I would have no qualms sleeping 8 or more hours in this pretty space. I love the accent tables{chairs?} at the end of the bed as well, it gives the room that little extra something.

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Okay, I'm done dreaming up my imaginary home for now lol I hope I didn't bore you all too much. I'm just feeling the stresses of life this week real bad and I'm trying to shake them and move on.. I hope with time and more blogging these yucky feelings will just melt away so I can be back to my happy, cheery self.

Have a fabulous Friday all!

xxoo

Mini Shop Update...

Hi all! Just wanted to share a little shop update with you! I've added a few more Thank You cards, with a playful bunting theme in some lovely summer shades! 

Be sure to stop by my shop and check out all the paper goodies!

Happy weekend all!!

xxoo

First Time Being a Sponsor..

Hiiiiiii everyone!! I hope you're all enjoying this loveliest of mother's days and spending it with the most beautiful, strong, inspiring women in your life, because I know I am!




I just wanted to pop in today to let you all in on some BIG news for me and my little 'ole blog!!
For the first time ever I am sponsoring a blog for the month of May. Lauren from The Perfect Pear, is such a doll and her blog is chalk full of super DIYs and some fantastic outfit posts! You really must give Lauren's blog a read, and while your there keep an eye out for a super sweet giveaway from yours truly along with Lauren's other May Sponsors. It's one giveaway I am positive you will not want to miss out on!!

Also, if you're looking for some amazing handmade and self-designed cards and paper goods, then be sure to check out my SHOP, where you can find my lovely creations available for you to purchase and send to your loved ones and friends all over the world!

Have a lovely Sunday evening and Happy Mother's Day to all the kinds of moms out there!!

xxoo

Chevron Thank You Cards...

I've been working on some Thank You cards recently and I've just finished a collection of Chevron Thank You cards. They're simple and modern, and perfect for all sorts of occasions. Plus, you can print them yourself!! Check them out below and let me know what you think!

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

*All Designs are property of Ardiana Adili. 

Please do not use this images with out permission. 

[ I'd be happy share with you, but please just ask first. 

It's the polite thing to do.

Thanks all! ]

Be sure to leave comments, because I really do love reading what you all have to say!

Thanks for always making my days brighter!

Happy Saturday!

xxoo