Why Not?

This one I did with Pencil Crayons, it is the word Heart.

Why is it that when we get older the colouring books go away and we replace them with things like bank statements, hydro bills, emails, movies, computers, iPads, etc.

I love to colour, probably one of the main reasons I have a creative lifestyle. I take time to colour things in, I colour code my calendar, I colour in the squares for birthdays. I have all of the markers, crayons, pencil crayons, paints, and pastels you could ever imagine. I love when my nieces come over because if I can convince them, we get to colour! YAY! Although sometimes they would rather watch a movie, and that always boggles my mind. We can do both! I try to convince them... what ends up happening is I end up colouring while they watch a movie...

We've all gone the way of high-tech, I get it, Me too, sometimes it is easier just to pull something together in illustrator rather than actually sit down and write it out.

But sometimes we need to take a minute and colour, it frees our minds and our hearts.

I've been creating words lately and colouring them in, so I thought I'd share a few with you.
These ones are Hope and Gratitude. It's just a scribbled word, but when you colour in each section it becomes a kaleidoscope of colour, almost stained glass... it's a wonderful activity to do while you meditate and pray...

It's definitely different than my usual printable, these ones are DIY, you get to be creative, you get to make them beautiful...

Print them off on your printer at home, Colour them in and see how it feels... I hope you enjoy!
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M.

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My hope all coloured in :) I used makers for this one

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40 in 40. Freeing Up Space in our Homes and in our Hearts!

I was asked to participate in a "40 Bags in 40 Days" project by creating some printables to encourage simplicity, downsizing and well, just plain good sense! I was in! Mostly because I love to design, but in reality more because I have 40 places in my house that need a serious clean up, can you say storage room, art supply closet, front hall, book shelf, junk drawer x 12 ( I think I have one in every room of the house!), winter clothes... etc. I can come up with 40 places in probably 40 seconds.

How about you? are you overwhelmed with a little too much clutter? Do you need a little encouragement to get down and dirty while cleaning up and freeing up breathing room in both your house and your heart? Come along on this journey with us...

Here is a note from Katie about 40 in 40:

I first stumbled up the 40 Bags Challenge a few years ago on Pinterest. The idea is simple - choose 40 spaces in your home and try to get rid of (at least) 40 bags of unwanted stuff. It seemed to me like a good way to clean up my house and organize a few drawers so I decided to give it a try. I quickly realized 40 Bags is much more than a quick, surface fix. As I worked through my spaces, I was forced to take a deeper look at the things we hold on to and ask myself why we surround ourselves with so much stuff. I was motivated to purge, edit, and give away the things we don't really need. In the process, I learned we really can live with less and, more importantly, rediscovered the freedom found in simplicity. The last time I worked through this challenge, it was during the season of Lent, so the 40 spaces corresponded with 40 days. This time around, some friends and I are taking the entire summer (about 12 weeks) to work through our lists at a slower, but still intentional, pace. If you're inspired to find out more, you can follow along on my blog. 

I can't wait to start! There is so much to do in my house... I need to just do it, and with an encouraging group of people who are working through their junk too- I'm encouraged to get it done!


Don't forget to head on over to Katie's blog and participate in this very exciting project... The Terpblog :)

Let's get rid of the clutter in our homes and hearts!
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M.

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Father's Day!

A Day to Celebrate DAD! I love my dad and I love to celebrate father's day, but I dislike going out and trying to find the perfect card. So I made a few I like and wanted to share them with you!

Here are a few printables a long with some COLOUR ME Prints that your little ones can colour for their Daddy!

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M.

If you like them ~ you should probably pin them ;)  Thanks for sharing the love!

All of these prints are 5x7 and are RGB colour 

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5x7 Have your little one draw a picture
and share why they love
their dad!

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5x7 Have your little person draw a pretty picture
for Dad!

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Holy-Moly-Me-Oh-My!

Ahhhh, in the words of Edward Sharpe-

Holy Moly, Me Oh My- 
You're the apple of my eye-
I've never loved one like you...

Happy Tuesday!
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M.

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Seriously!

Yup. This is for me.
Thought I'd share.

Share the love and get out of your way!
M.

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Spring has Sprung!

Spring has Sprung, or has it? You tell me :)

This print is very springy - but it also has a Do It Yourself (DIY) side to it too! I've created a white overlay (transparent( PNG file so you can overlay it over any photo you'd like- :) It's a 5x7 on transparent background, resolution is 400dpi- which means you can even go slightly larger than 5x7. I've made an example for you to check out.  Have fun with this! I'd love to see what you create!

Let me know if you like this idea, I have lots of prints that could be used in DIY projects, let me know what think!

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M.

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5x7 WHITE LAY-OVER 400DPI
Trust me, it's there :) you just can't see it
until you overlay it !

5x7 example of WHITE LAYOVER
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I used the Layover PNG to make this print using a stock file
from online. You can use it to spruce up any of your spring
photos :)