~Happy Summer~

The first day of summer is right around the corner, June 21st to be exact.  How ironic…June 21st is also Father’s Day!  What is your favorite thing about the summer season?  What is summer like where you live?

Here in Western Washington summer has been slow approaching.  We have had some nice hot weather in these past few weeks but definitely not enough to say summer is really here.  Today is pretty overcast and a low 60 degrees…a little too cold for shorts! 

My Top 10 Summer Favorites:

1. BBQ’ing – nothing is better than grilling outside, less mess in the kitchen!

2. Relaxing in the sun – catching rays and reading a book, heaven!

3. Wearing flip flops – gotta love no socks, and pretty pedicures

4. Opening windows – letting fresh air in to the house, smells clean

5. Taking the kitties outside – they are indoor and only go out with supervision

6. Planting flowers – even though I have a small patio I make the best of it

7. Longer days – love when the sun stays out longer, no short winter days here!

8. Feeding hummingbirds – I love watching the hummingbirds swarm the feeder

9. 4th of July – who doesn’t like fireworks?

10.  Taking it outside – bike riding, walking, and playing in the sun

I’ve learned that living in Washington you have to take in every ray of sun you can.  Sun would be nice year round however having 4 seasons is even better. 

To celebrate Summer I made a set of Summer greeting cards.  To purchase these cards from my Artfire shop please click HERE.

Happy Summer everyone!

~Pretty Purples~

Who loves purple?!? I know it's my favorite color. Not only do I love to use the color in my card creations but I also tend to buy purple items, wear purple clothes, and eat purple food! Ok, maybe not all the time but purple is a pretty color, I just get carried away with it at time.

Some of my favorite purple items include but are not limited to:

Purple Roses Orchids Wine Grapes Slippers Lilacs Anything purple in my closet to wear Amethysts Purple Hearts Lavendar Pansys + so much more!

In my shop I have a few cards featuring all different shades of purple: Lavender, lilac, violet, grape, light purple, dark purple, orchid the list could go on!

Know any lucky parents who have just had twin baby girls? This purple prima flower with ribbon accents would be perfect. For more information about this double trouble greeting card click here!

So maybe you don't know of anyone having twins but everyone has a birthday! Why not stock up on birthday cards now? Here is another pretty purple card from my shop perfect for the birthday girl who loves purple! For more information about this delicious cupcake zero calorie birthday cards click here!

If you love purple leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite purple item is...and even if it's not your favorite color leave a comment and spread the blogging love!

~Jenna

My First Post

My first post! I should be so proud that I've finally jump started my blog. I guess I should start out telling you a little bit about myself. My name is Jenna and I live in Issaquah, WA just outside the big city of Seattle. I am a Washington native, born and raised. Currently I work in real estate and love helping people buy and sell their homes. My hobbies include cooking, reading, scrapbooking, gardening, spending time with family/friends, and cardmaking!

I love papery things and have a huge collection which I use to create my masterpieces (at least I think each card is a masterpiece!).

I joined http://www.etsy.com/ back in February of 2007 but have recently started to make a small business out of selling my paper creations.

Most of my business comes from family and friends. The support from them has been great. I am looking to expand my business out into the world so don't be afraid to link to my blog or etsy website: http://www.cardsbyjenna.etsy.com/ / http://www.cardsbyjenna.blogspot.com/.

~Etsy Greetings Thank You Card Promo, Starting January 5th~

Now that the holidays are over what to prepare for next?  Some say "Let's get ready for Valentine's Day!"  Others are just so happy that the busy holiday season is over that they just want to relax and take it easy.  However you feel don't forget to say thank you to those who shared their holiday spirit with you this season.  So what is the best way to say thank you?  Send a one of a kind handmade thank you card of course! 

The Etsy Greetings Team is now offering Free Domestic Shipping on any thank you notecard set.  There are 29 participating shops and lots of thank you notecard sets to choose from.  

Check out http://etsygreetingsthankyou.weebly.com and click on any photo to take you to a participating shop.  

I am one of the 29 shops participating in the promo and offering free shipping to the United States and Canada.  Free shipping will be applied to thank you card sets and single greeting cards.  Here is a direct link to all the thank you cards within my shop, Cards By Jenna.

This is a great time to stock up on thank you notes to use year round!!!