GIVEAWAY on Saturday, November 20th!

Ok, friends, by a sheer stroke of luck you get an extra day to get ready for this fabulous giveaway event. I was just notified of a bit of rescheduling that went on, so sorry for any hopes that were raised prematurely. Still, you gotta check this out! And tell your buddies! I'm giving away my beautiful Give Thanks decal to ONE lucky winner. Go to my friend, Brittany's blog sometime TOMORROW (Saturday, November 20th) and get all the details on how to enter. I'll give you a few things to do to get started today or tomorrow:
1. Like my biz page on Facebook, and leave me some love there, too. (Hey, why not?)
Pop Vinyl Studio on Facebook - It's worth mentioning that I am doing a big $50 gift certificate for my Etsy shop giveaway when I reach 100 fans. I'm currently at 84. So close!
2. Heart my Etsy shop
3. Follow my blog here and leave me a comment letting me know you did both of the above.

And then do whatever Brittany mentions in her blog post tomorrow - follow her blog, leave a comment, etc... If you happen to pop in there today, you can enter today's giveaway drawing as well! Who loves PAMPERED CHEF goodies? Mememememe!!!!!

I cannot wait to give this beautiful decal away! So get going!

Thankfulness

So thankful that I get to do something so wonderful every day. It makes me so happy just to assemble the little special details. These are the instruction sheets/business cards that are currently going into Pop Vinyl Studio orders. Cuuuuute! I love putting these together!

How very glad I am for this time of year. For the opportunity to examine the people, things, and experiences that surround me and express my appreciation and gratitude. Sometimes this can be a difficult thing. It's not all bubbles and sunshine, you know. But what is? I suppose the only things that are bubbles and sunshine are, well....bubbles and sunshine! And you know what occurs to me, even bubbles and sunshine are not always perfect and happy. Bubbles can pop in your face and sting your eyes, and sunshine can blister you if you're not careful.

Some of my designs simply celebrate the sunshine. And some make light of the hard work of life.
(Click any of these photos to see the full size image.)


Everything has the potential for good, even if it also has the potential to sting or burn. I believe it to be true that ALL things work together for good. For my good. For your good. If we will submit ourselves to learning. To appreciating the bad along with the good.

My lesson is to learn to give thanks, truly be in a constant state of thankfulness for everything in my life. This includes the trials and the difficulties. The imperfections. The thorns.


Yes, my life is blessed with beauty. With love. With LIFE. It's abundant. But it's life. Along with the good there is sometimes an equal amount of not-so-good. And I will rejoice in it all. I will give thanks in everything. I will be grateful.

And that is where my heart is with the creation of one of my favorite designs, the Give Thanks wall decal (you can see it in my Etsy mini below). It gets a lot of visibility during this time of year, and is such a great reminder to me to continually be thankful. And I've added a few other new creations to my shop and a couple of redesigns. We should always be striving to improve. I do the same with my art. And wow! I get to do something I love and get paid for it. How cool is that? Amazed, yes! Thankful, even moreso!

Oh, and let me mention one more thing. My friend Brittany is having a week's worth of giveaways on her blog, to celebrate Thanksgiving. The great giving starts TODAY. So head on over there:
http://naturallyestes.blogspot.com/

(Heads up - you will see something from me there on Friday!)

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

New Designs at Pop Vinyl Studio!

Now that life seems to have settled into a new normal around here, I finally have a bit of time for designing. Yay! Along with some newly inspired decals, I'm also looking around at some older things and giving them a new lease on life with a bit of revision here and there. AND, I'm officially adding LOGO DESIGN to my Etsy shop, since I've been doing quite a bit of it on a custom basis. So, please come by and check out all the new goodies. Or let me know if you have an idea you would love to see me bring to life for your wall. Oh, and if you become a Facebook fan, you'll receive 10% off. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pop-Vinyl-Studio/123004157709659 There will be a drawing for a $25 gift certificate good toward anything in my Etsy shop when I reach 100 fans, so be sure to share my page with your friends and get us to the big drawing even quicker!








As always, thank you for being such great customers, for enjoying what I do, and letting me bless your homes and offices with my designs. You make this a joy!

Defining Words

Bliss. Strong. Beautiful. Hilarious. Those are just some of the words we might use to describe the wonderful things in our lives, like our marriage and our kids. (Yeah, I left off the ones we try not to say out loud.) So, here are a few new designs inspired by the idea of Defining Words - words that define who we are or how we feel. These designs are newly available at Pop Vinyl Studio on Etsy. You can click the Etsy button on the right to get there. Or scroll to the bottom of the page and browse the links that will take you to each individual listing. You can also Fan (or LIKE) me on Facebook, and save 10% with the current code on my page.

Hope these designs bless you and your family. Thanks for looking!

I can't believe it's been almost 4 months since I last posted to my blog! In this time, my family has added 2 new additions. First is our 4 month old Lab/Retriever mix puppy. She became part of our family the weekend after Christmas. We love her. She is a loving and wonderful dog. We also added a new baby boy in January, who has added so much more joy and love to our already brimming household. We adore him and feel so very blessed. Indeed, we are thankful to God for His incredible blessings on our family. We take seriously the privilege and responsibility that go with having so many children. And in particular I, as mother to my brood, feel the great calling to minister peace and love to my family. It is my blessing and my priority. This is the reason my Etsy shop is currently closed. So, I hope you will understand, and I look forward to seeing you once my shop has reopened.

In the meantime, I would like to share with you a couple of new things that are not exactly additions to my shop, but rather are simply designs that I created for a couple of my own spaces. These simple designs speak of my heart's great love for my family. They celebrate what is unique and beautiful about my own family. This is the reason that I love design. Creating designs that reflect what is beautiful and precious in the homes of my clients is such a thrill. Thank you for allowing me the honor of portraying your personality on the walls of your home.