retirement sale & some Christmas inspiration

hey all... I know, I know, I don't look old enough to retire {hehe}, but today marks the first day of my retirement sale at Design House Digital. I've decided after a little over 2 years at DHD to retire my shop.  I never, ever thought I'd say that, but I'm really excited at what is going to be happening in the next few weeks!  Don't worry, I'm only taking a mini vaca {well, not really}.  I'll be working like a crazy woman these next few weeks to prepare for a new adventure, a new home for my digi products.  I'm about busting at the seams to tell you, but THURSDAY I'll be letting you know! so.flippin'.excited!!!  Anyway... this week Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday you can get my entire DHD shop for 50...FIFTY % off! yipppeeeee!

I'd also like to thank every.single.person out there that has followed me, who buy my kits, who have quickly become special to me & have become my friends since being at DHD.  I appreciate you all.  It may sound cheesy, but my life will never be the same.  The people who are in my life now who support & encourage me every day are people who I've met over these last few years. So thank you.

Okay, I'll stop being a sap & show you some awesome inspiration from my creatives & some of my good digi friends that I've met through DHD.  I chose a Christmas kit from last year called Vintage Holiday.  It's one of my favorites {it also was in paper form in a 6x6 pad from My Mind's Eye}.

how about this amazing Christmas Jar from {shelley haganman} & this cute card from {shannon dombkowski}. love seeing hybrid projects with my digi kits! thanks girls!

a cute hybrid album from {jen flaherty} & a beautiful card from {jennifer barksdale}. thanks ladies!

this amazing spread from {anna drozd} of her December daily album

layout by {aria andrus}

layout by {carey bridges}

layout by {becca dickson}

by {claudia harvey}

love it all! thanks ladies for working so hard to get these to me & I hope you've all enjoyed the inspiration as well.  I'll be back tomorrow with some favorite kits from my creatives. I'll let you voice your opinion too!

see ya later

{robyn}

happy thanksgiving & new releases

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you that are celebrating today! This is one of my favorite holidays, not just because of the food, but because I always know I have so much to be thankful for. My husband, who I love more than anything, my 3 kids that mean the world to me, our home we've built together, our families that support us in all we do, our jobs that allow us to follow our dreams, our health, & our friends, that even though we don't see nearly enough, are still there after all these years. I'm also thankful for a talent that I can share with others, as well as friends that I know that share that talent & excitement along with me. Recently, I was lucky enough to collaborate with 3 other amazing ladies that I admire to create Here Comes Santa Claus... if I must say so, it is one BIG incredible kit! {52 papers, 130 elements & 1 alpha}

you'll find the collab in Shannon's shop at DHD & you can snag it today for a great deal.

I also did up these December dates you can use to overlay on photos for your December Daily, or just use them with the banners I included. It's easy to change up the colors, too.

now for some inspiration for you! {if you notice, I've added a few new girls to the creatives} yay!

layout by {kelly mobley}

layout by {claudia harvey}

hybrid card by {claudia harvey}

layout by {aria andrus}

layout by {shannon dombkowski}

layout by {sarah hemmert}

layout by {sarah hemmert}

layout by {becca dickson}

layout by {shelley haganman}

layout by {robyn meierotto}

phew! awesome, right? anyway, have a really great day & enjoy your family.  We're not having our big family celebration until Saturday, where we'll host my family & Dan's family here at our house. Today, we're keeping it low key around here, baking a chicken, some pumpkin pies & sweet potatoes to enjoy with each other. 

I'm not one who's into the Black Friday thing... to brutal for me. I can't get into the craziness of it all! We are doing a great promotion over at DHD though, all weekend long & I hope you'll enjoy doing some quiet shopping there...

{robyn}

new dollar kit 9.25

I love dollar kit Tuesdays... I put together a small element kit to coordinate with the Sydney papers I released Thursday...

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

ummm, hello how awesome is this hybrid card!

by {robyn meierotto}

yes... that's our new puppy. the kids have been begging for a dog for a long time & somehow this one ended up dropped off in our yard last Saturday morning. seriously. we often get the dumped pregnant cat, but a super cute puppy? never had that happen before. so, we've adopted her & the kids picked the name: Mabel. I still need to take her to the vet to get her checked out & see if they know exactly what breed{s} she is, but we're thinking a rat terrier mix.

anywho... you can get the dollar kit today & don't forget to take advantage of my 20% off my entire store until the end of this month in celebration of my 2 years at DHD! just enter ThanksFor2 at checkout! 

{robyn}

new dollar kits

ok, so I'm late posting these, they were both released earlier, but I've been taking some extra time lately with the family before school starts, so I've been taking it easy & being lazy ;) So I figured better late than never {especially because I had to share what my amazing creative team did with them}!  remember these are part of the August dollar days, so they'll stay a dollar until the end of August & then return to regular price after that.

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

 

by {claudia harvey}

by {becca dickson}

by {shelley haganman}

we're trying to get last minute school supply & uniform shopping done, since school starts next week, dentist appointments & later this week, one last fun trip for the summer to amusement/water park for all of us! 

hope you're enjoying the last of your summer too... or you did, if your kids have already started back.

have a great day

{robyn}

new dollar kit 6.5

I have a new dollar kit in the shop today...

I know I love washi in my paper scrapbooking, so I thought I should share my love for it in digi too!

by {shannon dombkwoski} all washi, no patterned paper

by {claudia harvey} lots of washi love here too

by {me}

hybrid card by {shelley haganman}

remember you can get this kit for just a dollar through  Thursday & then they go to regular price.

we're enjoying a little bit of a relaxed day schedule this week, as it's the first week of summer vacation. we have my niece staying with us for the week, so that's a fun change.  Of course we still have ball games for Evan, Collin starts golf lessons tomorrow & Lydia has her first t-ball game of the year Friday. We have the pool set up in our yard, but the weather is being a stinker. Not warm enough for me, but the kids don't really care... freezing cold or not, they just want to swim!

{robyn}