We've Moved!

Chrissy Marie Design is now Whimsy Place! We specialize in designer announcements and cards for every occasion. Visit our new blog at www.whimsyplaceblog.blogspot.com.

And to kick things off we are doing a  $50 giveaway!

Hurry over now to enter.

{Beauty}

I have a folder on my desktop that is titled, "inspiration". It's for those images I find that I just love.
It's the folder I go to when I need a fresh idea or just some eye candy.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure where I snagged this image but isn't it fabulous?

I love the colors and what a clever decorating idea to have a framed eye chart. 

It reminds me of Potterybarn and their use of letters and numbers in decorating all the time.

Look closely and you'll see it says, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

Thank you to those who pointed it out to me! :)

I decided that it can't be that hard to make. So I went at it in Photoshop, sent it to Costco to be printed,

threw it in one of my frames (you can find those on my website) and had it up on the wall in minutes.

Voila! YES! I love instant gratification.

Its not identical, I'll admit but still so cute! 

I LOVE seeing this lovely on the wall every time I pass by. 

My husband doesn't understand the whole having-an-eye-chart-on-the-wall thing but,

let's face it, what husband would? To his credit, he still hung it for me, adding, 

"Only because I love you." Aww.

SO... here's the freebie part. I realize the image below is probably cut off on your screen.

It is, however, the full size JPEG of what you see above. Simply right click, press Save As and

save it somewhere. Then, send it to be printed as a photo and you too can have an eye chart

on your wall! 

If your husband asks about it, just tell him you thought he and the kids needed their eye site checked... daily... :)

{Featured}

I was featured the other day on My Giveaway Today, a fun site that features a give away every day for it's readers.

I gave away one $75 gift certificate and two $25 gift certificates towards Christmas Cards. I am absolutely astounded at the response! There were over 500 comments on the giveaway.

You can see for yourself here.

I will be featured again the second week in November on My Giveaway Today- I'll post when it gets closer so you can check it out and enter yourself into the giveaway :)

In the meantime, don't forget to enter into the giveaway here on the Chrissy Marie Design blog. Just comment anywhere on the blog and become a follower and you're entered! I will be choosing the winner in November.

AND since fall is now in full swing, here is some fall prettiness.

Such a classy way to do a fall dinner party!

I can almost feel the crisp Halloween air :)

I found these pretty pictures here and here.

GIVEAWAY!!

It's giveaway time!! I am so excited to be offering these gorgeous, bright, and fun Christmas cards that I am going to give one lucky person a 

Free set of 50 Christmas Cards!! 

$75 value

These 6x6 cards are printed on the highest quality linen paper (you know, the real textured stuff!) in full color. Envelopes included. 

There are 8 templates to choose from (more coming soon!) and custom card design is available for only $30. 

Send Christmas cards that will bring happiness and cheer wherever they go :)

All you have to do to enter is:

• Become a follower (on the sidebar)
• Leave a comment anywhere on this blog with your email address. 
• You must do both to be entered!
• To be entered a second time, post this giveaway on your blog or facebook with a link. Make sure to tell me you did it in your comment.

That's it!

The winner will be chosen November 15th, just in time to get these little lovelies out to your friends and family.

If you don't want to wait until November 15th to order your cards, click on the "ORDERING INFO" tab at the top of the page.

{The Clarks}

 I got to spend time with this cute (and SO fun) family this last week. I love them!

Grandma and Grandpa with their grandkids.

Look at those BLUE eyes!

Haha. I love the emotion this shot captures. 

I caught the lovers in a hug...

SO cute! Don't you just want to squeeze those adorable little cheeks?

I think it was getting to be nap time...

This little girl is SO stinking adorable. I just can't get enough!

She was quite the little poser for me too...

Aunt Charity was behind me giving directions...

Mommy and daughter :)

Give a little love.

{Klint & Mary}

Klint & Mary Brearton were the videographers at the first wedding I photographed. She had seen my frames and photography at a booth we did in the Freedom Festival and, after talking for a bit, we decided we should do a trade! She wanted pictures of her and Klint and I wanted a wedding video. Klint did our wedding video last fall (which I absolutely love!) and Mary decided it was time this year to cash in on their side of the trade.

So we headed up the canyon to get some fun fall shots. We caught the fall leaves right at the end of changing- it seemed. The colors were gorgeous!

I love these two!

Thanks for the fun afternoon, Klint & Mary! 

You two are so much fun :)