This month I will be mainly focusing on my current projects *waves hi to Recipe Girl, Wendy from Sacred Moment Weddings and Heidi from HJ Photography* As well as tying up some loose ends from some of my previous projects *waves hi to Kat and Robyn* I’m also hoping to be able to get started on design concepts for my contest winners. *waves hi to Molly, Erin and Kat again* And, you know the usual toddler chasing, teen chauffering, mom and wife stuff I do on the down low ;)

This all to say, that if you have been getting a slow response from me the past couple of weeks it’s all MAY’s FAULT. June is here, and that means that school is almost over, and that means that soon, very soon I will have my babysitters, err daughters back to help out a bit while I get some work done. Right? Right? Ok. I need to go do some Yoga. Or something.

Right now I’m working on a very very cool project for a wonderful artist that I can’t wait to share. I’ve actually shared a peek of it on the animated image above ;) I’m also working on another great project, this one for a fabulous bakery. Definitely a fun one…you’ll see soon! I’m so happy to be back to work, I really truly believe my mind needed that break because I can feel the ol’ creative juices going again.

It’s taken me longer than I’d like to get the contest details up for everyone, but we’re working on it and I promise they will be up soon. We’ve already had quite a buzz generated as I’ve been getting almost daily emails with inquiries! I truly love doing these contests, they’re always so much fun.

Last but not least, you may have noticed some (slight) changes around here…I added a little bit of texture to the background and changed out a few of the graphics. Gotta change things up a bit from time to time ;) Have a great week everyone!

This year, for the girls (read: teenagery) it was the year of the gift card. And oh how they loved it! I always thought gift cards to be a bit impersonal but since they hinted around so much that the wanted to pick out their own stuff, we obliged. For the most part it was a good idea. I say most part because they still needed to be driven to the mall and most times wanted stuff that exceeded their gift card amounts. Heh.

Justin was really into the Christmas/Santa thing this year and he fully understood that behaving naughty was not good. Every time he would do something nice he would walk around shouting “Santa, are you watching?!!” It was too cute. He got all the mess…err, toys he wanted and my living room is completely kids zone. I only get bothered by it for a second or two because I realize that in a blink of an eye he will no longer be little. He’s already going to be 4. FOUR!!! I can still close my eyes and feel him kicking around my belly. Ugh, make it stop!

Anywhoo, this turned into somewhat of a personal post didn’t it? Right. So I’ve managed to set up my Print Portfolio (most of it, at least) so if you want to check out some of the stuff I’ve designed for print click on over. I should also mention that some of these designs are available for purchase (exclusively) via For Always Invitations. If you would like to contact me for a print quote, please don’t hesitate to ask.

That’s all for now, I’ll be adding more to the freebies section this week and I’ll also be posting about a redesign I’ve just launched for Dragonflies and Ladybugs. I’m so excited about this project because I got to work with one of my favorite clients -Robyn. It’s so much fun working with her! But that’s another post, for another day.

Speaking of New Years, one of my New Years Resolutions for this year is to stop getting so caught up in everything that I forget those things that are the most important to me. When I first started Girliebits Designs, I wanted to closely associate myself and lend my talents to those causes and charities near and dear to my heart, such as breast cancer, victims of domestic abuse, and teenage pregnancy. As time went on I found myself so caught up in work that I barely had time to come up and breathe to realize that I had fallen short of that goal.

I feel very lucky in that respect, being able to keep myself busy doing something I absolutely love. But, I really now want to focus on getting back to giving back. So, for those of you wondering what the business name change was all about, that was the main source of inspiration. I’ll be updating the site soon with more information, I just thought I’d do a quick post to share what was on my mind for now!

I’d love to hear from you if you have any comments or suggestions for me on this topic!