Tiny Prints Business Cards- Things I Love Thursday

TILT  Blogging conference season is upon us. Although does the season ever end? I am so excited to be heading back to Blissdom this year (p.s. I would love to know that you are going so we can connect. I am a Community Leader for the Parenting Tribe. WOOT!).

One thing that is a MUST for conferences is business cards. And it something a lot of newbies forget. But people hand them out like candy and many companies in the exhibition hall will have giveaways that are easy to enter by throwing a card in the jar. They are definitely a key way to make a good first impression.

But, after using the same business cards for the last several conferences I am ready for something new. Now that I have a new blog, I want my business card to highlight both blogs and be more focused on ME than my blogs. That way when all the book deals, speaking engagements and endorsement deals come, they know I am more than just a blogger. ahem.

So I headed to my go to resource for ideas of where to get good business cards. Twitter. I got a few ideas and headed over to the various websites to check out what each offered. One stood out from the rest. Yet again, it was Tiny Prints.

 

You may recall back at Christmas time that I sang the praises of Tiny Prints and used them for our family Christmas cards. I absolutely loved the way they turned out. So I knew if I used them for business cards they would be of the highest quality. Now to narrow it down.

I toyed around with using something that had my picture on it so people would remember me better. But then I remembered that I universally hate all pictures of me. I also didn’t really want to use one with a logo since I wanted to highlight two separate blogs. So I just wanted to find something that was just me. I think I found it.

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Whatcha think? Do you love them? Cause I think I love them. They have a TON to offer so browse around and see if one fits you!!

Will I be seeing you at Blissdom? What conferences are you going to this year? What one thing do you NOT forget for blogging conferences?

Tiny Prints provided me with some business cards in exchange for this review. As always all opinions are mine.

What are you loving this week? Come play along with Things I Love Thursday. All the guidelines are here if you are new, but is is super easy! And don’t forget to go spread comment love to fellow participants and to use the #TILT hashtag if you tweet so we can retweet each other. Thanks for participating!

 

Easy Valentine’s Ideas- Works For Me Wednesday

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I have no idea what we are doing. I usually just buy some lame store bought cards and we call it a day. Then Pinterest came along and suddenly my store bought cards seem inadequate. Okay who are we kidding, I will probably still do the store bought thing, but for today we are going to pretend I am a crafty mom. Which one are you loving?

  

Source: flickr.com via Jill on Pinterest

  

I have a whole lotta crayons in this house. I could probably make enough of these to give the whole school. They look easy. Then again, crafts and I don’t exactly go together like peas and carrots.

 

Aren’t these adorable. I have a STRONG affinity for the Tootsie Pop. But this one looks like it requires things like glue sticks and paper punchers. So it might be out of my

 

Perhaps this Tootsie Pop idea is more manageable. Hannah loves butterflies. And surely that is a stamp right? Cause I would DEFINITELY get a hand cramp writing all those words.

 

I think this is beyond adorable. And I am thinking this would KILL IT in the 3rd grade. And I am pretty sure I can still make a mean friendship bracelet. It is like riding a bike?

 

I have quite the thing for the mustache trend. This is CRAZY cute!! Can I do this and send out Valentine’s?

 

I feel like my girls wouldn’t be so into these, but I am keeping them in mind for when Silas hits school. All boys hit a pirate phase right? Right now we are smack dab in the middle of the planes, trains and automobiles phase (Those Aren’t Pillows!!!)

 

I think these are super cute. And they alleviate the embarrassment when you kid is the only one in class who didn’t stick candy in their Valentine (seriously, have you noticed this?). I am just wondering where you find all the shovels for a reasonable price. Any ideas?

 

Ok these are totally doable. My kids would pass out if I let them take goldfish to school. They are on the no processed food list. In fact, if I sent these to school with them they would probably sit and eat them all in the bathroom before handing them out…..

 

These seem easy too. And super adorable. So far they are majorly in the running. Plus they remind me of the Simpson’s episode where Ralph gives Lisa the "I choo choose you" Valentine. Classic. And totally unrelated. Anywho….

 

I think these are the winners. I simply print out a template on a printer (I can do that!!!) and my kids color them to look like their classmates. I just love everything about this. Mostly the idea that glue sticks aren’t involved.

What do you do for your kid’s class Valentine’s?

This post is linked up to Works For Me Wednesday at We Are That Family.

Mean Girls Suck

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Last week Lily came home and told us that some girls came up to her at school and said, “We’re popular and you’re not.” I felt like I had been socked in the gut. I also suddenly felt very strongly that there were somewhere some 4th grade girls who I wanted to hurt a little.

Mean girls. I have actually been on both sides of the equation. I am not proud of the fact that I know back in the day that I was on the mean end of the mean girl spectrum. But as I listened to a sermon this weekend about how much words hurt, I was immediately transported back to a 7th grade bus where my “friends” sat and said horrible things about me. And it barely hurt less in church last weekend than it did at the time. Mean girls suck.

I am acutely aware that my job in mothering my girls is to do my best to help them understand that they are amazing not because of what anyone may or may not tell them, but because of whose image they were created. It is an uphill battle that I know will only get harder as they get older.

Tomorrow, I’m co-hosting a live chat tomorrow with author Rachel Simmons. She is the author of The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence. To be honest I haven’t read the book, but I love the concept. We will be talking about raising confident girls and I can totally get behind that.

I don’t know if you have done a Motherhood chat before, but I always end the chat AMAZED at the info I have learned. Imagine a bunch of mothers getting together and flooding you with their wisdom. As I navigate motherhood, I can use all the advice I can get.

The chat will take place on Tuesday, January 31 at 12:00 p.m. EST, on TheMotherhood.com, I really hope you will join us. I would love to “see” some familiar faces around.

While I am being compensated for participating in the chat tomorrow, I was not required to blog about my participation. I just think it is a great topic you might be interested in so I wanted to share the details with you Smile

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