When at first you don't succeed...

try, try again. Remember yesterday's baby thank you notes? I kept looking at the first one and thinking, it just doesn't look right. The colors seemed off balance, somehow. As I was going through the stamper blogs on my google reader this morning, it occurred to me that the problem was the barely banana base. It was throwing everything off! I realized suddenly that the rest of the card basically used the colors of the Noveau Chic dsp (adding in the Red Riding Hood, that is) and that Basic Gray would make for a much better card. So I took all the fronts off and reattached to a basic gray base. Much better! What do you think??


I think the gray complements the sage shadow much better and I'm much happier with the result now. And for those of you with especially sharp eyes who just noticed that the dsp is dotted instead of striped, I didn't change it, I just didn't have enough of either one to make 5 cards, so I made three with the dotted one (Rockabilly, retired) above and 2 with the striped one you saw yesterday (Washington Apple, retired). The good news is that with the return of Red Riding Hood in the new catalog July 1st, we can expect to see more great designer series paper featuring this great color!!

Just a reminder, there are still a few grab bags available, so be sure to snap one up before they're gone!

On a baby-related note, one of the little projects that I started on last night was to think about a labor playlist. I had a great natural birth with my toddler, and am hoping to do so again with this one (due one month from today!) and one of the things that can be useful is a variety of music. I had a bunch of playlists that I made with my son, but when push came to shove (literally!), I really couldn't stand to have any music on, and ended up listening to the selections postpartum instead. This time, I'm thinking early classical music, and a friend who recently gave birth introduced me to this gorgeous piece by Vivaldi. Yep, you know, the guy who wrote The Four Seasons. I'd never really explored any of his other work either, but this piece inspired me to download a two-disc album of similar works. Have a listen--it is well worth the time!