So here goes mine..........

Since Kim was on the subject of husbands let me tell you the sorta "opposite" of her story. 
I had gone out for dinner and a few beverages with a friend of mine.  I come home and Robbie (a.k.a. said husband) has let our two girls fall asleep in our bed.  So in my "kick'in" wedge heels I go get our 6 year old from our bed while she is sleeping DEAD weight and carry her to her bed.  As I am walking across the house (ALL hardwood) my two very rambunctious dogs are doing their little fighting tumble weeds thingy through the house......can you see where I am going?  Anyway, as I am walking tall in my shoes across hardwood, carrying dead weight, my dogs tumble weed and knock both of my feet from under me and I land VERY hard flat on my back with my dead weight daughter on top of me (thank goodness she is my preemie that will never be any more than in the 5th percentile on the growth charts).  We land about 5 step from my husband and my daughter starts to cry.  He jumps up and picks up my daughter - who is unharmed but startled because she was sleeping - and starts asking her if she is okay and takes her to her bed. Meanwhile..... back at the ranch (just kidding i just wanted to say that). MEANWHILE I am laying on the floor on my back and it's like he never even saw me much less ask if I was okay. 
The reason I am telling you this.....well Kim gave me a deadline to write the blog (she is such a slave driver ) but it was actually kinda funny and I was fine (I know you were all just as concerned as Robbie ; )

Michelle

The First Time...

So ... no excuses for the absence!!!
Frame biz is still going really well,

Michelle has had to travel with her

J to the O to the B, 

and for the first time EVER....

I went out of town leaving my husband with my babies!

Yep... you read it right. Never!!!!

Now...if you know my husband you will understand, 

for those who don't, well let me enlighten you.

I, after many years of marriage to Rob, diagnosed him

with adult ADD. He loses EVERYTHING all

of the time and can't remember anything. 

To the point, I just roll my eyes when I hear...

" Have you seen my______?"

The blank can be filled in with just about anything EXCEPT

body parts because they don't come off. I say all of this lovingly...

just keeping it real!!!

 So, I am heading to Palm Beach, Fl for 5 days to hang out

with my mom. I try to downplay my fear of him forgetting one of my
children and them being left at a ballpark/school/mall.... forever!

So...before I leave, I gather all of the girls clothes, hair things,
shoes etc... and label them with sticky notes with full directions
about the day they are to be worn. I write out a calendar with
all instructions of who needs to be dropped off and picked up,
the names of all Dr.s, all friends numbers, etc.... 

so there can be NO problems.

I alert EVERYONE to let them know I will be gone and to be
on watch for one of my babies in the event they are not picked up
by their father because...well...

he just can't remember!

Well...I am in PB having a great time BUT still calling home
to make sure everyone is accounted for and that my
book of instructions is being followed....

because that's how I roll...

Sooooooo.... I am laying on the gorgeous beach at the Omphoy
and send Rob a picture of my view...

and then....I get this text from him...

So this is funny--cPRIME is totally going crazy, kids, practice, dance, etc is WORK. Whole new level of respect for you :-)  So I'm dealing with RP deadlines for the Footlocker meeting, cPRIME nonstop calls and trying to mix in Zurvita only to realize I have to take Grace lunch--but we are out of everything and I don't have time to get to Chickfila because I had to get Ella at 11:45. So I run to the gas station and get A "gas station" ham and cheese, a bag of chips, an apple juice, and a pack of cookies and take it to her just in time (in a plastic gas station bag)  Oh yeah--and it was a $7 lunch :-)  Enjoy your nap!  FYI--it's 100 degrees in this house. They come tomorrow just in time for you to get home to a nice cool home :-) LOVE YOU!

Man I love him...I'm just sayin!!!!

I made it home.
 Everyone missed me.
  All were accounted for:)
 Life is good!!!


Stay tuned for a Michelle story:)


Kim

Can you say BLING????

So my friend Cristy, the brain/artist/bling queen behind the fabulous

Paper Lili

is having a giveaway on her blog. She is giving away one of three 

Paperwhite Designs

medium frames she has posted on her blog. 

She is super funny and often blogs about fabulous items 

she has discovered cruising the internet. Read her older posts and you will be in for a treat!!

She has two GORGEOUS daughters and when you see Cristy, you will 

see where the beauty comes from!!!!

Check out her site (click on the name above in blue). She has so

many fun items and make sure you go to her blog from her site and enter to 

win the free frame!!!!!

Kim and Michelle

No excuses!!!!

So there are really no excuses for my lameness (not sure if that is a word but I like it) in not writing the blog. I could say, "Oh, my children have been sick" or "I have been so busy doing....yeah right" or "I have been finding a cure for PMS"..... Nope just lame here. There is one little thing that kept me from the blogging world....

Yep!!!!! Busy on very important field trips with a few little girls. This my friends is why I do not homeschool!!!! We would have way to many field trips to very important business establishments like the one above.  Just trying to help the economy!!

A newbie to the bunch!!

 We actually have been a little busy making frames.  We have some really exciting news. Well, it is exciting for Michelle and me because we are Frame Freaks and we get excited quite easily:) That's how we roll.  Soooooo, let's make a contest out of this because I like to feel like Oprah and give something away every now and then.

The contest will be the first person to figure out.....

Why Michelle and I are so excited???

will win a medium frame of their choice.

Submit your answers in the comment box at the end of this post. All answers must be submitted by 11pm Sunday April 4th. Winner will be announced Monday! Good Luck!!!!

Happy Easter!!!!!

Michelle and Kim

Freebie Friday Winner....

Winner is.......

chosen from random.org 

#3 Karlee Clark

You won a medium frame with your choice of design!!!!!

I will contact you via email and get your frame out to you!!

Congrats!!!!!

Stay tuned to our blog for more chances to win a frame!!!

Kim and Michelle

New website

We are so excited about our new website. We are still adding products and tweaking things, but you can purchase directly from the site. If you have a custom order request, you can use the Contact button to let us know what you would like to have. If you would like to 

Host A Home Show

you can let us know through the site as well.

www.paperwhite-designs.com

Spring has Sprung

Can you stand the cuteness!!!!

Thank you to all who have supported us and cheered us on!! For those of you who haven't....well....we still love ya because that's how we roll.


Kim and Michelle

What's in a nickname???

Because we are a little a lot corny ( I like to throw Michelle in there too but she, I don't think is as corny and wacko as I am) we love nicknames for people. I love to give people funny little nicknames that my close friends can appreciate. I don't mean derogatory nicknames, just little names that have to do with others personalities/situations (kind of like "The Situation" from Jersey Shore) that remind me of them.

Example 1

Here we have our crazy, wonderfully sweet friend Tanya and her family. 

Tanya, Brad, Eloise, Claire and baby Sawyer aka Kikkoman

Let's just say... Tanya LOVES to shop. She has several addictions like buying MacBeth Buckets, Mackenzie Childs, Petti Skirts for her daughters...the list goes on and I don't have enough space on blogger to list them all. Well one day we all found a great deal on petti skirts (shown below)

Ella and her daddy on her 4th birthday

Most of us ordered one or two of the fabulous bundles of twirl with the exception of....you guessed it Tanya!!!! I still am not sure the exact number of these beauties she ordered but let's just say it was above 10 and possibly above 20 but who's counting...right. All of this is to say... my little friend Tanya is now known lovingly as PETTI forever!!! 

Now even better...Petti's husband was working on a ladder one day and he gracefully fell from way up on the chimney top plummeting to the ground gouging his head open. He had to go to the ER to have a few X-rays and wound up with a few lots of staples in his head. Now what kind of friend would I be if he did not have a nickname? That would be no friend at all. Now he is lovingly known as... STAPLEHEAD.

Example 2

Like most people, my husband (shown above with the smile) can occasionally be crabby making life really fun for all of us that live under the same roof. When he is "having his moment" we very lovingly call him Grandpa Dale (his father who can at times be a wee bit crabby). He instantly knows to look at himself and about 95% of the time his actions are followed by .... I'm sorry. Just keepin it real here.

Example 3 and Final example for tonight

If you scroll down a few posts in this blogidy blog, you will see a really cute lady girl with short funky hair better known as Amye. Not only is she really sweet, but she is super duper funny!!!! So for the first time, I have had someone else give us a nickname. You got it, Amye came up with a good one. Michelle and I have our own nickname and do we love it!!!!! (Although Michelle is known as the VOR...Voice of Reason by some :) It is possibly the best description one could have for the two of us. We are Michelle and Kim now known as

Frame Freaks

Our husbands can attest to the new name we have taken on. We have frames everywhere and that is topic of all conversation when we are not talking about the latest most adorable must have outfit.....for our girls :)

Mucho love.....

Frame Freaks

Do you sometimes forget your name?

I am here to solve your problems just incase you somehow forget your name or need to remind a friend of their name. Yep... monogrammed frames. You heard me right, but I will say it again. Monogram aka Personalized with your name on it frames!!!! Southerners love a monogram, so we are here to assist your aching needs for another thing to display your lovely name. 

Much nicer than having to wear a name tag ... agree:)

At the beginning of this little business venture of making frames which we just fell into, Michelle and I would have conversations like this...

Michelle: Do you think anyone will buy these?

Kim: Of course... I can't imagine we are the only crackheads that think these are cute!

Michelle: Well that is true, but are they really cute or do we just think they are cute?

Robbie (Michelle's husband): People better think they are cute because at this point I am losing money!

Kim ( to Robbie): Oh hush...I told you we are building an empire ... very Jay-Z, now pipe down!!

You know...I had to put on my boots and spurs and lay down the law cuz that's how I roll ( Robbie of course just rolled his eyes) next time...I am going full holster. Now where was I...

After many conversations like that, I am happy to say we are getting many request for home shows and people wanting to see our inventory so I am going to list several frames we have on hand right now but we are making new babies daily (that sounded really odd) but we are odd like that. We can also make a custom baby for you.

We also are happy as a mouse driving a cheese truck about our kid and tween line...

As you see the sky is the limit. We have hundreds of designs we can make, so with that said... we must be going to our sweat shop to make a frame or a few hundred.

GNO meets Jay-Z one frame at a time

Call me Miley Cyrus... we had a GNO!!!!! Girls Night Out that is.  We had so much fun catching up with many wonderful ladies and oh the laughs. My innards are still aching from the laughing. A huge thank you to Cheryl and Amye for hosting a fabulous home show for Paperwhite Designs and She's Crafty.  Toni who is the "crafty she" behind She's Crafty is so talented and it was a pleasure to be able to share a home show with a true artist!!!

Cheryl and Jane (love the belt buckle)

Sweet Amye trying to choose...She decided and got the award for most purchased...8 frames later:)

This was our first home show and it was such a success for us. So many wonderful woman gave us great feedback on our frames which made us feel like our little idea could lead us to a successful business. Just call us JayZ.... just building an Empire one frame at a time:) Cooper even scored a frame.

Many of our babies left us last night. 21 total...Man that makes us sound like we are The Duggars. Every frame we make becomes our baby. We are personally attached to them all but we have no problem kicking them out of the nest into another home where they can be loved. No free loaders here. 

Here are some of our babies that flew the coop...

and finally we have this little love...she just about caused blood shed with the fighting over who she was going home with....

If you are interested in hosting a home show, email us kim@paperwhite-designs.com and we can set a date! We can promise you many cute frames and lots of laughs... were are a sure thing when it comes to laughs:) 

Kim and Michelle

Three views of FAITH

Ok...so I sit here watching American Idol and I am biting my finger nails off. What is up with that? I am not there singing...I am not going to have my life changed by the results!!! But I sit here now...with no nails. I think I need a pill...like one that requires a prescription..... immediately !!!!

I guess if I were in a huge competition like AI, the Olympics, Wimbledon, are you following me.... I would have uglier hands than I do now, but I have decided my days of singing, skiing, bobsledding and tennis at a professional level are not going to happen, so I guess I should work on my hands a little more and keep making frames.

Anywaaaaaay...not sure what that has to do with my little featured friends. These little ladies are special in so many ways.

FAITH

12X12 (5X7)

7X9 (4X6)

8X8 (4X4)


Can you tell we have a lot of love for FAITH? We can not get enough of her. When we think of FAITH this verse comes to mind...

Matthew 17 verses 20-21 NLT it says:

"You didn't have enough faith," Jesus told them. "I assure you, if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, 'move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."

 She could possibly be our
signature frame.

If you are interested in FAITH, email us or send us a message on FACEBOOK and we can get her to you quickly. We would not want you to live one second longer with our her.