Later today I will post 2 sets of Project Life Freebie Printables featuring a Valentines Day Theme. Stay tuned & let your friends know. For sneak peeks like the one below and up to date information about what I’ve been up to, ‘like’ my FB page and be sure to click, “Show in Newsfeed” to see my posts. Don’t worry, I keep them minimal! Can’t wait to show you all of these sweet little cards! Warmly, Mariah
I have been anxiously awaiting the new ‘core kits’ from Project Life so I can get started saving some everyday memories in a simple, totally not overwhelming, but also really great to look at, way, alas, they are so popular that everywhere has been sold out!
I first learned about Project Life from you guys! You encouraged me to design some printables that would work with the Project Life system, which I’ve now done and consequently, want to share with you!
This set is for little ones, the next set (which I’m already started on!) will be based more on grown ups. Please let me know how you like them and please, please share your Project Life pics with me over at my FaceBook Page! I would love to see what you do!
(Link to download below Pics!)
Click right HERE to download yours!
*They may look light on your computer screen, but will print out perfectly!
thank you so very much!!! these are absolutely gorgeous and sweet!
Thank you so much for these gorgeous, cute printables! ♥
Hugs!
x
These are to cute! I can’t wait to put them to use. I really love your work. I wanted to give you a heads up that I featured these printables (with full credit) in this week’s post of “Fancy That Friday”. Thanks so much for the inspiring work. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns – please feel free to contact me.
are those just the cutest things ever????! thank you so much!
thank you very much. so cute!!! I love them
Oh! I’m so glad you all love them! Working on some more grown up ones next! I LOVE Project Life! 
xoxo
Wow, these are SO darling. Thanks so much for sharing them.
Thank you — so perfect to have little kid themed journaling cards! I am using the crocodile one in my Project Life this week. 
Carmen.
I have been looking forward to this since LAST year, since I had to miss the show this Spring … I CAN’T WAIT to see all of the beauty and have a wonderful Ohio autumn day spent with my mother …
Adorable! I especially love the turtle one and the snuggle bug! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!
Thank you!!
These are adorable! Thank you so much!
The little characters are so precious! Thank you for sharing your lovely work!
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Thank you so much. These are just the cutest. I love them.
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These are so so sweet ! Thank you for sharing them.
Trop mignon! merci beaucoup
Hello, hello! I had a very nice vacation with my family and am now fully back at work and in the swing of things. We didn’t take a trip or anything, just got everything at home in order, had lots of nice dinners with friends and family, we played a lot of Farkle and Monopoly and even staying up one night until 1 am (all three of us!) finishing the first book in the book series, The Hunger Games. It was phenomenal.. kind of harsh at times, but so good! All and all, it was a very nourishing time.
I wanted to pop in and share some valentines with you! My son is a creative boy and he loves all things Muppet, so naturally, when I asked him what sort of thing he’d like to do for his class valentines he wanted Muppets! It’s really no wonder since (if you remember) my husband and I have long loved them too!
I did a quick search at a few local shops and then a little online search to no avail. This always seems to be the case with his valentines. One year he wanted Ben10 valentines (this was before they had ever come out with them), another year, he wanted Happy Pets (I’ll have to dig up those files to show you!) and now, The Muppets. I find it hard to believe that they are not putting any valentines out there this year especially with the movie and everything, but the only thing I’ve seen are some vintage cards.
I was disappointed at first, but I am pretty glad it turned out this way now, because I’ve had a lot of fun designing these cards!
I decided to keep the cliche valentine sayings out of the actual cards and instead added the valentine-y part to the header. That way, the cards could really be used at any time of year!
We’re going to place the valentines into a simple little clear bags that I already had from Michael’s, then we’re going to add some kind of treat (perhaps Swedish Fish for Lew Zealand!) and top the bag with a cute header that I created to match (featuring Kermit!). I like these bags because they are big enough to fit a variety of treats wether you decide to do candy, small cracker jack toys or something useable like a notepad and small pencil or something.
Here’s a photo of Lew in the bag and with the header card but with no treats in the bag yet (still have to decide what we’re doing and buy those).
I made the headers coordinate with the cards, here’s a preview of them, there’s a place to write who the valentine is to and who it’s from.
So, here are the downloads for you to enjoy! I put them separately in case you only wanted the cards or, you could really only use the headers as well and just put candy in the bag sans the card. Whatever you fancy!
Muppet Valentine Headers (2760)
Enjoy folks and drop in and let me know you used them, I’d love to connect with you! xo, Mariah
Super cute Valentines! I’m sure your son’s classmates will love them Who doesn’t love the Muppets?
Thanks Robin! I hope so! xoxoxo
Great! Thanks for sharing! 
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You are beyond awesome!! I’ve included this brilliant printable on my Muppets Party Ideas page here… let me know if that’s not ok?
from one massive Henson fan to another… thank you!!!
http://www.squidoo.com/muppets-party-ideas
Isn’t it illegal to use the Muppets without permission from their legal dept?
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I just printed these out. I’m 32 years old and am sending the Lew one to my husband
So adorable. Thanks for making and providing these!
So cute ! Thanks.
Hello everyone! Thank you for all the sweet comments and support during the summer both here on the blog and over at the MDdesign Facebook page. You guys are the best, I really appreciate you!
To show my appreciation to you, I want to give you a little ‘thank you’ treat. Here is a new set of free ‘Back-to-School’ printable notes for you to print out and sneak into your little ones backpacks or lunches as they bravely venture back to school!
Click link below to download!
back-to-school-printables-mariahdemarco.com (6747)
Please drop by and let me know if you like them! I love hearing from you and hearing what your littles think of them! xo
Thanks for these printables they are darling! But then again everything you do is gorgeous!
Saved it and pinned it I’m still working on making my own ‘Memory Jar’. I bought a jar at Ikea and am waiting for October so I can buy a Silhouette Cameo and cut a fun vinyl label for the jar
Should I be holding out hope that you’ll be making/selling more cards/tags/etc in the future or have you moved on to just custom sorts of work? (Read: should I be hoarding my stash of MDM cards/tags? )
You’re on pinterest!? What’s your name there?? Thank you for pinning! (xo) That’s a cute idea for your memory jar, if you didn’t want to wait until October, you could probably find a silhouette cameo on etsy
Hmmmm… you’ve put me onto a spot there with that question about selling stuff again lol I’ve been tossing around the idea of throwing some things in my etsy shop just for fun.. prolly just printables… but, I DO have some things coming out that you will be able to buy! Also the option to purchase custom invites/announcements etc. again. I’m just not sure when it will all be ready, we’re shooting to have Christmas cards/gifts out this year.
I’d say share the love and if you ever *really needed a fix, just email me! I think I owe you anyway, right?
Thank you for your long term support & friendship dear Robin! I will never forget you were my first customer!
Hello,
Thank you for sharing these adorable printable’s I have added a link to these on my blog here http://cinnamonrosecottage.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school.html
Thank you again,
Beverly
@Mariah – Teehee…I had to dig around to figure out what my Pinterest user name is, but I found it! It’s Twynk. What is your user name? I love Pinterest!
The Silhouette Cameo is actually a new ‘printing cutter’ – similar to the Cricut, but instead of using cartridges, you can buy/download individual images.
I’ll be watching for an announcement here that you’ve started to sell on Etsy!! (I’ll definitely take you up on your offer if I run out of MDM cards/tags! )
Cool, I’m going to look you up! Ahhhh, rain-bows.. gotcha about the silhouette lol, I read it wrong and thought you wanted to buy one cut by someone who had a machine ;P silly me!
Thanks so much! My daughter just began kindergarten and already loves lunchbox notes. I appreciate you helping me out!
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how adorable! thank you so much for creating and sharing!
thank you so much for these! I love adding notes to my kiddos’ lunches – they are going to thing these are the best!!! So darn cute!
These are lovely! I can’t wait to put them in my daughter’s lunch box!
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Love these, now just to get our printer to work !
Hello, hello! Have you been over to Ali’s blog/site today? Seeing that I was her pick for *mom of the week* this week was such a fun thing to wake up to today! I’m a big fan of hers, I think she’s pretty extraordinary. She seems genuinely compassionate as The Biggest Loser host (I love that!) and of course I grew up loving to hate her character ‘Sami’ on Days. I want to send out a big thanks to Ali & her team, they’re doing great things to support moms and women in general over there. If you haven’t already, go check it out!
In relation to that, if you remember my post a couple of days ago talking about my answer to Ali’s question, I posted this photo:
It’s a photo of some of my favorite things we’ve put into Jacob’s Jar over the years. See that small note that say’s, “You are loved” on it? Well, a while back I printed a bunch of these out in different colors and we keep them near the jar to write on (along with other neat types of paper). That way, there’s some color and variety to the notes we write. Who doesn’t like a little color?
I’ve also always wanted to paint the lid of Jacob’s jar, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet! Anyway, I thought perhaps you would like to have your own little ‘You are loved’ notes. So I made a free PDF download for you too!
youareloved-mariahdemarco.com (1274)
[click, save to desktop (or other location you knwo how to find) then open and print!]
Here’s what it will look like:
I did a little search and found some other cute jar ideas out there, check ‘em out!
Enjoy the notes! xoxoxoxox, Mariah
So cool Mariah! I think of you often and am so thankful for you. Your talent is outstanding and doesn’t seem to ever end.
Mariah! You are even more famous now! Ali Sweeney. I loved despising her on Days, but LOVE Biggest Looser and we all watch every week.. Such an inspirational show. Congrats on the pick! I am going to use your notes for love notes for now. xoxo
Hi Mariah!
I love that you were picked as Mom of the Week – a great choice! Love the printable too. I need to make a memory jar. Four years have almost slipped away already.
I headed over here because I just received an email that showed some very cute cards that you designed! ( http://www.letterlearning.com/mariahdemarcoforletterlearning.html ) I love them! I bought some cards from LetterLearning last month-ish for Evan to use but now (clearly!) I’m going to have to buy some more I was super excited when I saw your name in the email, I had to double check to see who sent it. Anyway – it’s good to see some of your work that I can buy
*hugs*
Hi! I just saw on your facebook page that you’re doing cards so I hopped over to your blog to find out more and you’re mom of the week too! Congratulations on both!
Hello! Yes, I worked with Ellen on a line of cards (http://www.letterlearning.com/mariahdemarcoforletterlearning.html) She’s an amazing woman and how great is what she’s doing!?! What a smart & caring idea! Anyway, it’s so nice to hear from you! Looks like you’re doing something new now too, I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for checking in Caron! xoxoxox
Hi Robin!!! Sweet Robin! Gosh, I just realized that we’ve known each other for a very long time huh? Thank you for your sweet comments <3 I can't believe Evan is 4! Wow! That was waaaaay to fast! I hope this finds you happy & well sweet friend! I love Ellen from Letter Learning, what a smart lady! I'm glad you liked the cards too! Let me know how you Even liked them too! Warmest wishes, Mariah xoxox
Thanks Mish! I love her too. I haven’t watched soaps for a really long time, but my mom gives me an update every now and then I remember loving to hate her too lol ;P We have only just started watching the biggest loser, Olivia & Hannah were awesome! Hope you’re doing well! xo
Thanks !
Hello! Well, as you can see, I ended up changing the colors on my sons invitations. I adore the red and white, but I was printing these myself and the red just wasn’t printing well. I should have planned on having them printed, but ..meh, I just didn’t.
Still, I’m very happy with the result! I love, love, love the zesty yellow twine from Whisker Graphics so I was happy to have it hold all together so beautifully. In the third photo from the top you can see that I also changed the treat boxes, oh they’re so cute! I’m not sure yet what I will fill them with… perhaps lemon heads.
The little ’10′ card tied onto the invite is actually a little toy. I’m not sure what you call these things (any suggestions?) but you can see that one side has the ’10′ and the other has the sunburst, so when you hold the pretty twine in your fingers and spin, the two sides look like one and the sunburst appears to be behind the ’10′. It’s really fun!
I used to love these things when I was little, the one you’d see most often was the one that had an open bird cage on one side and a bird flying on the other and when you spun it, it looked like the bird was flying out of the cage. What a lovely thing! It took me a while to figure out what I was going to do to add an element of FUN into the invite and this worked out perfectly!
I have some other little surprises too, but my camera recently broke and I’ve had trouble taking photos that do them justice with my cell phone. On that note, I know these images are a bit ragged as well, but I did my best with what I have. I’ll be putting some money away for a new one & doing some research on which one to get.
So, I thought I’d tell you how I made these and also thought I’d make some that I can put up as a free download as well! First, here are the directions:
Step One: Cut out both sides out with a circle punch (for these I used a 2″ circle) and then run either the back or the front through your small Xyron machine. You could also use double stick tape if you dont have an Xyron. It works fine, it’s just a little bit more time consuming.
Step Two: After cutting your twine, center it on the sticky circle. Do try and get it nice and straight so it will not spin all cock eyed. It does make a difference.
Step Three: To finish them up, just place the non-sticky piece neatly onto the sticky side, sandwiching the twine between them. The more perfect you get them the better. If all the edges *dont align perfectly you’ll have a sticky edge. (yuk!)
That’s it! Spin the twine & watch the magic!
Now, since I doubt that you have need for a spinning toy with the number ’10′ on it, I designed a little Halloween toy for you! Here’s a little preview, though to really appreciate the fun, you’ll have to print them out and make them! (Pssst! You could also head over to my Facebook page to see the bunny fully masked! Shhh!!)
Here is your download: Masked Bunny (951) If you make these, I’d love to see some pictures! You can put them up over here and I’ll feature them on my blog! {They would be great for Halloween party favors!}
Enjoy!
You really are amazing at what you do. I love everything you produce!
I have some great inspiration
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Amazing. Just amazing. And gorgeous.
Those invitations are absolutely gorgeous! I love the colors – the blue and yellow look so good together.
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I’ve been waiting a long time to share this project with you and the day has finally arrived! I’m *so excited to write this post! A dear friend of mine named Melissa Sharp started what quickly became a very successful blog {♥} about making healthy, waste-free bento style lunches for your kids (I must admit, I make them for my husband and myself sometimes too!). Melissa and I lived just down the street from each other growing up, I used to borrow her gorgeous clothes and we made lists of all the boys we liked and ate saltines on the bus to school (she also coincidentally introduced me to the new MINI SALTINES! {♥} Squeee! Aren’t they cute!?!) Melissa was and is one of my dearest friends. Her blog has been mentioned by the equally fabulous Jamie Oliver {♥} on his FB page. She is the #1 blog {♥} in the food & drink category over at {♥} Top Mommy Blogs and she has done many wonderful giveaways to benefit others {♥} She’s got a big heart and a lot of love.
Somehow Melissa and I got to talking one day and made a plan for a little makeover for her blog, of course I was happy to work with her, what better joy than to design for a dear friend!? Over the next several months, we worked together getting together the new look Melissa wanted and then it was time to put it together.. dun, dun, duuuun… well, though Melissa knew a lot more than I about HTML, she made the wise decision to bring Shalon from Pretty Lovely Design {♥} onto our team! It was perfect! And now Melissa could do what she does best; writing & making adorable healthy lunches and Shalon, could do what she does best and bring everything we had worked on to life! She did a great job as you can see and was such a pleasure to work with! Thanks so much Shalon!
Go Check it out {♥}
Now, it’s possible that you have never heard about bento lunches, so I wanted to share a few of my favorites that Melissa has done with you to give you an idea about how wonderful, fun & healthy they are, not only for your kids, but for the planet too! No more plastic baggies, not more wasteful packaging! Yay!
Aren’t those gorgeous!? AND.. wouldn’t you want to have a lunch like that to eat each day?!? My favorite thing about Meilssas blog is that she makes lunches that are simple enough for the average mom to make.. and I dont know about you, but I NEED that! I have seen other bento blogs that make food so decorated and complicated that is scarcly resembles food anymore! Dont get me wronge, there are some truly amazing bento lunches out there artistically speaking.. but, while they might make the artist in me go, “wow!” they never look apetizing to me in the least. Melissa has the perfect balance. Some of her lunches are pretty fancy {♥} but they still look like FOOD, and like something that you’d actually WANT to eat!
Melissa also has a tab {♥} for a lot of great recipes on her new site too! These {♥} look so delicious, and I am looking forward to making them for my little guy!
And check this out: 
She has posts where she shows you the ‘Tools of the Trade’ {♥} as well as how to get started {♥} making Bento lunches! Genius I tell you, and so, so sweet!
Did I mention that she does all of this while being a spectacular wife and mother to FOUR beautiful children!!?!! She’s so inspiring and it’s such a blessing to know her! I can honestly say that I’m a better person for having known her all these years. So, here’s to you Melissa, may your success & life continue to be blessed! I love you! xoxo
Eep! Also, you can ‘Like’ the Another Lunch’ FB page here {♥}
and tweet with her too! {♥}
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thank you so much! these are fabulous!