Early Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for you!

Ok so I'm in a festive mood this week with the Thanksgiving holiday and with seeing all the Christmas decorations that are going up. So I'm going to offer early holiday deals for this weeks Black Friday and next weeks Cyber Monday.

All orders placed at Ballyhoo Creations between tonight and 8am on Tuesday, December 2nd will recieve a 25% discount. There are alot of new holiday designs this year and if you want something that you don't see, I offer custom designs at NO additional cost! All designs can be modified to fit your style as well.

They're here .........

All new Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday designs are now available at Ballyhoo Creations. In the excitement of the new site design I'm also going to offer a 20% discount to any orders placed before November 21st. Just let me know that you saw my blog.

Foleys, NG's and Enema's

Sounds exciting huh ... lol.

Today was my third set of check-off's for nursing school. We had to pass proficiencies for the enema's, NG tubes, and foley's (with sterile technique). I was very nervous as we have only had hands on practice for ONE day.

We also had our first dress rehearsal wearing our uniforms. I must say that who ever thought it was a good idea to have students wear WHITE uniforms is silly. Just one betadine swab and those pants are trash!

Almost every one in our class passed check-off's .... I passed as well.

I've also gotten a new site designer for Ballyhoo Creations and will be debuting the new design this coming week. Be sure to check back as I'm going to offer a special discount to the blog readers! There will be a lot of new designs especially Christmas/Hanukkah designs!

Have a great evening!!

Christmas designs coming soon!

I am working feverishly to get all of the new holiday designs completed and up on the website. There are some holiday cards shown on the site right now but I am hoping to have the new designs added very very soon.

I'd love to create a custom holiday card for you. I do take pre-orders as well if you might be interested in that.

Check out Ballyhoo Creations and see if we have a design that you like (custom work is available at no extra charge).

New Holiday Designs Coming Soon!

We'll I've been busy working on new holiday designs at Ballyhoo Creations and a whole new website design as well. Everything is almost done and ready to launch. Here are a few of the new designs that I'll be offering for the 2008 season as well as those from years past.

Surgery, Christmas, Tantrums and Croup oh my!

Ah it's been crazy here. I'm not sure where in the rule book it says that your child must start running a fever of 104 AFTER 6pm when all doctors offices are closed, but it happens every time!

We took a nice family trip to Nashville the last weekend in June and had a great time. After being home for 2 days Nate developed a really high fever. I treated with Tylenol and Motrin around the clock for 3 days. When he wasn't getting better I decided to take him to the doctor. Well turns out that he's getting the croup. Who gets the croup in July?!?!

So he started steroids and let me tell ya .... it's been so much fun that I can't contain myself (insert sarcasm!).

I'm having surgery tomorrow to replace my port a cath. This will be my 3rd replacement in about 5 years. Hopefully this one will last me another two years.

This month is the beginning of Christmas designing time at my business Ballyhoo Creations. You always have to try and stay one step ahead of your competition but it never happens lol. That's OK though.

I've kept Nate at home for the last two weeks and while it's been fun I can tell that it's time for him to head back to school. For some reason after being home for a few days he becomes super bossy and ornery, nothing a few days at school can't fix.

So it's almost midnight and I have to be at the hospital early tomorrow. Depending on how I feel I'll try to upload some of the photos that we took in Nashville tomorrow.

Have a great one!!

Crohn's Disease and the wipeout

First I want to apologize to those of you who read my blog. I've been very lax as of late about posting regularly. It's been due to a combination of going to school and a serious flare of my Crohn's Disease.

This past week things have felt like a downward spiral and I'm not sure what has set it off. Last Friday (Friday the 13th of course) I was on my way for my latest infusion in the clinical trial. Well as we are trying to back out of the driveway ..... nothing! The car would not move, so needless to say our car is in the shop as I type this getting a new transmission. Friday when that happened everything seemed to hit me all at once with me not feeling well, Wayne's knee injury, my uncle being sick, and now the car not working that I had a full blown panic attack and was unable to breathe. I have to say that that is a VERY scary thing to experience.

Wayne was finally able to get me calmed down and we borrowed a car to get to the hospital. Of course my blood pressure was sky high. I told the nurse that that was probably going to be my last infusion in the trial. I don't feel like I should waste medication that may be able to actually help someone else .. kwim? She said that she totally understood and that she agreed with my thinking as well. So next month I'll be talking to my GI about what steps to take next.

I'm waiting (on needles) to find out if I have been accepted into the nursing program. They will be sending out letters at the end of June, first of July so that is killing me too!

I've began a completely new redesign of my site Ballyhoo Creations as well. I'm really liking the new design and hope to have it completed soon. I've spoken with Kailani over at An Island Life about having a giveaway so I may try to line the two up to go with each other!

OK enough rambling for now. Hope you all are doing well and are staying cool or dry, depending on where you're at.

Snips n Snails photo birth announcement

Here is a super cute new design called "Snips n Snails" from Ballyhoo Creations. This card features 4 photos (which can be modified) of your new baby. The light crisp green compliments the teal blue's along the bottom. The photos are currently in sepia, however they can be in black and white, color, color accent, etc. The card colors can also be changed to work for a girl or even multiples!

Pastel First Birthday Invitation

First birthday's are so much fun. Show off your little one in this pastel first birthday party invitation. This design can be modified to any colors that you like such as primary colors for boys.

Birdie Birth Announcements

Here are two new designs at Ballyhoo Creations. Featuring one photo of your precious baby this card is cute and simple. Background colors can be changed to suit your style.

Chocolate Stripe Birthday Invitations

Here are two examples of the new Chocolate Stripe Birthday invitations at Ballyhoo Creations. You could choose to feature 1-3 photos if you'd like as well. This would also be great as a birth announcement or even a thank you card, the options are unlimited.

Request your free proof today and take advantage of the discount code on the left ad.

Argyle Boy's Birth Announcement

Here is a new design coming this week to Ballyhoo Creations. This design features 4 of your favorite photos of your little one. This example is for a boy however colors can be changed to work for a girl as well. The photos are in sepia but can be done in color, black and white, color accent, or any other way that you'd like. This design is available both in photo paper or on cardstock.

Stop by today and request a free no obligation proof! pssttt.... there is a code on the right for a discount too!

Elegant Polka Dot Birth Announcement

This is another new design over at my site Ballyhoo Creations. The colors can be changed to any colors that you'd like. This is a great way to feature 4 of your favorite photos as well.

Noah's Ark Baby Shower Invitation

This is a great new design that will be on Ballyhoo Creations by this weekend. Featuring the two by two animals line up around the frame to send invitation cheer to your friends and family. The blue boarder could be changed to any color that you'd like to fit in with your shower colors.

Coming Soon - Mini Thoughts

Coming soon to Ballyhoo Creations is a new card called Mini Thoughts. These cards can be used for any occasion such as birthdays, announcements, shower invitations, etc. The designs are only limited by your imagination. Baby Bites are 2x3.5 in size (like a business card) and are great for those who want to send out something small and simple, or even as an enclosure in another card or letter. These cards can be printed on both front and back. Prices start at $30 for a set of 50.

Still time to order Christmas Cards!

Have you waited till the last minute to order your Christmas cards? I am still accepting Christmas card orders for this holiday season. You must order soon though or you will not have enough time for printing, shipping to you and still be able to mail them out in time.

If you don't want to deal with the time crunch I can modify any design to be a New Year's Card.

Cyber Monday Sale!!

Black Friday Shopping!!

Its that time again. Waking up at 4am to drink a cup of coffee while your car is warming outside in the driveway. You brush your hair back into a pony tail to keep it out of the way and you forget full face makeup and instead just put on mascara and lip gloss. You stock your car with drinks and simple quick snacks. You call your friend/mom/sister and tell them to be ready when you pull into their driveway. Its time for the mad dash of Black Friday sales and you know that if the store opens at 5am (hello Toys R Us) that you HAVE to be in the parking lot no later than 4:30 am!

The line extends out into the parking lot and around all the parked cars. The local police is posted at the front door to prevent fighting. You looked over the ads in the Thanksgiving paper and you are ready to go. You have your walkie talkies ready and your hitting the toy department while your sister/mom/friend hits up the electronics. The doors open you each grab a cart and off to the race. You see people running through the aisle to get that must have gift and you enjoy every moment of it.

So here's the good news. You don't have to wait till next week to plot your shopping adventure. Head on over to www.theblackfriday.com and check out all the sales TODAY!! Then on Thanksgiving you can relax a little longer and be ready for the mad dash at 4am on Friday.

Don't forget that I'll be having a Cyber Monday sale over at Ballyhoo Creations too! Will it be 20%, 30% or 40% off your order? That's one sale that you'll have to wait to see, but I promise that you will definitely want to come by and order all those cards and take in the discount!

Ladybug Adoption Announcement

A super cute ladybug adoption announcement. This announcement can also be used for other events like girl birth announcements, and birthday invitations. Our site at Ballyhoo Creations is currently being updated so this design is not currently on the site, however it is available. I can also custom design adoption announcements for those sweet baby boys too. Let Ballyhoo Creations create a perfect card for you too!

Pink and Blue - Boy/Girl Twin Birth Announcement

This sweet design is a modification on the leaves series of birth announcements that we offer at Ballyhoo Creations. The mom has boy/girl twins and wanted to modify the color on the original which was all blue. To incorporate the girl, we changed the bottom from blue to pink. Their information was placed above their photos as well.

Every design offered at Ballyhoo Creations can be fully edited to your liking.