Getting down to business...

June is one of my favorite months. It's filled with birthdays and best of all, school ends for a few months. It's a time for me to do some scrapping or stamping and kick back and relax-usually.

This year it seems that I have had no time for the relaxing part. Since my husband recently lost his job at GM, we have decided to start a business of our own; Red Line Performance, LLC. This has consumed nearly all my spare time (of course I put aside a little time for browsing the new catalog). Jerry is the brains behind the garage, and it turns out that I need to be the brains behind all the "other stuff." I didn't realize how much "other stuff" there is, nor did I realize this would consume as much of my time as it does. I'm a teacher by trade, and have never even begun to (or wanted to begin to) sink my teeth into the business or financial aspects of life, but it looks like I will be. To top it off, since we are starting the business at our home, Jerry is here everyday instead of off at work. This means that he can monitor my deliveries from Stampin Up! He hasn't said much so far since I only had one delivery, but who knows what the future may hold....
Anyway, I have made some time over the past few weeks to make some birthday cards (all work and no play makes Rach a dull girl). Since I had some birthday cards to send and I plan to do a birthday card class in a few weeks, I thought this would be a good start. Hopefully I'll get a few more cards done later on this week when I visit my friend, Lynn (http://lwdesigns.blogspot.com/). She gives me great inspiration.

So, here is what I've done so far. The first is a card and little gift bag for Lynn. Her birthday was June 6. The rest are cards for other people and a cute little box.

The little tag slides out from the pocket...

This box is just the right size for all that mail and "other stuff" that keeps stacking up on my desk. I'm still trying to decide what to put in the circle.... I'm planning to squeeze in some card time later, so hopefully I'll have more to share tomorrow.