Vintage Freebie with Keren: Pretty Floral Tags

Hi everyone! I have some prettiness for you today :) Some sweet multicolored gingham floral tags that bring the perfect amount of vintage flair and inspiration for your next pretty packaging project! I could even see some of you turning them into stickers! To download click the following: Part 1 and 2 , 3, 4
Enjoy!

xo!

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P.S. If you like these tags, then I'm sure you would love these matching printable banners!

Free Antique Winter Blog Frame

Hi there.  If you noticed I'm a smidge behind on my blog, you should check out Real Life Megan.  She's a cold mess!  This holiday season completely crept up on me this year.  I've hardly decorated our snow-covered yellow farmhouse and haven't baked a single cookie.  Not one.  While my waistline is appreciative, my kids aren't quite as grateful.  And as long as I'm confessing things, I might as well just throw it out there that I may or may not have possibly led my children to believe that their Elf on the Shelf got injured while they were playing with him- which is why he is slow to move around or do fancy Pinterest-worthy stunts.  It's just that kind of year.  I've accepted it.  Actually, I take that back.  I have full-on embraced it.  Because, you know what?  Sometimes we just need to let go of those high expectations, hold onto our dear ones, eat store-bought cookies, and just feel grateful for the things we have done right and the magic that is already around us.

In case you get ambitious though, here's a lovely little blog frame for you to customize and post.  (That sweet little wreath bit I used to decorate this antique frame was drawn by Laura of My Sweet Rose.)  Enjoy this little freebie, but most of all, enjoy this holiday season!

X's & O's-
Meg

Thankful Blog Post Pretty

There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.  But sometimes it helps to write it down...

Make Your Own Free Printable

Here's what's awesome about fall.  Everything!  I love it!  ALL of it!  Not so much a fan of the blizzard that follows, but autumn itself is a treasure from heaven.  No joke.  LOVE it!  My little family has hit the pumpkin patch three times now and it just never gets old.  Hot cocoa, bonfires, family visiting from out of town, blustery visits to Lake Michigan, dancing in the painted leaves with no jackets on, dancing in the painted leaves with several jackets on, snuggling, enjoying, just being.  Heaven on earth, I tell you.  I love my little family and I love this time of year.  So much so that I wanted to frame a little quote about it...which is why I designed this free printable for you!  (Did you see how I shifted right into that?  Smooth, right?)

This design was created as an 8.5 x 11 paper, but it can be cropped to 8 x 10 if you'd like.  The cool thing about this pretty little printable is that you can totally customize it to say whatever you want!  Choose your favorite quote, your monogram, your secret hopes and dreams, whatever floats your boat!  (I only ask that you utilize this for your personal use only and don't redistribute it por favor.)

Click on the preview image below to download the file.  Enjoy!!!

Vintage Freebie with Keren: Free Autumn Shabby Banners

Free Fall Blog Frames

I don't know about you, but I don't believe in school pictures.  My poor kids would probably be so much happier if I did, but I don't.  Instead, I believe in marching my three young daughters into the apple orchard up the road and making them pose for about a thousand pictures none of us are really in the mood for taking.  And then we drink hot chocolate and mess up our hair and dance around the house in our undies to celebrate our impeccable behavior.  :)  I would never claim we are an ordinary family, but I kind of love us anyway.

I wanted to create some frames that you could use on your blogs or facebook or wherever to display those fall photos I know you're making people pose for too.  Have fun with them!!!

Shabby Blogs works on WORDPRESS!!!

I am so excited I can hardly stand it!  Wordpress users have been begging us for ages to make our designs available to them and the day has finally come!  Once you choose your favorite background and press the "get code" button, you'll now see instructions for BOTH Blogger AND Wordpress.  (But I'll post a video tutorial walking WP users through the process as well.)  Tell your friends and your friends' friends!  Eeeeep!  It's like Christmas!!!!!

*Speaking of holidays, we need some brand new fall-ish designs, huh?  TONS coming ASAP!

Vintage Freebie with Keren: Free Facebook Announcement Graphic

 

 A pretty graphic for all our pretty fans! Now you can shout out your important news on Facebook Shabby Style!

To download click and save

Enjoy!

♥

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Keep it up.

A personal note from Meg:

Those of you who are long-time Shabby Blogs fans know that I am a mom and wife first and a blogger and designer second.  I made the mistake of looking up Shabby Blogs on a search engine last night and I cried when I read some of the results.  People expect a lot from Shabby Blogs and I appreciate that.  My own high standards are what make SB what it is.  But the truth is, I can't answer every email.  I can't respond to every comment.  I can't be every single person in the whole wide world's personal tech support.  I can't give any more than I am giving and still be the kind of mom and wife and human being that I can live with.  And so, like everyone else, I do my best.

Thank you with all of my heart to those of you who are kind to me- and also to Keren whose contribution to Shabby Blogs I am infinitely grateful for.  Thank you for becoming sponsors of this blog and our website.  Thank you for visiting our sponsors.  Thank you for saying thank you.  Thank you for being patient.  Thank you for taking the time to leave sweet and supportive comments, not only here, but all over the internet. Thank you for understanding that behind this wonderful place is a person...with real feelings and real challenges and a real family and also a real desire to help you and offer you beautiful things that don't cost you a penny.  I am so truly grateful for those of you who show us these kindnesses because they are what inspire me to push myself further and give of myself more.  Please keep it up and I will too!

Digital Shabby Wood Signs

I've got a meeting with my awesome tech guy in a little bit and I'm so excited about what's cooking over here!  Can't wait to share all of the details!  Aaaaand I'll be updating ShabbyBlogs.com soon with brand new goodies as well, so keep your eyes peeled!  For now though, how about some great shabby wood signs that you can customize and use on your blog?  These are so versatile!  You can add whatever text you want and use them as sidebar tags or use them within your blog posts or you could even use them as blog headers, though I didn't play around with that yet.  Have fun with these chippy little bits of loveliness!  :)

X's & O's!
Meg