Tough Break

Life always has those unexpected moments.  This summer my most cautious 4-year old daughter decided she would be daring and jump off the top of our slide into the lawn.  After the slip of a foot, the outcome was a broken arm and she has spent the last month in a cast from her hand almost all the way up to her shoulder.  Thankfully this summer has not been too sweltering and with new technologies {thank you, 3M} little ones can now get their cast completely wet.  No more bread bag rubber-banded at the top to try and keep your arm dry in the bathtub.  No more sitting by the side of the pool longing to jump in with the other kids.

But I must say the most fun part about walking around with fiberglass wrapped around your arm for a month has to be the tradition of having people sign it.  And although she’s been shy about it, she has let the ones closest to her have this great privilege.  Talk about the ultimate in correspondence.  Leaving a permanent sentiment that she has carried with her for the past 4 weeks!  My personal favorite :: “Tough break, Grace.  Love you, Dad.”

Time to Celebrate :: New Prentiss Douthit Cards

We’re getting loads of new products in by the day here at Red Stamp {very exciting for us paper people!!} so I thought I’d share one of my new favorite cards.  I love these cards so much that I had to buy several of them just to have on hand.  Whether it’s an engagement or a new job, this card by Prentiss Douthit is perfect to send for any occasion worth celebrating.  I absolutely love the bright colors and the clever designs.  Plus, an added bonus :: each card comes with a coordinating 1″ x 5.5″ bookmark.

Prentiss Douthit :: CHEERS! :: $4.00

Tools We Love: Thsrs

Every once in a while we come across things that are just too good to keep to ourselves.

Today, I came across a tool called Thrsrs that is so helpful in keeping things simple when it comes to writing.  Thsrs bills itself as “The shorter thesaurus” and that pretty much sums it up.  You enter a word you want to say more concisely and it returns a list of synonyms that contain less letters.  Simple, but extremely useful.

As William Zinsser said “There are four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.” Thsrs will definitely help you with the first three so you can concentrate on the humanity of your correspondence.