12 Days of Christmas--Day 9--Christmas Printables

On the ninth day of Christmas...I bring you Christmas printables! FREE Christmas printables, even! You're welcome! ;-)

Here are some of my favorite ones that I found around the Interwebs...

1. Preschool Nativity Pack (this is awesome for preschool teachers or parents with little ones at home!)

2. Holiday Printables Galore! (Art, banners, gift tags, candy bar wrappers, etc. etc. etc.)

3. Luke 2 Printable (This blog also has a bagillion other printables!)

4. 7 Million Gift Tags (Ok...maybe not 7 million, but definitely close to it!)

5. Subway Art (She has some for most holidays on her blog!)

Do you have any Christmas printables to share today? Be sure to link back to this post and leave a comment letting me know that you did! I'd love to check out the printables you posted!


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Please click HERE to see the daily topic list of the 12 Days of Christmas at Angela's Favorite Things!

If you could take 2 seconds and give this a click, it would mean so much to me! Thank you!!

Friday Freebie--Give Thanks/Coupon

The past several weeks, Friday Freebies have been free Bella Parola prints that I've made. I know some of you have downloaded them. One or two of you actually thanked me and told me you downloaded them. (Thanks for that!) I just don't think it's worth my time to make a BP FF anymore. It takes me time to make it, upload it, write the post, etc. and it seems like no one is really all that into it anyway. Please note that I am not complaining or feeling sorry for myself. If you guys aren't into it, you aren't into it. Anyway, I'm thinking I will probably change Friday Freebie to Fashion Friday for the time being. Each Friday I will post a new Polyvore outfit for funsies. :-) Almost every lady likes drooling over pretty clothes, jewelry, or handbags...even if we can't wear/afford them!

Or maybe I'll change it to Fact: It's Friday as soon over at Becky's blog.

Or maybe I'll do a mixture of both. Who knows??? Guess we'll find out NEXT Friday. I know. I know. The anticipation is KILLING you. Tough cookies. :-P

Here's your last Friday Freebie. It was originally scheduled to be used in November, buuuut...well...you know.

Please click the link below for a high resolution download.

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-)

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Also, as a bonus for this being the last, pre-determined Friday Freebie, feel free to download and use the 25% off coupon for any one item from Bella Parola. (Please?)

Have a spectacular weekend!

If you could take 2 seconds and give this a click, it would mean so much to me! Thank you!!

Friday Freebie--Falling Into Autumn

I hope you all had a wonderful week! Here is your Friday Freebie courtesy of Bella Parola. All Friday Freebies are Angela Bailey originals. :-) Enjoy!

Please click the link below for a high resolution download.

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Have a spectacular weekend!

If you could take 2 seconds and give this a click, it would mean so much to me! Thank you!!

Friday Freebie--Don't Stop Believing

I hope you all had a wonderful week! Here is your Friday Freebie courtesy of Bella Parola. All Friday Freebies are Angela Bailey originals. :-) Enjoy!

Please click the link below for a high resolution download.

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Have a spectacular weekend!

Friday Freebie-- Be Glamorous

I hope you all had a wonderful week! Here is your Friday Freebie courtesy of Bella Parola. All Friday Freebies are Angela Bailey originals. :-) Enjoy!

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Have a spectacular weekend!

Friday Freebie-- School

I hope you all had a wonderful week! Here is your Friday Freebie courtesy of Bella Parola. All Friday Freebies are Angela Bailey originals. :-) Enjoy!

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Have a spectacular weekend!

Friday Freebie- Home Sweet Home

I hope you all had a wonderful week! Here is your Friday Freebie courtesy of Bella Parola. All Friday Freebies are Angela Bailey originals. :-) Enjoy!

Home Sweet Home
(Please visit the link below for a quality download.)

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Have a spectacular weekend!

Friday Freebie- Live.Laugh.Love

Today marks the very first ever Bella Parola Friday Freebie! Some Fridays will be made a little brighter with the inclusion of a free Bella Parola freebie! All images included in these freebies are Angela Bailey originals.

Live,Laugh.Love.
(Please visit the link below for a quality download.)

Please click here to access the downloadable freebie!

Leave a comment if you download this image, please! Oh and read over the terms of use below, so you don't get in trouble! ;-) Have a great weekend!

Copyright Angela Bailey 2011

TERMS OF USE

You May NOT:
1. Redistribute the digital file for sale.
2. Claim this as your own work.
3. Sell creations made with this work including but not limited to framing this print and reselling, matting this print and reselling, using this print in website layouts, etc.
4. Alter the digital file in any way, including removing my digital signature.

You May:
1. Print for your own personal use in decorating.
2. Print and frame as a gift.

Bella Parola Giveaway!

Hello Blog Land!

A few entries ago, I wrote about my new business, Bella Parola. Well, as luck would have it, Krista and Jamie from The Playdate Crashers, stumbled upon my Etsy page and liked what they saw! Krista contacted me about doing a giveaway on their blog...and I agreed :-)

If you'd like to enter, please head on over to the Bella Parola Giveaway and fill out the entry form! Contest ends Monday, July 25th at 11:59pm. If you win, you'll either receive a digital copy of the print you choose or design to be printed wherever you so choose OR a hard copy of the print that is already professionally printed for you.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to the giveaway and enter! :-)

Pregnancy, Prints, and Parola, Oh My!

Greetings friends!
I realize I have been absent for quite a bit these past couple of weeks. For that I apologize. I am just working a lot, starting a new business, feeling naused out, etc. So...let's get down to business.

I know my post title mentions pregnancy and for anyone who read my last blog entry, TTC, you know my husband and I have been trying to have a baby for the past year or so. Well...I am not getting my hopes up too high, nor am I jumping to conclusions, but let me lay the facts out for you...
1. I used an ovulation prediction kit this month. I got a smiley face (meaning I was going to ovulate within a couple of days) June 21st, or day 19 of my cycle.
2. My cycle lasts 31-34 days.
3. The hubs and I did the baby dance (Thanks Amy @ Dandelion Paperweight for that term! Love it!)
4. I have been naused out for the last week and a half to two weeks. It only happens every so often. I've only had the urge to vomit 2 or 3 times during that time.
5. I'm on day 39 of my cycle. Still no period or signs that I'm going to get one.
6. I have taken two pregnancy tests that came back negative.
7. My mom's second pregnancy (my sister Kristin) only came back positive with a blood test.
8. My mom only had real "morning" sickness with my sister, Hannah (her third pregnancy.)
Conclusion: I might be pregnant. I might not be pregnant. Still too early to tell, but it's nice to think of the possibility, without allowing my hopes to get up too high. Every time I go to the bathroom, I'm afraid I'm going to see the start of my period. So far...so good. Keep praying for/thinking of me, please! Positive thoughts, people, positive thoughts!!

Which brings me to item number two/three in my title. Prints and Parola. Prints as in the digital kind. Parola as in "word" in Italian. I have now opened an Etsy shop called Bella Parola (meaning Beautiful Word) selling digital prints. Each print can be customized with background color, font type, font color, and optional single or double borders. Each print is 300ppi and is emailed to you as an 8x10 JPEG file. You may then print it at home or have it professionally printed at Wal-Mart, Shutterfly, CVS, etc. You may use the print in your own home decorating in places such as nurseries, bedrooms, living rooms, entry ways, hallways, etc. OR give a framed copy to a friend or family member as a gift. Don't see the quote/song lyric/saying/verse that you'd like? No problem! Just email me with your request and I will make one for you! I also have a Bella Parola Facebook page. If you have FB, please check me out and "like" my page on there, too!

Here are a few "proof" samples:

Hungry? Feed Your Soul!

Have you ever searched long and hard for something online and, with much regret, not find what you're looking for? I know I have! I am constantly looking for "artsy," "vintagey," and/or "unique" art pieces to add to my collection and to use in future decorating endeavors. I have tried creating my own, but seem to lack vision of the "how to" and see only the finished project. My sister Kristin seemed to have gotten all of the visual artist genes in the family, because I simply cannot figure out how to execute such cute, yet, flavorful items. (I guess I'll stick to crafting!)

Today, I was browsing online when I came across a wonderful assortment of artwork. The best part about these delectable prints is that they are FREE! Hm. Maybe the best thing about the prints is that they're exactly what I've been searching for! Or MAYBE, it's the combination of the two?

Feed Your Soul: the free art project

Here's how it works:

a. Select artists submit a print each month.

b. The prints are posted to the site.

c. You visit the website and peruse the posted artwork.

d. Decide which piece(s) you like.

e. Click on your selection(s).

f. It/they download(s) to your computer.

g. Print it out on cardstock (or your paper of choice).

h. Put it in a frame or hang it in your home however you see fit!

Three reasons why I love this site:

1. It's FREE!

2. It's EASY!

3. It's flippin' adorable!

Suggested Ideas For Using This Site:

I. Nursery/kid's room

II. Homemade Greeting Cards

III. Scrapbooking

So, whether you're looking for something to spice up your kitchen or unique images to incorporate in your crafting, Feed Your Soul is just what you need to fill you up!

~A