It's almost over!!

Just a reminder.....Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of my Uppercase Living sale!!

BUY 2 GET 1 FREE + 15% off your order {pre tax and shipping}

This includes ALL vinyl expressions {including custom designs} as well as all accessories!!

Go to THIS POST to get all the details!!

Buy 2 Get 1 free AND 15% off!!!!

Some of you may be wondering if I even sell Uppercase Living Vinyl Expressions anymore....

Well, I do!!

I just haven't done much with it lately so I thought I would have a little sale in addition to the sale that the company is already having.

Combining 2 sales.....that kinda thing just never happens!!

So here is the deal... Uppercase Living is currently offering Buy 2 Get one FREE on any of our products, vinyl or accessories.

MY SALE is 15% off your order 

{pre-tax and s/h}

So you get buy 2 get 1 free + 

15% off your order

Your order must be placed through me before Tuesday March 30th!!

All you need to do is go to my website 

alisa.uppercaseliving.net

Find what you like and then email me at 

Wallwords{at}yahoo{dot}com

to let me know what you would like. Simple as that!!

I would be happy to help you choose colors or give ideas for gifts. I can also help with our custom design feature if you are looking to make something personal. 

ONE DAY ONLY!!

I am offering 

20% off any Uppercase Living purchase

Today only!!

This includes any custom design as well as photo prints and our Holiday items {I'm thinking Christmas gifts}.

Please visit my site to view all of our wonderful expressions, but don't order online.

You must order through me so 

I can process your 20% discount.

Email me at wallwords@yahoo.com 

or call me at 913-626-6607

All orders must be received by 8pm on September 30th, 2009

Only orders received by me will be given any discount.
 No discount will be given for online orders.

Only 2 days left!!!

Buy any 2 get 1 free!!

So many wonderful possibilities to decorate your space

Offer good on all pre-designed expressions, custom designs as well as all of our accessories. Offer ends midnight 9/10/09



To flip through the entire fall catalog go here


To order online visit my website at alisa.uppercaseliving.net

 or email me at wallwords@yahoo.com

The last day to get a deal!!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow (I'm singing this to you) is the last day to get a great deal! Buy one get one half off on all Uppercase Living expressions and accessories (offer ends April 6th, 2009) View the entire catalog online Alisa.uppercaseliving.net

Buy 1 Get 1 half off!!!

Just in case you didn't notice my little ad over on the left sidebar yet: All Uppercase Living expressions and accessories are now BUY 1 GET one HALF OFF This includes all our pre-designed expressions in the catalog, our many cool accessories and any custom designs you create with the MyDesign tool. Offer good until April 6th. To place an order, either email me at Wallwords@yahoo.com or order online Check out our entire catalog online at alisa.uppercaseliving.net

Storing kids keepsakes and a sweet little chickadee

I don't know about you, but I feel over run with the baby books, artwork. school work, team photos, special birthday cards and other treasures that accumulate for each child...doesn't it all just make you want to scream!! They pile up year after year...it never stops! I appreciate the need to keep some of these items, but I feel like they could take over an entire room in our home. 

Solution?? I decided long ago that I would only keep artwork, schoolwork, etc. that genuinely showed my child's personality or special ability at a certain stage in their life. 

Do I keep every ABC worksheet they ever do?.....uh, no. Yes, this means I throw it away, but I'm not cold hearted enough to do it in front of them. I may keep one from the beginning or end of each year so I can see how they have progressed. 

Do I keep each coloring book page that is TO:MOM? Uh, nope. 

Do I keep all the little notes my kids write that tell me how they love me and think I'm the best mom in the world? uh, of course!....especially the ones where they try to draw me...I love that! 

I also keep special greeting cards that have little notes in them (read: I do not keep every card...just the special ones that have real sentiment). Even with my evil picture and card trashing ways there is plenty that continues to stack up. 

How about all the 3-D treasures your children create at school or elsewhere? If it's large, I make sure to take my child's picture with the item so I at least have a record of what it looked like and how old they were when it was made. I have lots of little pottery type items that are small so I keep those and most are sat around the house somewhere, but I have a plan if I ever see the need to take them down. 

I also have lots of artwork from school and home that really shows my children's abilities and personality so I choose to keep them, but I am very selective about what I keep. 

I have 2 ways that I keep my kids treasures. The first are plastic tubs that I got at Walmart for about $4 each. They aren't huge, but big enough to hold quite a lot of items. They are about 6" tall and 14 wide x 19" long. I put each of the kids names on them with some uppercase living. Inside will go their baby books and any other things from their birth, yearbooks, team photos, grade cards and school items worth keeping, special cards, those 3-D art projects (the small keepable ones) and any other special items from travels or friends. 

Be selective people or you'll fill the whole thing up in a year. For the most part I get to choose what goes in them, not my children. 

Now for the artwork. I bought these art portfolio books for each child and will put their names on them and decorate the outside a little according to their personality (I'll post when that becomes a reality). They are made by Generations so they are archival quality and have 24 sleeves in each book. This means you can put 48 pieces (back to back) of artwork in each book. The pages are 11"x17" so you could probably fit more if the art is smaller. 

The best part...I got them at Michael's for only $5 each when they had their art portfolios on 50% off a little while ago. I haven't started filling them up yet, but I'm sure it's going to work great. All the treasured artwork will no longer be sitting in my bedroom in a paper sack collecting dust...yeah!! 

If you have a very prolific artist that insist you keep everything!!! Put your computer to use and scan the items in and use them as screen savers or make a calender on Snapfish or something similar for the Grandparents. 

There are lots of ways to use that artwork or at least save without all the bulk. Another option is to have your child lay out their artwork and take their picture with several pieces at once. 

On a completely different note, I saw today that the sweet little yellow flowers are coming up in my front yard. SPRING IS NEAR!!!!! So I thought I'd share this cute little chickadee with you. I know Easter is like a month and a half away, but can I still go ahead and decorate?? I just can't put him away....I'm sure he would be sad. What do you think? Check out We are THAT family for more Works for Me Wednesday ideas

The good & the bad

There is good news today and bad news today (at least for me). First the good: The new Uppercase Living catalog came today and it is absolutely beautiful! They have added new accessories, and some absolutely gorgeous new expression. They have added expressions for professional environments like daycares, salons, retail etc. and entire section just for wedding expressions. Do you know anyone getting married? These expressions make for a great way to personalize the doors of the church or reception hall or even the dance floor. Not to mention the newlywed's car. They have also added some beautiful Christian expression that I love. I can't wait for you to see it! It will be available to view on January 5th at noon on my website. I am also going to add a new feature to my website that allows you to order online! I would still love to talk with you about your purchase so I can make sure you are getting the right item for your space and give you some tricks on application, but I can't wait for this new online ordering feature. Oh.....It's going to be a great year with Uppercase living! Please contact me if you are in the Kansas City area and would like to schedule an Open house to earn free merchandise. Next the Bad: It really could be worse and I don't mean to be a whiner, but who really wants to have all 4 wisdom teeth pulled? I have been in pain with one of my wisdom teeth since last Saturday and it just get's worse each day. Sunday night I woke up crying it hurt so bad and my sweet husband prayed over me and they got me more ibuprofen. What a sweet hubby I have. The pain did not go away however (probably because the Lord new I wouldn't go to the dentist if it did). I went yesterday only to hear the dreaded "let's pull 'em all". Ouch! It really can't get any worse though...I took a dose of hydrocodone yesterday afternoon and it didn't even touch the pain....so I took it upon my self to take and extra dose. You'll really do pretty much anything when it feels like the side of your face is ready to explode. I did sleep well all doped up.....but it made me itchy all over...weird. Itchy is better than pain. The one tooth that is really giving me trouble is one that just came in this year (I'm 38) isn't that a little late? I still have one that has yet to come in.....but it will never get the chance after this afternoon. Visit the lazy organizer for more things to talk about.

December Daily Photo 12/11

Definitely one of my favorite Christmas decorations