ON VACATION IN SCOTLAND

EILEAN DONAN CASTLE, SCOTLAND - PHOTO CREDIT HERE

This will be my last post for a couple weeks as Mr. Squareview and I are off to Scotland.  My parents & brothers emigrated from Scotland a few years before my birth and most of my extended family still lives there.  Because of the family, I've been several times throughout the years, but this is Mr. Squareview's first trip.  I'm excited to share one of my favorite places with him. As this will likely not be our last trip to Scotland, we decided to just scratch the surface on this go. We'll be spending just a few days in each Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberfeldy.

While its reputation has been improving, Scotland hasn't been well known for its culinary skills.  That said, they do comfort food really well - think FRIED everything.  One of my favorite comfort 'foods' is a pop called Irn Bru.  It is a neon orange disgustingly sweet drink and while there, I intend to consume copious amount of it as you can't really get it in the states.  I'll leave you with this little commercial advertising it. I'd be impressed if you can understand what they are actually saying as there's a lot of slang used, but I think the message is universal.  Enjoy!

MUSIC MONDAY vol 51

Tomorrow, Mr. Squareview and I are headed off for a much needed 2 week vacation.  To give you a little taste of the destination, I give you the musical styling of some favorite local sons.  Big Country with In A Big Country.

FREEBIE FRIDAY: PRINTABLE GRADUATION BUNTING

Happy Friday! Carrying on with the cute and simple graduation party theme from yesterday, I've put together some printable bunting for you.  Each flag is about 5 x 7 inches and will come two to a PDF page for easy printing. Along with the word 'congratulations', this bunting comes with a 'hip hip' and a 'hooray' flags as well as a 2013 flag.

I had intentions of taking photographs for this post, but my those went out the window when my week got away from me.  Instead, I'll leave it up to you to imagine how cute these babies are.  As always, if you use them for your party, I'd love to see pictures!  Enjoy!

PRINTABLE GRADUATION INVITATIONS

Summer is just around the corner and that means that school is coming to an end.  In most cases, college students are already home for break while high school is just about to finish for the year.  For many, that also means graduation time!

I was designing some graduation party pretties the other day and I created this graduation cap for that project.  I got such a kick out of it, I wanted to use it for a freebie downloadable for the blog.

So, without further ado, I give you a simple but cute grad party invite for your downloading pleasure.

As always, if you use this for your celebration, I'd love to see pictures! Enjoy!

MUSIC MONDAY vol 50

My most featured band here on Music Monday, The National, has released a new album - yea!  Definitely check it out.  Love it.

Today, I give you Don't Swallow the Cap.  Enjoy!

WELCOME SIGNS & FOOD TENTS

This air traffic control nonsense is making it challenging to get the heck out of Boston. On a lighter note, I have some cute downloads to share today.

Start the celebration of Mom off right by welcoming Mom with this pretty door sign. Then immediately point her to the goodies with these darling food tents. I hope you all have an amazing weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

(trying to get) ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Headed to Boston for a quick overnight trip and just heard my 3rd flight delay notice. This view isn't encouraging. Wish me luck....