Love You Like A Sister

I wish I had more time to play with my new aluminum tags and fonts! I did manage to make this new cute keychain/zipper pull for my shop.

Do you remember in middle school (yes I went to middle school in the early 90's haha) when you signed someone's yearbook or signed a written passed note in class with the acronym LYLAS? "Love you like a sister" - it was the thing to do at our school. Funny to think I can truly say this to a few of my girlfriends now after 20+ years of friendship. Hey friendships based on snail mail and hand written notes should definitely stand the test of time right? I think this is the perfect gift for a true sister-friend.

Here's how it looks with an added initials tag, E is for my bestie!

Hanging from a zipper

Anyways I definitely loved making this one!

And here's an update photo in reference to my last post about summer reading...😎

Went to the public library with my kiddos and I came away with all these goodies! I was the first one to borrow these books, except for one of them. It's like buying a new book, only I never did 😍 I LOVE the LIBRARY!

As of today 8/5/17 I'm done with Roar and When it's Real. Now I'm reading Now I Rise (while I work out on the elliptical) it makes my workout time go by SUPER fast!

That's it for now 🙌

XO, Yolanda

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