6 Ways to Make Mondays More Manageable

It's Monday again. In fact, it's the last Monday in September. It's hard to believe that we've only got one week left this month. I know most people dread Mondays. They hate them! I love them, and let me tell you why...

Mondays are my day to reset for the week. I enjoy the weekends, but I like to have a little structure and routine in my days. Here are a few things that help me:

1. High-protein breakfast: Eat breakfast and make sure you get some good protein. I have been drinking Premier Protein shakes from Costco. They're easy to grab and chug while I'm getting ready or taking the kids to school.
2. Take vitamins: At minimum, I take a good multi-vitamin, vitamin D, calcium, Vitamin B. I try to get as many of these in gummy form as possible. It makes my 10-year-old self happy!
3. Drink water: You really do feel better when you wake up and drink a glass of water. It gets your blood flowing and clears your mind.
4. It's all about the music: Find your best music and play it while you get ready. Play it in the car. Find a new song over the weekend and wait until Monday to play it on repeat. I go onto the top 50 songs on Spotify and pick one or a couple to add to my playlist. Music can really pump you up!
5. Essential oils: Let me preface this next one by saying, I am not one of those alternative health people, but I do use essential oils quite a bit because I like the way they smell. I find several blends that lift me up and energize me. I diffuse those throughout the house and I'll put them on a pad in my car to smell while driving around. I use the calming oils if I am feeling overwhelmed and stressed. I use the energizing oils if I am feeling lethergic and tired.  
6. Make lists: As you start your day, go through your calendar and look at what the week looks like. It helps me to get a mental picture of what I'm going to have to conquer this week. Then, I make to-do lists. I use a simple to-do list app on my phone and plug in everything I'm hoping to get done that day. The app I like most is called Checklist One. I use it because it can have multiple lists with sublists and notes, and you can customize the colors. 

These are the things that help me make my Mondays more manageable. I hope these 6 tips help you too! Happy Monday everyone! 

8 Sky Paintings You HAVE to See!

Hello loyal readers! I've got a surprise for you. If you're here checking in, I'm going to give you a sneak peek of all eight of my sky paintings that will be available for purchase soon. Check them out...

 

I'm Back!

Why hello there. Long time no blog. I haven't forgotten about Charming Bliss. In 2015 I went back to college to study graphic design. Charming Bliss was put on pause. I'm getting close to graduating and I'm SO EXCITED to show you all what I've learned and what I can do. 

I've added lots of new skills to my list. Here is a small sampling:

• Custom logos
• Business cards
• Custom infographics
• Posters 
• PSA campaign imagery
• Booklets
• Brochures
• Flyers
• Exhibit posters
• Typography design
• Posters
• Photo design
• Stationery

You can check out my designs on Behance. Stay tuned for much more when I graduate in July 2018!

Happy Fall Y'all

Look what's new at Charming Bliss! I've got a darling Halloween party invitation. We'll customize this invitation for you with all of your party details. You send me your party deets, I'll drop them in this invitation and send you the file. You can email or print your invitations and send them to your friends. 

And don't forget, there's a free pumpkin iPhone wallpaper available for download here. 

New Free Valentine iPhone Wallpaper

Check out the newest freebie from Charming Bliss. I made this free rustic hearts iPhone wallpaper to say, "I LOVE YOU!" to all my Charming Bliss supporters. If you would like to download this fun wallpaper to your phone, visit this link to get the download. It's just my way of saying thanks for showing me the LOVE. 

Crunch Time- Send Those Cards!

How's your Christmas To-Do list coming along? Did you already send your cards? If not, don't despair! There's still plenty of time. Just look at the Ready-to-Go Christmas card gallery. All Ready-to-Go Christmas cards are $15. Pick a card that will work well with one of your favorite pictures from this last year. Contact me in the upper-right-hand corner of this page. I'll tell you how to send me your photo. I can turn your card around in 24 hours. You can print it at home, upload it to a photo center to get prints, or you can email it to friends and family. There's no wrong way to send cards. Just be sure to send them!

If you don't see something you like, remember that I can do a Full-Custom card for $40. That includes as many pictures as you want, whatever text you'd like, color-schemes of your choice, or I can perfectly match the colors to your photos. You'll be sure to LOVE your custom creation. 

Classically Modern & Seeing Circles

Check out these 2 darling new Ready-to-Go Christmas cards. Don't forget, they'll be on sale this Friday for only $10 each.

Classically Modern (Card #138)

Seeing Circles (Card #139)

Black Friday Sale

This Friday, in honor of Black Friday, all Ready-to-Go Christmas Cards will be on sale for $10.00 each. That's a 30% savings! Go take a look at all the cute Christmas cards in the gallery. 

Look at this scenario. Say you need to send 50 Christmas cards.

• Charming Bliss Black Friday sale price = $10.00
• 50 5x7 prints from Costco @ .39 each = $19.50
• That's 50 unique cards (duplicate Costco cards anyone?), ready to mail (no need to sign each card), customized with your photo and other customizations* for only $29.50
• Plus, you can now easily email your card image to your friends and family. 
• You can post your card on your blog, Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram, etc.

In order to lock in the sale price, you need to contact Charming Bliss this Friday, November 23 between the hours of 7:00am-4:00pm MST. Use the contact form on the upper right side of any Charming Bliss web page. You must specify which Ready-to-Go Christmas card you want to order. That's all there is to it. 

*Other customizations as stated on each card.

3 New Cards

  I don't want to freak you out, but there are only 58 days until Christmas. Holy smokes that's coming up fast! Don't wait to check something simple off your huge holiday to-do list. Get your card ordered today. Check out what's new in the gallery to see if something strikes your fancy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

I've Got a Gift for You

So this little website of mine has slowly been growing over the last 2 years. Many of you are good friends who have supported my crazy dream by asking me to create cards and invitations for you. Many of you have told your family and friends about me. Some of you have reposted my cards or pinned my work on Pinterest. Some of you follow me on Facebook while others follow me on Twitter. It's awesome to check the traffic stats on my blog and see them climb...slowly, but steadily. For anyone who has ever supported Charming Bliss in any way, I want to say THANK YOU!

I'm delving into something new. Something I've thought about for a while. I'm trying my hand at designing iPhone wallpaper. I created my first one today and I want to give it to you for FREE. Click on this link to download the Pumpkins iPhone Wallpaper. I created this for the iPhone 4S and older. If you do end up downloading this wallpaper, please leave me a comment. I'd love to see who uses it. Depending on the popularity, I may offer more free wallpapers from time to time. Enjoy!

*For personal use only. Not for commercial use or redistribution.