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It's challenge day for our team from the {stamps} of life and today's challenge is titled Phrase Fun!

Please feel free to play along with us! If you are playing along with the {stamps} of life stamps or digital images please upload to the gallery on the site – HERE — with the keyword TSOLD08. Please link to one of our blogs so we can see your stuff!

I must admit that I had a hard time deciding which phrase to use because there were so many fun ones to choose from! I ended up using a single word from the special release set, Hello2You, along with a Basic Grey Boxer men's wear print, button-front shirt, and a silk *bow tie* for a clean and simple masculine card.  I think I'll send it to Antonio, the young, handsome, and very patient designer at Pottery Barn who helped me choose the furniture for my soon-to-be-studio in what until now has been the guest bedroom. I have been researching this forever, and have spent the last four days seriously exploring options...I even went down to Orlando for two days to shop there, but came home empty-handed.  Finally I settled on several pieces from the Pottery Barn Bedford collection.

I'll try to post some pictures as soon as I get things dismantled and put back together!  It may take a while!  It is a small space with A LOT of stuff in it, and my plan is to avoid having to totally empty it in the process of reorganizing.  It will have to stay semi-functional along the way, because I have design team deadlines to meet as well as several occasions for cards for friends and family.

Be sure to visit my design team mates Jeanne, Laura, and Joana to see more inspiration for today's challenge!