All Us All the Time Summer Tip – Grilled Pizza

We wanted to let you know we have a new tip up on our site’s tip page – Grilled Pizza. Grilled pizza is a fun and tasty alternative for your outdoor grilling if you are bored with the typical hamburger and hotdog fare. We provide a basic recipe for grilled pizza dough, and then several ideas for toppings including, eggplant grilled pizza and tomato, artichoke, and basil grilled pizza. In addition, you will find a recipe for grilled garlic butter flat bread and grilled fruit pizza.

You can also check out our tips from last summer on our tip-archive pages:

Summer Party Tips and Themes
Ice-cream Social Decorating and Menu Ideas
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
Chilled Watermelon Soup Recipe
Fruit Pizza Recipe
Tea Party Tips and Themes

Happy summer and happy grilling!!

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All Us All the Time Summer Greetings

We recently added our summer-time greeting cards and stationery to our seasonal page. These greeting cards make a unique and whimsical way this summer to send be st wishes to a happy new couple, a note of thanks, happy birthday, congratulations, or just because. The stationery sets also make adorable shower gifts or hostess gifts. All our summer-time greeting cards are from the original artwork of Pamela McCarville. All greeting cards and stationery come with envelopes.

All Us All the Time – Dragonfly Greeting Card

Reproduced from an original watercolor painting of my sister’s, the Dragonfly Greeting Card is eye-catching and full of summertime whimsy. Whether just to say hi, thank you, or congratulations on your wedding or new addition, the Dragonfly Greeting Card is a stylish, fun, and unique way to correspond this summer.

All Us All the Time – Father’s Day Greeting Card

With Father’s Day is just a month away, we added a classic Father’s Day Greeting Card to our site for the occasion. If your Dad is a fisherman of any sorts, he is bound to love this card with a fisherman’s hat and fisherman’s lures faded into the background. Reproduced from an original watercolor painting, this is a striking card for a striking man. You have your choice between 3 inside greetings or leave blank for your own Father’s Day message. This greeting card can be found on our seasonal page right above the graduation greeting cards.

All Us All the Time – Ice-cream Sundae Gift Tags

New this month on our site, are ice-cream sundae gift tags and labels. These whimsical gift tags are a sweet way to dress up summer gifts, especially summer birthday gifts. In vivid colors, featuring fancy bowls with stripes and fruit with 3 scoops of colorful ice cream, and don’t forget the red cherry on top. Gift tags are printed on watercolor paper with a red ribbon tie, and labels are printed on white self-adhesive paper, 8 to each set.

Also available on our site are ice-cream sundae fill-in and printable invitations.

All Us All the Time Greeting Cards for Graduation

Our infamous feline is back to give a big congratulations to all of those graduates who have successfully completed one of life’s big milestones, whether that is middle school, high school, college, or master’s program, she salutes her tail to all of them. Also, if you want to match your graduation greeting card with the school colors or your graduate’s favorite color, graduation kitty sports six different graduation caps in blue, green, red, purple, gold, pink, or gold. We have 3 inside messages you can choose from for your greeting card or you can leave the inside blank to compose your own message of congratulations and best wishes to the graduate.










Come visit our site today to see our scholar little kitty along with all other springtime goodies.

Pelican Lakes Lodge Spring Gift Boutique Show

If you are in the area drop by and see All Us All the Time on May 3rd, from 5 to 9 PM, at the Spring Gift Boutique held at the Pelican Lakes Lodge in Water Valley, 1600 Pelican Lakes Point in Windsor, Colorado. This is the perfect opportunity to do your Mother’s Day shopping as well as pick up some neat stuff for you too. There will be lots of unique and wonderful products, gourmet foods and door prizes. Mark your calendars for May 3rd and come to the Pelican Lakes Lodge for a fun and exciting evening of shopping!

Vendors will include:
All Us All The Time ~ Arbonne ~ By Faith Alone Embroidery
Catson’s Pashminas ~ Cool Sets ~ Corner Market Secrets
Create-A-Book Mercantile ~ Designer Inspired Handbags ~ Discovery Toys
Gold Canyon Candles ~ Homemade Gourmet ~ I Remember When…
Let’s Do Tea ~ Longaberger ~ Manageit! Strategies
Mary Kay Cosmetics ~ Paula’s Fine Arts & Framing ~ Rocky Mountain Sand Crafts
Signature Homestyles ~ Silpada Designs Jewelry ~ Taste of Home Entertaining
The Pampered Chef ~ Tupperware ~ Weekenders Fashions

From I-25: Take the Windsor exit and head east on Hwy. 392. Go to 7th Street and turn right. Turn left on Eastman Parkway. Turn right on Water Valley Parkway until you come to Pelican Lakes Point. Turn right onto Pelican Lakes Point and follow signs to the Lodge.

From Highway 257: Go North to Eastman Parkway and turn left. Turn left on Water Valley Parkway (near the Conoco station) and follow the street until you come to Pelican Lakes Point. Turn left on Pelican Lakes Point and follow signs to the Lodge.

Pirate Skull Fill-in and Printable Invitations

My understanding is that the teeny tiny blockbuster hit pirate movie is sailing back into theaters this May. That’s right, just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theater, look who has come back from the end of the world sashaying all across the big screen. Well I say you don’t have to brave those crowds, stand in line for 8 hours, and endure all that sashaying on your own. Oh no, I say you invite a few of your maties to help support you through the two hours of pirate mania production. Then back to your place for a little yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, or depending on how much sashaying...perhaps two.

Yes, my swashbuckler friends might as well make a formal affair out of this action-packed pirate event. But where oh where does one find the perfect pirate invitations for your eye-patch soirée? Glad you asked. All Us All the Time has both Party Pirate Skull fill-in and printable pirate invitations. That’s right folks; Disney isn’t the only one with a small suave and debonair pirate captain. Pirate Party Skull looks quite dashing on his balloon wearing his polka-dotted scarf with coordinating eye-patch. You can choose the fill-in party skull invites with the inside message of “Come me hearties”, and a place to fill-in the event, when, where and hosted by, or you can choose the polka-dot printable pirate party skull invitations to compose your own pirate musings.









It would be hard for anyone to refuse your invitation with that charming Pirate Party Skull. In fact, probably even Captain Jack Sparrow himself would have a hard time turning down an invitation from these coordinating eye-patched pirate skulls. However, you so know he would end up totally hoarding all the rum, not to mention passing out on your sofa...so use your own judgment in sending him a party pirate skull invitation.

P.S. Speaking of pirates, come check out our new All Pirates All the Time page.

Mother's Day Greeting Cards

We have added a colorful array of Mother's Day greeting cards on our Seasonal Page featuring gorgeous illustrated flowers and teacups. You can also choose between three Mother’s Day greetings or leave blank to compose your own Mother’s Day message, “Happy Mother’s Day”, “Feliz Día las Madres”, or “Bonne Fête des Mères”. These Mother Day greeting cards are reproductions from original watercolor artwork and the detail work is quite exquisite.









A beautiful greeting card for such a beautiful person.

All Us All the Time New Birthday Greeting Cards

We added a festive set of birthday greeting cards with playful balloon illustrations to our special occasion page. Wait a minute, what is that, it can’t be, oh no but it is...our balloons have been invaded by...BIRTHDAY PIRATE SKULL!!!!!

That’s right me maties, it is a yo-ho-ho and bundle of birthday balloons with that eye-patched, polka-dotted scarf fashion maven, Birthday Pirate Skull. This little birthday pirate skull is available in four colors, green, blue, purple and gold or you can get an 8-card set with all the colors. His birthday greeting is “Shiver me Timbers...It’s Your Birthday!”.









Rumor has it that the 3rd installment of that teeny tiny blockbuster pirate movie is coming to theaters in May, so if you know someone having a birthday coming up, who is a big fan of teeny tiny pirates, then this birthday pirate skull greeting card is sure to be a hit as well.

All Us All the Time Special Occasion Greeting Cards

A real quick post to let you know that we have updated and revamped our special occasion greeting card page to give you more choices and make your greeting card shopping experience more enjoyable. We have added two more birthday card sets and several more thank you cards. You will also still find congratulation greeting cards and caregiver cards. Then we revamped our shopping cart to where you can select single greeting cards or buy in stationery sets.







Stop by and take a look at our new and improved Special Occasion Greeting Card page and let us know what you think. We would love to hear from you.

All Us All the Time Easter Greeting Cards

Making their debut this Easter season are two enchanting Easter greeting cards reproduced from my sister’s watercolor paintings. The Rabbit greeting card’s illustration is adorable, you just want to pick up that fuzzy little creature and cuddle it under your chin. Then we added another greeting card of a wire basket filled with color eggs with a simple wish of “Happy Easter” or “Happy Spring”. These Easter greeting cards are available individually or sold together in a Stationery set of 8 greeting cards.













Two lovely Easter greetings to send this spring.

All Us All the Time Tea Party Invitations

In conjunction with this month’s tip, Tea Parties, we have added tea party themed fill-in invitations and tea party printable invitations to our site. Then to decorate your tables, we also added to our site, disposable tea party coasters and tea party place cards. Our tea party motifs are bright and colorful with a Victorian French flair. We have four designs in our tea party sets, each featuring a whimsical teacup with hats, clocks, flowers or butterflies. The printable tea party invitations can be used to compose your own invite, or they can be used to print out menus or craft and party game instructions.









We also have teacup stationery available on our site that can be used for thank you notes, teacup notecards that can also be used for menus or instructions as well as teacup magnets, buttons, mirrors, and bookmarks for party favors. There is also a teacup journal available that can be used for a guest sign-in book as well as a place to write down special memories and place photos from your tea party.











If you need ideas for your tea party, tea and tea accessory resources, or a recipe for scones, visit this month’s tip page, “Time for Tea”.

Martini Wednesday with All Us All the Time

The Cat in the Hat turns 50 years old this year. You can help this fabulous feline celebrate by sending the Cat in the Hat a Birthday card, and Random House Children’s Books will donate one book to First Book from now until May 1, 2007, limit one birthday card per person. You can create your Cat in the Hat birthday card on line or you can mail-in your own hand-made card. Details on how to send your birthday card can be found at Seussville.

To also celebrate the Seuss this month we are going to have a different Martini each Wednesday through March themed after one of those delightful stories. Hum, perhaps an odd combination? Oh let’s face it, you are never too old for Dr. Seuss and there is always a reason for a martini.

Red martini, blue martini, green martini,
Let’s make it one martini!

Red Fish Blue Fish (plus green) Martini

• 1 oz Grenadine
• 1 oz Blue Curacao
• 1 oz Midori Melon
• Red, blue and green maraschino cherries (can also use red, blue, and green gum drops)
• Optional: Red, green or blue colored sugar

First pour the grenadine into a chilled martini glass. Then rest the rounded part of a spoon against the inside of the glass. Carefully and slowly pour in the Blue Curacao onto the spoon so it runs down the inside of the glass and layers smoothly. Do this same step again pouring in the Midori. Then garnish your drink with a small wooden skewer with a red, green, and blue maraschino cherry. If you cannot find the colored maraschino cherries, you can use gum drops instead.

Optional: Start by putting the colored sugar on a small plate. Then take your chilled martini glass, dipping the edges in cold ice-water then dipping the glass in red or white sugar.

Last week’s martini: Cat in the Hat

Tea Party Tips

If you are new to our blog, let me take a short sentence or two to introduce us. We are All Us All the Time, an online store with whimsical and unique stationery, greeting cards, fill-in invitations, and small gifts, created by my sister and me. Also on our site we have what we call our Tip Page, and every month (or there about) on this page we give party and decorating ideas, craft projects, and/or recipes. In the past we have had tips on egg decorating, ice-cream socials, and fiendishly fiesta feasts. We have also had recipes for Swedish pancakes, fruit pizza, and pumpkin pie with whole-wheat crust. All of our past tips can be found on our Tip Archive Page.

This month our tip is on hosting a tea party. Almost any time of the year and occasion is a perfect time for tea. You can host a tea party for birthdays, holidays, showers, Mother's Day, book clubs, or just because. You can also incorporate other themes such as a hat party, cookie party, scone/pastry party, or bring your own teacup party. For those of you who love to create, you can add a twist such as make your own hat party, decorate your teacup party, or a tea journaling party. On our Time for Tea Tip Page, we provide a few decorating ideas, elaborate on a few of the above themes, list some great tea resources to find exotic teas, tea accessories and recipes, as well as providing a basic recipe for scones. If you are interested in finding out more about hosting a tea party, please come and visit our tip page, and while you are on our site, feel free to browse around to see the many whimsical offerings we currently have available.

Is that one sugar or two?

All Us All the Time Spring Newsletter

This morning the All the Time Us All the Time Spring Newsletter sailed out to our newsletter subscribers full of Easter and springtime treasures from our site. It is not too late to get on board our newsletter mailing list and receive this exciting issue. If you sign-up within the next 5 days you will receive a sign-up coupon for free shipping and you will receive a 15% coupon off your entire purchase in our Spring Newsletter. Shiver me Timbers...what a fantastico deal!! Hop on over to our All the Latest page, and sign-up for your free subscription today

Look Who is in the News...All Us All the Time

We were very excited to have our online stationery and gift store, All Us All the Time, profiled in the Greeley Tribune.

Visit the Greeley Tribune site to read the article, Online shop rides wave of the future.

All Us All the Time Easter Felt Gift Tags

The felted goodness continues with our Easter Egg Wool Felt Gift Tags. Bunnies, chicks, lambs, and spring flowers, these wool felt egg gift tags are embellished with hand-sewn details and a ribbon for hanging. Done in a spring pastel palette, each 3" wool felt gift tag has a small pouch where you can insert jellybeans, small chocolates, a sweet note or a small trinket to accompany your Easter gift. These wool felt egg gift tags add a touch of playfulness to any gift or a special keepsake just on their own.

All Us All the Time Easter Felt Goodness

The felted goodness is back this Easter.... "Felteteen" Rabbit. Nothing is more adorable hopping down the bunny trail than our Pink Fuzzy Wuzzy Rabbit. Our little cotton stuffed friend is hand-sewn with blanket-stitching from 100% wool felt with a matching pink corduroy backing. At 5" this little fuzzy creature makes a precious gift on its own, will fit perfectly in to any Easter Basket, or perhaps you would just like to keep it for yourself.

Martini Wednesday with All Us All the Time

The Cat in the Hat turns 50 years old this year and was celebrated by the NEA’s Read Across America on March 2nd, which would have been Dr. Seuss’s 103rd birthday. It is not too late to get into the festivities. You can still send the Cat in the Hat a Birthday card, and Random House Children’s Books will donate one book to First Book from now until May 1, 2007, limit one birthday card per person. You can create your Cat in the Hat birthday card online or you can mail-in your own hand-made card. Details on how to send your birthday card can be found at Seussville.

Meanwhile, to celebrate the Seuss this month we are going to have a different Martini each Wednesday through March themed after one of those delightful stories. Hum, perhaps an odd combination? Oh let’s face it, you are never too old for Dr. Seuss and there is always a reason for a martini. So make your martini, create your birthday card, and oh, by the way....have you seen my moss-covered 3-handled family gradunza?!?

Cat in the Hat Martini

• 1 oz Grenadine
• 1 oz White Crème de Cacao
• 1 oz Sloe Gin
• Red and white gum drops
• Optional: Red or white sugar

First pour the grenadine into a chilled martini glass. Then rest the rounded part of a spoon against the inside of the glass. Carefully and slowly pour in the White Crème de Cacao onto the spoon so it runs down the inside of the glass and layers smoothly. Do this same step again pouring in the sloe gin. Then garnish your drink with a small wooden skewer with a red, white, and red gum drop.

Optional: Start by putting red or white sugar on a small plate. Then take your chilled martini glass, dipping the edges in cold ice-water then dipping the glass in red or white sugar.