Sunday, October 28, 2012

Dandelion Wishes & New Gemstone Necklace

Hi everyone!


Today I'm featuring my Dandelion Wishes handmade card and Charcoal Granite beaded necklace.

For my Dandelion Wishes card, I went with some really great floral paper from My Mind's Eye, and then colored the image to match. I adhered the image, paper flower and sentiment with various levels of foam tape for some added dimension and added the red rhinestone center for some color. I somehow broke my jumbo daisy punch in the process though - so that was kind of a bummer but it just gives me an excuse to shop for some more stash!




My Charcoal Granite necklace was made with jungle Jaspar and all natural gemstones. The beads pretty much can stand on their own so I didn't go too crazy with this one. Sometimes less is more, right?




On a different note, I get a lot of e-mails from people asking how I'm able to ship internationally from home. I have an account with Stamps.com which allows me to print postage right from my studio and mail it out in my own mailbox. In terms of international, Stamps.com has a customs form feature where you can fill out your electronic form online and it will include itself within the label. Anything under 16 oz can be placed in your mailbox. My mailman picks it up all the time - I've never had a problem. Hope that helps. Feel free to e-mail me if you have more questions or concerns though!

Have a great rest of the weekend. Thanks for stopping by!


Sunday, October 21, 2012

Keepsake Box

Hi everyone!

Today I'm featuring my Be True keepsake box. This is the first box I've made that wasn't a custom order and I'm seriously considering keeping it myself for a button box. This pattern from Little House Needleworks is one of my favorites - I'm not sure if it's just the colors or what, but I've stitched it many times and I swear I stitch it faster each time I do!

The box is approximately 6x6" with a 5 1/4" square opening. The top lid pops out so I'm able to add the stitching securely. I stitched the pattern on lambswool Jobelan using DMC fibers.




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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Little Girl Birthday

Today I'm featuring my Static Birthday handmade card in the shop. I've always liked this stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil even though it's not the easiest to color. Once I decided to make her a redhead, it was easier for me to decide on a color scheme of tangerine and teal - I thought the colors complimented themselves well. I layered pieces of DP, added some paper fasteners, and made a paper flower that captured all of the colors. The sentiment is popped up with some foam tape for a little dimension.




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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Best Friends

I'm a little late for National Card-making Day, but nonetheless, today I'm featuring my Best Friends card from the shop. The card was created with layers of brown, pink and teal designer paper and features a digi stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil - one of my favorites I might add. I popped the sentiment up with some foam tape and then added matching DP to the back of the card to finish it off.




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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Back to School Box

I'm sitting in the middle of my craft studio getting all my packages and shipments out for the week and was 97% done with the process when I realized that once again, I never took pictures...  I was able to save the last item before I added tape to the box so unfortunately, I'll have to deal with not having a memory of anything thing else that went out this week.

Marjorie in Michigan requested a custom hand-stitched wooden box top that had a school theme so that her son could use it as a supply box. It was a really cute idea - I only wish I had thought of it! The box is 6x6", the inside being about 5x5". The pattern was a quick one from Lizzie Kate, perfect for the school theme Marjorie had asked for.

Sorry for the picture quality - all I have in here with me is my phone. You can see a tiny part of a wedding box I shipped out today, as well.


For those who are asking, I am finishing up the last of the 30 baby cards I was asked to produce and then it's on to *hopefully* getting some new items up and running. I'm hoping to get at least some new jewelry pieces up by the end of the week. I'm still working on Christmas items. I'm going as fast as I can! :)

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