Etsy Shop

I finally hunkered down last night, re-shot several pictures of the projects I've been working on lately (the first ones didn't turn out...lighting was awful. I really have to figure out something for lighting when I take pictures), edited them and posted them to Etsy. I now have a whopping 9 items in my etsy shop, as opposed to the 2 items before. I have a couple more things to post I think, but for now it's progress!

Hey There....

Hey there....I just wanted to pop in and say that I'm sorry that I haven't been posting lately. I recently started a new job, and while it was definitely the right decision, it still has been a little exhausting getting used to a new job, as well as starting our church's bible institute back up last month as well. I have been crafting, but I have been trying to just do it for relaxation (meaning I haven't really photographed anything). With the change in work, I am no longer able to edit my pictures and post during the day. 


I should be back soon, so please check back!


PS - Exciting news, the hubs and I bought our first new car this week! :) :) :) I like it.... alot... especially the fact that hubby let me have it for my daily car and he took mine! (His had bit the dust.... the Lord had definitely preserved it past its expiration until we were able to purchase a new one, but we both felt that it was finally time to make the upgrade!)

Sticky Note holders

 One of the things that I plan on adding to my Etsy shop soon are Sticky Notes holders. The base is a plastic picture frame, with patterned paper slipped in the frame instead of a picture. On the outside a sticky note pad is glued or taped to the frame and I velcroed a mechanical pencil to the front as well. I believe that the paper is from My MInd's Eye, but I don't remember the exact collection at the moment. the "Be Happy" stamp is from the dollar aisle at Target, the notepad from Wal-Mart and the pencil from the Dollar Tree. The ribbon flower on the pink frame was made by someone at my church. She gave it to me on the outside of a gift bag. I wanted to preserve it, so I used it for added embellishment.

Sorry for the poor pictures quality, after the sun goes down it is hard to take decent pictures in our apartment!

Springtime...in February

It is supposed to be in the 70's today. It was almost 70 (if it didn't actually hit 70) yesterday. Craziness... good craziness.... but craziness.

In the spirit of springtime, I have some more spring creations to share. I also plan on putting these up on my etsy shop. They are actually very similar to a set I made for a charity auction earlier this year and I thought they were so cute that I would whip up another set to put up on my Etsy Shop.

For supplies, I used basic cardstock and papers from a paper pack that I can't remember the name of (my cousin gave it to me and it is fully of such bright cheerful colors and patterns), I used gems from  acmoore (also a gift from my cousin), and the ribbon was just scraps I had on hand. The flowers are from different Prima flower collections. The brads were a gift from my Secret Pal last year. I left the backs blank so that any sentiment/message could be written. I traced the template out from a pattern I cut out off the back of a K & Company paper pack.

Etsy Shop Additions - Spring Time

Hola all. Well, I finally managed to get some pictures uploaded and edited. I thought I'd share a springtime card set that I will be adding to my Etsy shop. I also made my first set of clothes pin magnets. Those are 99% done, I just have to set the magnets with hot glue and they will be all finished!

For both projects, I used papers I already had on hand, either paper scraps or paper that has been given to me by friends. I also used prima flowers and Q&Co gems. The buttons came from the dollar aisle at Michaels. Ribbon came from a friend and from Dollar Tree.

I was really happy with the way these magnets came out. I think that I will paint a very light layer of Modge Podge across the fronts of the magnets so that the paper is better protected.

Hope that everyone is having a great week!

Jumpin on the Valentines Bandwagon....

Hola amigas! Sorry I have been posting so sporadically. There has been a lot going on. I can't share about it quite yet, but lets just say the Lord is a Lord of miracles and he can change situations in the blink of an eye. :)

Anyhoo, I did get a little bit of crafting time in this weekend. (After my hubby put up some curtains for me...after realizing that we had lost some pieces to our rods in the move this summer and having to go out to get the right pieces...We got one set successfully hung in the spare room, but we're going to have to get a different rod for our office.... and the curtains need ironed... BADLY!!!) But anyway, I did get some crafting done, but no pictures yet. Sorry!  

I do have a couple of things to share. Seeing all of the valentine creativity around blog land and Pinterest, I decided to whip up some printables. You should be able to just click on them to blow the images up and then right click and save to your PC.

The first is just some fun different colors that you can blow up and print out and frame, or use for valentine cards.

The second has a couple of images to write notes, and just some fun images to print out and use for valentines cards. 

Hope you likey. :) 

If you have trouble getting a clear picture, I have PDFs of the images too.

A quick creation

Hullo all, just wanted to share a digi image I whipped up using Microsoft Word. The images are stock images from Microsoft. The rest are just me playing with fonts! They are free to use, just please connect back to this blog if you create anything using the image! Thanks. :) 

You should be able to just right click and save to your PC. Please let me know if you have any trouble.