Today's listing for the 10 Day Challenge is a Happy Memories New Home Card with an envelope door. The idea came from a wonderful customer who inspired me to create a few new things. The card can be custom ordered to include a house number and you can request a particular color. See shop listing for more details.
Today's featured shop is Terri of Terrbear37. Terri has a full day homeschooling her daughter but finds time to design lovely handmade cards for her Etsy shop. I've posted a few favorites on the right sidebar.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Thanks SO Much Set - Day 6
Yay, I made it beyond 1/2 way through the challenge. It's been fun working with my 9 teammates and we're finding out that we all have a lot in common. It's been a great "team" effort.
Today for the challenge I listed a set of 4 thank you cards made with all Stampin' Up products except for the Bazzill Paper Flowers. A lovely gift but with designer paper, velvet ribbon and paper flowers, you may just want to keep it for yourself.
Today's feature on my sidebar is Laurie from Jemily. Laurie is a stay-at-home-mom who took her hobby to the next level and started selling on Etsy. Her shop features stamped cards, gift bags and favors. A few of my favorites are shown on the right sidebar. Go visit her shop! Note all items are 10% off in her shop and the challenge participants Etsy shops. You can view all the 10 EtsyGreetings partipants by going to my May 26 blog post. Happy Saturday! We're off to the pool.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Happy Wedding Card for Day 5 of the Challenge
For me, this is posting late. I'm up with the birds because if I don't get my work done before the boys get up, it doesn't get done. But that is fine. There's always tomorrow. They are playing now and said they'll give me FIVE, just FIVE minutes to list, post and tweet my teammates. Yikes!
Today's listing has been in my shop before but sold out. So I made a few more and retook the photos using my own wedding dress circa 1993. You can stop laughing now. It was preserved years ago but when we got water in the basement from a leaky hot water heater the box got wet and I had to open it up. It was packaged and sealed so well that the dress remained dry but the box was wet so I had to open it and discard the wet packaging. I still haven't gotten around to having it sealed up again. One of these days...
Today's feature on my right sidebar is Etsy member, Eve, of IsabellaFlora. Eve and her 91 year old father, Endel, are behind the beautiful creations you'll find in her shop. Their inspiration comes from flowers and botanicals. In chatting with Eve, I discovered we are both Rutgers alumni, although Eve left New Jersey some time ago. And in reading her shop profile, I see we both enjoy Celtic music! What a treasure that she and her father are able to share their creative passions together on Etsy!
Today's listing has been in my shop before but sold out. So I made a few more and retook the photos using my own wedding dress circa 1993. You can stop laughing now. It was preserved years ago but when we got water in the basement from a leaky hot water heater the box got wet and I had to open it up. It was packaged and sealed so well that the dress remained dry but the box was wet so I had to open it and discard the wet packaging. I still haven't gotten around to having it sealed up again. One of these days...
Today's feature on my right sidebar is Etsy member, Eve, of IsabellaFlora. Eve and her 91 year old father, Endel, are behind the beautiful creations you'll find in her shop. Their inspiration comes from flowers and botanicals. In chatting with Eve, I discovered we are both Rutgers alumni, although Eve left New Jersey some time ago. And in reading her shop profile, I see we both enjoy Celtic music! What a treasure that she and her father are able to share their creative passions together on Etsy!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Happy Day 4
Oh, happy day 4 and I'm getting this out of the way bright and early. I completed and I'll list later a Happy Day Altered Notebook. It's just right for recording your happy thoughts or those not so happy thoughts. The 60 pages are lined and perforated for easy removal. A nice size to carry with you if you like to journal on the run.
Today I'm featuring on the right sidebar Genelle from Scrapbook Completed. She designs custom scrapbooks, greeting cards and other paper crafts. And I see she's up just as early as me and already listed her challenge item for the day. Go Genelle!
Is it Friday yet?
Today I'm featuring on the right sidebar Genelle from Scrapbook Completed. She designs custom scrapbooks, greeting cards and other paper crafts. And I see she's up just as early as me and already listed her challenge item for the day. Go Genelle!
Is it Friday yet?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Comfort - A Set of 4 Sympathy Cards Day 3 Challenge
For today, I completed and listed a set of 4 Sympathy Cards as part of the 10 day challenge. I like this Stampin' Up Designer Paper with the soft colored flowers and butterflies. Inside is a lovely sentiment that reads "May you find comfort in God's word and in the knowledge that others care and sympathize with you."
And today's featured shop is L Whelan Designs. I picked 6 favorites from her shop and you can view them on the right sidebar. Lynn's shop features handmade pendants, cards, gift tags and fabric goodies. For today's challenge, Lynn already listed a Paper Flower Corsage in Bold Spring Colors. Take a peek in her shop and find out the many ways you can use this unique paper posie.
Until tomorrow...happy creating!
And today's featured shop is L Whelan Designs. I picked 6 favorites from her shop and you can view them on the right sidebar. Lynn's shop features handmade pendants, cards, gift tags and fabric goodies. For today's challenge, Lynn already listed a Paper Flower Corsage in Bold Spring Colors. Take a peek in her shop and find out the many ways you can use this unique paper posie.
Until tomorrow...happy creating!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Day 2 Challenge Listing
I didn't have an opportunity to explain the challenge yesterday but here's what going on. Ten members of the EtsyGreetings Team decided to challenge ourselves and list a new item on Etsy for the next ten days. I changed the challenge for myself just a wee bit. My challenge is to complete and list ten of my unfinished projects. Custom Orders and my wholesale account had me busy and I let a number of things go unfinished. It's a good push for me to tie up loose ends before the kids get out of school next month.
During this 10 day period, I'm offering a 10% discount in my shop but upon checkout you MUST mention "10Day" in the Notes to Seller. My teammates involved in the challenge are also providing a discount. Go visit their shops for a peek at some lovely paper crafts and for their specific promotion. Here's a list of the shops participating in this fun event:
IsabellaFlora
Pinky Creations
Cards & Moore by Terri
jemily
Little b Bunny
Cara's Scrap 'N Stamp Art
The Paper Flower Shop
Percival Road Designs
Scrapbook Completed
L Whelan Designs
Since Amanda of Little b Bunny organized this for us, today I've featured some of her items as my favorites on the right sidebar. Click on any item and you'll go directly to her shop to see more fabulous designs. Each day I'll feature one of the participants in my sidebar. I'd love to post more photos but I've still got the one photo per post problem.
My Day 2 item is a Father's Day Card, clean and classic, like my dad. His birthday is around Father's Day so he always ends up with too many summer shirts and caps. When we were kids we always got him soap-on-a-rope for Father's Day. Do they still make that? I'll have to find him some and we can have a good laugh next month.
Some happy news...I posted my Day 2 item, came back to blog about it and it sold in just minutes. Yay! I'm glad I made a few extras.
Monday, May 25, 2009
10 day Challenge - Day One
I decided to join some of my EtsyGreetings team members in a self-challenge. Starting today, I'm going to create and add one new item to my shop for the next 10 days. For me, this is a push to complete the many projects I haven't completed yet. Yes, there are plenty of little projects going on around here.
Today being Memorial Day, I don't have much time here as the sunshine awaits us! So today I'll just list my new item, An Assortment of Kawaii Matchbook Notepads, and wish you all a wonderful day with friends and family. And many thanks to those brave men and women who have given their lives in our Nation's service. Come by the shop, all items are 15% off today.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Congrats Graduates!
It was around this time many years ago my husband and I had just started dating and were both graduating on the same day. Because of the timing of our graduations and the distance, we were unable to attend each other's graduation. Making these graduation cards reminded me of that day and what an exciting and scary time it was. Exciting because we were finally done with school. Scary since we hadn't lined up "real" jobs yet. Fast forward many years it's seems like it was just yesterday. As you can see from the photo, I am still putting my diploma to good use. It made a great backdrop, I think. Oh, this head cold is really getting to me.
Congratulations to my graduate friends! The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Congratulations to my graduate friends! The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Stay Out of My Stuff
My son and his love of writing, doodling, scribbling and wasting as much paper as he can inspired me to make this altered notebook. I think when he sees it I may have to take it out of my shop and give it to him. And that's what I've been working on, altered notebooks. I am just as much a doodler, writer, note taker as he is. I might have to keep one for myself, too. Have a great day and take notes!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day!
Wishing all you moms a fabulous day! Hoping you're able to get a little time to relax today. I'm about to make a Mother's Day brunch for family but I'm just too tired to do it. Maybe the boys will do it for me? Now that's a nice gift!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Time With Friends
Time spent with friends is time well spent...isn't that the truth? We were fortunate enough to spend time with friends this weekend. Maybe I should drop this card in the mail for them. My "Time With Friends" card along with seven others is featured on the EtsyGreetings Blog today as part of their Tuesday's Treasury series. I had originally planned a treasury of "May Flowers" featuring a collection of floral cards. I worked on it bright and early and then sold 5 of the cards in the collection putting my sales on Etsy at 100!! Hooray! I need to treat my family to ice cream or something fun for putting up with my paper scraps which can sometimes take over an entire room. Which leads me back to friends...if they hadn't come by this weekend, that paper mess would still be all over the dining room.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Life is Tweet!
Life is tweet this weekend! Everyone's allergies have calmed, we're spending time with friends, the butterflies are free.
This is a sneek peek of my latest chipboard album. I have a few more things to tweek today before I can list it in my shop. I love the "Green Stack" line from DCWV and what's great is that the chipboard and paper is made from 70% recycled paper.
One of my next big endeavors may be reworking the photos in my Etsy shop. As much as I like the black background, maybe it's a bit too harsh. I notice the Etsy front page items usually have a softer background. Leave me your thoughts or e-mail me your comments. I'd appreciate it. Enjoy the weekend!
This is a sneek peek of my latest chipboard album. I have a few more things to tweek today before I can list it in my shop. I love the "Green Stack" line from DCWV and what's great is that the chipboard and paper is made from 70% recycled paper.
One of my next big endeavors may be reworking the photos in my Etsy shop. As much as I like the black background, maybe it's a bit too harsh. I notice the Etsy front page items usually have a softer background. Leave me your thoughts or e-mail me your comments. I'd appreciate it. Enjoy the weekend!
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