Handmade notebooks, journals, cards and cool stuff.
We had such a blast at the Orange Harvest Festival this year. The weather cooperated (no snow), the set up crew not only loaned us, but pre-set a table for us (so nice), and there were lots of shoppers! I am really happy with how this year's evolution of my table layout shaped up. I …
Continue reading A successful fair day
Sometimes, anyway. And by work, I mean having fun creating products for my upcoming craft fairs. Today I spent a lovely, cloudy day making dot grid paper notebooks with sewn bindings. I had great luck with a similar notebook last year, so I thought I would put a new, bullet journal style twist on it …
Who doesn't love a brand new pack of post-its? All those notes and ideas just waiting for somewhere to land? One of my bestsellers on the craft fair circuit are what I like to call, Post-It note cozies. They are a fun little cover for those super helpful, but not always nice to look at …
Do you find yourself justifying keeping those little bitty strips of paper that you trim off? No need! You can turn those scraps into something really cool. Thanks to a demo from my friend, and long ago Stampin' Up demonstrator, Judy, I have been using my scraps to transform regular pens into fabulous pens for …
I made a trip to the big world last week and found some inspiration (and that coffee I was talking about last week, yum). Paper dolls by Tim Holtz are die cuts of vintage photos featuring all sorts of people in their finest accouterments. I din't know how they would show up in my art, …
Can you tell what I am craving today? I'm calling this crafting session short so I can go grab a cup! These 6 x 6 covers will soon become notebooks for all your planning needs! Stamps from Stampin' Up and paper from a box of old scraps (Basic Grey, I think).
I got a call the other day. A woman had received one of my cards and loved it. Would I be able to enlarge it so she could hang it up at work? I don't know I said, let me try! And look, it worked!!! Here's the card. And here's the stamped image enlarged 200% …
