New things!

I recently started making big, bold headbands featuring some of our favorite designs. I love how they are turning out!

I'm also continuing to make lots of fun hair pins. These are from a vintage book about bicycles, a vintage dessert cookbook, and an old comic book!

 

And I have also started making bracelets. Here are a couple of my recent favorites.

Harry Potter!

Vintage cookbook bracelet.

We will continue to be down at the Dane County Farmers' Market on Saturdays through October with all of these goodies and more! You can also check new items in our etsy shop. We are adding new items daily. 

Have a wonderful week!

Owly ode to Lloyd Dobbler

When the lovely Naomi of the Glitter Workshop asked me if I was interested in creating a poster for the upcoming valentine trunk show, I knew immediately what it would look like.

Chad and I worked together to create this fun owly ode to the best scene in one of our very favorite movies. I liked how it turned out and decided to make magnets and prints for the upcoming show.

Here is the illustration on a magnet version which is available in our etsy shop now. We should have prints soon as well! Wouldn't this be a sweet valentine surprise for someone special?

 

And of course, here is the inspiration just in case you've been living under a rock or are a lot younger than me. :)

xo

andrea

We're having a SALE.

We're having a 3 day sale on EVERYTHING in our etsy shop. 40% off of all items! That means $9 t-shirts and tote bags, $4 pocket mirrors and great prices on handmade greeting cards to name a few deals. Sale begins today 1/27/10 and will end on Friday 1/29/10 at midnight. Please see my shop announcement for more details. Stop by our shop to find some goodies for yourself, your family and friends, and strangers. You can click the link above or click below to be directed to certain items.



Enjoy your week!

xoxo
andrea

printing printing printing

Some new goodies we made this week! Robots and owls for the little ones. I foresee a heat setting party in the near future.

Christmas Owls

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I scored these adorable vintage owl figurines at the thrift store yesterday. Aren't they sweet?

I also spent literally an hour cleaning two gocco screens last night (it's tough when you let them sit in the fridge too long, ugh) and printed a small batch of cupcake onesies and a small batch of owl onesies. This weekend and early next week I plan to print tote bags, bibs and possibly new shirts. Then I will be all gocco-d out and ready to send some items off to consignment shops and hopefully be closer to being ready for upcoming shows.

That's the plan. I'm sticking to it.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Owl Candle

So here it is, my first attempt at candle making.














































I didn't have time to try again tonight. I also managed to drop this candle while I was trying to get a picture. I guess it's better than dropping the camera.

Candle making is HARD.

So instead of knocking some items off of my to-do list yesterday, I randomly decided to try making candles for the first time. I found some awesome vintage candle molds at a thrift shop recently (an owl and a mushroom!) and have been itching to try making candles with them.

It was harder than I thought.

I had gathered all of the items I thought I would need according to the 1978 instructions (ha!) --- wax (pariffin,) dye, scent, candy thermometer, pyrex pourer, double boiler, lots of newspaper in case I spilled...and I googled a couple of last questions I had like could I re-melt if I screwed up and at what temperature should I add the dye and scent, etc.

Well here's what happened: I melted the wax to correct temperature, poured into pouring container, added in the dye in small pieces...and before I could even stir it in the wax was already starting to solidify. I quickly added the scent and poured in what I could. I re-melted the wax and tried again, this time letting the wax get a little hotter...and then poured again, a little more successfully but STILL the wax started to solidify pretty quickly. CRAP! Does anyone have candle making tips? Am I just not letting the wax get hot enough?

I finally filled the mold and this morning I was happy to open it and find an adorable avacado green owl that smells like peppermint. (I'll add a picture tonight.) YAY!!! But I have a looong way to go before I perfect this craft.

I think I will give it another shot tonight. I'm super excited to try again and hopefully get an even better final product. Hopefully one that doesn't take like four hours to get right. Any advice is appreciated!

xo
andrea

craft shows + cuteness

I have to share the illustration Chad made for the Holiday Craftacular coming up in Madison in December. The full poster will be printed soon after we finish a few details and get it off to Naomi but I thought it was about time to share the cuteness.















If you are around Madison and are still thinking about applying for the Craftacular there is still time! Just click here and apply by Friday 10/17.

And if you're part of the Wisconsin Etsy Street team there is still time to apply for the trunk show at Lazy Jane's on December 13. The deadline is coming up quickly (October 20) so GO HERE for details now!

xo
andrea