baby jette

My baby girl is turning one next month! I have been eyeing the following handmade goodies for her birthday.

Fleece Unicorn Hat by GlitzConcepts


















Mini Pop Art Cupcake Paintings by Jelene

















Adorable Squirrel/Tree Pony Tail Holders by MaryMarsh
















Cupcake Crochet Rug by Ekra



















Black Apple Paper Dolls by the Black Apple (okay, I really want these for ME!)

jackson five revived

This gift bag is already sent off to mallory aka Dismantled to use for the Etsy Trashion trunk show coming up in a few weeks - but I had to take a picture before sending it off because I just love how it turned out!!

stickers and swag.

I bought a sticker maker and it is even more fun than I imagined. I love it!! I played with it today and made stickers for my son and daughter and then made some small sets to post on etsy. I also whipped up some fun but random sets of 2 stickers to add to my trashion goody bag stuff and finally got all of that finished and (almost) ready to ship! It feels so good to have accomplished something!

Tomorrow I am hoping to go to Art vs. Craft if my kids are seeming up to it. I also have a ton of stuff to ship. Ugh, shipping. I wish the post office would just come to ME!

xo
andrea

Renegade!

I finally got the word late today that I was accepted to do Renegade Craft in Chicago. I'm so excited! I will be sharing a booth with the fabulous Sarah Ogren who makes beautiful mixed media collage art. As soon as the Etsy Trashion trunk show is over I will be dedicating all of my craft time to getting prepared for this show. It's a way bigger scene than I'm used to so it's time to get crafting - for serious!

a great book.

This old French novel that I picked up at a thrift store in Denver has turned out so many awesome projects!! I'm thinking up more crafty goodness to utilize the rest of the pages. Below is what I've come up with so far...


















Before I even got on the airplane to go home, I started ripping out pages with these notecards in mind.


















and then I punched some of the pages into circles and stamped with pretty birds to make these magnet sets. I used scraps of the pages to make the packaging, too. Fun!


















and of course I had to make some pinback buttons!! That's it so far! I plan to save some of the pages to use with my gocco, which I am hopefully getting for my birthday next week. I love the results of design over book text. I also just love French. French makes everything look and sound better. Au revoir!

goodbye craft night

My son is with his grandparents until tomorrow so I just have my baby girl. She was in bed by 8:30 and I had big plans to CRAFT the night away after I made a pasta salad for tomorrow's fourth of July festivities. Well, I laid down on the sofa after putting baby Jette to bed and didn't wake up until 1:00am. Grrrr!! NIGHT WASTED!!

This is the story of my life.

stuff I want

My birthday is next week. Here is my wish list...Chad, are you reading?!

Xyron Sticker Machine










Hand carved custom rubber stamp by Mayberry Sparrow














Gocco















Sharpies
















1980s High School Yearbooks