Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Crafty Weekends

Hello all

Over the past weeks after Valentines was a bit shattered because so far my etsy shop is not progressing and was feeling a bit down. But this weekend I was energized and decided to not think about all that and still do what I love and that is creating beautiful items with paper.

So I came up with the idea to create some gift card envelope or card holders. Then I was on a roll so also made a wonderful note card box set complete with all the trimmings.

I took some pictures but unfortunately did not take pics of the steps.

After I had finished it I felt that they were missing something so I added a little something to give it that extra sparkle....

I decided then that they needed to go on Etsy to be bought and cherished by somebody else other than me.

So that was only Saturday, so on Sunday was still feeling creative so I made two more gift card holder, but this time in a different style and different pattern and came up with these two....


So that is my gift card holders for now....I am thinking of adding these to my Etsy store too but feel that they are not my style so think that they should not be added...

Your comments are welcome on whether these are products that I should keep doing or even consider selling or just keep them to give to my friends...

I did start work on a more appropriate gift card holder that will fit into my etsy store, as I did find that most gift card holder on etsy was not my style and decided to create something...still a work in progress though...

 That is all for now...happy crafting

Monday, February 20, 2012

New Items for Etsy Shop..

Lately I have a fascination for gift bags and my newest obsession is decorating in manly colors and fashion. So in the weekend I came up with the idea to create a bag showing a man's shirt with a tie. After I did one i was not happy so I created three more, and came up with this:

Ta da...I love them so much I a going to design four more but in the ladies style..I will keep you posted. All I have to do now is create tags and put them up on my Etsy shop.

Fran

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Wollongabba Antiques Center....


Found these gorgeous retro Pink Panther figurines at the Wollongabba Antiques center the other day, I wished I could find a place to put them at my place but alas it won't go with my decor...

Pics of items at incube8er...



Was focusing on items for Valentines day...

Monday, February 13, 2012

In:cube8er....

Yesterday I got a spot at In:cube8er in the valley. I will be selling handmade decorated giftboxes, bags, candy bags, chocolate boxes and chocolate bar wrappers. Here are some pics of what I have:



I will add more pics as I create more items and also add some pics of the creation process...

For those who were not aware the In:cube8er shop is one Brunswick st, cross the street at the lights from the mall, then keep walking up the road and it is just after the Gelato shop...have fun finding it, but once you do there is all sorts of goodies to be found there....

Friday, February 10, 2012

Paddington Antiques Centre Finds


Found some pretty interesting items on a trip to antiques centre recently...
 
This butter dish is going to look good in any
kitchen but a retro kitchen would be the ideal
spot for it...and the colour, I am not much of an
orange fan but this ticks all the boxes....  





Miniature cooking pots...too cute

This dress is begging to be worn....wedding dress any one...

Also had luch/ late breakfast at the Java Cafe next door, the food was simple but tasted really good, sometimes the cafes in the suburbs are so much better that the ones in the city.

That's all for now...hope you take the time to go visit the paddington antiques centre it is worth the trip....