Beach Frame

About a month ago a very nice gal who lives here in Memphis contacted me via etsy, she introduced herself and her blog, http://stuffparentsneed.blogspot.com/ and asked me if I'd be interested in participating in her blog giveaway in May - celebrating Memphis in May, of course I would. I love getting feedback on my items. I knew I wanted to create a frame and I wanted it to be general so it could be for a boy or girl; a friend suggested a beach theme so that's what I did. Here is the end result, I covered this round frame (love my circles) with a pale blue dot paper, then quilled the sun, beach ball, shovel and bucket; and added some quilled circles around the frame photo opening just to bring it all together; I can't wait to hear what she has to say about it. And please check out her blog, it's chock full of great information for parents.

Beach frame front view

Beach frame side view

My First Blog Giveaway!

Here it is, my very first blog giveaway. Please visit my shop, www.quillynilly.etsy.com; come back here and leave a comment - let me know you're favorite item, or if you have a critique on one of the item's I'd love to hear it, an idea for a new Quilly Nilly product; any kind of love you'd like to share will get you an entry in the contest. Contest will run from Sunday April 25th - Saturday May 1st at 11:59 pm (central time).

•Don't forget to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win•

Want to increase your chance of winning? Become a fan of Quilly Nilly on facebook, come back and let me know and that will get you another entry in the giveaway. Purchase an item from my etsy shop, come back here and let me know; that will get you 2 extra entries in the giveaway.

Now, what will you be winning....this super cute paper quilled Bee Trinket Box, brand new to Quilly Nilly, wouldn't it make a fabulous gift for Mother's Day? Thank you for participating and Good Luck!

Quilly Nilly is now on Facebook!

Hello! It's a beautiful Wednesday here in the Memphis area; sunny with a slight breeze and will eventually be in the mid 80's. I wanted to share my newest endeavor with you, Quilly Nilly can now be found on Facebook so please feel free to pop on over and become a fan - in the search area just type in Quilly Nilly to find me. Just a little hint, there's a giveaway coming soon and you wouldn't want to miss out on that now would you. Have a fabulous day!

Happy Spring! If the pollen blows away I think it will be.

Almost a month has gone by since my last post, a month; I can't believe it. I've been busy working on custom orders and dealing with sinus/allergy issues - I moved to the Memphis Tn area in 1994 to attend Memphis College of Art, after graduation I stayed here and eventually met my husband here and each year my sinus issues get worse, so I've been tired and not blogging.

I've been fortunate to have two large custom orders, one was for an awesome woman named Danna; she ordered 25 dinosaur birthday invites for her son's 3rd birthday. The other order was for a super gal named Margaret Anne, she ordered 15 thank you note cards - she let me use my imagination although I already knew she liked butterflies, birds and the color green. A heartfelt thank you to both for the opportunity to create something that will be unique and hopefully admired. Here is an image of the thank you notecards, if anyone is interested in a set please feel free to contact me at creative@quillynilly.com or through my etsy shop (hit the convo button). Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous evening!

Fabulous!

I love circles and I collect corrugated circles (from work). Whenever there's extra circles they give them to me, and I keep them in boxes and drawers until I figure out what to do with them, needless to say - they're still at work waiting for me to create with them. Well the other day they gave me larger circles, 9 1/2" and I thought they would be perfect to hang with some sort of art on the front, that evening I went home and figured out how to take my cute long legged owls and make them much larger; I then covered one of these circles and the end result was too cute, I'm keeping this one but I've already started making new one's to sell in my shop so within the next few weeks there should be lots of new things coming.....fabulous!

Happy Birthday to You!

I think in the last week I've probably made about 5 or 6 of these ever so cute long legged owl cards, well I've started to add to them; there's a new one in my shop that is holding a flower and this one here is for my friend's birthday. She loves purple so I found some patterned cardstock with a touch of purple, painted the legs white with lilac stripes and gave her purple feathers. Because she's wishing a Happy Birthday, she's holding a sweet little cupcake and is ready with her party hat. I know my friend will just love this card, I also think these will be coming to my shop soon so be on the lookout.

Hello, it's Friday

That's really all I had to say, it's Friday and I'm so happy it is. I want all of you to have a fabulous weekend!