Couple More Trinket Boxes

My last post was March, I'm so surprised by this; I knew it had been awhile since my last post but did not think it was that long ago. This year has been challenging, I just don't seem to have the amount of time I need to devote to my quilling. I miss it, but I'm slowly trying to get back into it. 

I love creating my trinket boxes, awhile back I made a few for a spring craft fair I participated in. Along with the apple shown in a previous post, I created an ice cream cone and another one of my bee boxes - both are in a new larger size. 

Apple Lidded Trinket Box

I love coming up with new ideas for the lidded trinket/jewelry boxes, I was working on a larger sized one that has a bee on top and a friend of mine suggested an apple - the bee box is a bright green and she thought a green apple would be cute. I have a craft fair coming up mid April and I've been trying to build up inventory, today I had some time and created a red apple trinket box. I also created an ice cream trinket box, so look for that to be posted very soon.

Quilled Tree Thank You Cards

A friend of mine recently requested some "thank you" cards, she liked the tree cards I had done in the past, wanted more; but also wanted them to all be different - so I came up with 4 different tree designs for her. We work for a very large paper company, tree's are a very significant part of what we do; so these cards are perfect to use as thank you's for anyone at work. She liked them so much she's asked for 8 more. 

Ducky and Sheep Card for Twins

It has been a long time since my last post, I was super busy; trying to build up my inventory for a craft fair I participated in, in November; and then I had a flurry of snowflake ornament orders - I knew I would probably be busy with orders, and I was. This year has been a very good year for me in my Etsy shop - I met and surpassed my goal of sales, honestly not because I did anything different - I think quilling has become more popular which led more people to search it out. I really do appreciate everyone who supports handmade, and for those who stopped by my shop.

Just the other day I had someone contact me through Etsy, she loved my quilled ducky card and wondered if I could create a version for her friend having twins...why had I never thought of that? I loved the way it turned out and it has been added to my shop just moments ago...one of the reasons I absolutely LOVE custom orders - some things I just don't think of on my own.

I've been making a list of new items I'd like to add to my Etsy shop, and will do my best to post here when finished. Here's to a creative 2013!

Custom Wedding Rings Card....Seafoam and Silver

I recently received an order on Etsy for one of my wedding ring cards - for the roses they wanted seafoam green and silver. I've never created roses with either color but when I was finished I decided I need to do more of the metallic silver roses; I love how they turned out. The entire card actually turned out rather lovely, I chose to do a deeper hunter green for the leaves to coordinate better with the roses.

Quilled Snowmen Ornaments

Hello! Oh my goodness; I've been so busy and I know I keep apologizing but my poor little blog has been completely neglected. I'm trying to build up inventory for a craft fair I'm participating in in November, and I've been steady with Etsy orders (thank you, thank you) and busy with life in general - so needless to say my blog (while important to me) has not been high priority.

One new item I created recently was 3D miniature quilled snowmen. I've been wanting to do more ornaments, so I dedicated one day to my snowmen. I had recently purchased the Quilled Creations crimper, I used that to crimp the paper for the scarf and for the hat. I've had fun coming up with different color combinations for each. They're about 2 1/4" tall and hang from metallic silver thread.

Recent custom cards

I cannot believe how long it's been since my last post - I've been trying to build up inventory for a craft fair in November, in between that I've been continually receiving custom orders - thank you, thank you fabulous Etsy customers. Here are a few recent cards I created, there's lots more to show but I'm behind on taking photo's - definitely on my to do list.