A Great Big Thank You

Wow, I just want to thank all of you who have chosen to follow my blog; I never would have imagined I'd have that many people who would like to check in and see and read what I've been up to - as of today I have 201 followers, how fabulous is that.

I'm still working hard at having enough items for the upcoming craft fair, in between getting ready for that; I had another custom card order - a rooster with the text De Colores. I have never quilled a rooster so it was another nice challenge. My husband just asked me the other day why I hadn't done any roosters for him, looks like after this I might have too; he liked it and I hope the recipient likes it as well. I tried to not get too complicated with it, which was difficult for me; this was actually my second try - the first rooster parts ended up in the garbage, they were too intricate and too big. I did another sketch of what I wanted the rooster to look like and it worked much better second time around. The text was die cut on my Cricut, which doesn't get much use these days; so it was kind of nice to use it again.

(custom order card - De Colores Rooster)

Here is another set of paper bowls (still looking for a clever name for them), these have fringed flowers instead of petaled flowers. I LOVE these, the colors are so pretty in person; will have to do a set for me to have on my desk at work.

(Warm and Cool Striped Paper Fringed Pots)

Owl Definitely be Creating More of These

Hee hee, it's late and I need to get to sleep but I wanted to get these little cuties posted since they're new and can I say how much I LOVE the way they turned out. In the past I've worked with owls as magnets, on cards and wall hangings - all 2 dimensional, lately I've been doing more and more 3 dimensional paper items and having lots of fun with it; it's like sculpting but with paper. Well I've been wanting to do 3D owls and finally challenged myself this weekend to create one, then two; they're fun and I want lots and lots of them. The purple one is for my coworker who is going through a tough situation right now, a little pick me up - to let her know we're all thinking about her. The blue one is going to be for sale, in my shop or at a craft fair I'm doing in May. I've got the parts for a couple pink one's but ran out of time to finish those, I'm also out of paper so will be placing an order tomorrow for more. I'll post more photo's as I make them, and I suspect I'll be making lots of them.

Paper Bowls

Something new I've been working on for the upcoming craft fair....cute paper bowls. They range in height from 1 1/2 inches to 1 3/4 inches and take around 700 inches of paper to create - wow, I definitely need to order more strips of paper. I love trying to come up with color combinations for these and love how they look stacked together. They will eventually be making their way into my Etsy shop but for now I need to add to my craft fair inventory which is lacking. These little cuties would be great to hold paper clips, rubber bands, decoration on a window sill, to hold a couple rings; they're so cute in person - my images just do not do them justice. What would you use them for, just interested.

I Love This Pink Flamingo

Wow, it's already April; I cannot believe it - it seemed like I had so much time before Easter arrived and now that time is quickly passing. I'm trying to build up inventory for a crafty fair in May I'd like to participate in but it's getting closer and closer and I'm not creating as fast as I would like. We'll see how the next few weeks go.

I did just finish working on a custom card order for 4 cards; one with a bee; two with crosses and one with a pink flamingo. I have done bee's and crosses before but never a flamingo; how exciting to work on something new and let me tell you; I love how he turned out. I will definitely be doing more with flamingoes.

Bee card, Cross card and Pink Flamingo card

New Earrings

Whew, I've been buuussy! I need more hours in my days to finish everything I'd like to get done. I've been quilling new items but have not had a chance to take photo's, once I can get caught up on that I will start posting more. I did however just finish two new pairs of earrings. One pair was based on the "Sophie" style that is in my Etsy shop already, I wanted to do them in bright summery colors; and can't wait to wear them.

Summertime Fun

The other set is actually something I created for the Etsy Papertwirlies team challenge. The theme was Spring Wake Up, create something that you associate with waking up;, for me it's my morning shower. Every morning one of the first things I do is take a very long, very hot shower. It gives me time to think about my day ahead and it's peaceful since the rascals are still asleep. I created this pair of earrings which I've called Shower Drops, they can be purchased here if anyone is interested. If you'd like you can also check out on our team blog to see what else was created for the challenge; each week a new shop/item will be highlighted; this week it is the very talented Lisa of FairyCardmaker.

Shower Drops

Springtime Magnet Set

A request for a magnet set, I thought of a bee, a ladybug and 2 flowers - turned out to be a cute set; might have to add to my etsy shop soon.

Hello Kitty

I love a challenge, really I do. One of my coworker's called me up last week and asked if I'd be up for a challenge, certainly I thought. She asked if I thought I could quill her a pair of Hello Kitty earrings. I said yes, I would do my best; I was really hoping I could get them to look like they should. Recently in our home we celebrated our daughter's birthday and it was Hello Kitty themed so thankfully I didn't have to do too much research to get this right. I did a quick sketch of her head and went to work quilling some earrings. I showed them around and everyone agreed they looked like Hello Kitty, challenge completed; and my coworker is positive her cousin is gonna love them.