Owl Love You Forever, Wedding Cake Topper

I've been wanting to do quilled wedding cake toppers for a year or so but have never actually sat down and finished one. With wedding season upon us I thought I better focus and get something created. I had started a birdy topper many months ago, but thought I'd go with my owls since I've worked on them more recently. Over the past 3 nights I worked on my owl topper and I'm so happy with it. I've posted it in my Etsy shop, it's completely customizable to match different wedding themes and colors.

Sea Garden Kusudama

When I'm not working, or taking care of the house and everyone and everything in it; or quilling; you'll sometimes catch me creating japanese kusudama balls - I absolutely love them. For the craft fair I created two, one of which has sold recently; this is a few images of the one that is currently for sale; soon to be in my Etsy shop for anyone interested. The paper used for this is from Cosmo Cricket, a pattern called Sea Garden from their Salt Air collection; gorgeous!

Custom Birthday Card-Purple Tulips

I love custom orders, they allow me to create something that I normally would not do on my own. A coworker of mine asked if I could create a birthday card for his wife, something girly with purple; a card she wouldn't think of throwing away. He then added she liked tulips; I sat down, created a sketch and this past weekend I was able to work on the card. It turned out so nice, and I could tell he really liked it and he's sure his wife is gonna love it too. Yippee!

Magnets, magnets and more magnets

Let's just say I've been making lots of magnets lately, here are a few images of the newest ones. I just love how bright and summery they all are.

Spring Festival

Well, it's over. This past Saturday was the Bartlett Spring Festival; which I've been preparing for for the past couple months; in between work and all my custom orders. I have not participated in a craft fair in a year and a half, so I was looking forward to getting out there again and showing what I've been up to. There were spurts of traffic but it wasn't the busiest craft fair I've been in but I still had fun; I always do. I love meeting and talking with people so I made the best of it, sold some things and talked quilling with those who had heard of it already and for those who could not believe all those items were made from paper. I heard a lot of "you must have lots of patience" to do this; guess I do - I don't know. Here are some images of my items on the new shelf unit I used. I got this POP display from work, spray painted it with my signature colors and if I do say so myself it turned out pretty nice - everyone wanted to know where I got it.

More cards.....

It's been quite awhile since I've participated in a craft fair, I have one on May 14th that I'm looking forward to; I love meeting and talking to new people and having them ooh and ahh over the fact that my little items are really indeed paper - it's a fun time. Well, last night I set out everything I have for the craft fair and I do not have enough yet; I did create 13 cards this past weekend but I want to have at least 30 cards so I have to get busy on that. I've made a list and whew - I don't know if I'll get it all done but I'm going to try. Here are some of the new cards I made and one I did in December for a coworker.

Floral Happiness Cards

Cards for Dad

Baby themed card

Card for coworker, he and his wife had a baby girl in December

White Lab Mouse

This was a custom request for a friend of mine, a white lab mouse. I've reworked him a few times, he now stands on his little paws; I think he's rather cute even with his beady red eyes.