Updates and New Cards

I listed some new cards. This one is great for music lovers:

Music Notes Wavy Card



I meant to get this one up by Valentine's Day:

I Love You Black and Pink Hearts Fabric Card



I've also been listing more products on my Storenvy. I don't know if anything will sell, but it's a fun site to try out. There's an event for Earth Day and I might be selling some of my items for a few hours. It's kind of like a craft show, but less official.

I have some envelopes I made out of decorative paper that I want to list. They're all different sizes and some don't fit the standard envelope sizes. I'm still perfecting them, but I thought I might list a few. Would you buy envelopes from my shop? I'll have more journals listed soon.

Vegan Craft Sample Bag

Some of my sample greeting cards are in the Earth Day sample bag from Vegan Samples. I didn't make enough for every bag so it's not a guarantee you'll get one of my cards if you buy one, but each bag comes with a bunch of vegan friendly sample crafts. A team I'm in, the EtsyVeg team, is also sponsoring this month. Profits From Earth Day Bags go to Carolina Pet Rescue so it's also helping a cause if you buy from them. You can buy a bag here!

You can see my Zebra card in the above photo. I made a bunch of A2 sized cards which I think are the smallest greeting cards available. Each has a different decorative paper on the outside and comes blank on the inside. I also have my business card inside each one. Here's a photo of some of them:

I'll go in to more detail about each card in another entry. I made two of this music note one so I put one on sale in my shop. It's perfect for music lovers or musicians:



Let me know if you decide to purchase. I hope it helps spread the word about my shop a little. I'd also like to know if you like mini (A2) size cards. They're good for sending a quick note or putting them in gifts (if you don't want a full size card). I'm thinking of putting more in my shop.

Storenvy and Blog Award

I found this site called Storenvy which is sort of like Etsy. You can sell handcrafted items and bands also use it to sell merchandise. I found it because I bought a shirt from one of my favorite bands off there. I've tried selling on Artfire and wasn't as successful as on Etsy, but I decided I should just try it out. I opened a store (link above) where I'm going to try selling a couple items. I'll let you know how my views/sales are. I love the layout of the site and it's just something fun/different to try out. If you enter the code "BLOG" at checkout, you get 20% off, just for my blog readers. :)

Speaking of blogs, I got this nice blog award from Owlsome Gifts.



Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
Pass the award to 12 well-deserving bloggers.
Link the nominees within your post.
Let them know they received it by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award.

I'm passing the reward on to:
Sweets and Hearts
Little Paper Dog
Smitten Kitchen
Bookbinding Team
Stacey Winters
Dulce Candy
Etsy Giveaways
Paper Tissue
Una Bella Vita
Inspire Please
The Invisible Child
Quoteskine

The blogs are kind of a mix of everything - craft, photography, fashion, food, etc. Check them out! Also feel free to recommend me any blogs. :) Happy Friday!

New Cards and 365 Project

I listed some new cards. These cards are great to give out in spring or to nature lovers:

Orange and Yellow Flower Card



Green Grass Thank You Greeting Card



I also listed this love related card:

Sweetheart Gold Glitter Greeting Card



I feel like I haven't had time to go on Etsy lately because I've been so busy. I'm trying to post on my Tumblr every day and list something almost every day.

I'm doing a 365 Project on Flickr. My camera broke the other day and I almost had to end the project. I have a 35mm film camera though and I'm using black and white film with it for my 365 project until my digital camera is fixed. I haven't used my film camera in a while so it's kind of fun to use. I hope the photos turn out.

Easter Eggs

Happy Easter! You can check out the Easter section in my shop to get late/early Easter cards and springtime inspired items. Here's some inspiration for decorating Easter eggs I found around the web:
















Do you decorate Easter eggs? What kind of things do you do for Easter?

Autism Awareness Day

It's World Autism Awareness Day! You can learn more about the holiday here. My brother has autism and I'm also part of the Etsy for Autism Team so I have a couple autism themed items in my shop. These journals use the official autism fabric:

Autism Awareness Journal



Mini Autism Awareness Journal



I also got this new greeting card. It uses joker decorative paper I got in Italy and has a unique shape. I listed it on April Fool's Day because I think it kind of fits the holiday. Did anybody do/experience any good April Fool's pranks?

Joker Greeting Card



Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Mini Journal and Wallet

I got this mini journal up that uses a blue and white fabric I bought in an Etsy shop. It's the same fabric as the one I used here, but different colors:

Blue and White Belle Mini Journal





I have this same fabric on my wallet. I picked out the fabric and had my mom make it for me:





What would you think if I added items like wallets and bags in my shop? I might make a shop for my mom that sells that kind of stuff (I would design the items and she would sew them), but I thought of testing it on my shop first (because I already have people who look at my shop) to see what people think.

I just added a bunch of photos to my Queue in Tumblr. Stuff will be automatically posted every day for the next few months. If you're on Tumblr, feel free to follow me. :)

Updates and New Items

I got these new cards up. They're both birthday greeting cards:

Best Wishes Red Birthday Greeting Card



This one uses vintage paper on top of red paper.

Zebra Print Birthday Card



I used zebra print fabric to cover this card and cut a wavy border. It says "Happy Birthday!" on the inside.

I also got this journal up. It's kind of similar to another mini journal I made. It uses gold thread that matches the blue and gold marbled paper. I bought this paper in Venice, Italy while I was traveling there.

Mini Blue and Gold Marbled Journal



I'm almost done with spring break. I can't believe it's Friday already. I only have a month left of school after that. I can't believe I'll be a senior in college next year. I'm trying to get an internship this summer and already I got a few interviews. I applied for this place called the Center for Book Arts in New York which is focused on bookbinding. Even if I don't intern there, they have a lot of interesting classes and I might want to try one.

New and Relisted Journals

I got some new journals up. I feel like it's been a while since I've listed new journals:

Little Rounded Yellow Polka Dot Journal



I love the decorative paper for this one. I decided to make the edges rounded which makes it different from some of my other journals. It has gold crinkled paper on the inside.

Vintage Girl Coptic Bound Book



This uses vintage paper from an old issue of Life magazine. I love looking through vintage items and finding stuff to use in new items.

I also got these journals relisted which were offline for a while:

Remember Italy Mini Sketchbook



This book uses a paper with photos from Italy. I love Italy so I was excited to find this paper. It uses thin sketch paper on the inside that is good for pencil sketches.

Red and Gold Marbled Journal



The size of this journal is a little bigger than my other books. It's about the size of a full sheet of computer paper so it could be good for art related entries or sketches.

Blue Marbled Coptic Bound Sketchbook



This journal is one of my favorites because it uses a decorative paper I love. I want to learn how to marble my own paper and think I might try to learn this summer.

I'm on spring break now. I got some fabric in the mail that I ordered from Etsy. Some of it is Japanese and food related. I can't wait to find uses for it.

New Cards and Sample Packs

I got these new cards up:

Alphabet Baby Rounded Greeting Card



This uses an alphabet decorative paper I found. It says "Congratulations on the baby!" on the front. I wanted to do something children themed with the alphabet paper.

Book Lover's Greeting Card



I made a bunch of book related items with this paper. I noticed I never got this one up. It's similar to this one that I sold.

Favorite Teacher Map Greeting Card



This card is great for Teacher's Appreciation Day (May 4th). It's made with vintage paper I cut out. I loved the old fashion look of the girl with the globe.

Tomato Lovers Wavy Greeting Card



I made this to put in a grocery shop that sells crafts called the Market House. Since I'm no longer putting items in there, I decided to list it online. It's a simple card with tomato decorative paper.

I'm going to be listing more cards (and journals) soon. I updated my Etsy profile a little bit. I was reading an article in The Storque and noticed I hadn't really updated my profile in a while. What kind of info do you put in your profile? I was thinking of writing more, like how I got started, but I also like to keep it simple and easy to read.

I'm flying home for spring break today. It'll be nice to have a break from school. I was up for hours last night making these small versions of greeting cards to send to Vegan Samples. I'll have photos and more info on that soon, such as when they'll be available to buy.

St. Patrick's Day

I made a St. Patrick's Day section in my shop celebrating green items. Here's some of my green colored items:

Tree of Life Box



Green Bird Journal



This Little Piggy Bank



Tree of Life Journal



Vacation Bird Wavy Greeting Card



All these items are also great for the start of springtime. Happy St. Patrick's Day!