Selling Cards

I have decided to sell some of the cards I make for challenges.  Many of you who know me, know that I don't normally sell my cards.  I used to but found that I was spending way too much time on them to make it worth it and so now I only really make them for friends and family.  However I am developing a bit of a stack and so decided to sell some!  You will find them here on the blog if you are interested.  There is a button at the top of the page which says 'Cards for Sale'.

There are drop down boxes for the prices.  For each item there will be two prices one for Australia and one for Worldwide.  These prices include postage and packaging.  If you live in Karratha, then the postage element will be refunded to you when I deliver it to you!

So far these are the items that made it for sale:

Made It Friday Focus: Owls

Today's Friday Focus is on the new Owl Design I recently added to the shop.

When I was doing my search on Made It for lovely Owl items it became clear to me very quickly that I might have been a bit late in jumping on the 'Owl' bandwagon! Oh there was so much pretty owl cuteness out there - 25 pages on Made It to be precise!  It made it really hard to narrow it down! So you know that these are my absolute favourites!!

• Personalised Owl Onesie or T-shirt - The Crafty Nomad (me!)
• Wheat Heat Pack - Choochie Bubble
• Zippered Pouch - Mish Mash Designs
• PDF Sewing Pattern - Angel Lea Designs
• Hairclip - Lilliput Loft
• Pocket Watch - Oh Deer
• Mobile - Birdy NumNum Design
• Key Fob - Mish Mash Designs
• Hair Clip Holder - Little Pipika
• Owl Softie - Plushka

I know these little shops would love you to stop by and take a look at their wares!  Go on, make their day!

Week 6: Do You Stack Up - Ribbon

Hi there, today's card is for this weeks challenge at the Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog. 

The challenge this week is:

Ribbon

The sponsors today are: Kristen Powers Ink and Bugaboo.

 

I chose to use an image from Bugaboo which just makes me laugh!  It's called One Person to Annoy and you can get it here.

I thought I'd find a spotty paper to match her dress.  Our challenge was to use ribbon.  I decided to make a ribbon flower.  First I sewed a running stitch down the middle of the burgandy ribbon and pulled it to make the little flower.  Then I ran a running stitch down one edge of the grey ribbon and pulled at that to make the main layered flower.  I added the burgandy to the top and secured them to the card with a vintage looking brad from Stampin Up.  I love the pretty delicate nature of the flower teamed with no-nonsense Stella.

This is the inside of the card!

And another close up of the flower.

I can't wait to see what fun ways you come up with to use ribbon in your projects.  Link them up at DYSU!

VW Camper vans

I made these for a friend.  I have to say that whilst I love them, I certainly won't be adding these to the shop! Oh boy they were fiddly! Lots of little pieces to sew! 

We decided to go for initials instead of names as one of the boys is 8 and we thought he might not be keen on a name on his shirt.

Have a lovely day. 

Baby Taggie Blankie

I keep seeing these lovely taggie blankies around but hadn't made one til yesterday.  Mainly because there is another girl locally who makes wonderful ones to sell at the local markets, and it's always nice to provide something that's not already there right?

Anyway I have friends popping babies out left right and centre at the mo! So baby gifts are being cooked up in my house at the mo.   This one is for one of my oldest friends (not oldest in age you understand!), a girl I went to school with.  Her and her partner are both musicians so when the idea began to take form and I was stood in the fabric shop choosing fabric I was VERY happy to spot these two musical black and white fabrics.  I wanted to go with the black, red and white theme as I remember reading when my daughter was little that it helps with brain/eye development.  She had a little cloth book in these colours and she loved looking at it intently!

As you can see I patchworked the front block.  Seems Lorraine has finally gotten me interested in patchwork.  Still think small projects are the way forward for me though!

I just love the minky fabric on the back it really is so soft!

I can see me making one or two more of these as gifts for friends.

I'm linking this up to: