Earring Mania

I've been making some simple earrings with solid sterling silver findings to experiment with some of the beads I have for sale. I'm planning to do some more original designs soon that have a little more personality, but I have quite a few simple ones left over from a charity fundraiser, so I've been posting them on Etsy. I've also been trying to get good photographs which has required a lot of experimenting. I though this one turned out pretty good, but I still would like to improve a couple of things. Other than that, since I last posted I have been working on clay and etched glass magnets, ribbon hair clips, needlepunching, and sock knitting. I suppose those should be my next photograpy experiment models!

cards for sale!!!

we got a few of the cards listed on etsy!!

here is the shop link:
azurerocket.etsy.com

yay! we hope to get the rest up soon and to do some valentine's day cards.

birthday cards

these are some more cards that i made today. luckily i have all this time before my classes really get going! (front)

(inside)

more handmade card concepts

here are three more card concepts that i came up with yesterday. this first one is another birthday greeting.
here's the front and stamped envelope,
the inside,
and the back.
i think i'm getting better at this.

this next card is just a formal invitation for any event. it was a lot of fun to go for a more sophisticated look and feel.
this is the front,
the inside,
and a shot of the back and the stamped envelope.
this is just a plain happy birthday card with a blank inside.
this is the front and stamped envelope,
and this is the back and the envelope.

these cards will soon be available for purchase on etsy.com.

card prototypes

these are a couple of the card ideas i came up with over the weekend. i'm not sure if they are completely perfected, but i like the ideas as a whole. what i am mostly debating on is the color schemes.

this is a sample of an idea i came up with for birthday party invitations:
this is the front,
inside,
and the decoration of the back before i decided to change the spelling of "pajamas" to "pijamas."

this is one of the ideas i had for a birthday card.
the front (the yarn ball is embroidery floss),
the inside,
and another version of a back stamp with the spelling of pajamas still not changed.

i hope to experiment more with color schemes, layout, and such. i also want to come up with a few more ideas. things are going well so far.

handmade cards

one thing that i want to try this month is making fun handmade cards. i have started doing a few birthday card ideas, but nothing is done yet. my biggest problem is coming up with little touches that make them charming, but i'm working on it. i've decided to call my line of cards "cat's pijamas", but i haven't decided on a logo yet. hopefully i will have some time to work on them later today, then i will post some of them.

i know that kathbot has been working on some baby cards for a boutique. we will post a link to the boutique when they are ready.