Valentine Give Away

Yay the Valentine give away is here!! I thought it would be the perfect time to show my LOVE and appreciation for my blog followers. In order to win #1 you must be a follower #2 you need to comment on any post from now until January 27th. New followers are WELCOME! If you do not follow me and want too, the FOLLOW button is at the top left side of my blog. If you are shy don't worry about leaving a witty comment or anything. Just a simple hi is good enough!Winner will be announced Friday January 28th. Good luck and thanks so much for following me!

Need Help!

My Valentine give away is coming soon! I just keep adding more and more to it! Ok so this is what I need help with: ribbon and lace. I have blogged about my lace obsession before here, here, here, and here. I have sold it on tags, in kits, in boxes, and bags. I am doing a deep clean and organization on my studio. My studio has looked clean and organized but in drawers and boxes chaos reined. Right now I am organizing trim. I'm taking it off spools and putting into individual baggies. Then I'm going store it by color. More on that later. The thing is after seeing all my trim in one place I KNOW I could never use it all. I have spent two FULL days sorting it and I'm still not done. I have boxes and boxes of tangled lace I need to sell. So I'm asking you dear friends. What is the best way to sell ribbon and lace? Should I shove it all in a box and say here you go? Or should I take the time to sort it by color etc and wind it onto cards? Or maybe even do this again? I'm willing to mark it cheap to sell it fast! Heck I will even give some away! If you comment on this post by Friday January 14Th I will put you in a drawing to win a big bag of lace. Tell me all your great ideas!

Joli Paquet Kits

COTTAGE BOO SIGN

SPOOKY MINI WREATH

Here is the preview for my Joli Pauqet kits. I hope you like them. They will be in my SHOP this Thursday. I have a limited quantity on the wreath. Once its gone its gone. Be sure to go see the other gals kits over at Joli Paquet! They are all spooktacular!

I LOVE junking!

I have been so busy crafting my little heart out. I have been making items for my etsy store and booth. I have discovered the wonders of crepe paper. I LOVE it. It took practice but I can make rosettes now. Today when I went junking I got some fabulous finds. Tons of vintage rick rack, ribbon, lace, and wooden spools. But, best of all I got this great old school house desk. Isn't it precious? Sadly, it just will not fit in my small house. Not to mention I do not think it is wise to have antiques around 3 little wild boys. So off to my booth it will go. I meet some wonderful ladies this week that are just as passionate about art and junk as I am. It was so nice to chat with such wonderful gals who gave me a huge boost of confidence.

pictures of my studio

Ok....its not much now but I WILL fix it up this summer by God!!! I want to paint the walls, add trim, add a ceiling fan, and some lighting. My work table is a door on top of an old desk and cabinet. I plan to refinish those. I love my antique library card holders you see on both sides of the table. One holds tools and paint the other ribbon and glue. The old window frame has chicken wire on it. I hang some of my creations there before they sell. My DH brought home alot of the things I use for storage. Hes such a sweety. Its not pretty yet but it has everything I need, including GREAT light.