Please excuse the mess... I am currently rearranging my blog. :)

7.29.2010

Thursday's three: Crap

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This weeks Thursday's Three is in honor of Ruari now pooping 3 times a day. As I'm typing this, I can hear her pooing! For whatever reason she went from a once-a-day poo to 3 times a day. Hmmm... Almost overnight! Yay! {That was sarcasm}

So, on to my Thursday's Three: Crap

1)This is a cute Home Crap Home cross-stitched lovely. I think it's pretty cute. Head on over to their shop for some more funny cross-stitched creations.

{Home Crap Home cross-stitch: spamberly}


2) How about a little different spin on your boring old thank you cards? Check out more here.

{Holy Crap card: NavyBlueNotes}


3) This crap necklace is hilarious. But, if you don't want "crap" hanging from your neck, they do have a TON more little charm words to choose from. Check them out.

{Crap Necklace: PianoBenchDesigns}

Happy Thursday everyone!

Don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Thursday's Three: Poo



7.28.2010

Giveaway @ One Little Fox


Don't you think these would be lovely in Ruari's room? I do. You can try and win them here.



7.22.2010

Thursday's Three: I heart Oregon

I heart Oregon! That's it. This is what inspired this weeks this weeks Thursday's Three.

Thursday's Three: I heart Oregon

1) Cute cute print. I love Oregon print from QA design. Please check their shop for your state!

 {I love Oregon print: QA Design}

2) I very much LOVE this Oregon pillow. I do ♥ Oregon. So, it's perfect. Get a felt pillow of your state from Love California on Etsy.

{Oregon pillow from: Love California}

3) This is a great print. XOXO Portland! Please check out Capow for your city! Love them!

{XOXO Portland Print: Capow}

AND, don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Thursday's Three: My baby's Room...
{Ruari at 7 months}

Happy Thursday!


And: I'd like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you purchase ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). :) Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you!
Just a little reminder:


7.18.2010

Made it to the front page of Etsy. Weeeee...

I was wondering why Google Analytics was telling me that my shop views went up 85%, along with my Paper Lady blog views up 4,900% (ha), and my Paper Mama blog's view were up 10,600%. HA! Thought that was a little crazy. Anywho, it may have something to do with the front page. Yay! It's always a VERY lovely thing to get one of your items on Etsy's front page. It brings a lot of potential buyers to your shop.

{This lovely screenshot was provided by craftcult.com}

And, I must say THANK YOU to That Something for including my paper crown. I had featured one of her cute prints in a past post about feet. Please give her shop a visit!











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7.15.2010

Thursday's Three: My family

Just a quick reminder.... This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends tomorrow.. Don't forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I'd like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you buy ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). :) Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I stillyou! (I will be setting up more info for advertising on my Paper Lady blog, but for now the info page is on the Paper mama blog. :) )


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Ok, on to this weeks Thursday's Three... it is all about my family! I want to support their little businesses any way I can. Here we go...

Thursday's Three: Family

1) Spittin Toad: My cousin, Denise, runs this fun little shop. It's full of her unique creations and I just love it. She has always encouraged me to be creative. I know that a lot of what I create today probably stems from the time I spent being crafty with her while growing up. She recently donated an item for a giveaway on my blog. (Athena Workman won!). Please check out her blog and her shop. Feel free to buy stuff too. :D



{Chalkboard Pendant: Spittin Toad}

 
 {Handmade stacked bead earrings: Spittin Toad}

2) Pepper and Farley: This is my Mom's Etsy shop. She makes some very lovely nice quality purses, pouches, pendants, and a few other creations. In addition to her Etsy shop she also has a quilting business. This doesn't mean she'll MAKE the quilts for you... she let's you do that part. She owns a GIANT quilting machine and freehands the stitching on your quilts for you with this machine. She's very good and her pricing is great! She accepts quilts from any state (you pay for the shipping). If you are interested in getting your lovely quilt quilted before the holidays, hurry and contact her! Her time fills up quick! You can contact her through sending a conversation in her Etsy shop.



{Put your custom photo on the pouch: Pepper and Farley}

Here I am laying on a quilt made by Janis (my mom). If you go to a larger photo you can see all the detailed stitching. :)

{Quilting by Janis: Contact through Etsy}

3) Cositas Bellas:  This is my VERY good friend Roxana's shop. Ok, so we're not technically family, but we've been friends for about 10 million years now and we know WAY too much about eachother. ;) I love her like she was family, so please show her shop and blog some love. She is extremely talented and very pregnant. :D

{Cora multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}



{Lena multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}

I hope you do visit them and enjoy their shops!!! I do!


7.12.2010

Monday's my pick: Market bag...

We went to Portland Saturday Market this weekend... and, we could really have used a cute little market bag to carry the goodies! This one is so cute! I would even use it as a purse!

Monday's My Pick: Please, head on over to Flower Pie and check out their other goodies!

{Reusable tote bag: FlowerPie}

Don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Monday My Pick...

{Sleepy baby girl.}

A little reminder...
This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh!

7.08.2010

Thursday's Three: Me! The Paper Lady!

First off... Quick note: Don't forget to enter my giveaway! There are not too many entries... VERY good chance to win! Ends tomorrow evening 7/9.

Ok...
This Thursday's Three is all about my Etsy shop: Paper Lady Invites. With being a new mama I haven't been putting too much time into my shop in the past few months.... But, I'm just starting to figure out how to balance baby time and me time. :)

I'm so excited. I've sold 3 crowns in the past week! We had a little table setting event at Anthropologie (my job)... and I set up a table for a child's tea party! I made 4 crowns to add to the table. Everyone loved them... so I ended up selling a couple! I don't have photos of the table setting yet (it wasn't taken on my camera) but, I did take some photos of the crowns I made. Ruari was kind enough to model them for me!

On to the Thursday's Three (well, Thursday's 6! ;D ):

1) This is a new design I have just started creating. Usually my adult crowns tie to the wearers head... this one is actually a tiara style! That way you can still have your hair all pretty and stylish! I will still be making both versions. My friend bought this tiara to wear to the Oregon Country Fair. I can't wait to see photos!

{Adult tiara crown: Paper Lady Invites}

2) This crown I made for my baby, Laureli. It will be decoration in her baby room until she's old enough to not eat it! I do have one more of these crowns for sale in my Etsy shop. Please click here if you're interested. :)

{Pretty Pink child size crown: Paper Lady Invites}

3) I made this child size crown for the table setting event. I'm going to give it to my buddy Kelsey. Her little girl's name is Coral. She's 3 months younger than Ruari.

{Child size crown: Paper Lady Invites}

4) This next crown was ALSO for the table setting event at AnthropologieI plan to give this to my friend Roxana's daughter: Kamilah. :)

{Child size crown: Paper Lady Invites}

5) This is the 4th crown I made for the table setting event. I really love it. I didn't make this one for any specific person... so, I may put it up for sale. Probably later today.

{Child size crown: Paper Lady Invites}

6) This last crown is another adult tiara crown. This one is for sale. Please check it out if you'd like!

{Adult tiara crown: Paper Lady Invites}

Have a FABULOUS Thursday everyone! AND: don't forget....


This weeks photo challenge: Favorite Toy! Last day is Friday!
Giveaway ends tomorrow!!!



7.05.2010

Monday's My Pick: Fireworks

I hope you ALL had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. I know I did! Today's Monday's My Pick was inspired by fireworks:

Looking for a pet ID tag that's more interesting than the typical plain ol' tags you get at the pet store? This little shop is full of them! They are very cute! Please check out the shop.

{Pet ID tag: makeyourdogsmile}

Don't forget to check out the Paper Mama's Monday My Pick: 4th of July.
{Ruari 6.5 months}

Just a little reminder:
Don't forget to enter the giveaway: Chalkboard Pendant. Ends July 9th. 
This weeks photo challenge: Favorite Toy!