I've decided that keeping 2 blogs, a website, a facebook page and an Etsy shop are too much. So as happens in life, I have decided to downsize.
Please visit me on my other blog Scrapping Life - One Page at a Time.
I will include all my Etsy projects on that site as well as any other layouts, cards or items I am working on - with tidbits of my life thrown in here and there.
Thanks and I hope to see you there!
Shannon.
Oh yeah - don't forget to follow me and any comments or suggestions are appreciated - thanks again! :)
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Toot Toot!!!
My daughter is a very talented young glassblower in Vancouver. She's becoming a well-known up and coming artist in the glass community. Today she was telling me about her work and was humbled to say how good she is compared with others. I told her it was good to toot her own horn once in a while. She should be proud of what she does!
Well, I need to take my own advice. Like mother like daughter I guess.
So ... toot, toot!!
I am so honoured and thrilled to be asked to be a guest designer @ The Paper Passion for the month of June.
I will be featured on their forum and gallery as well as their Facebook Page and their Blog. Each Friday for the month of June, I will have a project using products available at The Paper Passion along with tips or techniques.
I received my box of goodies yesterday and the wheels have been turning ever since!
I am sooo excited and thrilled to be asked and look forward to sharing my work with you.
Be sure to check their Blog every Friday (as well as guest designer Zoe Newburt featured every Tuesday in June) for my projects and tips.
Well, I need to take my own advice. Like mother like daughter I guess.
So ... toot, toot!!
I am so honoured and thrilled to be asked to be a guest designer @ The Paper Passion for the month of June.
I will be featured on their forum and gallery as well as their Facebook Page and their Blog. Each Friday for the month of June, I will have a project using products available at The Paper Passion along with tips or techniques.
I received my box of goodies yesterday and the wheels have been turning ever since!
I am sooo excited and thrilled to be asked and look forward to sharing my work with you.
Be sure to check their Blog every Friday (as well as guest designer Zoe Newburt featured every Tuesday in June) for my projects and tips.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Barbecues, Fairs and Stickpins
Okay maybe they don't go together - or do they? Regardless, that is what my weekend consisted of.
Finally with the nice weather we were able to barbecue and ... wait for it ...
sit outside!!!!!!!!!!!! It felt good to sit under the umbrella even if cars and sirens did go by. Something about eating outdoors just makes the food taste that much better. And the barbecue helps too - steaks, burgers, chicken, ribs, fish, veggies - whatever, taste so much better on the barbie! Of course a nice, cold cooler helps too.
This weekend too was our annual May Days. I haven't been to it in years but went with our son and his wife and our 9 mo.old grandson. I was impressed and proud that our little ol' town of Ladner put on such a great fair. There was a midway with rides and games for young and old, concession stands, vendors with their homemade goodies and handmade wares, a bandstand with continuous entertainment, softball tournament, petting zoo (which is the one thing my grandson would have loved and somehow we missed it) and of course a beer tent to keep the men happy. Actually the beer tent was a popular place.
My grandson, although too young to enjoy the rides or goodies, did win 2 small prizes with a little help from daddy - so he was pretty happy. He had a smile on his face the whole time. He seems to be in his element when around people or activities. He`s going to be a going concern - but a good concern - especially when I am the grandma!
I also added some stickpins to my Etsy shop. My daughter has been busy with moving and work so has not had time to set up her lampworking table and equipment. So I bought some beads from a wholesale bead store and made some new stickpins. I designed cards to display them on and grouped them in sets of 3. I photographed them all (oh yeah - hubby bought me a new light box - love it!) and added 2 of the sets to my shop. I made 7 sets but I`ll add a couple at a time as I want to spread my listings out a bit.
Here`s the 2 sets that I added. There are individual photos in my shop. Also, this is what the packaging looks like.
Finally with the nice weather we were able to barbecue and ... wait for it ...
sit outside!!!!!!!!!!!! It felt good to sit under the umbrella even if cars and sirens did go by. Something about eating outdoors just makes the food taste that much better. And the barbecue helps too - steaks, burgers, chicken, ribs, fish, veggies - whatever, taste so much better on the barbie! Of course a nice, cold cooler helps too.
This weekend too was our annual May Days. I haven't been to it in years but went with our son and his wife and our 9 mo.old grandson. I was impressed and proud that our little ol' town of Ladner put on such a great fair. There was a midway with rides and games for young and old, concession stands, vendors with their homemade goodies and handmade wares, a bandstand with continuous entertainment, softball tournament, petting zoo (which is the one thing my grandson would have loved and somehow we missed it) and of course a beer tent to keep the men happy. Actually the beer tent was a popular place.
My grandson, although too young to enjoy the rides or goodies, did win 2 small prizes with a little help from daddy - so he was pretty happy. He had a smile on his face the whole time. He seems to be in his element when around people or activities. He`s going to be a going concern - but a good concern - especially when I am the grandma!
I also added some stickpins to my Etsy shop. My daughter has been busy with moving and work so has not had time to set up her lampworking table and equipment. So I bought some beads from a wholesale bead store and made some new stickpins. I designed cards to display them on and grouped them in sets of 3. I photographed them all (oh yeah - hubby bought me a new light box - love it!) and added 2 of the sets to my shop. I made 7 sets but I`ll add a couple at a time as I want to spread my listings out a bit.
Here`s the 2 sets that I added. There are individual photos in my shop. Also, this is what the packaging looks like.
So, how was your weekend?
Friday, May 25, 2012
Oops!!!!!!!!!
Sorry I have been such a bad blogger. I can't believe how much work having an Etsy shop is. I thought that I just made items then hopefully they sold. But there is shop branding, pricing, packaging, shipping, promoting, photography. tags, titles, descriptions, teams, circles, searches and treasuries - phew - not to mention the creating! I also have another blog 'Scrapping Life' which I have spent more time designing so this poor little blog has been left out in the cold. I am thinking of having only one blog but for now please forgive the lack of creativity on this blog design.
I have been busy making items for the shop though. And yes, they are much more creative.
With the busy wedding season upon us I have been making albums that can also be used as wedding albums.
The first is an album uusing Basic Grey's Capella line. This paper is an older paper but I always loved it - it's perfect for photos of your special day. This 5X7 album contains 16 pagea - 8 with photo mats and 6 pocket pages which include pull out mats with tabs to add more photos or journalling. Beautiful Prima flowers, pearls and lace were added to the front cover.
Next is an album made wih a mixture of Prima's Fairy Belle and Printery papers as well as Romantique by Graphic 45. It measures 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 and contains 24 pages - 12 of which are pocket pages with pull out tabs. This book has a romantic, vintage look to it. The cover contains Prima flowers, twill ribbon, a sheer ribbon bow with a vintage style button and beautiful black pearl swirls. A metal and rhinestone heart locket is attached with a chain. The locket opens for you to put a special photo inside.
I have been busy making items for the shop though. And yes, they are much more creative.
With the busy wedding season upon us I have been making albums that can also be used as wedding albums.
The first is an album uusing Basic Grey's Capella line. This paper is an older paper but I always loved it - it's perfect for photos of your special day. This 5X7 album contains 16 pagea - 8 with photo mats and 6 pocket pages which include pull out mats with tabs to add more photos or journalling. Beautiful Prima flowers, pearls and lace were added to the front cover.
Next is an album made wih a mixture of Prima's Fairy Belle and Printery papers as well as Romantique by Graphic 45. It measures 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 and contains 24 pages - 12 of which are pocket pages with pull out tabs. This book has a romantic, vintage look to it. The cover contains Prima flowers, twill ribbon, a sheer ribbon bow with a vintage style button and beautiful black pearl swirls. A metal and rhinestone heart locket is attached with a chain. The locket opens for you to put a special photo inside.
The next album is suitable for a wedding, an anniversary or just a special album for two. It is a beautiful 6x6 scrapbook mini album made with the Bella Bella paperline from My Minds Eye. The front and back covers are made with sturdy chipboard and contain inside pockets to store photos, letters, emphera or treasures. The front cover is embellished with Prima flowers, pretty Prima 'peacock' rhinestones, ribbon and bow, a beaded stickpin and a title 'You and Me'. A handbeaded charm bookmark hangs from a chain.Inside there are 16 pocket pages with pullout mats and tags for all your photos.
I also made a brag book and some altered notebooks that I will share with you shortly.
These items are all available in my Etsy shop.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Time for my First Shop Hop!
It's time!!! Time to hop on over to my shop hop.
As promised, some fellow classmates from Crafting A Handmade Business on Etsy taught by Jennifer Priest at
www.mycreativeclassroom.com are represented.
So, I will be giving away a set of notecards to celebrate the GRAND OPENING of our Etsy shops.
So, I will be giving away a set of notecards to celebrate the GRAND OPENING of our Etsy shops.
Please do the following to enter and show your support of these shops:
1. Visit each shop on the list and add the shops and items to your favorites on Etsy then come back here and leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite item from each shop! Each comment is an entry!
and/or
2. Pin any of your favorite items from the shops to Pinterest - leave a comment here for each and every items you pinned--each one is an entry!!
2. Pin any of your favorite items from the shops to Pinterest - leave a comment here for each and every items you pinned--each one is an entry!!
and/or
3.Follow my blog.
and/or
4. Like me on Facebook.
Each one is an entry.
Good luck and Happy Hopping!
3.Follow my blog.
and/or
4. Like me on Facebook.
Each one is an entry.
Good luck and Happy Hopping!
Here’s the Etsy shops to visit:
Monday, April 16, 2012
Etsy Shop Hop
As mentioned in a previous post, I took a 5-week Etsy course to help me get started on this crazy yet exciting adventure. To help promote our shops, our instructor Jennifer Priest of Hydrangea Hippo, has arranged a Shop Hop for all students on Friday April 20th and Sat. April 21st. I think there were 50 or so of us signed up for the course so I am hoping that many will participate either in this hop and/or in future hops. It'd be nice to stay in touch and see how everyone is doing with their shop.
I hope you will join us - it should be fun. I'll list all the deets on Friday!
I hope you will join us - it should be fun. I'll list all the deets on Friday!
Friday, April 13, 2012
I'm Soooo Ready...
for nice weather that is! After growing up in Ontario I know how lucky (and spoiled) I am now to live on the west coast. No big snowstorms or even any snow to shovel as far as snow goes, no hail or thunderstorms and no humidity and unbearable heat in the summer. Sure, we get snow but it's nothing to panic about (unless there is none on the mountains) and we get thunderstorms once in a while as well as the odd sweltering hot day but mostly we get spring and fall all year round. And yeah - we get rain during our 'winter' months.
But all that being said, I am so ready for summer this year.
So then what is with the big tease that Mother Nature is giving us?! Just when I think it's okay to pull out the patio umbrella and take the cover off the barbecue it either rains or is cold and windy - or even worst - all 3!! This has been the strangest weather. 26 degrees celcius in Ontario in March while it's only 8 degrees celcius in BC. It was shorts and t-shirts in Alberta then bam - 2 weeks later a snowstorm on Easter Weekend. Weird! Mother Nature is certainly a stubborn and unpredictable woman!
But okay now Mama, enough is enough! The calendar says it's spring and I LOVE spring! The cherry blossoms and magnolia trees are co-operating and now it's time that you did too. Stop the tears and quit your huffing and puffing and give us a nice long warm hug.
This is why I love spring (photo compliments of my talented friend Aletta).
And this is why I'm looking forward to summer!
But all that being said, I am so ready for summer this year.
So then what is with the big tease that Mother Nature is giving us?! Just when I think it's okay to pull out the patio umbrella and take the cover off the barbecue it either rains or is cold and windy - or even worst - all 3!! This has been the strangest weather. 26 degrees celcius in Ontario in March while it's only 8 degrees celcius in BC. It was shorts and t-shirts in Alberta then bam - 2 weeks later a snowstorm on Easter Weekend. Weird! Mother Nature is certainly a stubborn and unpredictable woman!
But okay now Mama, enough is enough! The calendar says it's spring and I LOVE spring! The cherry blossoms and magnolia trees are co-operating and now it's time that you did too. Stop the tears and quit your huffing and puffing and give us a nice long warm hug.
This is why I love spring (photo compliments of my talented friend Aletta).
And this is why I'm looking forward to summer!
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