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.

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.

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. 

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!!


and/or
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:

www.etsy.com/shop/rillabee

www.etsy.com/shop/sapphirenoteables

www.etsy.com/shop/hydrangeahippo

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'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!

Sale On!

First of all, HAPPY EASTER! I hope everyone has a fun and scrumptious Easter with family and friends and that you don't eat tooooo much chocolate!
Secondly, while you're devouring the ears of that poor little bunny, hop over and have a look at Sapphire Noteables Etsy Shop. The Easter Sale continues until midnight Monday April 9th (PST).
When checking out just use the Coupon Code HOPPY EASTER to automatically get 15% taken off your order - it's that easy!
And before you chomp off that poor bunny's feet visit Sapphire Noteables Facebook Page and 'Like' it for your chance to win a package of handstamped note cards. The winner will be announced on Tuesday April 10th.
Okay now that your tummy is full and it's time to relax, pour yourself a glass of wine and take a peek at some scrapbook albums to put all those cherished Easter photos in.

UPDATE: There were 24 'likes' on my facebook page so using random.org the winner of the Handstamped Notecards is DAUNA HILL - CONGRATS DAUNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Mini Albums

I've been busy making new mini albums to get ready for our Easter weekend sale.
They both use papers and embellies from Prima - one of my fave manufacturers.
The 1st one uses the Nature Garden line. I love the soft and vintagey look of this line. I also love the garden theme with all the fairies and pixies. I attached a Prima swirl pearl and rhinestones to the cover along with flowers and ribbon. A tag with a butterfly charm is attached with chain to the binding then a piece of iridescent tulle is tied to it. So soft and pretty!

                                        

The 2nd album was made by a combination of papers and embellies from both the Printery line and the Almanac line. This one is mostly black and cream with soft greens, pinks and corals.
Rather than the soft romantic look of the Nature Garden line it has a more nostalgic vintage look to it with old watch faces, script and lots and lots of vintage touches. The cover is again embellished with beautiful Prima flowers, pearl and rhinestone swirls all wrapped in a big striped ribbon and bow. It also has a tag and charm attached with a chain and black tulle.
                                                                                                                                                                 

 

Both albums measure 6X6 and have envelope pages with photo mats inside.
Now for the good news. They're both available in my Etsy shop and they're both on Sale this weekend!

Have a safe and happy Easter!

Easter Sale

Sapphire Noteables will be having an Easter Sale from Fri. April 6th - Mon. April 9th!
So, hop on over - enjoy shop discounts and join my facebook page to be entered in a prize.
It'll be a great time for everybunny! (lol - pun intended).