Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2015

peek at the next ebook in the works

Last month I mentioned that I'm working on my next ebook, and I shared my first peek from it. Over the past few weeks I've made a lot of progress on the samples for it and wanted to share of them. I am really happy with my work so far and am looking forward to finishing up the samples and moving forward with final shots for the book.

I always use an acrylic spray for my sheet music pages that I'll be gluing so that the ink doesn't run. On a whim, I decided to paint some of my clothespin samples. I absolutely love the textured look of watercolors over acrylic spray.





Finally, I can't seem to stop making paper flowers. Many of you know that I have been a huge Alisa Burke fan for several years now, and you can definitely see her influence in these flowers. In addition to the influence in the designs themselves, I also took a page from her book and used cheap supplies - Crayola watercolor paints and a Bic white out pen - to make this come together.

What have you been working on lately?

Monday, December 29, 2014

2014 Christmas gift packaging

Remember the package decorations that I posted about earlier this month? To recap briefly, most years I keep gift wrapping as simple as possible, and I wanted to step up the game this year. I know that I've majorly dropped the ball on keeping up with this blog the past couple months, but I wanted to make sure that I took and posted pictures of the finished gifts. I'm hoping to get back to posting more regularly again in 2015. For now, enjoy.










Did anyone else do special gift packaging this year?

Friday, December 12, 2014

D is for (Package) Decorations

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

Yep, it's Alphabe Thursday on Friday, and it's going to be a short and sweet. Anyone who has received a gift from me in the past few years knows that I am notoriously lazy when it comes to wrapping presents. I'm not very good at it, and I hate that most wrapping paper ends up right in the garbage. It seems like such a waste. So typically I buy a pack of tissue paper, stuff presents into old gift bags and shopping bags, write recipient names on leftover card making paper scraps, and call it good.

I put a lot of effort into the gifts themselves (is it a surprise that I always make a number of gifts?), and needless to say, the wrapping doesn't reflect that effort. So I'm stepping it up this year and going with a "brown paper packages tied up with string" theme that includes reusable decorative items and fun little goodies, like candy and ornaments. The following reveals just a little taste of what's to come. I will do my best to get some pictures of my wrapped presents later this month.





Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter D this week right here!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

C is for Christmas Decorations

Are you ready for another round of Alphabe Thursday? Let's go!

Christmas is the only holiday where I really put up a lot of decorations. Jake loves Christmas decorations, too, and always helps me get things up right after Thanksgiving. Every year our collection gets better and better. Today I'm sharing just a little peek at Christmas in my house. Enjoy.























 
Check out what the other Alphabe Thursday participants posted for the letter C right here!

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

holiday inventory stocking in the works




You can check out my current Christmas online inventory right here. I'll be adding more over the coming month.

What are you working on for the upcoming holidays?

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas lovely readers!


However you are celebrating today, I hope that you enjoy it. Your regularly scheduled programing will return tomorrow.