Happy + Friday

Craft paper and a sharpie. That's all you need to wrap a gift like this! I used the tutorial here on how to fake calligraphy if you are not trained to do so. Happy Friday!

Project Dear Stella #2

I love love LOVE the Dear Stella Stained Glass line of fabrics. The colors are stunning! I have been wanting to wrap fabric in canvas, and I thought I would give it a try with these little guys I had lying around. 

I think the dimensions are 3" x 3" so they are super small - but look super cute on a shelf. Of course I had to adorn a felt flower - duh!

The colors are Pink, Orange and Light Orange

More pretty packaging

I am not going to tell who these treats are for (wink wink).

Such a simple way to make a gift look beautiful! More gift wrapping ideas this week so stay tuned! Enjoy the leap day!

Project Dear Stella #1

Lindsay Straw Galloway is a Surface Pattern and Textile designer (dream job) in NYC who launched her new fabric line Dear Stella late last year! She also happens to be an old high school friend, a facebook friend as well as a fellow pinner on Pinterest! Through the wonderful world of social media, Lindsay and I have reconnected. She was kind enough to send me some of her yummy, vibrant fabrics to play with - and I have been overwhelmed with ideas! The colors make me giddy!

Check out these great designs (there are so many it is hard to choose - here are a few favorites):

Heirloom - Blueberry Flowers

Mimosa - Pop Ditsy

Palladium - Gray Chevron (this is my favorite)

Stained Glass - Pink

I have desperately been looking for the right bedding to brighten up my bedroom. Sometimes I think it can be a curse when you know exactly what you want, because you can then never find it. Over the weekend I used the Palladium Gray Chevron to make some pillows for our bed and they turned out beautiful!




























Stay tuned for more projects!

Pretty packaging

I love giving gifts, but I love wrapping them even more!

How cute is this fun present? 

I wrapped the package in craft paper and then drew lines on the front to mimic garland.

With a heart hole punch and some paint chips I had lying around, I punched out the tiny hearts and glued them onto the craft paper under the lines. Voila a beautiful gift!

Wonder what's inside?

Felt flowers and rice krispies

Some sweet treats I made for my valentine's this year:

 


Instead of laying out rice krispies in a baking pan - I molded them in heart shaped cookie cutters, wrapped them in a clear baggie and tied on (my favorite) a felt heart!

 
Happy Valentine's Day!


xo

Glass painted jars

These beauties are all over Pinterest!

Head over here to check out the how to.

Such an easy, great idea to brighten any room!

1, 2, 3

A fun way to display the months as baby gets older.

Cut out felt numbers for each month, take the picture and hang both on a clothesline!

So simple!



The tiny clothespins are too cute :)

Felt flower beanies

Felt flowers that I have been making. Where else to put them but on a sweet hat for a little girl!



Pinterest has kept me very busy!

Birdies on branches

I love craft birdies - vintage or new. I think they are sweet and add a little bit of color when needed.

Above my kitchen sink is very blah. I wanted to do something different - that would add a little color. This is what I came up with and it looks so sweet!

Instead of buying curly willow from a craft store - I gathered a few branches from my backyard and wired them to a few copper nails. I placed my birdies accordingly and voila!

This was my inspiration:

Ball fringe

I love it and I am going to use it more often. Gifts, pillows - you name it - I am going to wrap it in ball fringe.

Etsy image credit here.

Holiday Market at Midtown

Simple Stripe will be there hoping to sell more pillows than last time. I am even going to run a a sale: pillows will be $25 instead of $30!



A rep from Stella & Dot (LOVE) is going to show the jewelry line...




The talented Handy Ma'ams will be there ready to jump into any project you may have for them!

As well as Gock's Frocks!



A few more vendors are in the works - but for now - stop by and say hi - we would love to see you!

Simple Stripe goes public

Setting up my 4' x 8' table on Saturday, at the Holiday Market I participated in, brought me back to the days of Knock Knock when I would set up for the trade shows in NYC. Of course - my teeny tiny table could not compare to the booth KK had. KK booths took months to plan and days to assemble. Set up for Simple Stripe in Rochester, NY? 3 minutes. And I had helpers (Thank you Peter and Mom).



My "goal" was to sell the pillows I had made specifically for the show (10). I have been preparing for this all week, staying up late in the basement, cutting, sewing, stitching, stuffing, wrapping, packing etc. with Tony Soprano by my side (I'm addicted - now on Season 3). I was convinced pillows would fly off the table. I would take so many orders that I would have to turn people down: "I'll be in touch after the first of the year when things slow down". I really wanted to say that. But unfortunately none of that happened.


(my order forms)

I sold 2 pillows.

Actually 4 but I made my sister and friend come in and order so I didn't feel completely defeated. Surprising I am not upset. Those 2 pillows are the first two pillows that I have sold to complete and total strangers and I am thrilled!


(my official sign)

I got my name out there and that's all that matters. I handed out a lot of business cards and talked to a lot of people. Overall I think it was a Saturday well spent. I am doing another show, Crafts for a Cause on December 3rd and I am excited for that.

Hopefully I'll sell 3 pillows!

Back....again

Once again - I stopped blogging. This time it has been almost a year. I've been busy. That's a lie. I forgot about my blog. Shame on me. But I have been up to some cool things over the past year and I figured it was time to share. Here's what has happened since my last post:

Got pregnant.



Had a beautiful baby boy.


Went on maternity leave for 9 weeks (I have no picture of maternity leave).

While I was home - I started making pillows.



Who makes pillows when they have a newborn?

Me.

I am going to brag. I have the most chilled out kid in the world. He sleeps and eats like a champ. He rarely cries - and when he does - it's super easy to figure out what he wants. I couldn't ask for a better baby.

I am not going to make any promises to blog regularly. When I can - I will. If I take another year break - well - I'm sorry. But for now, I am back.

P.S. I also sell the pillows.

Birdies

I get made fun of for liking birds. Fake birds that is - I can not stand the real ones - they creep me out.

Cute felt penguins and christmas trees from All Things Small:

Birdie ornaments from Recycled Parts:

And these hysterical little ones from The Felt Menagerie:

Color

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. ~Pablo Picasso

Peter and Jason's shower

I don't think I ever posted the pictures of the shower Lindsay, Sonja and I threw for the boys. I was looking through some pictures yesterday and thought everything looked so pretty: