Go Check it Out!

I finally made enough cards to get posted in an Etsy shop. (They don't have a minimum, I just didn't want to only have one or two items up at a time.)

Anyhow, here is the link to my shop, Krystle's Creations, I am selling all kinds of different cards that I have made. Some for St. Patty's day, and I will make some for Easter (the next holiday on the calendar) and get those up soon too, along with a variety of other cards. I hope you enjoy browsing around my shop, and a purchase wouldn't hurt either! ;)

Here are some of the cards:

Would you pay money for these?

Happy Belated Valentines day! I hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's day weekend. Those are all pictures of cards that I made... A few people saw some of them and thought that I should start selling them. So decided to make a bunch for Valentines day, and see what people thought of them. Then I thought I'd make a shop over on etsy and sell some of them (not the valentines, but ones for all kinds of other occasions).

So what do you think? Would you pay money for these?

If you plan to organize your crafts.....

This weekend I need to get a lot of things done. My sister is coming to visit me here in CT for the holidays, and she arrives next weekend. This means that I have to get everything done today!
Most of what I really want to get done, besides the ever-dreadful laundry, is some organization of my craft supplies. I have an abundance of card-making, scrapbooking, and knitting supplies...its actually insane how much I really have. But I love doing all that stuff, it sort of relaxes me to unleash my creativity while making something fun, and it always makes for a nice gift too.
What will probably happen, is that I will start to sort through everything, and when I am organizing my stamps, I will want to use some of them that I haven't used in a while. If I let myself use some of the stamps, I will inevitably use all of other card making supplies to add to the cards. If I use all of the other supplies, my room will be filled with ribbon and string, stamps and stamp pens, cardstock and envelopes, and all the rest too. If I fill my room with all of these fun things I will ultimately organize them into piles, and if I organize them into piles they will eventually get put into their new homes. This will lead to freshly organized crafts, and fun new cards! Sounds like a win-win to me! :D



This is the only example of my cardmaking that I could find. I thought I had more photos, oh well. This is a thank you card that I sent to a friend over a year ago... I thought it turned out quite well. I guess for more cardmaking photos, I will have to post the results of todays organizing extravaganza later next week.

Happy Weekend Fun!

One Wonderful Weekend

I haven't had internet access for most of last week, so I was unable to update! We left on Wednesday to go to Southington, CT, which is about an hour north of Southport. Friday was Gwen's little sister's wedding, and little Dan was the ring-bearer!!! So we had to be up on Wed. for the rehearsals. Thursday, I got quite a bit done on my knitting while sitting by the pool with the Little's, and there cousins. We also went shopping on Thursday with the kids...note to self: don't take the kids into a toy store without telling them exactly how much they have to spend before hand...or tantrums will follow!! Dinner that night was quite eventful, I met half of Gwen's family (which is very large!) and on Friday at the wedding I met the rest of them. I had to get little Dan into his suit before the ceremony (he looked soo adorable, everything was way big on him!) The wedding was a beautiful ceremony...and then the reception was a blast! We danced alot! Saturday morning was a nephew's birthday so we all went out to breakfast to celebrate that event...then as we were leaving all of Gwen's family was giving me hugs and welcoming me to the family! It was really sweet!

When I got back home on Saturday afternoon from enjoying all of the festivities, I went to the hardware store to get paint samples. The colors I narrowed it down to are called dill (which will be on 3 walls), Bourbon (which is the more peanutty color), and Friar's Brown (which is the dark contrasting brown). So you all will have to help give me your opinions on which brown should cover the 4th wall! I loved the idea of the entire room being brown, but all of the browns that I like are way to dark, and I think if they were covering the entire room, it would feel small...so green and brown it is!

I also paid a visit to the local craft store, and spent way to much money on some card-making and scrap booking supplies! (Why is it that I have all of the expensive hobbies?!) But I did turn out some lovely cards, here is a picture of one of them and then some envelope detail that I did as well.

Sunday, I had a quiet afternoon. Went and got some coffee, and made my way to my new favorite spot! One of the more quiet beaches here...and my coffee and my book planted ourselves for hours!

Oh and check this out!!