NOT Just Another Mom

I was able to play around with my new Cricut and made some birthday invitations for a beach themed party. I love the way the sand and the surfboard turned out. I also love the double layered text! It made for a nice effect. Have a wonderful day! 

I managed to make two Valentine's Day quilled pieces in two very distinct and different techniques.  The first was using my cricut to cut out the word love. (Did I mention my wonderful hubby gave me one for Christmas?)  I did a double layer cut out and then quilled around the inner layer with a matching pink 1/8' strip.  For the hearts, I just free handed cut and glued them on and then used the spiral technique to go around the edge of the hearts.  I wanted to experiment more with the spiral technique, so I did...  This is the result of my experiment.  Lots and LOTS of spirals glued into place.  It is an 8x8' piece and I admit the curves and maintaining the spiral consistency was a challenge.  It was a fun and challenging piece... The beginning drawing... Coming along...   A close up... Almost Done A close up of the finished quilling... Doesn't that look nice on the top of my desk?     ...

I had the opportunity to create a letter "L" initial. The customer wanted the color combination of blue, black, and red.  I wanted to highlight a flower in the letter.

Before Christmas, I had the opportunity to create a series of quilled initials for a commission. I had only made one and I was so excited to be up for the challenge!  I will be updating my blog with  pictures and process updates.  I hope you enjoy! The first one is an M in beautiful shades of blues and yellows.

December was an exceptionally busy month for me. Well, it actually started in October when I came up with an idea for some ornaments.  From that point, I was asked to make an order for 100 of them! It was a lot of work for me, but I loved every minute of it!  Here is my dining room table filled with all 100! They are bagged and ready for delivery.  In my next post, I will show you some of my other commission for quilled initials... Have a wonderful day! 

I'm about to bust from excitement! As you know, I just did my first craft show where I displayed my framed pictures and as you may or may not know, I sold a customized quilled initial!  I was so happy to do this because the customer was expecting a new grandbaby and I was to make an initial matching the nursery colors and a seahorse from the invitation.  I'm happy to say that the customer was happy and I loved the way it turned out... Isn't the seahorse adorable and I love the colors of teal and pink together!

You know how it goes- your friends,family, and neighbors all say how beautiful your work is. "You could sell these!" Or "I know a lot of people who would buy these!"  Then, in the back of your mind you say,"Hmmmm- would it really sell?" Well, two people convinced me to be a vendor at a craft show and since it was for a church for a small fee, I thought, "Okay, why not give it a try?"  So I did. 😳. I researched about what I needed and made a list and these things happened: my computer crashed..a printer stopped working, and the night before the sale, I bought a card reader so it would be more convenient to buyers. I waited until after my sons karate class to open the box and the reader wasn't there!  Someone had stole it! The store had already closed, and wouldn't open until the festival started the next morning!  Luckily, I found one in stock at another store an hour earlier the next morning.  Here are some products I had ready along wit...