Exciting stuff going on

So for a while I debated about not even giving this a go.  Hit a rough spot and just felt uninspired and blah for a while.  However, I've been re-inspired and am ready to go.  I have a memory game sitting on my table at this moment waiting to be colored.  I have planned 4th of July pinwheels, lots of cards sketched out and waiting for me, a few mini books I want to put together and lots of other stuff.

The biggest news right now is I have one thing listed in my etsy shop.  Very excited about it, although it was made by my grandpa.  It's a jar opener that mounts under your cabinets therefore leaving both hands free to hold the jar to make it easier to open.  Works great for anyone with arthritis, even really bad cases.  My grandma has a horrible time with her hands and she is able to open pretty much any jar or even bottle out there.  I only have one Jar Opener listed, however I have lots more on hand to sell. 

Also right now through the end of July I am running a "Christmas" in July special.  Buy any one item get your choice of 10 Christmas tags or 5 greeting cards free.  If you are interested in purchasing something please email me at pinkowldesigns@gmail.com.  Working to get more samples posted here and some more items in the etsy shop as well. 

Birthday Banner

As I'm starting to think about celebrating Audrey's 5th birthday it dawned on me I never posted the banner I made for her for her 4th birthday. Hard to believe it's been a year already.

I loved making this and am thinking I'd like to make one for the last day of school, but that's only a week away and I have a million other things to get done as well so we'll see if that happens. Maybe I'll just make it say something about summer and then it can stay up longer.

She is very girly and all about all things sparkly and pink so picking out the color was easy. On the letters I added punched butterflies that have a bit of shimmer to them.



The big owl is from Hero Arts and then I had some dollar stamps that I used to add the wand and crown to the owl.

She was so excited when she saw it hanging on the wall on her birthday. I think these are fun for all sorts of events or even to just display your child's name in their room. If interested in having one made please send me an email.

Flowery Birthday Card

This past weekend we had 2 birthday parties to attend. I have recently become a fan of giving money as a gift, especially when it means I get to make cute cards like this...



The mom of the birthday girl is debating whether or not she will actually get the money! Haha! I love coming up with new ways to incorporate giving money which is becoming the go to gift for any occasion. I also love trying to figure out ways to incorporate gift cards. Makes giving those kind of boring gifts(unless you are the recipient of course) a little more exciting. If you have a gift giving occasion coming up; Father's Day, Graduation or Wedding and want something a little more fun to give money or a gift card please email me for prices. Who wouldn't love to get a card like this?

Sewing

I'm missing my sewing machine right now. Mine died before Christmas and I miss it. Next weekend I get my grandma's old machine and I can't wait. It's a Viking, just like my old one. I LOVE Viking machines, no one makes machines like Viking(and no I'm not getting paid by Viking to say that). I was never an avid seamstress like my mom or grandma, however I discovered rag quilts a few years ago and love making them. I made them this year for 3 of the 4 teachers my kids had and they were very well received.



I actually made 2 of these for teachers. Both are avid MU Tigers fans and attend games of all sorts so they will be well used.



I made this one for my sons Reading/Writing teacher. She loved all the bright colors.

If you are interested in a blanket please send me an email at pinkowldesigns@gmail.com to discuss your ideas and price. Price is very reasonable, but depends on the number of different fabrics you want and how big the finished blanket will be.

Graduation Card

The calendar reads May 1(at least for 28 more minutes) and with that comes Graduations. These days one of the most favored gifts by grads is MONEY!! Who doesn't love to get money. Giving money can seem a little boring, so you need a card to make it fun. Designed this for my mother in law to give to a high school grad.



Since I made it for someone else I didn't get a picture of it with the money in it, but I designed it so that the money will go down in with the pen and pencil. Great way to make giving money a little more exciting.

National Scrapbook Day

Today is National Scrapbook Day! I haven't made an actual page, but have been creating some cards. Looking to open an online store soon(this week maybe), just trying to decide where. I'm also wanting to make some banners, thinking Graduation might be fun.

Just some more cards I made recently.






Just one week until Mother's Day. Also don't forget graduation season will be upon us very soon.

Mother's Day gift idea...

With Mother's Day just around the corner are you looking for something different for the women in your life that they will love and could even pass on to others? I think snail mail, especially of the happy kind is becoming a lost art. Part of the reason is email is so easy, but another I think is the cost of cards in a store, especially if you are sending them "just because". Why not give mom or the other women in your life a set of greeting cards? We can do themes of all kinds from traditional holidays to those just saying hi. With so many people trying to conquer clutter and in general have less stuff a set of greeting cards would be a wonderful gift.


Here's just a few cards I've made recently(gave them to a friend of mine and she almost lost them to her daughters).