Perfectly Pretty

Hello!

What's happening with you today?

Hopefully lots of good things! :)

I'm sitting here at my desk putting together my first scrapbook page of the year! It's a snowy page. I hope to have it done and photographed before the end of the day so I can share it with you tomorrow.

Today I thought I'd tell you about a new Etsy shop a crafty blog friend of mine opened this week. Actually, it's a re-opening and the shop is filled with the most beautiful craft supplies!

Even though I have supplies coming out of my ears, I couldn't resist getting a couple things! ;)

The shop is called Perfectly Pretty. Carly Robertson is the shopkeeper.

http://www.perfectlyprettycards.etsy.com/

Here's a sampling of the goodies you will find in store.

These Moss Green Felt Butterflies are perfectly lovely, don't you think? I purchased a set in Ocean Blue.

Carly makes these fabulous Vintage Paper Flowers! A perfect fabulous way to add texture and pretty to any craft.

Baker's Twine is all the rage and Carly carries it in red, black and blue. I love the wood spools and the way everything comes packaged!

Speaking of packages, I wish I had purchased some of these Kraft Gift Boxes! How beautiful they look with some baker's twine, a simple tag and mini wood clothespin and you are good to go!

I love to support Etsy and shopkeepers like Carly. Hopefully Perfectly Pretty will be a successful venture so we all have beautiful places to shop!

Now to announce the winner of yesterday's 'You & Me' card. Congratulations Patty of Scrapbook Patty! I'll be in touch to get your address! I hope you enjoy your card!

Thanks for dropping by! :) Kathy

Christmas Crafts

Good day! Can you believe we have less than two weeks until Christmas? It's such a fun time of year that goes by quickly so we're trying to enjoy every moment to the fullest!

One of the things I enjoy most about Christmas is crafting! I think I've mentioned that once or twice before! ;) And I love to share my projects with you and see those that you make too! Did you see the latest projects from the Papertrey Ink team this morning? Oh, they get me every time! I want all the new releases that comes out on the 15th! Do you think it's too late to add them to my Christmas list? ;)

Okay, chatty Kathy, get to the projects! ;) Here's a little Christmas box I made with a new digital kit from Two Peas in a Bucket.

The tree on my tag is from a kit called 'Christmas Watercolors' from Wilna Furstenberg. There are nine gorgeous watercolor creations included in Wilan's kit that you should see! I had a difficult time deciding which one to use!

I bought an unfinished birch wood box from A.C. Moore and painted the sides of the bottom piece with white and light blue paints. It has a watercolor looking finish to match the tag. I papered the top of lid with 1927 sheet music and then topped it with vintage mother-of-pearl buttons and chunky snow glitter. Around the sides of the lid I added some lace trim that you can buy in my Etsy shop along with vintage buttons.

With brown card stock and my Wizard die cut machine, I created a frame for the watercolor image. I added some glitter with a glue pen by coloring in the circles on the tree. The final touches include the seam binding ribbon, another pearl button, baker's twine and a couple mini jingle bells.

My next project is also made with a digital kit called 'Clair's Nutcracker Ballet Digital Stickers' from Holly Brooke Jones.

I am smitten over the colorful and fun stickers in this kit! I used two patterned papers from October Afternoon, one from this year's holiday line called 'Very Merry' and one from last year. They coordinate together perfectly!

With this detailed photo you can see that I glittered some of the nutcracker and the edges of the oval with glitter . I'm able to easily glitter small areas by using a glue pen.

I did a little hand zigzag stitching and added a die cut tag for my sentiment. The ribbon was made with seam binding that I dampened and scrunched up to wrinkle it. I tied the seam binding in a bow with some baker's twine , a felt poinsettia bloom and a little red button.

Did you enjoy my projects? I'm in the middle of creating some others that I hope to share throughout the week! I hope you have time during this busy season to come take a peek. Have a wonderful day and keep warm...there's some awfully cold air coming down from the north! :) Kathy