Valentine ATC Swap & Mini Mail Box

I've been a busy girl!! I wanted to share tons of photos with you of an ATC Valentine's Day swap & pictures of an altered mini box made for an Etsy customer.


Here are the ATCs!

 .you make my heart sing.

This one is made by me. I used music note paper & die-cutted the heart & wings. Then I heat embossed each letter to make the title. :D

.photo op. 

This cute birdcage is the perfect way to display all these ATCs!!

 .group photo.

Here is a great shot of all the ATCs that were traded today. 

 .i love you.

Made by Tracy D. She inked the edges of a Basic Grey print, stamped the title, and die-cutted the mini people. Love the rhinestone gem...

.love.

Made by Tracy W. She die-cutted the letters out of velvet paper, added some amazing ribbon & hand pierced the holes for the colored baubles. Foiled paper covers the background. 

 .chocolate love.

This is made by Tina C. She used "chocolate box" paper & layered strips of printed & velvet paper down the side. She added Pearl Pens in brown for extra detail. 

 .you're just my type. 

This one is made by Ellie S. She inked the edges of a newsprint paper, then embellished the card with a die-cutted heart. Adding vintage buttons & glitter to the heart made it perfect. 

 .happy valentine's day.

Made by Joyce P. She made her ATC into a pocket to hold the punched tickets. She added bling, feathers & tulle. She layered the heat embossed title onto nesting scallop circles. 

Now, onto that mini altered mailbox!!

 

Full View. 

 .love. 

Front View. Glittered "Love" embellishes the stamped image. 

 Personalized with the client's daughter's name! 

 Always add one little extra detail to make it pop!

xo,

Altered Valentine's Mail Box

Another Valentine's project. This one just sold on Etsy. It's a metal mail box - fully functional - altered with Creative Imaginations papers. 

xo,

{Bridal Show} Helping the Vendor

Hi All!

I've had one CRAZY week. I'll tell you all a little more about it later on - but I wanted to jump on really quick share some photos I found on Facebook!

I was honored to help a wedding vendor: Platinum Lining Events and owner LaDawn Williams with their give-away packages at the CWA {California Wedding Association} Bridal Show, at the Ontario Marriott, in California. They had a show in April. Many Inland Empire Brides were there & they had such a successful event! 

Above are some of the pictures from the show. To see all the photos, CLICK HERE.

Platinum Lining Events is a wedding planning and event coordinating company. The company wanted a give-away box that brides would love & represent them as a company. Kristina-Nicole used PLE's business card as the starting point for the design. 

Kristina-Nicole (as Executive Designer - I personally created these for her) used a beautiful flocked 

damask print in red - 

to mimic the red flourish border on PLE's business card. 

All the give-away boxes were acrylic pillow boxes. Gorgeous!! And the perfect shape for PLE's desire to fill them with Bridal spa and pampering goodies!

Then, we created a circular tag that resembled their central logo. We even matched the font! 

All the papers flocked (velvet-like texture) and the cardstock textured. The ribbon used was a sheer, elegant teal ribbon, with satin ruffled edges (I adore May Arts ribbon - it's my favorite company to use!)

I wanted to say a special THANK YOU to LaDawn & Platinum Lining Events for allowing me to be part of your bridal show day & helping represent your company to the brides! :D

xo,

"Disney Time Capsule"

Good Morning!!

This week’s project is a “time capsule” {memory box}. This box comes in at 14”x14”x8”. 

Well, let me just cut & paste the description from the website:

{This box was made for a client that wanted a “Time Capsule” for her twins’ first birthday. Her party guests were asked to bring something from the year 2010, the year of the baby’s birth. On their 18th birthday, they will be opening this box once again, to see what’s inside! This box is large, measuring 14 inches wide by 14 inches long by 8 inches deep. The theme was contemporary Disney. The colors were primary yellow, cherry red, and licorice black, “with a flair of zebra” as requested by the customer.}

{The bottom is covered  with textured red fabric & white dots -the dots are made of textured heavy weight cardstock- are added, to resemble Minnie Mouse’s skirt.}

{The lid is covered with beautifully textured black fabric & decorated with over 12 different types of coordinating ribbons & embellished stars.}

{The inside is lined with high quality flocked zebra print fabric - hemmed to fit theis particular box.}

{The front is adorned with a silhouette Mickey Mouse head, covered with black glitter & detailed stars. The glitter is sealed. This ensures that the glitter remains on the Mickey silhouette. The stars are looped on wire to give a fireworks emphasis to it. A banner of yellow ribbon streams across the box, lettered with the twins’ names in the classic Walt Disney font.}

xo,

Wedding Cake Card Boxes!

I am so excited about this project that I have been asked to create. A client has asked me to make a card box for her to sit on the gift table at her wedding reception. So, is it square? No. Is it a bowl? No. It’s a 4 tiered wedding cake!! The pictures below are my sample cake that was made for the portfolio. This cake is a 3 tiered round cake.

Above is the front view [[ you can see the card slot]]. Below is a top view and some photos of the detail.

This is how the box opens [[aka how the bride & groom gets to all the good stuff!]]

This cake is cream color, covered in fabric and purple hydrangeas. I almost wanted to keep it!!

xo,