Precious Pretties

I have decided to start my own craft business. I have been looking into this for a while. I will be opening an online store on Storenvy.com once I get my inventory built up a little so that I have something to sell. I will be posting some of the things that I make on my blog so that I can get your input on what you would pay for some of the things that I am going to be selling. They will all be made out of plastic canvas for now but maybe later I will venture into other crafts once I get going. I would love to hear your input on some of the things that I make. Please stay posted for some wonderful home decor and gifts. The name of my business is Precious Pretties. I will also have a Facebook fan page. I will post all of the info on my blog once I get everything set up. I do have an email address if you would like to be on my mailing list or have any questions. precious.pretties@yahoo.com.

St Patrick's Day crafts...

I am doing this post to show you a couple of my St Patrick's Day crafts. These are the ones that I was so proud of that they hang right at my front door so they are the first things people see when they come into my house.

This is the Leprechan that I did a couple of years ago. This one only took about 45 minutes to complete. I thought this one was cute and thought that I would try it and now he greets everyone as they come in.

This is the Irish Welcome sign that I made while I was resting after having surgery. I am very proud of this one because it took me about 2 days working on it and the edge was really hard for someone that was not used to doing a project this big. I hope you like it.

Thinking of ideas

I was on the way to the church with my husband and kids for the Easter egg hunt. I was looking at how good the kids were doing and noticed that the baskets that we bought for them from the dollar store was not big enough to hold all of the eggs that they were finding. Then it hit me. Next year I think that I will make their baskets. That way I can make them bigger and make them to one-of-a-kind baskets. I am not sure yet exactly how it will look but I know what it will be similar to. I did a shamrock basket that we keep things like keys, pens, etc in and here is a picture.

Picture this one bigger and Easter colors with a handle on it. What do you think?

Craft Auction

I was messaging with a new friend and we were talking about crafts and things of that sort. We were talking about ideas for her new blog and it got me thinking that maybe I can do the same thing that I suggested to her. So here it is. I am having an auction. I am posting a couple of pics of something that I made. The auction begins today and runs through the end of the month. The highest bidder gets to personalize their own calender to be hand made by me. When you enter this auction, comment with your name, email address, and bid and once a winner is chosen I will post in a new blog entry who won and email you to get the info on what you want it to look like and send you the info to send the payment to. Thanks in advance and good luck.

New Friend.

My new friend Pam emailed me today about a blog that she has. She writes about different things and we were exchanging ideas. I was looking over her blog and it is well written and has plenty of information. Please take the time to check it out and follow her. The link is listed below. If any of you have a blog please let me know and I will check it out and write a little about it also.

www.mychicmommy.blogspot.com

Thinking of new craft.

I have been looking through my plastic canvas patterns and I realize that I have a lot of small canvas patterns. Most of them are things that little girls would like and then it hit me. I could make them and put them on hair clips and head bands. Then I thought about it and I could make headbands too. I have a ton of scrap canvas for small projects but was not sure what to use it for. Now I know what to do with it.

I ran this idea by my two little girls (ages 5 and 6) and they loved it. And what better way to advertise than to let them wear these hair accessories everywhere they go. You would think that with two little girls that like to have their hair done this idea would have come to me sooner. And getting the hair clips from the local dollar store, having the canvas and yarn already, This should be an easy business to get started.

I know that this post is short but the next will be longer and hopefully include photos. Wish me luck all and I will post as soon as I get some done.

Newest project

My newest project is one that is a little tough to do but I took a pattern for a block calender that had a lighthouse on it and took the lighthouse off. I made one of these of Tennessee and one of Georgia. There is what the Georgia one looked like. I sold this one to a guy at work for $20.