My Newest Obsession

. . . Ribbon Covered Clothespins. Here are a few pictures of the ones that I made yesterday.

These are covered with vintage ribbons that I have collected over the years. I seend to have gotten so carried away making them that I have so many now I put a few in my etsy shop.

New Finished Objects

I thought that I should post a few FOs, that I have made lately. Please let me know what you think. I have also posted these in my Etsy shop.

This a pair of dangle earrings that I made. Each bead is one its own headpin and then placed on a one inch long chain. The mount is a lever back for added security.

This pair of earrings are made on a antiqued silver headpin with brown and pink Swarovski Crystals.

My Etsy Shop

What I have been up to for the past few weeks.

I think that a couple pictures with captions will explain it all. Both of my girls have had the stomach bug that has been going around, and each of them have visited the hospital because of it, Anastasia only was borderline dehydrated and so they gave her meds and it really helped her along with 2 days of rest at home, but Shae on the other hand had to have IV fluids and meds to get her symptoms to stop. She also had to have 2 days rest per the doctor and it seems to be helping, but she is still very tired. We are at home today for her last day of rest before she can go back to school. Before this she had never missed a day of school this year and she was very upset that she would not get to go to school. She really loves going and getting to be with her friends. By the way in the first picture you can see a new finished object that I made for Anastasia. I made it with Lilly's Sugar n' Cream. The pattern is a improvised shell blanket.

I have been spending the day today updating my Etsy shop and I have alot of new items in the shop and I have taken so many pictures of items that I hope to get uploaded today. I have really not been keeping my shop up and I feel like I need to have a good showing this time around. I have books (with multiple copies) , yarn, knitting needles and handmade items that I really enjoyed making.

Scrapbook Paper update

I am trying to get the new shop up and running and I hope to have Paper Kate up and running very soon. I will be offering more than just digital scrapbook supplies I will also have embelishments for paper crafting, yarn, knitting and crochet books, and much more. I will be excepting PayPal as well as check and money order. I have posted a sample of one of the embelishment kits for digital scrapbooking. I am also searching for Design Team Members for my Digital Scrapbook kits. If you would like to be considered for the design team please e-mail me with links to your blog and galleries that you post to. You can e-mail me here. Also you can leave a comment to this post with a link to your blog and I will look it over and let you know.

Books For Sale

All books listed are Brand New and I have multiple copies of some of the books. I was doing fairs and teaching fiber arts in my studio and I would like to offer a few things here. Shipping is included in the price, and I accept check or money order, only. Thanks in advance for looking.

Beader's Companion $19.95 regular price My Price $17.95

Crocheter's Companion $19.95 regular price My Price $17.95Getting Started Crochet $16.95 regular price My Price $14.95

Wrap Style $21.95 regular price My Price $19.95
Domino Knitting $16.95 regular price My Price $14.95

Felted Knits $21.95 regular price My Price $19.95


Getting Started Knitting $16.95 regular price My Price $14.95

Knit Fix $19.95 regular price My Price $17.95

Handy Book of Patterns $24.95 regular price My Price $22.95

Handy Book of Sweater Patterns $24.95 regular price My Price $22.95

I will also be posting some back issues of Interweave Crochet and Knits as soon as I can take an inventory of how many I have of each issue. I also have a full selection of yarns that I will be posting also. I have not been having classes for a while and I really need to get the studio redone where I can use the space to create and not just for a store.

REMEMBER shipping is INCLUDED in all of the prices. I will also give a discount if you purchase more than one item. Here is the scale.

Buy one book at regular price, get the second one for 20% off of equal or lesser value.

Buy 3 books and get 10% off of each book.

Buy 4 books and get 15% off of each book.

Just e-mail me if there is any title that you would be interested in. Thanks in advance.

Deal of the day

I have a new shipment of fabric and I have decided to offer a few boxes for sale this time instead of just selling in my studio shop. I will offer USPS flat rate boxes for $12.00 each (shipping included). I will make sure that each box will have a good selection of different types. the types of fabrics that may be included in the boxes cotton, decor, and some decor silks. I will make sure that you get a good amount of each. You should get 7-8 yards total of fabric in each box. I will take orders for more than one box per person. I might do this again but I do not know how soon this will be. All you need to do is e-mail me and let me know how many boxes that you would like and I will send you an invoice and you can mail me either a check or money order.

UPDATE: July 20, 07

Only a few more left. I will be sending out a lot of boxes next week. If you want one or two I will be glad to get them to you. e-mail me .

Only 8 boxes left for online sales.

Some New Additions

I have been making some new additions for my shop and I decided to post them to get a little feedback before I add them to the shop.

This is a bracelet made from polished shell pieces that are drilled, and then placed on a eye pin and connected with a jump ring.
This necklace is made with individual units that are link together to form the main length and then chain is added to finish it off. I call this one "Shell Mail" there are mother of pearl charms, the same polished shell pieces and freshwater pearls. This necklace is made with individual freshwater pearls placed between jump rings. This set has matching earrings. These are Amethysts that I purchased in Tombstone, AZ for a very quant shop called the Rhinestone Cowboy.

To find a list of prices for these items you can visit my shop page here.

Whats in the shop now

NO School for the Week . . . .

For me that is. I start back to school the first day of the girls Spring Break. UGH. But at least I get a week for crafting. Today has been sent setting up the shop so I have got to get crafting tomorrow, but the heat here is GA is feeling like July instead of March. It has been in the 80's for the past week and the pollen ugh the pollen my head is pounding because of it. I have so many ideas for this week and I know that I will not get half of if done but maybe I will make a dent in the list.

• The Screen needs to be cleaned so that I can put a couple of new designs on it
• I really would like to get my embroidery machine back up and running and
• I need to get the surger re-threaded.
• I have to put the finishing touches on a couple of patterns that I have been working on.

Wish me luck. Well on a more fun note I have my shop open now and I had my first sale in the first hour after I opened. Yipee.

I would also like to thank Laura for being my first sale. I don't know if she has a blog but I just thought I would give her a shout out.
Please go on over and check it out and let me know what you think. I still have a lot more items that need to be posted. Over in the sidebar there is a Etsy Mini that showcases a few of the items currently in the shop.

A week of work ahead

I got my final grade from my last class of the quarter today. I got an A on my Final which brought my grade up to a B so I am happy. I plan on using my week off from school to set up my New Etsy Shop. I have been working on alot of products ready and I have not wanted to show them here until the shop opens.

I have handbags, tote bags, coasters, hair clips, pins, and more . . . I have been enjoying making these items and I hope that you all enjoy the items. I hope to have a little more time to work this this week and I have my screenprinting supplies set out and I am working on a couple of new designs to have on my handbags and maybe a few t-shirts. (The picture above is one of the screenprints that I am working on. Here is the blog that I created to showcase new items for my shop. Curiously Kate