love2embellish

Happy New Year!

2010-01-07T18:57:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone has a great 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

2009-11-25T11:40:00.002-06:00

I hope all my friends and family have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow.

Don't forget to check out the ads for BLACK FRIDAY!!!

No time to bake?

2009-11-25T11:37:00.003-06:00

Here's a quick and easy cookie recipe that you can make for the holidays.

It practically takes no time at all to make!

Enjoy!

Mary

A few of our ETSY Items

2009-11-04T17:39:00.002-06:00

Its been too long since I posted anything!

2009-11-04T17:26:00.000-06:00

I am sorry I have not posted anything in a while. Life has been crazy lately!!!
I want to post a few new pictures. We have been selling items on ETSY and we have a show this coming weekend in Bloomburg Texas.

Banner Banner and More Banners!

2009-08-31T10:13:00.000-05:00

I have found a new favorite thing to make. Banners! They are so much fun to design and make. Over the weekend I made some It's a Boy, It's a Girl and Happy Birthday ones. I will post some pictures later today of them.

I hope to sell them in our upcoming craft shows and also plan to to put some on ETSY. This is also a great way to use spare paper up. I really got some good use out of my cricut while making these banners.

I found that by leaving my cricut out in the open I use it alot more!

Hugs, Mary

My 2nd Post Today!

2009-08-27T08:55:00.000-05:00

This is one of my favorite things that I have made in a few months. I just love the colors!

I think I need to add a few more ribbons to it.

This picture just makes me laugh!

2009-08-27T08:52:00.000-05:00

I found this on my computer at work and everytime I see this pictures of Jordan is cracks me up! It is 3 years old but still rings a smile to my face everytime I see it.

Upcoming Craft Sale

2009-08-26T19:29:00.002-05:00

I want to post some of the items we have been busy making for our next craft sale. We have both been very busy making things.
I have also uploaded several new items to ETSY.

So far we have made 19 sales which I am tickled pink about!

I hope you like what you see...

Hugs,
Mary

ETSY Store

2009-08-07T08:24:00.004-05:00

I forgot that I have never posted the actual store's site.

It is www.love2embellish.etsy.com

It has all kinds of papercrafting items.

So far we have had 18 sales which is pretty good I understand for a new store. We have only been open since the end of May.

It took a little work getting it set up but it has been fun. I get so excited when I get a message from Pay Pal saying that I have a payment waiting.

Hugs!
Mary

Summer is Winding Down

2009-08-07T08:17:00.002-05:00

Well it seems that since summer is ALMOST over I have been thinking about fall and how busy it is about to be....

School starts in 2 1/2 weeks
Last vacation of the summer is next week-Port Aransas here we come!!!!
Fall craft shows starting
Getting ready for the holidays
Keeping the ETSY store stocked

I am already getting tired.

But I love it at the same time!

Oh I can not forget keeping up with my "Farm" on Farmtown. That seems to be a new obsession of mine. At least my husband thinks so. :)

I sent the 1st 2 applications in this week for the Gladewater and Bloomburg craft shows. I hope they are successful even more than last years were.

Happy late 4th everyone!

2009-07-07T21:33:00.003-05:00

Happy July to everyone. I can not believe the summer is half way over already. School will be starting soon and so will the Fall Craft Shows! We better get busy making some new items. I hope to be really stocked up with new products by our 1st Fall show.

I will post which shows we will be at very soon.

Hugs!
Mary

Please check out our ETSY site too!
www.love2embellish.etsy.com

Mary and Jordan are on vacation

2009-07-01T12:04:00.003-05:00

Here's hoping they are having fun. They will be gone for one week beginning June 26th. I'm sure they will have plenty to post and will update by next week.

Have fun and good weather,
Janie

Cass County SummerFest

2009-06-13T22:18:00.002-05:00

Today was our second craft fair of this year. About 40 vendors, including food vendors. We did OK, despite the heat. Was 97* today. Not that many people milling around in the middle of the day. We folded out tent about 2:30 and was out of there. We are looking forward to the fall fairs. Weather should be much nicer. We also need to add to our inventory for the Fall and Christmas season.

Schools out for Summer!

2009-06-06T17:29:00.006-05:00

Jordan got out of school yesterday and today we have done NOTHING !

I did clean up my scrapbooking room and created a few new items. I went to the American Scrapbook Convention and picked up a few new goodies.

I will post some pics of new creations.

We have a craft show coming up next weekend. It is the Cass County Sumerfest in Atlanta.

I hope we sale lots of items to make room for new items for the Fall shows.

I have uploaded lots of new things on ETSY also. Please check it out! I would love to hear some comments.

www.love2embellish.etsy.com

Mary

Summer is here!

2009-05-22T22:12:00.002-05:00

I love summer! I am so glad it is finally here. Of course it just has to be a rainy weekend but at least I get a few days off work....

Jordan has only 2 weeks of school left so we are celebrating that. I plan on adding some new stuff to ETSY this weekend so I guess it is okay that it is going to rain ALL weekend. So far I have had 3 sales That is pretty good I guess since some people go months before getting their first sale. I hope that is a good sign.

Better go craft now. Happy Memorial Day to everyone and Happy Summer!

Hugs,
Mary

Finally...after debating for a long time

2009-05-16T17:55:00.002-05:00

We did it! We opened up a shop on Etsy. Go check it out.
The address is www.love2embellish.etsy.com

I have only listed 2 items so far. It is taking me a while to figure it all out. I have a lot to list on it so it will take me a few days probably.
It is a lot of work let me tell you. I am guessing it will be easier every time.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.
Have a great weekend.

Hugs!

2009-04-14T08:28:00.002-05:00

It's a whole new day! I turn 40 tomorrow and craft show season is starting up. I have been in CRAFT MODE for about a week now. My mom has stayed with me last week and we are gearing up for our 1st Spring Show. It will be in Linden, Texas on April 25th.

So... this past week has been very busy and productive. I promise to update this blog on a more regular basis now!

Hugs and Kisses!
Mary

Christmas Time

2008-12-29T18:01:00.003-06:00

I can not believe that Christmas is over! It goes by so fast. I guess all the anticipation is the best part. We had a great time with our family and friends over the holidays. My son got a Wii from Santa and we have all had a lot of fun playing with it. I will post some pictures below.

It seems this Fall was so busy with all the craft shows and activities going on. I am looking forward to a bit of a rest period in January before the Spring shows start up. I hope we can find a few of them to do.
Happy New Year!

Hugs!
Mary

Well the Holidays are here!

2008-12-05T22:01:00.004-06:00

I love Christmas! It is my very favorite time of the year. Since it goes by so fast I try to cram everything I can into such a short time. We just got back from Holiday in the Park at Six Flags. It was very cold outside (42 degrees). I thought it was time to go home when I stopped being able to feel my toes! The house is finally decorated and picture ready I think. Most of my shopping is done now (at least until I go to the next store). I do not think I ever really get done shopping. I usually keep buying things right up to Christmas Eve! I still have a few things to wrap. I found new gift wrap outlet store today called Nowlin Trading. They had great bargins on gift wrap and bags.

I still have been very busy crafting even though we are done with our shows for this year and will post a few new pictures of my latest greatest items.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hugs!
Mary

We received an award!

2008-11-28T16:23:00.002-06:00

We received an award from Cindy! Thanks so much! You should visit her blog at www.cincpa@blogspot.com. Her blog is great.

I love Halloween!

2008-10-26T16:10:00.002-05:00

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I guess Christmas is my #1 time of the year. This weekend I creted a few new things for the next craft sale. I also made some Halloween things just for the house and to take to work to give to my co-workers.
I am 90% ready for next wekend. We have the Bloomburg Fall Festival on Saturday the 1st of November. Then after that we have 2 more sales the following 2 weekends. I will post some new items below.
Hugs!
Happy Haunting this week!
Mary

What a busy time of the year this is...but I love it!

2008-10-19T09:32:00.003-05:00

Fall is always but but it seems this year is "super" busy. After going to another craft show last weekend, this weekend was busy with more "Fall/Halloween" things! Friday night we went to Fright Fest at Six Flags and had a great time. Saturday was spent at Jordan's Fall Festival at his school. We had a great turnout and I think all the kids had a great time.

Back to the craft show last weekend though... We had another successful day the the Lindale Country Fest. Some items that sold at the last one did not do so well this time and some other items did great. So, I guess you never know what will do well from sale to sale. The ribbon halos and guardian angels ornaments were our top seller. We sold out of both! Yippee!!! Looks like found another hot seller to use at the next 3 shows. I made 12 more halos last night. They are time consuming but very easy to to make. I just do it while wathcing TV.
Our next show is the day after Halloween so we are gearing up to sell some Christmas items.
I will psot some pictures from Lindale today.
Hugs!
Mary

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!

2008-10-04T21:37:00.002-05:00

Today we went to the pumpkin patch and saw lots of pumpkins. We took some pictures and had agreat time. My son took a friend and they did the maze, got their face painted, bounced inthe bounce houses and went on a hay ride.

I did all this after working last night until 2:30am! We had a special event at the hospital last night and I (was volunteered) worked from 9-2am. It was a lot of fun though!

Only 1 more week until the next cratf show so I have been busy finishing up a few things. I made 11 ribbon halo's, 10 book mark/clips and 3 more clip boards. I need to check the inventory and see what else needs to be done before next weekend. I am very excited to see what the next show will be like. I hope it is as fun and profitable as the first one.

I will post some pictures of some new things my mom has been working on along with my new items.

Hugs!
Mary

Upcoming Craft Shows

2008-09-30T21:03:00.003-05:00

October 11, 2008
Lindale, Texas
CountryFest 2008

November 1, 2008
Bloomburg, Texas
Cullen-Baker Arts and Craft Show

November 8, 2008
Fort Worth Church of the Nazerene
13th Annual Arts and Crafts Show

November 15, 2008
Keller, Texas
Central High School Craft Show

Our First Family Christmas Crop

2008-09-29T14:10:00.003-05:00

Our family has started a tradition, where all the girls get together, each November to have a Christmas craft exchange. Each person has to bring enough supplies for each member to make a craft to take home. This will be our 4th year. So much fun and fellowship, not to mention good food.

Craft Show Results

2008-09-23T20:12:00.003-05:00

Last weekend was our very first craft show and we did AWESOME! Other than it being really hot we had a great time and sold a lot of stuff. I think everyone was pleasantly surprised how well we did. Our journals and clipboards were our best sellers.
Our next sale is in Lindale, Texas on October 11th. We then have 3 more shows planned for November.
I sure hope our next show is as profitable as this one was. We learned a few things about how to set up our display and I feel the next time will be a bit easier.
I will post some pictures of our display later tonight.
Hugs!!
Mary

A MUST have!

2008-09-12T20:33:00.002-05:00

I forgot to mention in my earlier post. My new cordless glue gun totally ROCKS that I got for Christmas last year ! It is so much easier than having to worry about plugging it in. Thanks Cathy! I highly recommend you buying one if you ever use a glue gun.
Hugs!
Mary

Waiting for IKE

2008-09-12T20:28:00.002-05:00

The wind is picking up here now. We are expecting to get a few inches of rain tomorrow. It will be a good day for "crafting". I hope to get lots done tomorrow and Sunday. I made a few new things today and I will post them tonight. I can not believe it is only 1 more week until the first craft show!

Stay dry...
Hugs!
Mary

Baskets, baskets and more baskets

2008-09-03T20:56:00.002-05:00

All the baskets are finally done (I think). We finished painting 7 baskets tonight for the show. Today I decorated 12 more candy bars with assorted paper and designed the template for the hot cocoa packs. Hopefully I can finish these tomorrow after work. The show is coming faster than I can get everything done I feel like... but, hopefully everything will fall into place. I will post some things tomorrow. Mother is making stuff daily also.

More crafts finally finished

2008-08-29T22:00:00.002-05:00

Tonight we completed 4 more clipboards which brings us to a grand total of 11 clipboards for our upcoming sale. My goal is to make a few things every single night. I hope to get lots finished this weekend since it is a 3 day weekend. Yippee!!!

We are leaving for Atlanta tomorrow morning. I plan on crafting and swimming all weekend. Jordan wants to add that we will be eating some good stuff too...

Tonight I used my 40% off entire purchase at Michael's without a problem. The cashier did not even blink an eye. I guess they have seen several of them this week.

That is all for tonight! Hugs...

1st Blog Post!!!

2008-08-27T20:41:00.003-05:00

This is my very first post ever on a blog! I have been thinking about starting one for awhile and I finally decided to take the plunge. Since my mom and I have decided to start participating in some craft shows I wanted somewhere to keep up with what I have made. Tonight I made 5 altered clipboards. So far for our first show, I have made 34 altered journals, 10 paper bag books and 55 bags of pumpkin poop. I hope to get some more items made this weekend when we go to Atlanta.
Mike and Jordan have spent the last few nights spray painting baskets and building a display shelf for our show.
Our first show is September 20th and 21st in Gladewater, Texas. It is billed as the largest Arts & Craft Show in East Texas. Wish us luck!

I guess that is all for my first post....Later!