Yes, I know, day two of 2011 and I'm already thinking about Spring. The snow is still not shifting here, and although it has been much milder over the last few days, you can still hear the ice crackling on the road every time a car drives past the house. So without wanting to wish the year away, I thought it would be nice to remind ourselves that warmer, brighter days *are* coming...eventually. And so I made a new Artfire collection (yes, another one!). I was surprised by how few snowdrop items there were on Artfire - are they called something else in the U.S., I wonder?
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Saturday, 1 January 2011
New Year Sale 2011
I've decided to hold a sale in my Artfire shop to make some space for new items. So from now until midnight on 7th January (2011), I will have a special sale section in my shop. If you've got some money just burning a hole in your pocket, you want to treat yourself to a little something nice for New year, or maybe you want to make an early start on Christmas shopping for the end of the year (I'll try not to judge), then check it out. And just to make things simple for you, I've created a collection to show off some of the items on sale. Because I'm nice like that. ;-)
Getting organised for the new year - pimping jam jars
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2011 - I hope you all have a happy, peaceful, and healthy year.
I am hoping to be more organised this year, and I'm trying to get my craft supplies under control. So when I spotted this tutorial on Design Sponge (via Pinterest - be warned, Pinterest is very addictive), I knew I wanted to try it. I use glass jars to store beads and buttons at the moment, but this way, I get to pimp my jam jars. And how often does one get chance to do that? :D So, here is one of the heroes of our tale:
We get through quite a lot of these, as we get all our packaged veggies in jars now. Apparently, aluminium cans are bad, m'kay? I also have a few Bonne Maman jam jars, which look quite cute already with their gingham lids, but I also pimped one of these, just for the heck of it. I don't need another excuse to stuff my face with jam, but I'll take it.
The tutorial suggested using scraps of paper you have lying about, and I had just the thing. It's an envelope from the Dutch version of the RAC/AA - I love these envelopes, the insides are so pretty:
So, I followed the tute, drawing, cutting, pasting (and getting ModgePodge under my fingernails), and here are the resulting pimped jars:
They look even better when filled with pretties:
Not sure what's going on with the camera angle - they look a bit odd. Anyway, I think they've turned out rather well. I have some more jars waiting for their makeover, I just need to figure out where I've put the packet of origami papers I have. *sigh*
I am hoping to be more organised this year, and I'm trying to get my craft supplies under control. So when I spotted this tutorial on Design Sponge (via Pinterest - be warned, Pinterest is very addictive), I knew I wanted to try it. I use glass jars to store beads and buttons at the moment, but this way, I get to pimp my jam jars. And how often does one get chance to do that? :D So, here is one of the heroes of our tale:
We get through quite a lot of these, as we get all our packaged veggies in jars now. Apparently, aluminium cans are bad, m'kay? I also have a few Bonne Maman jam jars, which look quite cute already with their gingham lids, but I also pimped one of these, just for the heck of it. I don't need another excuse to stuff my face with jam, but I'll take it.The tutorial suggested using scraps of paper you have lying about, and I had just the thing. It's an envelope from the Dutch version of the RAC/AA - I love these envelopes, the insides are so pretty:
So, I followed the tute, drawing, cutting, pasting (and getting ModgePodge under my fingernails), and here are the resulting pimped jars:
They look even better when filled with pretties:Not sure what's going on with the camera angle - they look a bit odd. Anyway, I think they've turned out rather well. I have some more jars waiting for their makeover, I just need to figure out where I've put the packet of origami papers I have. *sigh*
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