Shoppe News

I hit the ground running today, but I thought I would pop in to let you know about some newness in my shoppe!

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Seven new super cute art journals!

I am happy to say that two of them have already found forever homes, but these three are still available.

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Here is the inside of the “Jolly Jingles” journal. A pocket full of goodness!

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The ephemera bits that come with.

IMG_3315Some painted art pages along with the cutest illustrations!

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I was able to include 12 of the original pages from the book with this one, most of them placed together as they were in the book. I love being able to do this!

I will be adding some more journals as the week progresses, so I hope you can find the time to take a look around my shoppe, just hit the link!

As always,

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a wonderful weekend,

~Patty

Shoppe News and My Best Helper!

This doesn’t happen often enough, but on the day that I sold the last “Surprise Ephemera Pack” in my shoppe, somebody convo-ed and asked if I sell ephemera packs. Well, far be it from me to let an opportunity slip on by, so I got right to work, along with my trusty companion, and made some more.

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…my trusty companion meaning my niece of course! It was so much more fun to have someone to chat with and bounce ideas off while putting these together.

And I have to say that she put some extra effort into making these packs a little more special by trying to match up colors. I can’t say that they are all one color, just a bit closer than I usually shoot for.

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We spent the morning putting together these flower clips to dress the packages up a bit. I’m determined to get folks addicted to these flower clips whether they like it or not!

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While the glue was drying on the flower clips, we set about putting the packs together. I have kind of an assembly line process for these, so I gave her a container for each group, and she distributed them.

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She especially loved reading those joke playing cards as she put them in each basket. They are fishing jokes, so we spent some time trying to figure out what some of them meant. We should have asked my husband!

Well, we are leaving to visit my daughter on the east side today, but we didn’t want to neglect letting you know about the newness, and remind you that tomorrow is the last day for 15% off with the coupon code IMBACK15

Thanks for the visit,

See you next week,

~Patty

Shoppe News and a Coupon

What a week it’s been! I had intended to fill up my shoppe, then make an announcement here. I’m happy to say that in the meantime…

I had to fill it up again! 🙂

So, here are a few of the new items that I’ve put into the shoppe

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Some sweet little Faith Journals made from children’s bible story books.IMG_2823

An example of the ephemera that comes with.

I tried my hand at making stickers out of kraft colored labels, paint and stamping. I think they came out pretty good.

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What I call “Rag Clips”. Two per package for $7.00.

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And I’m happy to say that I had to make more because they went so fast!

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“Flower Clips”. Not my most popular item in the past, but I love them! I still have high hopes that someone will love them as much as I do!

If you decide you can’t live without some of these items, be sure to use the coupon code IMBACK15 and get an additional 15% off your order!

I will run that coupon until April 16th!

Also, I have the sweetest children’s books with a spring theme to them just waiting to be turned into art journals, so look for those some time soon, I’ll announce it here as soon as they are ready.

Until then

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a great weekend,

~Patt

I’m Back In the Saddle Again…

So, right now you either have Gene Autry or Aerosmith stuck in your head, if not, just hit one of those links. That’ll fix it!

I have been searching my heart over the last four months as to whether or not having a business was the right fit for me. I knew some how that if I gave it enough time, said a few prayers, and was patient enough, the answer would  find me..and it did!

And, I thought it would be fun to share some of things I have been up to to get ready…

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Making gratis “Thank You” bags. One of the things I wanted to do differently was to have things made up ahead of time. I love tucking these goody bags into the packages with the invoice with a cute little paperclip!

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Punching tags out of the painted page remnants. Waste not, want not! A perfect way to use up small scraps of baker’s twine too!

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This was last night’s project in front of the television. I am amazed at how many of these I use up! What an awesome project to do while zoning in front of your favorite show. Speaking of which…

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This is something I whipped up the other night, Love! I have so many fabric scraps, and I love working with scraps of all kinds as you may well know. The problem with getting some of these into the shoppe is finding those chunky paperclips. I shall be hunting some down today!

So, there you have it! I will be getting some journals made this week and will be sure to let know when their in the shoppe.

I want to Thank Everyone that has supported my shoppe over the last couple of years, you are why I’m sticking with it! I love making journals, and all the stuff that goes with them.

 But most of all, I love the opportunity it has given me to  establish so many friendships along the way!

As always,

Thanks for the visit,

Have a wonderful week,

~Patty