Sunday, November 27, 2011

New Christmas Items - Holiday Designs for Tile Coasters

In my last post, I wrote about the tile coaster project for the holiday and damask papers I have for sale in my Etsy shop.  I can't begin to tell you how cool I think this project is.  A lot of craft projects come out looking like just that - craft projects.  The end result of this one is fantastic, and it's sooooo easy and economical.

Anyway, yesterday, I created some holiday designs specifically for tile coasters.  Without further ado, here are the listings:











Saturday, November 26, 2011

Why, hello there

Happy after Thanksgiving everyone!  Did anyone go shopping on Black Friday?

It's been forever since I've posted anything and for that, I apologize.  I got a part time job at a Halloween store, so was working my 40 hour day job, plus about 20 hours a week at the Halloween store, and *somehow* didn't have much free time!  The last couple of weeks have been spent alternately vegetating and preparing for the holidays.

I took this week off from work, and wouldn't you know it... I caught a cold.  Which is weird because I have been mostly at home this week, and the whole time I was working in the Halloween store, riding the light rail to my day job and mingling with customers at my night job, I didn't catch anything.  And yet the one week when I am sequestered at home, I get sick.  Life is funny.  But I guess it's good that I have this week off to be sick in because nothing is worse than having to work when you're sick.  Um... actually, a  lot of things are worse.  But I digress.

ANYWAY, I do have some Christmas items in my shop, mostly gift tags and Christmas cards.




























And I just recently posted some printable decorative papers, which can be used for scrapbooking or cardmaking, or whatever other project that you can think of that uses decorative papers.  Included are instructions on how to make pretty tile coasters with decorative paper and tiles from a home improvement store.  This project is really cheap and easy to make.  I bought some tiles at Home Depo for something like 15 cents each.  You use modge podge (or diluted craft glue) and an acrylic sealer.  This is the finished product:


Pretty nice, right?  A stack of four tied in a ribbon or some raffia or twine makes a beautiful yet economical Christmas gift.  A shout out to Jordan who told me how to make these.

Anyway, here's the listings for the papers:





I also have a listing for custom monogrammed paper to make monogrammed tiles:



Now let the Christmas season begin!