I entered the office costume contest this year. Did I mention that my office is 5,000 miles away, and that I work remotely? :)
Here is my Virtual Halloween contest entry. www.virtualbeth.com/halloween
Enjoy!
I put a new recipe box on Etsy today. This one has more of a French feeling, and is absolutement delicious.
As a Scrapbook Evangalist, one of my passions is finding new ways to present scrapbook layouts as valid works of art. And as I was decorating my new house, I decided to take that concept and create a scrapbook gallery in the circulation hall. I wanted to make the scrapbook layouts blend in architecturally with the rest of the elements in our rambler cottage style house.
So, I went to my local Michael's, and found unfinished shadow box style memory frames, and got to work creating my gallery. I painted the inside panels black to create depth, and because Black is the New Black, as I have discussed before! And then I painted the frames white, using the same Super Hide white that all of the trim and baseboards are painted throughout the house.
Once the frames were dry and ready, I mounted a piece of store bought 12 x 12 scrapbook paper into each frame. I used the same background paper in each frame to give the gallery a consistent feel. And then I took some of my favorite digital scrapbook layouts, and had them printed at 11 x 11 at a local Kinko's type print shop. If you have your digital layouts printed at your local print shop, ask them to use a cardstock, and to print it on a Fiery or better printer. I prefer non-glossy. But that's a personal choice. The prints you'll get will look darker than they do on your computer monitor, so choose layouts that naturally have high contrast to print at a local printer. If you want prints that look EXACTLY like your layouts on your screen, then order from a PHOTO printer, such as Printroom.com.
I cut the 11 x 11 layouts so that there were no white borders, and then mounted them into the memory frames on top of the 12 x 12 background paper. Then, I measured, and hung the frames on the wall, gallery style.
I think it looks great, and it was an easy and inexpensive way to instantly increase my art collection!
This is further experimentation into creating fun and interesting recipe boxes of different shapes and sizes with a scrapbooking flair. You'll notice that my ribbon concept EXPLODED. I kinda like it! The cookie recipe box comes complete with a set of yummy cookie recipes, including cookies for different holidays throughout the year.
I've been tending to a sick and broken Beckett for the past 10 days. My poor little guy, this is the sickest he's ever been. He's been diagnosed with Gianotti Crosti, which is a very fancy name for a rare case of hives that pop up as a result of a nasty virus.
Dear God. Thank you for Pee Wee Herman and TiVO. Amen
I've fleshed out the recipe card concept, and am moving full steam ahead in production. I'll be offering at least 3 sets, packaged for holiday gift giving goodness. One set will definitely be vegetarian. All will be delicious. Complete sets, packages and ready for shipping will be ready around October 1st.
Well, whattya know? I set up shop on Etsy, and listed my first item. Now taking orders for Friend Dings Magnet Sets.
Visit the Listing on Etsy TODAY! And tell all your friends.
The ThreeWayAction crafts fair is around the corner, and I'm starting to mock up some concepts for projects I want to offer. One concept I'm kicking around is a series of recipe cards. I won't give away how I'm planning to actually package them, so that can be a nice little surprise once the auctions start in October. But here is a sneak peek into what's in store.
I'll probably setup a shop and sell these on Etsy too. Has anyone had a good Etsy experience?
