Uh-oh spaghettio.

I feel uninspired at the moment. I haven’t touched any of my craft tools or supplies since I made 'take a hike'!!

It’s probably because the weather is getting warmer and I really don’t feel like making cards in my small craft/steam room. I’ve also been busy helping my husband with his film projects. And I’ve been obsessed with Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, Real Housewives and every other reality show. Auction Hunters, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee Project, man…I watch a lot of tv!!!      

Okay, I need to switch gears, fast.

My mom asked me to make her a card for a wedding we’re going to this Saturday. She asked me a few weeks ago so I really have no excuse! I already have the special pieces and have made up in my mind how I’d like to arrange the pieces together. I just need to get off my butt and start crafting! I also have 3 more cards to do. I promised my sister-in-law that I’d make her a super special birthday card for her rock star fiancé. And one of my ‘preferred customers’ placed an order for two birthday cards - all due within the next two week.

Need to stop procrastinating!

I’ll start tomorrow.

Card No. 106

{take a hike}

{designed by extraonions}

~Customer wanted a birthday card for her nephew. She mentioned that he's quite 'outdoor-sy' and loves camping. I'll be giving her the card tomorrow so fingers crossed that she is happy with it. Personally, I like it but I'm not sure if it's too 'simple'. It didn't take me too long to make it so I'm nervous that perhaps I should have put in more thought? We shall see!

Christmas in July

I made my first Christmas card today, though, I'm not 100% happy with it. Cry, cry. It's so cute too but I messed up with the glue. I'll hold onto it, maybe I can fix it later.

So today is official. I've decided to get a head start on some holiday designs so that I'll have a lot by November. My plan is to let my 'preferred customers' know that I will not be taking custom orders for Christmas but will have a ready-made selection for them to choose from. That way it will be easy-peasy and stress-free.

My new goal is to make 100 variety of Christmas or holiday cards by mid-November. A little bit ambitious maybe but I think I can do it. I haven't decided yet if I want to post my Christmas cards as I make them or wait until November to post all of them. Errrr, that's going to be a lot of work. Decisions, decisions!

Card No. 105

{little bundle of joy}

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Card No. 104

{beary happy}

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Card No. 103

{baby button}

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Card No. 102

{life's joy}

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Card No. 101

{tweetheart}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her mother. Her mother likes birds and the colour blue. 

Card No. 100

{hannah montana}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 6 year old granddaughter who loves pink and Hannah Montana. I struggled a little bit with making this card, in fact, I had to scrap the original and make another one. I was too worried that the card looked 'messy'. When I gave the card to the Customer, she was very happy. She said it was perfect. I told her my concerns and she quickly dismissed them.

Card No. 99

{crazy for canucks}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 9 year old granddaughter. Her granddaughter likes the colour blue and the Vancouver Canucks. Customer was happy with the card. She later told me that her granddaughter really loved it.

Card No. 98

{my little princess}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 4 year old granddaughter who loves purple and princesses. I chose to add Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse because her family recently went to Disneyland. I had issues making this card because I was worried it looked too busy. I struggled even though the Customer mentioned that her granddaughter loves lots of glitz and bling or as she put it 'tacky and gaudy'. Customer was really happy with the card.

Card No. 97

{any time is tee time}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her son who likes to golf.

Card No. 96

{sweet melody}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her friend. She requested 'hummingbirds' because her friend has a garden that is often visited by hummingbirds.

Card No. 95

{zippity-zoo-da}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 1 year old niece. She didn't have anything in mind but suggested using pastel colours. She also asked if I could her include her niece's name.

Congratulations to me!

I’m here, still kicking!

I haven’t uploaded the photos yet, but I have already reached my goal! 100 cards and it’s only July!

I’ve been making a few custom cards lately. The week before Mother’s Day, I brought my collection to work and since then, have acquired a few ‘Preferred Customers’. Awesome.

Most of the cards I’ve been making have been requests. If you click on the label 'custom order', you'll see what I've created for my friends and family. So far, I have only received positive feedback. Though, I remember showing somebody a card I made for someone else and she didn't like it. That made me nervous. But as soon as I gave the card to the person who placed the order, my insecurities disappeared. She was so happy!! Extremely happy!! Phew.

When I have time, I’d like to go back to my posts and write a brief description on those cards requested by my customers. I think it will be neat to see what I came up with based on their requests. A bit vain? Yessireeee!!! I’m a Leo, it is expected :D

So I have one custom card due next week and another in August. Which is good because I'd like to start making Christmas cards! Yikes.

Anyway, before I end this post. Just want to thank my husband again for his help. Thank you for taking those lovely pictures so late in the evening....(even though sometimes they are not centred.....kidding.....)

100 cards!

Wow.  I'm good.....

okay I'll stop now.

Card No. 94

{baby bloom}

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Card No. 93

{our little gardener}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 3 year old niece. Her niece loves pink and loves to help mommy in the garden.

Card No. 92

{not too shabby}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for his wife. He requested 'crabs' because his wife loves crabs. I chose the beach theme because I know that his wife loves the beach.

Card No. 91

{deep in love}

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~Customer wanted an anniversary card for her brother and sister-in-law. She didn't any suggestions except to keep it traditional.

Card No. 90

{robin laid an egg}


{no photograph}

Card No. 89

{dance with me}

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Card No. 88

{blackcherry}

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~Customer wanted a wedding card. The Customer didn't have any requests but I knew the wedding colour theme was fuschia and black, therefore I incorporated the two.

Card No. 87

{zoom zoom}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 6 year old nephew. She requested 'cars' and to make the card bright and colourful.

Card No. 86

{bi-rrrrr-thday}

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~Customer wanted a birthday card for her 11 year old nephew. She first told me he was 10 but later asked if I could change it to 11 which was not a problem. She requested 'soccer'.

Card No. 85

{hoot hoot}

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Card No. 84

{the big day}

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~Customer wanted a graduation card for her friend's daughter who is graduating elementary. She requested 'pink colours'.

Card No. 83

{a fine achievement}

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Card No. 82

{berry proud}

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Card No. 81

{oh starry grad}

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