Baby's Firsts Scrapbook Mini-Album

These were a lot of fun to make! I've actually made several for friends, and had four of the books left. So, why not put them on Etsy! They haven't sold yet, but I'm hoping that some Etsy traffic this week along with free shipping will send these delightful little books to a new home!

Phew! Finally DONE!

11 outfits. Count it, that's:

11 Bloomers: 33 pieces of pain in the pa-tooskie elastic

11 Tops: 22 pieces of pain in the pa-tooskie elastic hand gathered and stitched onto some pain in my finger shoulder straps and ties

8 Hats: 8 ruffles that just about did me in...

But...This is the result! AMAZINGLY CUTE!!!!

Posting on Etsy took the better part of a day, but I'm really excited to see what happens with some giveaway traffic this week! BJ_Mama of the "For What It's Worth...or Not" blog is having a giveaway week and my camera straps are one of the giveaways! I'm offering free shipping Thursday June 10-Weds June 16, so let's see what I sell! Yea Bloggin Mamas!

The Launch (FINALLY!) of my Etsy shop!

After several weekends of work, I've finally finished my first Etsy shop project! Shawn and I love our DSLR camera, but I hated the way the strap pulled at the hair on my neck. Many folks on my Clickin Moms forum suggested purchasing the camera strap covers to be found on Etsy.com, but why buy one when you can make one, right?



Also, I didn't like the quality of some that I found to purchase, so I set out to make a strap I would (and DO!) use. The picture above shows the patterns of fabric I've made so far, and the shots below show some of the detail of my covers. Please go visit my Etsy shop and check them out!

I plan to eventually have some "Baby's Firsts" books as well as some other scrapbooking mini-albums listed as well.

Welcome to my creative world!

As part of my work to honor my word of the year "Health", I'm developing and exploring my creative side (mental health, LOL)! I've set up an Etsy shop to sell some items I have been making (camera straps, mini-albums), and I'm going to use this blog to show off some of my crafts. I'm making a commitment to myself to post once a week, which means I need to be creating something once a week.

First up, I finished a great scrapbook page for Shawn and Oliver based on a poem I encountered in school. Picts up later tonight!