Who doesn't love a sale?

Announcing the Collectedmess shop sale!

Everything is priced to go to make room for this summer's new additions! Coming soon there will be new bag designs, new pouches, new fabrics, new pictures!

Everything is drastically reduced and ready to ship!

The Collectedmess Shop sale is going on now!

A Peek, part two

Back in this entry I showed off the birthday present for a friend. In between making that present and her actual birthday, she and her boyfriend became engaged...so engagement gift making was a must. (!)

I bought these cards from an Etsy seller minus the box because I wanted to make my own. (Aren't they amazing cards?) After a hunt of several craft stores and websites, I finally found this box over at Create for Less.


A little green paint, some paper and ribbon from SEI, and it's all set. I still have to work on the dividers, but for the most part, this project is done.

Shopping list:

Box from Create-For-Less
(note, they have great prices, but some of the stuff you do have to buy in bulk!)

Penelope paper from SEI
(I so love SEI paper, even if it is a bit on the expensive side. They do have great selections in the clearance section, where this was, and they are super quick on the shipping side.)

The cards and the box I didn't buy
(125 cards for $13. I couldn't beat that -- I don't have the skills to make cards that lovely!)

Just a mish-mosh of things

I just made that word up, mish-mosh. Either I made it up or I've heard it before and dredged it up from my depths of my mind. Either way, I think it's a cute word and vow to be using it more often.

Answers to the questions I've gotten recently:

1. Yes. That's my real hair color. (I'm kidding. I didn't get that as a question.)

2. Where do I get my felt flowers? I had a supply of the American Crafts Greenhouse felt flowers, but ran out of those. Now, after an exhaustive internet search recently, I buy all my felt flowers on Etsy from these stores:

Basketgirl68
Crafty Craze
Kutz (which in my opinion makes the most delightful felt cuts in the world...only downfall is they are in Italy and sometimes shipping takes forever.)

3. Where do I like to buy fabric online? I have a couple of favorite Etsy shops:

Mountain of the Dragon
Latelier

And I also really like:

JCaroline
Pink Chalk Fabric (quickest flipping shipping EVER)

4. Do I swap things? Yes! I gladly do swaps privately should you ever be inclined to want something I've made. I also swap on Swap-Bot.

5. Do I have an Etsy shop? I do. You can find it here.

5a. You can also find my wares in the November Sampler and at Needles + Pens in SF.

6. My favorite craft item? Seriously. Has. To. Be. RIC RAC. I can't get enough of it.

And since we're not project-less here, the doll quilt I made for a recent swap: