DIY business cards

in the spirit of procrastination i spent a night last week making up some business cards for my little, yet to be established etsy store instead of cleaning and marking year 9 essays. i was pretty happy with how they turned out! who knew that some manilla tags and vintage fabric scraps could be something so pretty!

I am currently looking at the possibility of a few local crafty type stores stocking some of my softies but if that doesn't work out an etsy shop is on my list of things to do! and the room full of vintage clothes is begging to be sold on ebay! now i just need to find a way to fit more hours in my day... maybe less watching 'friends' and more getting organised!

for a lovely baby...

... i made some baby bean bags after seeing them over here

...wrapped them up in green for go

... and gave them to this brand new little boy.

he is so lovely.

p.s - may i just take this time to say that it freaks me out a little that so many of my high school friends have kids. eek!

DIY a book of happy

its that time of the semester where we are all a little bit crazy with end of semester exams. one of my friends has a LOT of really hard exams and has been really stressed over the last few weeks so i decided to make her a 'happy book'.

1. grab a bunch of graph paper and pages from vintage books

2. cut them into the same size

3. decide on a cover sheet (i used a A5 sheet of kraft cardboard)

4. fold everything in half

5. use a sewing machine to stitch down the middle fold of the pages

6. re-fold in half and now you have your book!! decorate as desired!

i'll post again tomorrow with a 'happy' list!

but i'll leave you with the Alice in Wonderland quote that i wrote on the last page (just in case you cant read it in the small picture)!

'well! I've often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! its the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!' - Alice

have a happy weekend xx