Can't say "no"

Carving stamps over and over it may seem tedious to some people, but let me tell you that this is addictive. I am having a lot fun making the personalized rubber stamps, although I am very busy making them I just can't say no when people at Etsy ask me to make this particular stamp for them. I design them myself, usually using a picture of the child or adult that the stamp will be for and add a name or names.


I have one for my child and it is wonderful to stamp from books, letters to friends, to clothing (I use waterproof ink for fabric).

I make fabric labels and sew them to children's clothing.

hi!

Well, has been a month since my last post and to be honest I have been hesitant about stopping by and write something. I have so much work with my shop that my creativity has been very low and a great deal of things have been happening lately. Good things and not so good things, which in effect are keeping me busy and stressed.

But despite the “not so good things” I am happy for various reasons. First, my shop is doing great! I have a lot of work and orders are continuously arriving but I am glad about it, I can not complain. I have to admit that is a little bit overwhelming and I think I underestimated the fact that handmade custom work is quite consuming in terms of time (my house has been a little bit neglected too). I am way behind but people are very understanding and patient, which eases the stress a little bit.

Second, I want to share with you something very important for me and related to my work with the stamps as well. The great INDIE FIXX shop is carrying some of my stamps! I was asked by wonderful Jen to consign with Indie fixx and now I am part of their growing number of talented designers. The blog is wonderful and the shop is filled with great products.

There is something else that makes me very happy but I will wait a little bit to tell all my blog readers and friends about this.

In the meantime I had some spare time the other day to get my new Blythe doll out of the box (yes, I got into that too) and take some pictures.


After seeing all the great mosaics that my flickr friend Yvonne created, I just could not resist and had to have one, maybe more in the future. She has a really nice collection of dolls and adorable accessories too. Oh! And she has a cute Etsy shop as well.
I leave this post sharing a couple photos of my new dolly with all of you.

customs and more customs!

Hi! I am busy carving stamps and am very flattered that people like them.

I really think I found my niche, although I am dying for sewing some forgotten projects, I am having a lot of fun carving these stamps.

scrapbooks! (no imagination with post titles at all)

Hi! I am back! :)
April has been busier than ever, everybody at home got really sick with this nasty flu virus or whatever! Luckily I didn't caught it (yet). But it seems like it is everywhere! So be careful and wash your hands :)

Changing the subject to happy and healthy things, Cathy from Scrapcat sent me a link with wonderful pictures of her adorable scrapbook pages. She is so talented!! You have to see her layouts and portfolio, they are just great! I have never been into scrapbooks but after seeing her work I think I am getting interested ;) (another reason to be even busier and giving up eating and sleeping all together)



You can see here how she used the little girl with bird stamp that I designed. Isn't this layout adorable?

And here is another picture that comes from her portfolio at Scrap In Style (great website)


I just found them adorable! The stamp gives Cathy's beautiful layouts a nice touch.

Thanks to Cathy for letting me show my blog readers and friends her nice work :)

On another note, in the middle of my busy schedule, I managed to list in my shop a few new stamps for sale and a wooden box with that cute bird nest design. I think the box is really pretty.


mmm...yummy pie

welcome spring!

I am so happy the spring is finally here, even though the nice sunny days come and go. I love winter, but this one has been very cold and long.




I got so inspired by the first signs of spring that I had to carve more stamps. I think I will use them to make some note cards and stationary and I will list them for sale at my etsy when I finish with some custom orders that I have been working on.


This owl stamp is from a series (owls) that I am working on right now. I am behind on these! Hope I finish them soon.


And finally, I am adding some photos that I took and edited with photoshop. It is a lot of fun and I needed some creative time with pictures too.



I know I have not answered many emails from friends and family, sorry about that. We have been very busy with some real life matters and several commitments. Sometimes we are just left with a little bit of time to be together, breathe and create. I promise I will make some time to write to the wonderful friends I have met, and family.
Thanks!

hair clip tutorial

Felt Hair clip Tutorial now at my shop! :)
Easy to follow and well illustrated with step by step pictures and instructions!

owlies

I love drawing so I came out with these owl designs that I will be using to make a hand carved collection of owls. These are not the only illustrations I have been working on for stamps, I got many many others, just can't find the time to scan all them. That is my project for next month.



In the meantime I am just selling a limited edition of hand carved stamps on my shop, the next batch will be more affordable since they will be exact reproductions of my stamps but made on red rubber. They will be more affordable and that will allow me to have more time to design new items.

Hope you had nice weekend!

happy easter!

have a great weekend!

new items

These stickers and cute wooden boxes are going to the shop tonight.
It is all the crafting I could get done all this weekend; too busy.
I will be listing more custom stamps and I am preparing my next tutorial which is a nice pincushion for all your sewing needs.






Also, check out the lower left side of my blog (blue thingy). I added a cool tool to listen some of my favorite music while you read my blog. It gets me inspired and kind of dancing when I am working :)

help!!!

Hello, hello! I miss my blog :( Sorry I haven't been very active on my blog lately, but I am working really hard to meet custom orders deadlines and shipping times for my Etsy shop. I received TONS of custom orders in February and I have been unable to finish. On top of that I have "Jury duty" this month which is not making it easy for me. And of course a large amount of other social and community commitments that I have to fulfill. Oh! and I forgot I have a family to take care of. I hope to get back to normal (wait a minute! I say that all the time Don't I?)
I hope I had my mom here to help me but I know she is very busy too because she is opening her own Etsy shop soon as well. How exciting! :)

New Stamps


Anyway, I will stop complaining and post a few pictures of some stamps that I made a while ago and some custom stamps that I made for very nice people that visited my shop.
For my personal collection

I will be back with some tutorials, really!

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