It’s Finally Finished!

The brand new Instant Cemetery Set 2 is finished!!!
I am so excited to have it all done and listed in my store, but I also miss working on it.  I guess I should start another one.
Have a super crafty weekend!

Watercolor Backgrounds

Friday I talked about the inchies (rinchies, & twinchies) I was making and mieljolie commented that she had never seen alcohol used with watercolor, so when I needed to make backgrounds for my instant cemetery cans I snapped a few photos of the process. 

Procrastination Knitting

I have seen the signs and it seems that I may be knitting to avoid my other crafty pursuits.  I have several projects waiting to be started and finished, including some new supplies that I just bought yesterday.  These are projects that I really want to do, but yet I am putting them off to knit.

What I have accomplished is this: two hats and matching booties for a relatives new baby,a smaller hat to go will the little button loafers, and I am half way finished with a manly yet luxurious (silk and bamboo yarn) scarf for my father in law as a belated holiday gift.I’m going to assume that my sinus cold/infection is causing me to be a bit lazy with my crafting, at least I am knitting while I veg out and watch TV!  I’m sure once I finish up that scarf I’ll be back working on my other projects, I’m feeling better already.

In other news it’s been a great week so far, I’ve sold my first instant cemetery of the year and my home made watercolor tutorial made the Best of Craftster 2009, I imagine it will only get better!

I’m Having a Giveaway!!!!!!!

I was so excited when Jo MacKenzie (The Craft Hunter) wanted to interview me for a post on CraftNouveau.com. She is a big fan of my Instant Cemeteries and since I’m having a great Halloween season I decided to give an Instant Cemetery away to celebrate!If you would like a chance to win all you need to do is follow my blog and leave a comment on this post, super easy. The contest runs from today (the 13th.) until Friday (the 16th.) at midnight central time. The winner will be selected and posted on Saturday (the 17th.) Anyone is eligible to enter, only one entry per person, and make sure I can get in touch with you incase you’re the lucky winner.

Good luck everyone and don’t forget to check out the interview on CraftNouveau!

Busy Busy

You may be wondering what happened to me last week, it seems as if I almost disappeared, but I assure you, I am still here.  Last week was super exiting for me, my instant cemetery was featured in the Storque (etsy’s blog) and as the main picture of the article!

There was a wonderful flood of sales and convos and it has been very exciting.  I have been busy cutting out tombstones and deco-podging cans and going to the post office.

I am almost caught up, I’m just waiting for more supplies, they’ll be here tomorrow along with some new fun stuff to try.

I have fabric prewashing now and I am hoping to craft up some household stuff this week and I am also expecting a new crafting book to review and oodles of other things, so I’ll see you later this week!

Always Exciting

I still get super excited to be on the front page of etsy, its only happened a few times and last night after or LNKHandmade crafty meeting I came home to a huge jump in views and hearts.  I dashed over to craftcult and find this:

The front page and the Halloween gift guide!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am so excited, front page exposure is better than almost any advertising that you can buy and it’s free!  I’m off to cut out some more cemeteries and maybe list a few new Halloween items.

Instant Cemetery Can Design

Today I worked on the master copy for my instant cemetery can wrappers. Last year I just mod podged mini tombstones onto a paint can that I painted black, this year I want something fancier. I got my watercolors and went to work creating a molted background and while I was at it I made a new label for the lid too, ransom note style.I’ll have to tweak them a little when I print them, but I really like how they came out. I’ll also be including a paint can key this year, to make opening the can easier, I really pound those lids on ;-)!

My other achievement was installing a new shower head, the old one was like having someone spit on you, terrible pressure, the new one is a water saver and it really amps up the pressure, I can’t wait to take a shower!

Happy Friday the 13th!

My instant cemetery is featured in today's storque article on etsy. It's always so exciting to be picked, it makes me feel famous.I know this picture is tiny, but I'm there in the forth row, center. I am glad I decided to relist my cemetery, I think the pictures really make it look spooky, I wish all of my photos looked this good.

I'm in the Etsy Halloween Gift Guide

My instant cemetery has made the etsy Halloween gift guide, yay!!! There it is on the top left. This is the first time I have been in a gift guide, I'm so excited! I am currently frantically cutting these tombstones out, so far I have sold nine and have two reserved.