Altered Art Kewpies,,Prisoners of Love

As some of you know I just love Kewpie's!!! I think this little couple is so adorable with their tattoo's and prison numbers. I hope they make you smile.

 Thanks for stopping by....
Heather

Please Read.. A Wonderful Company

I just wanted to share a little story with you.....
I have been contemplating on purchasing business cards for a while. So I find a wonderful shop on Etsy  to design my cards (easy enough). Then I ask what is the best place to have them printed??? She suggest several sites, and tells me that she recommends Moo, she said they might be a little bit higher but they are a great company.... So as always my first thought is to check them out last because we all want to save money whenever we can right??? I click on these other Major sites and I am so overwhelmed and confused that I don't even want to have my cards printed at this point I just don't have time to figure out what type of well EVERYTHING I need, sometimes 500 choices aren't always a good thing. I shut my computer and go about my day. Then I find some time and get ready to order my cards, I thought I would check out Moo since I have heard alot about them on Etsy. I get to Moo I look around and I sigh in relief, their site is simple and easy to read, they even have Videos to show you how the paper bends and holds up compared to other cards. At this point I don't care how much more my cards are gonna cost me I place my order within 5 minutes and I'm done. By the way there really isn't that much a price difference. A few days go by and I get this email "Hi Heather we are sorry to inform you that while printing your cards there is a few blemishes in the laminate.(I'm thinking JUST GREAT), but we are sending them to you anyway just to get you by while we reprint you entire order at no charge. I am THINKING WHAT... no charge, the email is signed "Dave". So I email Dave back knowing that there's no Dave it's just a computer generated message, I tell "him" Thanks and they are just wonderful for basically just being honest. THEN.......I get a email back thanking me and Dave (a real person) says that he is going to share my email with the rest of his team.. The point of this story is that there are a few good companies left. To me it's worth a few extra dollars some times to deal with a company that cares about their customers. It sad to sit back and think about what we have all created in the busy messed up world, then you get a little glimmer of hope when you find companies like Moo, and places to shop like Etsy where someone actually put their heart and soul into your purchase. I hope if anyone is is need of anything for their business that they will try Moo first and always shop handmade whenever possible. Just remember there's a few things that money can't buy...Honesty is one of them.
Thanks for taking time to read my Post,
Heather

Some PRETTIES for your Arm...

If you are here viewing these cuffs I made...well I hope they inspire you to get creative. They are fun to make and the possibilities are endless. Please Enjoy.....

Come One Come All.....Circus Painting

Just thought I would share my most recent painting/ mixed media project with you....I just love anything CIRCUS.....
I hand painted every, except the elephants they are decoupaged onto the canvas..You can find lots of elephant and circus graphics over at the Graphics Fairy. In fact you can find a little of everything!
Enjoy!
Heather

Graduations, Jewelry Making and Birthdays....

I have been pretty busy this summer, not because I was on some remote island somewhere on Vacation......No I have been indoors. I live in South Carolina and it's just too darn hot to do anything..you know it's hot when it's too hot to even go to the beach. My kids haven't even wanted to go outside!!!  The kids start school on Monday and it's a little sad for me because my sweet little boy is going to First grade. I just can't believe how fast they are growing. He was so proud to graduate kindergarten....

Now he's on his way to "real" school as he calls it.

My oldest daughter will be a big time 8TH grader this year.Boy my fingers are crossed. I know she'll be just fine but I just hope that I survive it. The mere thought of a teenager makes me cringe. It's like once they hit 13 aliens take over their bodies for the next few years. Wish me luck.

I will still have my sweet little girl at home with me...well she's sweet most of the time....

Even when she's not being sweet, she's still cute.....

I did work on a few things this summer for my Etsy Store. I haven't had the chance to post everything I have made, but I am working on it. I have made some jewelry,

 Why So Blue Cameo... Re purposed Vintage Necklace  

I even talked my daughter in to modeling it for me.

Re purposed Vintage Gold and Pearl Necklace.....and my favorite one so far....

Time and Roses.

And for those of you that know me know that I love to make altered art using Bird Heads, calm down, not real ones..Here's a bracelet that I made

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I have been up to.... I look forward to blogging on a regular basis and getting life back on schedule.

We also celebrated our Sweet girl's 2nd Birthday.....

Tootles,

Heather

I'm Back and with A BeAuTifuL NeW BLoG DeSiGN.....

Wow I haven't posted on my blog in a long time. I am so glad to be back. Sooooo do y'all notice anything different???? Well you should. I had my blog designed by Karen at Valentine Designs. I have been wanting to have her design a blog for me for a long time, I kept putting it off one because I have three children so I am busy and two I thought I would have to come up with every single detail and I really wasn't sure what I wanted. BOYYY was I way off. I decided to give Karen a call, I told her a few things that I liked and she took it from there, and I love it. With the economy being well "crappy" I can understand that having your blog designed might not be in your budget but you can still have a great blog..... Karen offers an e-book that she wrote just for us blogger's. Of course I had to have it and wow everything about blogging that I never thought I would know how to do is in the book. It's written very well and with pictures of exactly what you need to do. I highly recommend it and I highly recommend Karen. I couldn't be more pleased with the beautiful blog she designed for me. Now if all of you will just hang in there I hope to have everything in order by the end of the week.

Tootles,

Heather

Spring has inspired me...Nature inspired handmade TAGS...

Here are a few of the tags I have just added to my Etsy Shop.......