Featured Giveway on Handmade Showcase!

Today, I am featured in a giveaway at Handmade Showcase blog! I have decided to give the lucky winner a bundle of matching paper goods.



Handmade Showcase is run by Lynde at Cozy Sister Jewelry and features giveaways from shops that offer handmade items. I am featured in one starting today thru August 21st.

The lucky winner will receive a Birdie Note Set and a matching Birdie Note Cover. Each birdie is hand cut by me from delicious Amy Butler fabric and adorned with tiny rhinestone for eyes. Super cute!



Each note card measures 3 1/2-inches by 4 7/8-inches folded and includes coordinating kraft envelopes. They are blank inside for your own message. I love have these on hand because you can use them for anything!



The same birdie design is featured on the cover of this sticky note book. Perfect for jotting down shopping lists, to-dos, and anything else you need to remember. They're the pefect size for you purse.



Win this bundle! All you have to do is go to the LizzyJDesigns shop and pick out your favorite item, leave a comment with the item link on my featured post at Handmade Showcase and wait until the winner is announced. Contest starts today and goes until midnight on Aug 21, 2008. The winner will be selected on Aug 22nd.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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New notes

My mom is a big inspriation and since she was in town this weekend, she helped me design some new cards. These are available at the LizzyJDesigns shop. Hope you like them!


The first is inspired by the design on the Betty Invitation. It features a scalloped window with the message "Thinking of you" peeking through. I can personalize these with any short message.



The card opens to the same beautiful design printed on the left hand side. I offer these in sets of 6 with coordinating white envelopes for $12.

The next set features the same boroque design on a pink and brown scallop and finished off with some bling in the center. This set includes 6 notes with coordinating envelopes for $10.





Each note card is printed and decorated on fine white cardstock with a nice silky finish.

These are perfect for "Just because" notes. Remember you don't need a special occasion to send a note to a friend! Curious?? Read on right here...

Brand New

I've so enjoyed adding to my shop this past week. I wished I had more time in the day! I just love the contrast of a fabric texture on paper. My new items feature this wonderful material mix.

As my signature, the owl doesn't get enough respect in the shop. So this is a tribute to my owl friends. A new set of note cards with envelopes.




These cute little note cards are 3 1/2in x 4 7/8in and perfect for any ocassion, kids or grown-ups. The owl figure is cut by me from Amy Butler fabric and embelished with pearly eyes. I always find I need a fun place to jot down a nice note to someone and these have been perfect.

Scallop gift tags. I think I will use these cutie pies as price tags for craft shows.




YES, I said craft shows. I have never done one but feeel that I'm ready for that next ste as I expand the shop. Anyone have experience in this? Either as a seller or a shopper? Would you buy little stationery items like the ones available at my shop at a craft fair?
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Post-party Clean Up & Exciting News!!

 

Thanks to all those who stopped by the tea party this weekend! I love how it has lasted for days! That's the great thing about blog parties, I suppose. The party lasts for as long as we like! And thank you for the kind comments. It's great to make new friends!

I hope you enjoyed all the parties and come back to visit here often. We have very exciting things happening in the studio.

I made my first Etsy sale!
I'm so glad to break into this exciting platform for handmade items. I've sold a sample set of invitations to a lovely buyer. This is "The Jennifer" set from my Etsy Shop.




Boy, am I busy these days. I will be crafting the party favors for all my delightful guests from the tea party this week. Also, I've listed them at the shop. They are note covers available in two different styles.

2-D embellishments:



and 3-D embellishments featuring vintage beauties like the ones from my party favors. If you didn't have a chance to stop by this weekend, you can have one of your very own!

They are all made with yummy papers and crafted with care by me. They are already selling as I write this post! When it rains it pours, doesn't it?

I also have some new wedding additions available.

Menu tent cards

 

Advice to the Bride and Groom cards
 

Hope these do well, I so enjoyed making them for my own wedding! I listed a bunch of other fun paper items as well, including thank you's and cards for bridesmaids, so I hope you visit the shop and let me know what you think.

Have a happy week!
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It's High Tea Time!

We've had a fab time here hosting and visiting all sorts of tea parties in blogsphere! It's time for high tea, which in British tradition is served in the late afternoon or evening with some heavier snacks.
And earlier when I showed you all the goodies for the party prep, I can't believe I left out the invitations! So here they are!

 

Now on to high tea...

We made some yummy treats today.

Look like ice cream cones? They're better. I love cupcakes and I love ice cream cones, so for high tea we are having cupcake cones!

These are much less messier for the kiddies and nothing to toss when you're mingling about at a party!

And no tea party would be complete for me without welsh cakes...

 

My it's hot out today!

 

As we wrap up the party, we'll have some snacks, tea but perhaps you would like something more refreshing?

 

How about limeaid with some mint leaves? And just enjoy being outside in the garden.

 

 

 

Oh, and don't forget your favors before you go!

 

These post-it note covers are simply devine. I love them. They have become my GPS system in the car for writing down directions.

 

I also use them to jot down inspriational ideas, shopping lists and my fav blogs to visit (so I don't forget you lovelies).

These will be in listed in my Etsy Shop soon, but I love them so much I can't wait to pass them along to you---my guests! Please leave a comment below and I will visit your blog and send you your very own note cover and pad!! An original creation just to say "thank you" for stopping by.

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Welcome to the Party!

Bust out your best pearls and baubles, ladies, it's party time! Today we are participating in a blog Tea Party and many have been very busy preparing.

I showed you some little snippets from the LizzyJDesigns studio that will be used at the party and you will see the rest here today! Lets see who's stopping by today.

Oh, how very kind of you ladies to to get so gussied up!





And moi?


I have arrived as a peacock for the occassion. (This is from halloween a couple years ago. I assure you, this is not my usual Saturday morning garb! I WISH!)

And our gorgeous centerpiece arrived yesterday! Bunches and bunches of paper forget-me-nots. They are on display today but I will surely be using them in many creations in the upcoming days.

I've already used a few in this altered frame. Look, the queen herself is here today! The queen never misses tea time, you know.

And the snippet of the peacock I showed you earlier this week turned out to be...
my first party crown! I'm loving how this turned out. The double-sided paper came in very handy for this project!

High Tea (usually served in the late afternoon) will bring more creations! So stop by in a few hours and we will serve up some delicious treats and the best part....

Your party favors! I will be send each one of you wonderful bloggers a special party favor for stopping by and sharing your thoughts at our tea party. Come by for high tea in a few hours and find out what you'll be getting!

Ok, off to visit the other parties! You can find the entire list of party-goers and planners at Vanessa's blog.
Enjoy and see you for high tea!
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Exciting Things are Brewing

We are preparing for the grand Tea Party here hosted by the talented Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist coming up this Saturday June 28. There's sure to be tons of pretties, sparklies and yummy goodness on many blogs that day, including here! Here's a peek at the delights the LizzyJDesigns studio has been brewing...

First, here's a snippet of one of the pretties...

And there will be sparkly appearances, of course....

A tea party would not be complete without yummy goodies...

Didn't think I'd forget about you, did you? No party would be complete without favors for guests...

Come back and find out what these little snippets turn out to be at the blog Tea Party this Saturday. Leave a thought or inspiration and you'll receive a special party favor sent to you from LizzyJDesigns!

Happy creating!

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Thank you, thank you

My wedding day is quickly approaching and I'm getting nervous. No, not about BEING married, but GETTING married is the tricky part. Of course I'm scurrying around to get all my paper wedding items ready to go. Oh, not to mention all the non-paper stuff (like the dress, must not forget to pack that!)

What do I do when I'm nervous? Craft of course! So it works out perfectly that I should try to relax while getting wedding stuff done at the same time.

And of course, I turned to my new Gocco machine for comfort.

I printed these thank you notes using my Gocco machine in gold ink and printed off the "Thank You" on my printer. I was able to use the same design for 30 5 x7 cards and 30 A2 cards. It was a great way to test out what the gold ink looked like on different colors of cardstock.

Since we are getting married in Wales, I decided to do thank you notes now so we can give it to famliy before we leave. They have done a lot in helping us plan. We'll send some in the mail as well after the wedding to thank them for gifts.

Soon enough I will post new items in my Etsy shop. I think I'll do an 8-set of these.

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Yummy Treats

Do you snack when you craft? I do. It gets my creative juices going and a great excuse to treat myself to some chocolate!

My Mom brought me a few boxes of these home made beauties. Aren't they pretty to look at? They taste better and inspired many a LizzyJDesigns creations this week:

Post-It Notes covers

Finally mounting my menus to tent cards!

(Ok, that's not that fun but lots of snacking was involved in the process)

Thank You card

Wooden Frame--My first paper decoupage project!

And a graduation card

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