Invitatii de botez delicate, cu cruciulite din margele de sticla.

Cautam niste invitatii de botez mai vechi cand am gasit acest model creat la inceputul anului. Ceva m-a impins sa le public, in ciuda lipsei mele de vigoare din ultimul timp si iata-le.

Cruciulitele le-am facut chiar eu cu inclinatia mea pentru migala.

De fapt totul a pornit de la niste idei anterioare care nu mai ajunsesera sa se concretizeze.

My First Etsy Sale

I just shipped my first Etsy order.
I had made it a goal to make a few sales quickly after opening the shop and those sales came very quickly, within 1 week from opening.

For a moment it felt just like my old web design team manager job. Every mistake I made could be reflected in my shop's feedback and I felt pressure. I have been making invitations for 9 years it always felt so natural to deal with customers. Where does this strange feeling come from? I will analyze that and share it with you in a future post. But since my computer time is limited with 2 little ones I will just share my positive experience.

The great thing about this first sale is it resulted into a new beautiful design that I immediately fell in love with: Flutter by Baby Shower Invitation.

     

Mickey Mouse Baptism Invitation (Invitatie pentru botez cu Mickey Mouse)

Once upon a time there was a beautiful young lady who got married to the prince of her dreams.
Two years later, a young prince was born and they baptized him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I had the honor of making the invitations for this special event as I did for his parents' wedding.

A fost o data ca niciodata o tanara domnita care s-a casatorit cu printul visurilor sale.
Doi ani mai tarziu li s-a nascut un fiu pe care l-au botezat in numele Domnului nostru Isus Hristos, iar eu am avut onoarea sa realizez invitatiile pentru acest eveniment deosebit, la fel cu le-am facut pe cele de la nunta.

Here is my interpretation of a paper Mickey Mouse. All the hats and bows were hand cut and mounted on foam pads for dimension. My favorite part was seeing all these Mickey Mice together. I was almost sorry to let them go.

Iata interpretarea unui Mickey Mouse de hartie din perspectiva mea. Funditele si palariile sund decupate manual si lipite cu picioruse din burete pentru un aspect tridimensional. Partea mea preferata a fost sa-i vad pe toti soriceii Mickey impreuna. Aproape ca mi-a parut rau dupa ei.

Baby Girl Box and Frame Gift

Another of my custom designed gift sets. I really need to get a new tube of orange acrylic after this one.

It's such a gloomy weather and raining. I don't feel like saying more words.
Enjoy the bright colors.










It's such a gloomy weather and raining. I don't feel like saying more words.
Enjoy the bright colors.

Little Angels Vintage Frame for Baby Room

Yet another frame I made for another friend.

The frame is not actually vintage, but I made it look like vintage to match the vintage chabby-country feel of the home it was designed for.

The text is a blessing from the Bible (Gen. 48:15,16).

Flowers and Butterflies Handpainted Baby Frame

Since we are in the baby projects area, I thought it was time to show you this frame I made for little Miriam a while ago.

Her room is decorated in purple shades, so I painted the frame purple, then painted some white flowers and added 2 butterfly dimensional stickers.

I haven't seen it with a picture or hand print yet.

Baby I Love You Album (II)

I promised to show you progress of my baby album/pregnancy journal.
I haven't added any photos yet, but I did make a few more pages.


This is the first page:


You probably can't realize yet that it's actually a small transparency page with a photo mat, but look at the next page:


Enjoy The Journey



It says "Enjoy the Journey" and I have been enjoying it so far. I have also learned new things about myself. Since it's the first time in my life I weigh more than 90 pounds I realized that having too many of them does make life a little harder. So I am so glad that my busy life does not allow me to gain weight. Hopefully I wont have too many extra at the end of these 9 months.



The tag is from Crafty Secrets and probably the birds too, but I have had them for a while and I can't remember. However, Crafty secrets is sponsoring this weeks Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #101 "Nostalgia" and I had a great time working with the images they provided the DT with.

I accidentally pulled out the brown cardstock that the tag is mounted on and I really liked the look, so I ended up adding an eyelet and some fibers and made a whole page around it.
Here's a closer look:



Best of Times
The left side is unfinished, but I do love the page on the right. The clock image is from is from a Teresa Collins kit and the text around it says "Best of times". This really is the best time for having a baby in our lives so I had to incorporate the clock.



The clock is mounted on a transparency with a brad and has room for journaling on the back.



That's it for now. Thank you for visiting. I will show you the next pages as I go on with my little album.

"Baby, I Love You" Mini Album

Last week I received an email from Court at Court's Crafts asking what was "Meda's little miracle" that the girls were talking about on the Cuttlebug Challenge forum.

So I guess it's time to reveal the big mystery: Meda is 3 1/2 months pregnant, doing very well and hungry all the time.

And this is the first thing I created for my unborn baby:

It's a Basic Gray mini album that I am going to use like some kind of pregnancy journal. So you are going to see more of it as I decorate the pages.

I chose these colors for the cover because I don't know if it's a boy or girl yet so I decided to use some of my favorite colors that remind me of nature.

Materials:
Paper: chocolate color cardstock, paper scraps, Cosmo Cricket "Earth Love"
Cuttlebug: Victoria folder, Persia die
Stamps: My Pink Stamper
Other: Sizzix swirl die, handcut flower, pearl, Sakura glaze pen, Cropadile




It seems I am a double lucky girl today. Once because my cropadile arrived in the mail and second because the sun came out for just enough I needed to take a quick photo of the album and show you my project for today's Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #99.

This week's sponsor is My Pink Stamper and I was sent some word stamps from the Family and Friends line to play with. I am sure Betty sent me the baby word intentionally. You did right, Betty, because as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to start decorating that BG album I had bought for this very purpose.

Your challenge for this week is to make a card, layout altered item etc. and use any sentiment on the front. Don't forget the cuttlebug. It's still a cuttlebug challenge. Add your link to the In Linkz gadget here by Tuesday, September 7 and check back on Wednesday to see if you won.

Giraffe and Mushrooms Shadow Box for Baby Prints (Rama pentru amprente bebe cu ciuperci si girafa)

It's Wednesday, so time for Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge.
E miercuri, deci e timpul pentru Cuttlebug Be Inspired.

This week the challenge is SHADOW BOXES.
Saptamana acesta, tema e DIORAME (adica rame adanci, eventual acoperite cu sticla).

My project is designed to match the baby frame and album from 2 weeks ago.
I gave up the large red mushroom at the last moment and replaced it with the giraffe since this gift is for a baby boy and I didn't want it to look too girly.
Proiectul meu e creat sa se asorteze cu rama si albumul de bebe de acum 2 saptamani. Cadoul fiind pentru un baietel, am renuntat in ultima clipa la ciuperca mare rosie si am inlocuit-o ci girafa asa incat sa nu para prea pentru fetite.

The mushroom paper was donated by Cosmo Cricket and this particular design is one of my favorite from their "Earth Love" line.
Hartia cu model e donata de Cosmo Cricket si e printre preferatele mele din setul "Earth Love".

Baby Name Frame and Album

It's that time of the week again...
time for Cuttlebug Be inspired #79!

After so many weeks with no cuttlebug projects, here are two for this week's challenge: Baby Shower

I created a name frame and a hand stitched album with lovely papers from Core'dinations and Cosmo Cricket, not to forget my cuttlebug that makes lovely mushrooms :)





P.S.: Sorry for the brief post. I have lots of invitations, menus and stuff to ship tomorrow...! Let the wedding season beggin and all good wishes of happiness to the young ladies getting married this year. May God bless you and your marriages!

[Edit]

The mushrooms are made using the paper piecing technique with a stamp from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Same as in this one. Full post here.



The porcupines are decoupaged from the "Earth Love" pack from Cosmo Cricket.

Baby Announcements (Anunturi nou-nascut)

These are the first baby announcements I have ever made. And I am glad I did and they are not pink.
Acestea sunt primele anunturi de nou-nascut pe care le-am facut. Si ma bucur ca nu sunt roz.


I received an e-mail from my brother-in-law this past December asking if I could make some baby announcements for Emilia, the daughter they were expecting.
For those who remember my Princess Emily birthday set, I can now tell you that it was inspired by my new niece.
In decembrie cumnatul meu imi scria intrebandu-ma daca as putea sa fac niste felicitari prin care sa anunte venirea pe lume a fiicei lor Emilia. Pentru cei care imi citesc blogul in mod regulat, pot acum sa va spun ca setul pentru ziua de nastere a printesei Emily a fost inspirat de numele noii mele nepoate, pe atunci in burtica mamei ei.



They requested a stork and said they liked this card I made last summer. So I started out with storks and purples. I wish I had a stork stamp this big, but since I didn't I had to go digital. Here's the tutorial.
Au cerut sa fie o barza si mia-u indicat acesta felicitare ca inspiratie, de unde am ajuns la berze si nuante de mov. Mi-ar fi placut sa am o stampila cu barza asa de mare, dar pentru ca nu am, a trebuit sa apelez la desen digital. Aici e tutorialul.



The boxes and butterflies are my own signature and green is one of the colors in Emilia's room.
Fluturasii si cutiile sunt o amprenta personala, iar verdele e una din culorile prezente in camera Emiliei.



Well, just a little pink on the inside to make it more girly and this pink is a perfect match for the lilac I used as main color.
Doar putin roz in interior, acest roz fiin culoarea care se asorteaza perfect cu liliachiul folosit ca si culoare de baza.


I also made some envelopes instead of boxes for the cards that will be sent through mail. The boxex are too fragile to be mailed individually.
Pentru felicitarile care vor fi trimise prin posta am facut plicuri. Cutiile sunt prea fragile pentru asta.

Butterflies, Babies and Roses (Fluturasi, bebelusi si trandafiri)

Have you ever seen any baby project on my blog?
Ati vazut cumva proiecte pentru bebelusi la mine pe blog?


I can't say I haven't made a couple, but I have a feeling you will be seeing a lot of those now that I have 1 baby nephew and 1 newborn niece, plus so many of my friends having their firstborns or second children.

Nu ma pot lauda cu prea multe, dar presimt ca asta se va schimba acum ca am un nepotel sub un an si o nepotica abia nascuta, plus copiii prietenilor nostri.


So, these lovely butterflies are going to end up on Emilia's birth announcements. I am not using traditional baby girl colors because I really hate that baby pink when overused.

Acesti fluturasi dragalasi vor ajunge pe anunturile de nou-nascut ale Emiliei. Culorile sunt netraditionale pentru ca eu personal detest rozul acela deschis pentru fetite-bebelusi.


Stay tuned for the final result. I am working hard to finish them today so they can leave for Germany with tomorrow's post.

Va stept in curand pentru a vedea rezultatul final. Muncesc de zor sa termin pana maine si sa le trimit in Germania.

Supplies used (Materiale folosite):
- Cuttlebug *butterfly* die and embossing folders (sablon fluturas de la cuttlebug)
- Paper flowers left from Paul and Veronica's wedding invitations. (Flori de hartie ramase de la invitatiile lui Paul si Veronicai)
- Pattern paper (my own design) left from Beni and Anamaria's wedding invitations. I made these invitations back in 2007 and 2008 so they are not posted on this blog, but I promise I will show them to you one day. (Hartie cu model propriu ramase de la invitatiile lui Beni si Aneimaria. Am facut aceste invitatii in 2007 si 2008, deci nu sunt pe blog, dar promit sa vi le arat intr-o zi.)

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I received this beautiful bouquet of roses from Irina. Thank you very much! I am so thrilled that more and more Romania women are embracing crafting in their spare time.
Am primit acest minunat buchet de trandafiri de la Irina. Multumesc frumos, Irina. Sunt asa de incantata ca in sfarsit tot mai multe femei din Romania imbatiseaza acest hobby.

In honor of this I am awarding the "Beautiful Blog" prize to my 2 newfound Romanian cardmaking friends (Laura from India and Maria from Alba Iulia) and an older blogger whose blog is my place to go when I need some peace with God: Andreea.

In onoarea cestui fapt, acord premiul "Beautiful Blog" noilor mele prietene Laura din India si Maria din Alba Iulia precum si unei mai vechi autoare de blog, Andreea, unde merg atunci cand caut putina pace cu Dumnezeu.