Little Pink Studio

Lessons learned and creations with lace

Whew! That whole preorder, hand dyed lace applique thing was a little crazy. I honestly never expected those to be quite so popular. I sold out w/in a day of what I originally had dyed and packaged and had ready to go. Then, so many people were emailing and upset that they had missed them I decided to restock them on a preorder basis and order a whole bunch of lace hearts and such. What I totally didn't expect was that those would sell out as well, nor did I expect it to take as long to get them back in stock and to dye 100's of little lace hearts. I felt bad about how long that actually took, but I have apologized to my wonderful customers that were waiting on them. I'm so thankful everyone was gracious and many have emailed me to let me know they were worth the wait. But, I just don't think I will be doing a preorder type situation again anytime soon. :) Now, if you're still wanting some, I have them on order. I'll get them dyed and listed just as soon as I can! (along with lots of other wonderful lace things!)

So today, among other things, I wanted to share with you what I made and sent waaay back in December to Tina. (for the Joli Paquet Stocking swap) And yes, I do realize today is the last day of February, but I never shared the things I made her or the wonderfu things she sent me so before too many more months pass by I thought I would do just that. Humor me, ok?

To refresh your memory, the purpose of the swap was to create a handmade stocking and fill it with all sorts of lovely things you thought your partner would like. Since my partner lives on the other side of the world, I decided to make her stocking smaller than usual. Since she loves old lace as much as I do, I decided to concentrate on just that. So really, other than the fact that you're currently looking at a stocking, there isn't too much Christmass-y about this post after all. Remember, you're humoring me.:) I made the stocking of old lace and natural batting and just kind of crazy quilted it together. At least my version of crazy quilting.

 
I included lots of artsy supplies and a very old wooden bobbin (seen above) wrapped with tons of old lace remnants. (do you like that? I was thinking of addding some lace remnant wrapped wooden bobbins to the shop...)

I made Tina a lace pendant and cuff bracelet too. In fact, I made all of the ladies in my family a lace cuff bracelet for Christmas, but didn't get a single photo of those to show you. The pendant was made of an old crocheted thing a bob, a pretty image, and lots of vintage pearls. I've been meaning to make another one of those for myself as I really like how it turned out.

I posed the pendant on my mannequin before I shipped it out, but the photo didn't turn out too great. You get the idea though, right?

And, here is the lace cuff bracelet. I love how easy those are to make. They're the perfect last minute gift for anytime.

What I'm currently working on is this:

Hand dyeing lots of new lace items to add to the shop...think spring and bows. Lovely little bows.

Photographing and getting ready to list all sorts of new items to the shop.

Planning our spring break vacation (as a WHOLE family-even the college student!) to San Francisco. --Speaking of, any places we should not miss? I've been there 3 times before, but I know there is stuff I haven't seen....Food? Sights? SHOPPING?

Working on a new schedule for the blog. I want to blog more and scheduling is something I am working on in every aspect of my life, so why not the blog as well? I want to get back to sharing pretty, old things, and I have a few other ideas in mind I'll share soon.

So, that's it with me. What are you up to?

Be back soon.

xoxo, Cerri

 

 

 

A quick note about "hearts and roses"

A quick note about "hearts and roses": If you are waiting on an order that contained these (on a preorder status), they finally arrived today. I'm going to spend the evening dyeing them and will begin shipping the orders as they came in. Thanks for your patience with this! I had no idea they would be such a hit!

I have lots of wonderful new items arriving daily as well, but I'm waiting until I'm completely caught up with orders to add those to the shop and share them here. 

xo, Cerri

 

More handmade Valentines

Hello! I'm back with a little more handmade Valentine goodness. I made this little Valentine scrapbook initially to become a kit for the shop, but I just didn't get it together in time. 

I used some of the sweetest vintage wrapping paper that features images by Betsy Clark, and some vintage dotted swiss, a piece of a vintage skirt I found at a thrift shop, and some great Martha Stewart satmps. 

I added some paint, polka dots, and little dots of glitter, and stitched it all together. 

Inside the front flap I added some little glassine pockets to hold tags and love notes, and I added several cardstock pages so that I can add photos, poems, and maybe some artwork from my girls. It was a sweet and easy project to do, and I haven't really done a lot of scrapbooking in a while, so I'm looking forward to working on this a little more. 

Here are some of the little tags I made to go in the glassine pockets. 

And here is a peek at another, totally different project I worked on last night. 

Sweet little burlap and ruffled totes that I will show you soon. I'm thinking of adding some to the shop, but haven't made up my mind for sure yet. 

Here's another vintage Valentine image for you to play with. 

Be back soon! 

xoxo, Cerri

A little valentine package

Hello! So, it's Valentines week, and I thought I would share with you parts of a little package I sent off to one of my dear friends. Every year we do a little private Valentine's swap, it has become a tradition with us and since we like the same types of things, it's always fun. Here are a few of the things I sent her.

I really love that mini pompom trim, I think it adds just the right amount of sweetness to a project. The stamped image on the tag is from Red Lead Paper Works. Love them!

I also made her a tiny little Valentine scrapbook w/ photos of her little sweetheart inside. The book is only about 2.5" tall. 

I made the book from a bitty envelope, so there are pockets w/ tags for writing notes and such. Hope she loves it. 

I have more handmade Valentine's to share this week, but for now here are some sweet images for you. 

Have you been busy making Valentines? Or boxes to hold Valentines? I miss doing that, making the boxes to hold the girl's Valentines at their school parties. It used to be a full on family tradition here and believe me, we came up with some very clever boxes. I had thought of hosting an old school Valentine swap, but just didn't think of it soon enough to get it going. Maybe next year? Wouldn't it be fun to make a container to hold your Valentines and receive handmade Valentines from all over blog land? Kind of like our own little classroom party. LOL

Ok, I'll be back w/ more Valentine love tomorrow. 

xo, Cerri

The sweet stuff

Hello again! So, I showed you some of the new romantic shop things below, now I thought I would share the sweet stuff with you. First, I'm smitten with these first two embellishments. The flower girl above and the sweet little brownie girl below are handmade by me. I created them using a special clay substance and vintage molds. They're flat backed, durable, super lightweight,  and can be adhered to things like scrapbook albums, art journal covers, cards, canvases, etc! 

Since they arrive white, you can color them however you would like to match your project. You can paint them, color them with markers, crayons, Copics, and just about any other medium you would like. I am really quite smitten with them, and I'm excited to see what you will create with them! 

More sweet stuff:

New beaded bow embellishments or charms. 

Pearl bow flat backed embellishments. Aren't they sweet? 

Tiny rose appliques in pink and red. If you love these, I'll add more colors to the shop soon. 

Lovely little swans imported from Germany. 

Miniature pompom trim in 8 colors! I love this stuff, it's perfect for cards, journal pages, tags, etc. It just adds a sweet nostalgic charm. 

Teeny vintage doll shoes that I have slightly dyed and embellished. They arrive adorably packaged perfect for gift giving. 

As you already know from my post below, I've been hand dying and aging lace appliques and have lots of them in the shop now. 

Queen's crest appliques. 

LOVE these beautiful wings! At 4" long, they're a great size to for your projects. 

And the hearts and roses from the Romantic embellishment kits, are also available in a separate package of 8 hearts. They come packaged in a window envelope that has, yep, been hand dyed! 

You can find everything by clicking "what's new" on the shop's homepage. 

I hope you will love it all! Be back soon with some Valentine's I've been working on. 

Have a lovely weekend sweet friends!

xoxo, Cerri

Remember me?

 Hello! It's been a long time. MUCH longer than I ever thought I would be away. I guess, really I've just been in a funk. It's been a gray winter here, and I need more sunshine for sure. I haven't felt very inspired, and sometimes life is just hard. I know you all don't come here to hear me whine about how hard teenagers are sometimes, or any of that stuff. So, I'll just skip all that, and jump right back into where we left off, ok? Besides, who couldn't find some inspiration with ROMANCE in the air? 

You might be happy to know that even though I have been absent from my blog, I've still been working on things for the shop. I have lots of new things to share, but first I wanted to tell you about this Romantic embellishment kit I put together. I wanted to put together something that could work for Valentines day, but doesn't scream Valentines. Something softer, that could be used for any project, anytime that you need a touch of romance. 

Almost everything in this kit has been handy dyed and "aged" by me in lovely shades of sepia and pink. My favorite romantic colors. 

 

There are tags, vintage lace, and embellishments, and you can get a complete listing and order the kit if you would like right here. 

The entire kit is packaged in a lovely sinamay envelope that has also been dyed and wrapped up with champagne silk ribbon and hand dyed vintage roses. Don't you just love it? 

There are lots of other new items in the shop too, and I'll share the rest of of them here tomorrow, but you can see them all now by clicking here. 

I will hopefully never take a month long blog break again. :) I missed all of you!

Cerri xoxo