Little Pink Studio

A better look, and textures...

We had some nice sunshine today so I snapped a quick photo of the finished product from yesterday's tutorial. You can see the sweet details a little better in this photo, I think. I also forgot to mention yesterday that I also colored the bird's cheeks with the same chalk pencil I used on the pixie.  

Anyway, my husband and I have been keeping our minds (and hands) busy with a massive project in our home. We're moving my studio again. You know how people like to rearrange their furniture? Well we prefer to rearrange our rooms. Seriously, this will be the 4th room my studio has been in. Hopefully, it will be the last. We are separating the shop from the studio and that is a welcome thing for me. It's so hard to keep a studio neat when you have inventory coming in all the time, plus inventory storage, and shipping materials, etc. You get the idea, especially those of you that also run little online shops. So, the shop will now have it's own room, and I get a new studio (complete with fireplace), and hubby gets a media/game room. All happy, right? Well except the fact that we always seem to take on these crazy ventures of ours around Christmas. 

So. The studio will look quite a bit different this time around. We covered the walls with fabric. Yep. Fabric. Unbleached muslin to be exact. 

To cover the seams, we used a very pale pink vintage ribbon, which created stripes. Each stripe is then covered with vintage lace. All of the lace pieces are different. 

This photo  is a little pale, but you get the idea. I absolutely adore this! It's so different, but so warm, and lovely. We thought of using burlap, but I think it would be too dark, and maybe too smelly, and too trendy. I wanted a white/neutral/cream studio with little pops of pink here and there.

Love this old umbrella. 

And this. This is by far the most colorful thing in the room. It's a stunning old door that was originally supposed to be a Christmas present, but I convinced my husband that I needed it now. (the black smudges are not really there in person. Not sure why they're there in the photo...) For now this door is leaning against a wall, but it will be 'holding' something special soon. 

So, there is still much work to be done. I'm hoping to at least have it workable by the time Kenz comes home from college on Sunday. So, wish me luck. I'll share more along the way. 

xo, Cerri

PS, There are still a few kits of each of the designs I have done, and they're all ready to ship. There's also some ornaments, and other great Christmas things in the shop. I will be closing up next week for a week or so to spend some time with my family, but there is plenty of time to get your things still and plenty of time for more Christmas crafting. :)

A Christmas Nest

Hello! Welcome to another Tuesday Tutorial, I hope you will enjoy this tutorial today, as I think it is one of my favorites so far!

I started out with this sweet bird shaped votive holder. I was able to purchase several of these earlier this year..you know one of those, "I'm sure I can use this for something" purchases. I knew I would probably want to create some sort of assemblage piece in it, but the ideas never came and I almost sold these in our yard sale this summer! So happy I didn't! Ok, so I'm not exactly sure where you would find something just like it, but I'm sure you can find a bird votive holder at Michaels, or maybe even your dollar stores? 

Anyway, to prep her, I added some Diamond Stickles. (Diamond and Platinum are my go to favorites every time..) I added a little to her wings, and as you can see in the top photo, I later went back and added quite a bit more to her tail feathers, etc. A Christmas bird does need to be glittered now, doesn't she? 

I then glued in a little paper shred to the area that would normally hold a candle.  

Save and print this sweet little gal onto cardstock. 

Cut her out and using a chalk pencil, give her some rosy cheeks. 

I added a little Platinum Stickles to a bleached bottle brush tree. (later I also added more Diamond stickles)

I also have these little vintage bottle brush tree picks, and I used two of those in this project. I trimmed them to size, and covered them with the Diamond Stickles. Now, if you don't have access to vintage tree picks, you could use some smaller bottle brush trees, lightly bleach them out so they're not such a dark green, and trim the bristles to give yourself a more narrow tree. 

I also glued some vintage pearls to the trees and then glued the trees and my little nest pixie into the paper shred. Add a few vintage pearls to the shred as well, and cover them with a bit of the Stickles. 

Here is another view so you can see how she is "leaning" against her white tree, and the smaller trees are behind her. 

I gave the bird a little bow using vintage tinsel trim, and added more Stickles to her, and she was finished! Now, I also think a little banner with a holiday sentiment would also be a cute addition to this Christmas nest, and I may add that later. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, I'm always happy to help. Also, if you have made any ornaments from any of the tutorials, I would LOVE to see, so please share!

I was able to put a handful of these kits together for you, and they're located in the shop.   The kit contains the lovely bird candle holder, a printed pixie, white bottle brush tree, and two vintage botttle brush tree picks, vintage pearls, and vintage tinsel! All you'll need is some strong adhesive and your favorite Stickles glitter glue. (or regular glitter and glue) 

Be back soon with some more ornament inspiration from around the web, er Pinterest that is.. :)

xo, Cerri

On the tenth day of Christmas...

You're probably already aware, but Where Women Create is hosting their wonderful 12 days of Christmas again this year, and I was honored to be asked to participate again this year. I love the spirit of giving that surrounds this event! Each day, 4 different women in business are offering giveaways, and you have a chance to win every day!

On this tenth day of Christmas, I am giving away one of my popular bird waltz ornament kits, so if you would like to have a chance to win this, just visit right here, and leave a comment. 

I believe you can enter to win on any of the days until the 12th day is over! 

Cerri xoxo

Tuesday Tutorial -Pretty party dress!

Hello! Sorry for my absence last week, it was a rough one for me. But, I'm back today with a new ornament tutorial for  you. 

A couple things to note about this tutorial, first the sample most commonly used in the photos is a larger version than the ornament itself. Same idea, same process, this one was just easier to photograph the steps. Second, not every step was photographed, but I'll do my best to explain the steps. If you have any questions, feel free to email me! 

I started out with these great little honeycomb bridal dresses I found at Joann's a couple of years ago. I'm not certain if they still have them, but if they do, they were in the bridal section. (this is the actual ornament size here) You will also need some vintage wallpaper scraps, a spray bottle, Glimmer Mist in your favorite shade, Gold Stickles, adhesive, and some boiled tea. 

1. Boil a little tea and once it cools pour it into a spray bottle. 

2. Snip off the cardboard ribbon "tail" that was attached to the ornament. 

3.  Trace the bodice of the dress the best you can onto some vintage wallpaper scraps and then glue the wallpaper over the existing cardboard bodice. 

You may not get this exactly perfect, so go back with your detail scissors and trim around the bodice some more. I covered both sides as my dress will be hanging from the tree and I wanted it to be pretty on both sides, but that is optional. 

**It's important to take this next step in steps and go slowly. The honeycomb paper is fragile and you do not want it to tear.  

4. Open up the honeycomb dress and begin spritzing the dress with the tea. Let that dry a little. I just let it dry natural, but you could possibly use a heat tool if you don't hold it too close to the fragile paper. 

5. Once you have the desired shade with the tea, then spritz with your glimmer mist. It's ok if the edges curl a little, that only helps the dress look more "aged". You can gently blot with a paper towel if you need to, but don't spray so much that the paper is soaking wet.  Let dry. 

6. While your dress is drying, prepare a little millinery flower by spritzing it with Glimmer Mist. Tie a silk ribbon around the "waist" and glue your flower in place. 

7. Once the honeycomb is dry, lightly go over your dress with the gold Sticlkes. Platinum would be beautiful here as well, depending on the colors of your vintage wallpaper you chose. 

You could add a little sentiment around her waist with paper, and then hang on the tree by the clothes hanger. If you didn't want this to be an ornament, you could also add a name and use it as a place setting. 

I have put together a handful of the ornament sized kits for you. Included is various vintage wallpaper scraps, the dress ornament, vintage millinery, and silk ribbon. They can be found right here. 

Also, I wanted to share with you a variation of this tutorial we did a couple of weeks ago. 

I used a gold ornament and some bits of vintage lace, gold Stickles, and a sweet angel image. (this is one of the ornaments I made my swap partners for Cassandra's ornament swap, but I'll tell you more about that later) 

One last thing, I have had so many emails about the sweet little globes and various other new items that sold out so quickly, and I have good news! I was able to restock! There are more globes, more bell shaped glass ornaments, more of the cottage and farmhouse ornaments, and more mini trees! Yeah! They're all on their way to me as I type this, so I have already listed them back in the shop! I ordered a ton of the globes as I can see those being used for projects way beyond Christmas, but the other items are limited and will not be restocked again this season. There are also a couple of the kits left as well. 

Be back soon! And yes, I will be continuing on with the Tuesday Tutorials throughout the rest of the season as promised. :)

Winners!

Hello everyone, I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. 

Thank you to everyone that has already shopped with us, I am always so thankful for your support that continues to allow me to follow my dream of having my own shop and living a create life. A few things are sold out, but there are still lots of great things to be had, and a handful of the kits! Check them out here. 

Here are our giveaway winners:

Day One:

The winner of the latest issue of Where Women Create is: Casii!

I'll Be Home For Christmas is my favorite. I live many miles from family so when we can see each other for Christmas, it's a HUGE deal to me.

Posted by: Casii | November 19, 2011 at 08:39 AM

 

Day Two:

Winner of the angel containers filled with goodies is: Leann!

What vintage goodness. I completely forgot about those stars that the teacher used to hand out - so cool. My favorite Christmas movie is It's a wonderful life, Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas - you name it I love it!

the shop looks great, I've been keeping up!

Leann

Posted by: Leann | November 19, 2011 at 08:28 PM

Day three:

The winner of the already sold out glass domes with some extras is: Diane!

I love the glass cloches, would love to win one. I have a project for these already! Will be anxious to see what other goodies you have in your shop! I'm anxiously checking your blog and web page daily.

Diane

Posted by: Diane Langness | November 22, 2011 at 09:00 PM

(a note about the domes, I will be checking first thing on Monday to see if I will be able to restock. I purchased a decent amount of them, but they were a little more popular than I anticipated. I will let you know if I am able to get more-but I do believe there are a few of the glass ornaments left at this time. )

 

And day four:

The winner of the latest Where Women Cook, and the new book Where Women Cook: Celebrate is: Malena!

The great dressing with extra sage for me in it.

Posted by: Malena P | November 24, 2011 at 04:30 PM

Ladies, please send me your addresses and I will get your prizes out! Thank you to everyone for playing along!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. 

Much love, Cerri xo

 

Products are live, and day 4 giveaway!

Ok, so all of the products are now live! Go check them out. :)

Our final giveaway is for BOTH the latest copy of Where Women Cook and their new book, Where Women Cook: Celebrate! Donated by the super sweet Paige of Where Women Create. 

So, leave me a comment, telling me what your favorite Thanksgiving dish is and I'll choose a winner on Friday. I will also announce all of the other giveway winners on Friday. 

Thanks so much for joining me during the open house. It was fun, and I hope you also enjoyed it!

Cerri xoxo

Kits!

Finally! The last of the product previews-our kits! I seriously had more kit ideas than I had time this year, but I have a few of them ready to go in the shop. First up, is our lace wreath and mitten ornaments. 

This kit will include all the materials to make three gorgeous ornaments including the wooden ornaments, antique and vintage lace, bottle brush tree, collage images, pearls, tiny glittered pinecones, beautiful seam binding, etc. 

The attention to detail on my kits this year is pretty special. (even more so than I normally do!) The ornament kit will come packaged as shown in this embellished burlap bag. So many goodies tucked inside!

Wrap it up: This is really an inspiration kit. Included you will receive 3 large, blank matchboxes and all sorts of vintage materials to make them special. There are vintage images on fabric and paper, antique and vintage lace bits, died ribbon, tiny vintage millinery, petite pinecones, buttons, and more to play and create little boxes to your hearts content. This kit will also be packaged in an embellished burlap bag, which makes it a perfect gift for your crafty friends. 

I also brought back a couple of favorites. This was one of my very first kits and I still get asked about it every year. This year I decided to bring it back again, but to change it up a bit. So, you will receive enough materials to make three collage angel ornaments!

This kit will include all sorts of vintage wallpaper, printed wax paper, iridescent paper, chipboard, templates, embellishments, mica flakes, and more! You don't have to make your angels pink, you can choose from the wide assortment of vintage wallpapers in the kit! 

I was also able to put together a couple of my snow princess kits from last year. Such a sweet little kit. 

And lastly, I was able to put together a few more of my bird waltz ornament kits. (previously sold out) 

So, a little something for everyone. ;)

I'll be back soon to let you know when everything will be live and to do our last giveaway. Thank you for joining me during my open house, this was a lot of fun and I think I may make it a yearly thing. 

Much love, Cerri xoxo

Pretty images for you!

Hello! Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I thought I would share a few Thanksgiving images today. 

Enjoy!

I'll be back in a couple of hours with the final new product peeks. xo, Cerri

The wrapping

The final day of our holiday open house! I hope you have enjoyed this, even with the interuption. Today's inspiration post is one of my favorite parts of the holidays..pretty packaging. I love beautiful packages, don't you? 

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I'll have more inspiration posts throughout the holidays, I'm sure. :)

Don't forget to enter the day three giveaway and to check in throughout the day today for the other holiday open house posts. 

All new shop items will be in the shop by this evening!

See you soon! Cerri xo

What's new! (and day three giveaway)

Hello! In keeping on with the holiday open house (previously delayed due to a family crisis-in case you are just tuning in), I have more previews of the new things in the shop. All shop items will be live Wed. evening. I have one more preview to share with you and that is our handmade kits. Here's what we have to share today. 

Looove these little glass dome ornaments and cloche. Create any miniature vignette inside and then glue the glass to the bottom. So cute!

Super sweet farm house, church, and cottage ornaments ready to be embellished by you. They arrive flat, for ease in decorating and then are easily assembled to create the cutest little ornaments. Love. 

And of course we have all sorts of pretty papers and albums for your paper crafting/memory keeping projects. The image above of the mini album doesn't do it justice, it's stunning. 

For today's giveaway, I'll be giving away one of these:

I will be including some wonderful little bits for you to create something special with it! 

I have one more sponsored giveaway to do tomorrow and then I will announce all the winners on Friday. 

See you tomorrow! 

Cerri xoxo