Little Pink Studio

My spring list journal finished

Hello! I hope you are all having a lovely week! I wanted to pop in today and share the last little bit of my spring list journal. You can see the previous posts about it here, and here. 

My finished journal ended up being a chunky little book, just the way I love them! You can see the bits of lace and paper peeking out from the edges.

 

In addition to the final pages, I used the left over journal cards and tags to use up the remainder of my journal prompts. 

I just added bits of lace or fabric to make a little "pull tab" to each of these cards and tags and then tucked them into the pockets of the book. I layered the journal cards above on some layers of fabric and trim and I really liked how that turned out. 

I really enjoyed working on this book, and am thinking I may make a summer version as well. I did restock the spring kits so if you wanted one but missed out, you're in luck! You can grab a kit for yourself right here.  A few ladies have ordered more than one of these kits so as to do them with their daughters, and I love, love that idea! Lists are a great way to document how you're feeling lately, your current favorites, and more. The idea of having that documented just makes me happy!

What are you working on lately? 

Happy crafting! Cerri

Sweet stocking ideas and shipping deadlines

Hello! I wanted to pop in today with ideas for some sweet stocking stuffers. Any of these would be great for the crafters in your life whether they are young or old. 

First up, our bobbin doll kits. They've been hot sellers this holiday season, and I think they would make a super cute stocking stuffer. The package is small, the instructions are included, and it seems that all girls both young and old are loving these little kits. 

Our little cameo frame kit is another perfect stocking stuffer for the crafty girls in your life. The packaging is small and could easily fit in a stocking. This could be made into a magnet, a free standing frame, the cover of a journal, an ornament, etc...you get the idea. Ha. 

There are a couple of our mini holiday book kits available still, and they too would make the perfect creative stocking stuffer for the scrapbookers, memory keepers, and paper crafters on your list. All of the instagram photos taken during the holidays could be printed and added to this sweet book. 

Vintage hankie journal kits are a perfect stocking stuffer idea for anyone that loves vintage, and journals or scrapbooks. They also come in a white version for that bride to be on your list. 

For the vintage paper lovers in your life, our vintage ephemera stockings are the perfect gift idea. 

These sweet stockings actually sold out the first day they were listed, but I was able to restock them, so there are still a couple left. They're one of my personal favorites from this holiday season, and just filled with vintage ephemera! 

For the list makers, note takers, and journalers on your list we have some super sweet handmade and embellished journals in the shop. 

A subscription to The Little Pink Box would be a great stocking stuffer or gift for the crafty lovers on your list. You can purchase a one month, or a three month subscription. I'll email (or mail) you something adorable to print out and give to your recipient. 

And of course our gift cards are a great alternative as well. You can choose gift cards in any amount from $10 to $100, and I'll mail or email you a sweet printable certificate to wrap up. Gift cards are also a great last minute gift idea as I will be happy to email gift certificates (and Little PInk Box subscription certificates) all the way until Christmas eve!

Crafty kits are a perfect gift to give for Christmas because as soon as the husstle and bustle of the sesason dies down, there is still the rest Christmas break from school left, snowy winter days that it's too cold to go outside, and days where crafting is just what is needed! 

A note about shipping: The USPS states that all packages shipped via priority mail by the 20th will arrive in time for Christmas, so I will be taking orders until Thursday, the 18th. I am shipping all items the next day, and shipping via priority mail. Gift certificates and Little PInk Box certificates can be purchased and emailed as late as Christmas eve.  I will be taking a little break from the shop after this week, (other than to email certificates) so be sure to get your orders in before that. 

From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your support this holiday season! 

I have several things I want to share with you this week here on the blog, so check back with me. :)

Much love, Cerri

A custom craft box for Paris

Hello! Ever since I posted about the personal craft boxes I made for a friend and her daugther, I have had a few requests to make them for various clients. I thought I would share the most recent box with you. The Mom contacted me wishing for me to create a box for her daughter's Easter basket. The little girl loves to sew, make books, is super crafty, and since her name is Paris, she loves all things French. Oh, and her favorite colors are pink and lavender. 

So I was completely thrilled when I found a vintage French fairy tale book that fit that particular color scheme. I used the book's images and feel as inspiration for the entire box. This is the cover of the box. I painted a wooden box a pale pink, added some vintage wallpaper, vintage lace, and these darling images from the book. 

Of course, since she loves to sew and make books, I had to include one of my vintage hankie journal kits.  The image is not attached, but included in case she wanted to add it. It's also from the vintage French fairy tale. 

And of course she needed some vintage fabric and trims, buttons, and lace to add to her pretty book, right? And I always included their name spelled out in pretty letters. 

Since she loves to make books so much, I took one of our blank books and embellished the covers with more vintage papers. Now she has a couple of new books to write her stories in, draw, color, add pictures to, or anything else her creative spirit takes her. 

Also included was a kit to create a special crown made from gorgeous shimmery cardstock, and pretty satin ribbons.  She can decorate and embellish her special crown to her hearts content. 

Of course, what creative girl wouldn't also enjoy a kit to make a banner for her room from matching vintage wallpapers? 

And to help her embellish her books, crown, and banner I created a special collage sheet for her to color and cut out, as well as lots of pretty papers, including vintage French flash cards. 

The wonderful thing about these custom craft boxes is that once all of the crafts have been created, she now has a special keepsake box to store all of her treasures in! 

I really enjoy making these boxes, so have decided to go ahead and add them to the shop. So if you know of a little girl, or a big girl that has a special event coming up and you would like to have a custom craft box created for them, just hop on over to the shop, or send me an email!

xo, Cerri

Craft-a-thon with my niece

Hello! Hope you're having a lovely weekend. Before we get too far into the new year, I wanted to share with you my craft-a-thon week I had with my niece. Every year my niece and nephew come spend time with us during the Christmas season and we do things like bake cookies, make gingerbread houses, craft, watch movies, and drive around drinking cocoa and looking at lights. This year, my niece stayed a whole week with us, and we did some serious crafting. :) Here she is in my studio. She stayed in her jammies and wore a Christmas hat most of the time. 

We made more wine glass snow globes. I think I liked hers best of all. If you can't tell, there's a little mouse and bunny kissing inside her globe. 

We also made this one as a gift for my Mom's birthday. Isn't it sweet? Desi and I did a holiday swap with my sweet friend Lilia and her daughter which was lots of fun! (My niece's first swap!) The girls swapped handmade ornaments and little trinkets for each other, and Lilia and I swapped ornaments and art supply goodies. 

A few more shots of our creations and fun. That bottom photo is the silly amount of marshmallows we like to put in our hot cocoa. I can spoil her that way, because I'm just the aunt. 

I cherish these times with her and hope that she always will also. 

xo, Cerri 

PS, As a few of you have already figured out, I extended the free shipping sale on qualifying orders through the weekend. It will end on Monday at midnight. I'll announce the winner of the giveaway then too, so don't forget to enter if you haven't done so yet. I love reading about your favorite Christmas gifts. 

Tuesday tutorial: A Little More Vintage Kitsch

Hello! I hope you had a lovely weekend. We had a fabulous weekend celebrating my Mom and daughter's birthdays. Mom's birthday is the 8th, and my baby girl will be 21 on Wednesday! Hard to believe I have a daughter turning 21. Time goes by so fast, it really does. To celebrate,  I threw them a jewelry making party in my studio and will be sharing some of that soon. It's always such fun to get all of the ladies in my family together to craft and spend time together. 

 Today's tutorial is actually my take on someone else's darling tutorial. But first, I have to tell you, I had an awful time taking photos of these little "snow globes". I retook photos several times and edited and edited, but just couldn't get them to look that great, but at least you will get the general idea of how I made mine. 

These daring ornaments were our inspiration. And I don't know how she was able to take such fabulous photos of these plastic snow globes, but they're lovely.  (To see the full tutorial and the rest of her ornaments, click here. ) You'll never believe that these sweet little snow globes are made using disposable plastic wine glasses! 

My daughter and I made our little snow globes during our craft sessions when she was home for Thanksgiving. She actually made 3 of them while I worked on one and made these ornaments.  

The tutorial thoroughly shows you how to create these, but you simply cut off the stem of the wine glass using a dremel. Create your little scenes using whatever vintage elements you would like on a paper base, glue them in place, and add mica flakes through the top openings. 

In the original tutorial she used beads to seal and hang the snow globes, and I had some beads that would have worked perfect for that, but I recently got rid of them thinking, "I'm never going to use these...". Isn't that how it goes? So instead, we used small vintage glass ornaments, and just pulled out the little loop.  To create the globe above, my daughter used some plastic deer that I had completely covered in silver glass glitter. Love that look!

This is the only snow globe that I made, my daughter made all of the others shown in this post. Gotta love a vintage Santa and his little helpers. :)

The snow globes are quite easy to make and would be a fun activity to do with your children of any age. :)

A couple of things...

If you're part of the vintage stocking swap, you should be getting ready to mail your stockings. 

And if you're waiting on an order, rest assured that I have been working around the clock trying to get all of the orders shipped out. I'm getting close to being caught up, thankfully. 

I would love to see if you make any snow globes from the plastic wine glasses! 

Happy creating! Cerri 

Tuesday tutorial: Spooky little shadow box

Hello! How was your weekend? Have you begun to have lovely fall weather? We have, and honestly I could not be happier. I adore fall, it's definitely my favorite time of year. I love sweaters, and spiced chai tea, fall colors, warm (not hot!!) weather with cool evenings, soups, and that lovely snuggle in feeling I get this time of year. And of course, with fall brings Halloween, so today I thought I would start off the Halloween crafting by bringing back a super easy little shadow box I did a couple of years ago on Joli Paquet. Want to join me? 

You'll need this sweet vintage image printed onto cardstock. I printed mine on kraft cardstock as I like the color better. To save the image, just double click on it to get the correct size, and right click and save to your computer. 

You're also going to need a little box half, black paint, Stickles glitter, a sturdy adhesive, black ribbon, sponge brush, scissors, and a bit of vintage ledger paper. 

!. Gather up those supplies. 

2. Using your sponge brush, paint the inside of the box black.

3. Print and cut out your images. (Note, when cutting out your images you will want to leave a "tab" or space below the image to be folded over later) If your image needs it, go over any of the details with a fine tipped sharpie. You can go ahead and embellish a bit with some Stickles glitter glue here as well. 

4. Cut some random cloud shapes out of vintage ledger paper. Once the box is dry, go ahead and glue your little cloud shapes inside.

5. Once your glitter is dry, fold over the little space you left on your image and give it a good crease. Using your strong adhesive you will want to add some glue to the bottom adn place the tree standing upright in your box. Do the same with the little girl. You can place a little block or wooden spool behind the images while they dry to help them stand up.

6. Add a bead of adhesive all the way around the outer edge of your box.

7. Tie on a bit of black ribbon over the glue and tie a bow at the top. 

That's it! Maybe 30 minutes start to finish? You could make a series of these little boxes with different images for your mantle. (all different shapes and sizes would be fun) Or make a bunch of them for place settings at a little get together with your art friends. And really, this project is easy enough to do with the kids during an afternoon of craft time! 

I hope you will enjoy this little project! I'll hopefully be back with lots of fun things this week...I keep disappearing after my tutorials each week and I don't mean to do that! 

Happy crafting, Cerri xoxo

 

 

Merry making..

My niece and nephew visited us the past few days, and what a wonderful time we had. This is my sweet niece in her Santa hat. The kids coming to visit us every year during their Christmas break is a family tradition, and we've been doing it for years. I love this special time and look forward to it every year. This weekend we packed as much activity into 3 days as we possibly could. 

My niece and I dressed up and went to the original "Miracle on 34th Street" movie at our historical Tennessee theater. 

We baked lots of cookies and the kids decorated them. I love how cute kids do cookies and other sweet treats. 

And of course, we had to make plates and mugs to leave out for Santa, right?

My nephew wanted to make a spanish mug...

We also went to see this movie.  We snuggled up in the car and drove around looking at all of the pretty Christmas lights. (something I've been doing since my girls were little)

And of course, we had to have crafts. We made simple ornaments from kits picked out at Michaels this year to keep things easy, but the kids loved it nonetheless. 

But most importantly, we laughed, we snuggled, we loved each other, and we created memories that will hopefully last a lifetime. 

I hope you're enjoying this holiday week!

Cerri xoxo

Paper Dolls!

Hello friends! How is your summer coming along? Is it as hot where you are as it is here? I keep trying to remind myself why I live in the south? :) I hope you'll indulge me a little bragging on my oldest daughter today? She created these darling paper doll illustrations and I had them printed for her. 

They are professionally printed on heavy cardstock and come with the tiny brads you need to put them together and make them "jointed". Perfect for any little girl, (or big girls too) they even have hair accessories! I'm making a little garland of them to hang in my studio, but I think they'd be super cute in a scrapbook too. :)

When she was looking at colleges, one of the ladies we met told her that her illustrations were so refreshing and they just make her smile. I have to agree, Kenzie's art always makes this momma smile. 

Oh! And this is her latest business card! I just love it!

If you're interested, you can purchase her dolls or prints in her little etsy shop here, or if you happen to be local they'll be for sale in a tiny little shop that I'll tell you about very soon. :)

I hope you're enjoying your summers! I can hardly believe it's almost time for school to start back! This summer has flown by!

xo, Cerri

 

For the children on your list

Christmas is around the corner. That also means that Christmas vacation is around the corner and your children will be home from school for a couple of weeks. These adorable projects make wonderful quiet time activities or special crafting time with your child. With projects as low as $6.99 they also make wonderful stocking stuffers, angel tree gifts, and just sweet little projects to tuck away for those "too cold to play outside days".  You can find them all right here.

We've tested them all, and they're great fun to make!

Cerri xoxo

Gothic Romance, a petite theater

Hello! I'm pretty excited about my Halloween kit for Joli Paquet this year. I've had the idea of a tiny theater in my mind for quite some time, and this seemed like the time to give it a try. In my mind, the hauntingly beautiful lady on the cover is Emile, and Emile is remembering the past, of days of romance gone by. Her heart aches at the memories and longing of a once marvelous romance. To capture that memory forever I created a theater scene in which Emile is remembering a special evening with her beloved. Because the 'memory scene' was created inside of a large matchbox, it has the ability of being "tucked away" and carried with Emile always.

Of courese, you can create your story your way, but I will provide all of the elements and instructions on how to create this lovely petite theater.

The petite theater kit will be available right here!

(kit will be on sale Thursday)

There are a few other Halloween goodies available in the shop as well, such as this darling Monster pillow kit in our Crafting with Children section.

While you're working away on your petite theather, your children can be creating these darling and easy, no sew monster pillows! (all materials included--and even better, they're pre cut!)

There are also a few play packs, pin sets, trim cards, and grab bags left too! Just click on "What's New" and take a look around.

Also be sure to visit the Joli Paquet blog to see the other cute kits the ladies have come up with, there's something for everyone!

Cerri xo