Little Pink Studio

Pretty paper parasol--June Little Pink Box

Hello! Thank you so much for your sweet comments and emails about my studio! It made me happy to read all of your thoughts on a room that is my little sanctuary. 

I wanted to pop in today and share the June Little Pink Box project and goodies with you. This month we painted and embellished large paper parasols, and I love how it turned out! I can't wait to see how the subscribers parasols turn out as well. 

I embellished my parasol with paint, vintage fabric, felt, new fabric, yarn, and oversized sequins.  The kits included those items plus several more things to make the parasol their own. Here's a peek at all of those lovely things. 

I love the pink and yellow combination, and all of the bright colors! And those oversized sequins? LOVE those. 

If you would like to grab a July box for yourself, I believe there are a couple left and they will be on sale until Sunday. The July box is going to be a really fun box and I can't wait to share it with you!

Happy weekend! Cerri

More pages from my list journal

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I wanted to share a couple more pages I have created from my Little Pink Box list journal. (it was one of the creative kits from the March box) I am finding it a lot of fun to work in this little journal. I have been keeping the pages super simple, using the journaling cards that were included in the kits, and just a few extra embellishments. The prompts were all printed on sticker paper, so it's super simple to just cut those out and add them to the page. 

In addition to the journaling cards, the journal kit also contained lots of tags to tuck into the pockets and to add to the extra pages. Here are a couple more of my tag "pages". 

I think list journals are a great way to remember little details of your life, your current favorites, or even favorite things from throughout your life. Keeping the pages simple just helps to make the journal manageable, and allows you to just spend a few moments a day creating your pages. 

Have you ever created a list journal? If you have purchased the kit, or are a subscriber, have you been working on your journal? I would LOVE to see if you have. Please leave a link in the comments and let me know. 

I mentioned before that I was inspired to create this kit by a challenge on instagram called "listers gotta list" or #listersgottalist. I did not end up working the April challenge, but have decided to join that in May. I have already created my little book to record and create the journal prompts in. 

My plan for that challenge will also be to keep it simple and use a bit of vintage ephemera combined with pretty new papers. If you would like to join that challenge, the website for the list prompts is here. Let me know if you plan to join in May! 

I have some super exciting news to share with you this week, so I will be back in a couple of days. xo, Cerri

A peek into the March Little Pink Box

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely spring weekend! I am popping in today to share a few peeks into the March Little Pink Box. We made 2 creative projects, the first being a sweet and shabby list journal with a spring theme. 

I was inspired by all of the list challenges that are so popular on instagram lately, but I wanted to make a book that was shabby, and contained cute, vintage illustrations, and vintage fabric. You know, all of the things we all love! 

I made journal cards with vintage images, a personalized illustration for the covers, and journal prompts printed on sticker paper. I also included all of the vintage fabric, paper bags, vintage lace and embellishments to create their books. 

Here's a look into my book and the pages and tags I have created so far. My hope is to make a new page or tag each day, spending just a few minutes to make something creative. 

I am looking forward to finishing my little book. Let me know if you would like to see more of my pages and tags as I make them. 

The 2nd project we created was a darling little bird house. 

We covered petite wooden bird houses with paint and vintage fabric scraps to make a patchwork style house. Don't you just love that little vintage bird?! 

I love spring crafting with all of the happy pastels and flowers, don't you? 

April subscriptions are available in the shop for a couple more days, so grab yours and join in the crafty fun. 

I was also able to create a few extra list journal kits! They're available right here. 

I will be back in a couple of days with a super easy tutorial for you, so be sure to check back. 

Until then, happy crafting! Cerri

 

A late peek into February's Little Pink Box

Hello! Not sure if anyone is still reading this blog, ha. I blog so little these days. I keep wanting to blog more, but it seems I use instagram and other social media much more often. I really am going to try to make a concerted effort to blog more, to post tutorials again, etc. I actually miss blogging. But anyway, before I go on and on about that, let's take a look at what was in February's Little Pink Box, shall we? 

I was certainly over all of the crazy weather we have had in TN and decided to theme the entire box around flowers. Yep, all flowers. Included was a stationery box full of gorgeous floral stationery. (I forgot to take a photo of that before they were all shipped) We made flower pens to go along with the stationery, and then we made flower fairy lights! 

Doesn't that just make you ready for spring?! I was hoping to make some extra fairy light kits to add to the shop, but when I went back ALL of the flowers were gone. I did however, make some extra flower pens, and you can choose them in vintage lace, or hand dyed ribbon. I think they're so pretty, and wanted a bouquet of them in my studio. They also make great pens for your guest books, or for bridal showers, and party favors. 

March boxes are still on sale right here, until tomorrow only though and then I will switch over to April. 

I'll be back soon with a latest obsession! Until then, be sure to make something beautiful! Cerri

A Valentine themed Little Pink Box

Hello! Can you believe we are already headed into Valentines day of 2015? I mean, this year is already flying by! I totally love Valentine's day and crafting for it, so I had to theme January's Little Pink Box with a Valentine theme. We created 3 different candy boxes inspired by the vintage chocolate boxes I love so much.  

Occasionally I forgo our standard pink box for a tote bag and this was one of those months. All subscribers received this tote I made for them, and inside were kits to make the chocolate boxes as well as some vintage paper Valentines. 

Here's a peek at just some of the supplies. 

And here is a closer look at all of boxes we made. This one was created with gorgeous shabby fabric, antique ledger sheets, vintage sequins, vintage millinery, and lace trim. 

This one was created with vintage crepe paper, antique ledger paper, and vintage dotted swiss fabric. 

 

And this teensy one was made with antique ledger paper and more vintage sequins. Of course all of those lovely materials, both old and new were included as they always are. All the subscribers have to provide each month is just your basic crafting tools or items. 
I love how all of the projects turned out and I hope the subscribers did as well. If you'd like to have your own sweet box of creative projects and supplies delivered to your door at the end of each month all you have to do is subscribe right here.  We have one month subscriptions if you'd like to try it out, or a three month subscription which includes a month of free shipping. February boxes are for sale until the end of this week. I'd love to have you join us!

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

November's Little Pink Box, and a couple new things

Hello! How is your holiday season going so far? For me, it's going by way too fast and I feel like I am behind on mostly everything. Remind me next year to start all of my preparations much earlier, would you? I love this season so much, and wish it could last a little longer. I want to enjoy the lights, drink chai tea and hot cocoa, make pretty things, decorate my home, bake cookies, and all of those things that make this season so magical. I just need time to slow down just a bit. 

The little winter scene ornament above was one of the 2 projects we created with the November Little Pink Box. It's a tiny glass dome with a sweet little scene inside created with a glass glittered deer and a white Christmas tree. There's also teeny vintage pink pearl ornaments decorating the tree. 

I love how this turned out, and am hoping to have time to make a few more with different things inside. 

We also made these super sweet vintage angel tree toppers. I designed and created this topper using ALL vintage materials. The body is a vintage paper thread cone, the angel head is vintage, her dress and wings are made of vintage lace, and even her little pink topper thing is made from a vintage felted sweater. I love it when I can make something using all vintage materials, don't you? I'll show you how she looks on my studio tree as soon as I get it decorated. Ha. Speaking of my studio, I still need to blog the studio redo. Hopefully I will get to that later this week. 

How sweet is that face? I actually had one extra kit for this topper and have listed it in the shop. :)

I have also added a couple other kits to the shop this evening. First is this petite holiday book kit. It's made with vintage red leather covers, and comes with 2 petite collage sheets, vintage lace and trims, and vintage ephemera. It's perfect for creating a special little mixed media memory book. 

This kit comes packaged in a clear stationery box. 

Something else I am super excited about are these vintage ephemera stockings. This summer I found a lot of these vintage old stock mesh stockings that were used to hold toys and trinkets for children in the 1950's. I couldn't wait to do something with them for my shop. So, I filled them with all sorts of vintage ephemera. There's vintage tags, Christmas seals, cards, postcards, milk caps, and more! They're all a little different, and would make a perfect gift for your crafty friends. (or yourself!) 

You can find these items in the shop, and remember if you have already spent $40 with The Little Pink Studio this holiday season shipping will be FREE for you for the rest of the year! I'm also tucking in some little goodies with each order to show my appreciation for each and everyone of you that supports my shop! 

I'll be back soon! Cerri 

A peek into the October Little Pink Box

Hello! I wanted to pop in today and share a peek into the October Little Pink Box. October's box is when I like to do autumn inspired projects or colors. So, this box had lots of cream, peach, and gold in it. You may remember the snippet roll swap I participated in a few weeks ago? Well I was so smitten with making those that I wanted to share that with my subscribers last month. So we made "autumn sweethearts" snippet rolls! 

Here's the creative kit for the snippet rolls. I provided all of the materials (plus lots of extras!) for subscribers to make a sweet snippet roll of their own. This is the kind of project that's perfect to work on while sitting in front of a fire on a chilly fall evening with one of your favorite movies on. It's just a relaxing, no stress, and fun project. 

These are photos of the example I made. 

In addition to all of the vintage lace, millinery, embellishments, etc included in the kit, we also had some pretty trims this month. 

That pretty white trim at the top and the gold sequin trim at the bottom are both vintage. And of course so is the vintage bird card. 

Inspired by the gorgeous vintage doily dreamcatchers I have been seeing all over the internet, I came up with my own version for our 2nd creative kit. I love the vintage doily on the gold hoop! They're actually a quick and fun project to make, and I love the shabby chic style of them. 

These kits included all of the materials needed including the muslin fabric, the vintage doily, gold hoops, and feathers. 

If you love the kits in this months box, I did have the materials to make a couple extras and they're listed in the shop now. 

In other news, I did get my studio finally finished a couple of weeks ago, and I'll blog about that in a couple of days. I'm also busy working away on kits for the Christmas season. They will start trickling in to the shop very soon. I have several kits lined up for this year, including some past favorites. I will also have my popular vintage December daily book kits available again this year. I'm working on those too. I'll post updates here , and you can alwasy follow along on instagram where I try to post most days. 

Oh, and both the November and December Little Pink Boxes are on sale now. I went ahead and opened up subscriptions for December early so that you could purchase them as a gift for your favorite crafter if you wish. (or to put on your own wish list!) December boxes will arrive in time for Christmas. 

That's it for me! What are you busy working on? 

I'll be back soon to give you a little tour of my studio. (ok, long tour, it's a lot of photos!) xo, Cerri

A peek into the August Little Pink Box and extras!

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely week! I've been busy here reorganizing and rearranging my studio, prepping for Halloween and the upcoming holidays and shows I'm going to be participating in. (more on that later)  I wanted to pop in and share The August Little Pink Box with you. Since August is pretty much the end of summer and back to school time around the country, I wanted to theme the month around school supplies. My thoughts were to take some ordinary school supplies meant for children and and turn them into something beautiful and useful to my subscribers. From time to time I forgo the standard pink box and send the contents in something else. This month was the tote bag (school bag) above. The bags were hand dyed by me, and I also created the fabric labels for each bag. 

Inside the bag were kits to create both an altered compostion book and an altered supply box. 

We altered standard supply boxes with vintage sheet music, old ribbon, hand dyed seam binding, vintage millinery, and a beautiful image printed on a ledger sheet taken from a late 1800's ledger. I thought these boxe would be perfect for holding supplies in the studio, or using in conjunction with the art journals to hold on the go journal supplies. 

We even added a little pocket made from vintage lace on the inside of the boxes. 

Our art journals were created using your standard composition book used by students. We covered the inside and back covers with antique ledger papers. The front cover was created using a beautifully reproduced script printed on muslin, a digital collage personalized for each subscriber with their first intial. (these were also printed on muslin fabric) We further embellished our journals with pretty labels and vintage ribbon and lace. 

How would we go back to school with out mini chalkboards and pink chalk? 

And I could not resist sending along a not so typical set of alphabet fridge magnets. Of course, they had to be painted gold and packaged in a hand dyed muslin bag. 

I loved this back to school theme and including your typical school supplies turned gorgoues supplies for us.

I miscounted the subscribers in August, and ended up with an extra set. So if you would like all that you see above, there's ONE August Little Pink Box listed in the shop here. (be sure to select the August box) I will add your first initial unless you let me know otherwise. September boxes are on sale for one more week, and the September box is our Halloween box so be sure to subscribe if you love Halloween crafting! 

Also, I had enough materials to create some extra art journal kits, and 2 extra sets of gold fridge magnets!  

I'll be back soon to share one of my newest obsessions with you...snail mail, or penpals! 

Happy crafting, my friends! Cerri

A peek into the July Little Pink Box

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely week! I still have plenty to share with you from our adventures with the Hwy 127 sale, but I wanted to take a moment and give you a little peek into last month's Little Pink Box. 

This was one of those months that I opted for something other than our standard pink box, and sent these sweet little picnic baskets instead. The theme was of course, summer picnic. 

Among the items included was a vintage fabric pack that reminded me of both vintage tablecloths and napkins. They were packaged with a sweet little velvet strawberry and contained in a petite berry basket. 

There was also this sweet set of authentic vintage napkins. 

The creative kit for the month was a recipe/memory book made from lunch bags, and of course packaged in a wax sandwhich bag. 

And to create our lunch bag recipe books I also included some lovely recipe cards, mason jar cards, vintange photos of ladies picnicing, and several other paper bits. 

Not pictured is the paper straws and sweet little dairy glass jar. 

 

 

Here's a little peek into the recipe books we created. 

This was such a fun "box" to put together! The August Little Pink Box is on sale for just a couple more days, so grab yours quick. August is going to be another really fun month, with more than one creative kit!

I'll be back with more photos from the 127 sale in just a day or so, I'm still catching up on orders placed while we were gone, so as soon as I get that finished I will get back to sharing photos. 

xo, Cerri