Free vintage images from The Graphics Fairy

May 18th, 2010

It’s no secret. I like alot of vintage stuff. From furniture, jewelry, and most importantly – stationary!!

Imagine my delight when I was searching online one day to find FREE vintage images. Yes, free! Not a CD that you have to pay for.

The Graphics Fairy

The Graphics Fairy – I heart you. You really are a fairy. XOXO! I have so many images saved but not sure what I will do with them. Scrapbook? Make some gift tags? Journal covers?

Hope you enjoy searching her blog as much as I do – I can spend hours looking! It’s perfect for anyone who loves paper crafts. WOOHOO.

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Flower Clips for your hair. Or wherever.

May 16th, 2010

HAHAHA! Just reading the title of this post makes me laugh.

Wedding season and baby shower has begun over here. In full force! It’s so busy I want to take a vacation already. Not to mention my daughter recently celebrated her 2nd birthday (threw a birthday bash for her which left me with a headache for two days – LOL, how do teachers do it? I’m so envious!)

At any rate, because we were on a bit of a budget, I resorted to some good ole craft supply box to make party stuff – invites, loot bags and clips for her hair.

I found this tutorial after the birthday party but it’s ok! Now I know where to look for next time.

So without further ado…. a tutorial for clips for your hair. Or wherever you want to put it – on a placecard, on your sweater as a brooch!

Flower Clip Tutorial from Mrs Priss


Thank you Mrs Priss! Your tutorials are awesome. Especially this one – it’s my next on my to make list!

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Oh dear. I did it again.

May 10th, 2010

I forgot to post on here. I’ve been so busy lately! With a birthday party to plan for a 2 year old, a baby shower and weddings to attend. And Mother’s Day that just passed.

I’ve been bad at blogging.

My youngest sister also moved to the West Coast to work for 4 months so I spent the last two weeks with her just hanging out as I don’t see her often (she’s still in school).

So I have a few questions to ask you blogging pros. How do you find time to blog? I want to do so many things – take pictures, write, craft, and cook. Yet it seems like there’s so much going on constantly that I rarely get around to it even though my head is filled with 101 different posts.

Here’s to hoping for a 30 hour day! LOL

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Feeling Lucky?

April 17th, 2010

My last post was about Polaroid film hunting. The reason I’ve been on a Polaroid kick for the past year and a bit is because of Rubyellen over at cakies.

She takes a Polaroid photo each week and posts it on her blog. I love them. Especially the ones with her daughters (it’s the mom in me speaking).

I have been taking weekly photos as well with my film – mainly of my daughter and can’t wait to get my hands on some more film.

Anyhow, if you’re feeling kinda lucky this week, we are giving away 3 $20 gift certificates to this store over at Rubyellen’s. I know the prize isn’t a Polaroid camera or film but at least you’ll get some nice packaging for your photos! :)

Good luck!

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Polaroid Film Hunt

April 14th, 2010

We had a relaxing weekend. How about you?

The sun was shining and it was tshirt weather! Gorgeous!

Over the weekend I also decided I’m going to work on improving my photography skills. Again. I did this before (long time ago before I got married) and was hoping to become some famous photographer. LOL. I bought books, scoured the forums and thought about enrolling in a digital photography course at a local college.

Never happened. I read the books but forgot to apply what I’d learned and never enrolled in the course because it was out of budget. This time around I am just looking for an improvement (ie. following the rule of thirds) and am going to reread my books from 5 years ago. Will not be an aspiring photographer – just trying to capture some memorable moments for my family scrapbooks.

I have 3 cameras currently:

1. Canon Rebel DSLR (no idea the actual model number – my husband and I bought this maybe 5 or 6 years ago). Never purchased any fancy lenses and only used the one that came in the starter kit. This is the reason why I think my pictures suck. HAHAHA

2. Canon point and shoot – good for moms on the go! Most of the time I use this camera because my daughter can’t hold a pose for too long. And it fits in her diaper bag!

3. Polaroid 600 Land Camera – I LOVE IT. I have never had a Polaroid camera in my life! I remember constantly begging my parents to get me one for my birthday as everyone else I knew had one (cousins, friends). Instead they bought me a Fuji 35mm camera which I wasn’t too crazy about as the waiting to have the film processed was too long for an impatient 7 year old like me. HA. So for my 30th birthday last year I decided to buy one!

I wore it on my shoulder and went to the park with it. People stared and I got a few chuckles from men and women who actually knew what it was! Some would even stop me and ask where I bought it.

Little did I know the film would be so hard to find in Canada.

I had to order off of a US website, send to friends and my sister who was working in California at the time and then wait for them to bring it home to me. Worth the wait? Definitely! Although now I am down to my last pack of film and I use the camera sparingly. HA.

So if anyone knows where I can get some film for my Polaroid in Canada, please let me know!

I’m hoping with this new goal of mine, you’ll be able to see some improvement in my photo skills in a few months.

And if you have any quick tips on how to improve my photo taking skills, please share :)

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DIY Party Ideas

April 6th, 2010

Oh dear. The upcoming months are filled with birthdays, baby showers and weddings over here. Maybe it’s because I’m of that age where everyone is either hitting a milestone birthday, getting married or having baby #1 (for some it’s #2). Some of my friends and family members are celebrating all 3 events within months of each other.

Yahoo! I am buried in to-do lists, crepe paper, glassine bags, cardstock and glitter!

So what’s a girl to do when you have 6 weddings, 5 birthdays and 2 baby showers in 4 months? You gotta get creative and have a DIY weekend.

DIY Bird Cage Lantern

I’m in the midst of figuring out how to throw a birthday party for my daughter who’s turning 2 in a few weeks that’s easy on the wallet, how to make party favours for my husband’s birthday that’s not girly (he is celebrating only a few days after our daughter) and brainstorming decor ideas for a bridal shower.

Thank goodness for blog hopping! I recently found Charlotte’s Fancy (a blog run by Molly who writes about her favourite things, family life and craft projects) and perfect timing too! Molly just posted some DIY wedding favour and party ideas.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the paper bird cages. I hope I’ll be able to make a few for my daughter’s birthday and share how they turned out.

What about you? Have any good links or tips for party favours or decor?

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Blog promises

March 31st, 2010

This blog has been neglected for the past few weeks and months, hasn’t it?

We’ve been open here for several months and haven’t been doing a great job at blogging. But things are going to change after this weekend. I promise!

I (Cheryl) have been inspired by several blog friends to find time to be more creative. To brush up on my photography skills, use my Polaroid camera more and just craft with my 2 year old toddler. I blog hop daily and am so inspired by how people have found time to create, play and just live in the moment. I’ve been doing a bad job of that as I’ve been working too much and playing too little.

Going to get a little more personal over here and hope you like what I have to share.

For those of you that don’t know, I run this store with my sisters so hopefully they’ll post once in a while too. One is in university so I don’t think she will have time to write as much and my middle sister has a full time job.

I’m a stay at home, work at home mother of 1 dog and 1 toddler. Life is crazy as my little girl is 1 going on 20 (she’s turning 2 in a coupla weeks but acts like a 20 year old some times) and I’m trying to figure out this whole work at home, stay at home, organized housewife life.

So this is my blog promise. To be more diligent at posting and sharing. Hope to see you around town (online town that is). And if you see me in person in the GTA then please say hello! Just don’t comment on my clothing. LOL.

Some days I know I look a little bit frumpy. I blame it on the lack of sleep. No one told me being a mom would be so challenging!

What about you? Do you have a blog? How’d you find me over here?

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What is a glassine bag?

March 24th, 2010

Have you visited our glassine bags section lately?

We have them in 4 different sizes and different colours (the coloured ones have a paper outer lining which makes it suitable for stamping or jazzing them up with a drawing or calligraphy) and lots more are on it’s way!

So what is a glassine bag you ask?

Glassine Bags from The Wrappery

Glassine bags are similar to those found in bakeries used to package individual cookies and pastries. They’re made with waxed paper and are semi translucent.

They’re an inexpensive way to package your gifts and products – their semi transparent-ness (is that a word? Maybe not ;) ) adds to the mystery of what’s inside when you hand it over to the recipient!

Not only do bakeries love using these bags, so do scrapbookers, paper crafters and wedding planners! How cute would they be stacked on a table adorned with a monogram at a candy bar?

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FAQ: Discounts on bulk orders

March 4th, 2010

We get asked this question a lot so we decided to do a short post about discounts and bulk orders.

Yes, we do offer discounts on bulk orders. Bulk meaning $30+ which is pretty fantastic we think. The more you buy, the more you save.

We know what it’s like to plan an event and keep it within budget so we’ve come up with automatic discounting (no coupon codes necessary) system during checkout.

In case you haven’t read our FAQ page, here’s how the discounting works:

5% off purchases $30+
10% off purchases $75+
15% off purchases $100+
25% off purchases $150+

Discounts are applied automatically during checkout. No coupon codes to enter, no need to contact us. Shopping made easy!

Hope this answers all your wholesale, bulk orders, discounting questions. If you have more questions, talk to us – we’re a friendly bunch! :)

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Tutorial: How to make Paper Flowers

February 24th, 2010

How’s Winter treating you? Don’t know about you but we’re feeling kinda blahhhhhhhh because we haven’t seen the sun that much over here and forecasters are predicting a snowstorm in our area for the next few days.

So to encourage Spring to come sooner than later, we’ve decided to make a few paper flowers (or paper pom poms because that’s kind of what they look like) and hang them from our ceiling.

By Apples Modern Art

If you’re looking to inject a little colour into your home to beat the Winter Blues, here’s a tutorial from Martha Stewart on how to make these cute tissue paper pom poms.

Perfect! Found this tutorial just in time too because we are also in the process of planning a baby shower and a toddler’s birthday party and now we can make decorations without breaking the bank!

Enjoy!

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