on the fanciful side of mailers, pt. 2

I got some really gorgeous stamps in the mail, so I made some more boxes.





These are just the coolest designs.
I loved the row-house design, so I made 24 of them.





Details.
I tinted the lamp posts with a canary colored marker.





foil+seals...



I'm starting to develop an addiction to Washi/decorative tapes.
I have some more on the way in the mail.
I can't wait for them to arrive ;)


This stamp is not new, I've had it for a while, and have been trying to figure out something interesting to do with it.
I got the idea to do vintage globe boxes. I tinted the "water" with my copics.



these are new :):)
They matched my other earth stamps so well.

on the fanciful side of mailers, pt. 1

I'm sure all of you know that I adore the whimsical and the not so ordinary.
I got a large order of corrugated boxes for the shoppe flowers etc.
To my delight, they are uncoated. Aka. can easily take ink/stamps.
Most boxes one gets in the mail are really boring. They are.
So I went wild with these, and used nice splashy colors.



{I left room on the tops of the boxes for labels and postage, and fancy tape}



{box 1, edition of 10} :)


I've also been stamping some clasp envelopes, they're not so ornate as the boxes.
I'll have to work on some more interesting envelopes...


Some tags and twine for wrapping bundles.



I have been hoarding patterned packing tape this summer.
I finally got a roll out and started using it.
Now I wonder how I ever managed without it. :)



{the second round of boxes, edition of 15}

a few hundred

I have a few hundred of these to make this week.
And a giveaway to prepare (for this blog...I can just feel the excitement mounting...hahahahaha :):))
And a tutorial to make for a guest post...
I am feeling as though I wish that I had 5 times as much time, and 100 times the energy.
I feel like...sleeping...for a week...

Gilding the Lilies Bouquet

Another mixed bouquet (each of them is totally one of a kind...they all have such different "personalities").
In the garden, there are many large clumps of flowers, including dozens and dozens of different lilies. I thought it would be interesting to create a bouquet with tiny imitations of those flowers.
Included in this bouquet are a number of other flowers in bloom around my home-little yellow wildflowers, tiny golden daisies, and black-eyed-susans.

Chocolate and Roses Bouquet

Here is another one of my flower+creations.
I love the way it turned out.

Butterfly Bouquet

This is a custom bouquet that I designed.
I do not have any mixed flower bouquets ready-made in the shop, and am considering making some...



Violas+speckled blossoms+tiny ferns+forget me not's+a few tiny monarch butterflies.
They wanted something whimsical...I think this will work...

a little bunting...

This weekend, I made some pennant bunting.
I made 12 different colors, each with different patterns.







I also designed some packaging esp. for the garlands.

the bell jars+pugly pixel

This lovely feature is via Pugly Pixel (hi! :))
Some fabulous jars with some familiar looking flowers...



She composed a tutorial about these jars. I am having ideas about making some to display in the "studio". I have some tiny mustard jars I've been squirrelling away for a special project, and this would be a perfect project for them.

to read the article, and perhaps make some of your own pretties:
http://www.puglypixel.com/2010/07/23/bell-jars

sage+creature comforts

This feature is from last weekend (which I discovered today),
I was admiring the paper twine and caught sight of my little creatures in the corner-I actually started.



Lovely collection-I'm fond of these colors.
to have a peek at the original article:
http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2010/7/16/etsy-finds-faves-sage.html

Copic

I have been admiring copic (Japanese+artist grade+really cool) markers for a long time.




I finally got a handful of ciao markers.
I chose some of them specifically to layer with the other colors to create more shades.



I have a feeling that I'm going to like using these :) :)

Blossoms

I like the way these tags turned out...



I have been working on a number of new flowers for the shoppe, and just finished the first ones.



This style of flower was a little fussy to make, however, I really like the completed goods.









I made 9 colors of this style. I was in the mood for pinks and peachs and whites.