Giveaway: the gilded bee@a few of my favorite things

Time for one of those giveaways I was speaking of! :)
This one is for a $35 gift credit for yours truly's shoppe,
to enter, go here:
http://thehillsarelivin.blogspot.com/2010/07/gilded-bee-giveaway.html

envelope+tape

today...I have been creating new goods for the shoppe...
that is normal...I live in stacks of rainbow shaded paper bits...I run around with inky fingers...

pink pearl

After making the cupcake stamps, I have been in a major carving mood.
So I went to town, and got a parcel full of erasers.
Now, I'm trying to decide what to make next...probably an ice cream set...that would be good...

boxes with dots

I have been making boxes with these little dots.
The deer ones are all pastel, I have made a dozen colors of those for the shoppe...



And the graphite dotted ones are all made from bright colors...

minty

Here are some pics of some birthday gifts that I composed this week...




mint+truffles



mint+chocolate bon bon soaps
I saw these on the front page of etsy, and knew that they were perfect for this gift.



One of the pretties I picked up on the last antique-hunting trip...


I love how this cup is different on every side...



The designs remind me of some childrens books I read when I was small.








I loved the box so much, I just wrapped some ribbon around it and called it good...

formulating tags...

I have been working on new tag designs...

mail, glorious mail

I have been having a good time lately sending and getting parcels, and thought I might post of few of the things that have been arriving in my mailbox...



a garland of miny Japanese lanterns...



a pile of new stamps I can't wait to try out...



bright cards, and little bits...





beautiful Japanese tape...






a now favorite stamp: the etcetera dial alphabet-numeral...



tasty new colors...the results of a raid on an ink sale...





little flowers, made especially for me...



gorgeous beads, sent parceled in brown paper and pale blue tape from Ireland...


I went to the city, and collected even more pretties, esp. paper, I got lots of paper.
I will have more projects from those spoils later...