Crafty Carnival

Christmas means secrets.... which means no posting :(

It's really hard to post right now!  I have all of these wonderful things to share, and I can't cause I don't want to spoil any surprises!!  This is a pic of an ATC from and OLD swap.

 

But here's an update on the ATC card swap.  Cards were due Sat but there are still quite a few trickling in... everyone has checked in tho and they are in the mail!  So I should be mailing them out the day after TG or on Saturday!  I will definately share pictures after I'm sure everyone has recieved their packages, but I don't want to ruin any surprises until then :)  But oh man... there are some YUMMY atc cards sitting on my desk right now... whooo HOOO!  (and if I haven't emailed you telling you I've recieved them... I just haven't gotten to it yet, but I HAVE recieved them... LOL!)

And I've been making penguins... they are super cute and fun... can't tell you too much about that either.  The girls are getting cheetah print ones (per their request)  but here's a little sneak peek of those, I'm naughty.  LOL!

And I went to Disneyland again, let my daughter drive... and barely survived... that was fun... other than that... I got nuthin.  Nuthin but lots of secrets!  :)

Free Christmas Printables - letter to santa- reindeer food - home baked cookies

I made these cute printables for Christmas and I thought I would share them!  The first is a letter to Santa (fill in the blanks), the second is labels for home baked goodies, and the third is for reindeer food!

 

To make the reindeer food.. simply print out the bad toppers.  Use a paper trimmer to trim off the excess on the side, and then trim out the bag topper leaving a good size block of white as shown in the top picture.  Add some oats and some glitter to zip lock baggie.  Fold the bag topper over the top of the zip loc baggie, and staple it on the sides to hold it in place.  This is a really fun and unoriginal (it's all ready all over the web... LOL!) project, especially for pre-school kids!

 

Download dear_santa_letter.pdf

 

Download mrs_clause_cookie_label.pdf

 

Download reindeer_food.pdf

Please do not sell or profit from the things you make using these printables.  They are (c) 2008 Missy Ballance, but I didn't print that on the printables because I didn't want to mess them up for you :)  Thanks!!  xoxo

Swap Sign Ups Open

Here are the ATC cards I'll be teaching tonight at The Paper Garden here in Sacramento :)  There are 8 of them.  All of the images are the images I illustrated for A Muse, and most of the patterned papers are A Muse too!

Here are the details for the swap:  I will accept 10 people (20 in two groups of 10 if I get that many :).  Each person will make 10 ATC cards all the same.  Then mail your ATC cards to me and include $2.00 cash for return mailing.  I will then take the ATC cards and divide them up so each person gets back 10 DIFFERENT ATC cards (1 from each person).  You need to get your ATC cards to me by November 22nd.  Be sure to include your return address so they get back to you properly :)  International swappers are okay too!  And you can do both groups if you want too!  Then you will need to make 2 sets of 10 cards and you will recieve 2 sets of 10 cards :)

Here are the rules for your ATC cards:

• Please sign and number the back of each card
• Use at least 2 pieces of card stock and 1 embelishment
• The theme is "Holiday"  but this can be VERY loosely translated
• Make sure they are 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" (this is the finished size :)

That's it!!  So do you want to sign up?  Email me (missyballance@aol.com)  AND leave a comment here!! 

So far we have:

Group 1:

1. Missy Ballance (me)
2. Snowda G.
3. Elaine
4. Renae B. (my mom :)
5. Tammi Wood
6. Nicole Ellison
7. Kristina Lewis 
8. Erin L.
9. Tamara S.
10. Kim L.

Group 2:

1. Kristina Lewis
2. Erin L.
3. Tinla W.
4. Tracy C.
5. Nikki K
6. Michelle H.
7. Me, again :)
8. Kim R.
9. Nancy P.
10. Tammie Wood

OKAY!  Thank you everyone!  We are all full now!!!

 

 

Etsy shop update and sale

Did you vote?  I did, and I'm so glad it's almost over.  I think this country will be better off no matter who wins.... fo' sho'!  But I do think Obama will win, and I kept my voting reciepts because I think it's cool to be a part of something that is going to make history.  I love that our country is making strides in directions that I know many of us thought would not happen in our lifetimes.

In other news... I did the You Bazaar show this weekend.  It was a really fun show and I rode there with Amy of Pepto Girl , so I had lots of good conversation.  I also got to reconnect with my friend Lauren.  I love her... I met her at Baz Biz a few years ago, and she is just so fun and hip and cute!  Hopefully I'll see her at Indie Sacramento on Dec. 6th too!

Indie Sacramento is my next big show.  Amy is promoting it with the help of the Downtown Business Association, and some of our other crafty friends, like Tamie and Stacy and Lauren.  The show is going to be a big huge hit, I know it.  They are still accepting a few vendor applications as of yet.  They want the show to be very diverse so have not closed apps yet, so if you want, I think you can still apply!!

So after doing You Baz, I really felt like my table was too full of a big mish mash of all of my crafty stuff (plus, merchandising...NOT my strong point).  I didn't like the way it looked, and Amy and I kept joking about how cool it would be to have an assistant... to do this stuff for us.  LOL!).

  So I just spent the entire day loading up all of that stuff into my etsy shop.  I think once I get some of this stuff cleared out I'll feel better about what I have going on in my sewing room over here, and I can get back to making some little mohair fun!  LOL!  I haven't been doing too much of that lately!  So please, check out my etsy and grab a really good deal!!  Here's some of the stuff I've listed.... and there's way more too!  Some of it is on sale, but some of the items are newer, so they aren't marked down yet.... get your Christmas list out!  LOL!

A Cute minky teddy bear that is child friendly.....

 

A mini mohair lion in a vintage cake topper...

 

A set of twins in snow suits....

 

And TONS and TONS of stationary at really good prices!!

xoxo

Missy