Huge Markdown Sale on My BEADED Bookmarks!

I've decided to clear out my BEADED bookmarks so that I can focus on my ribbon bookmarks.

When I first started making and selling the beaded ones, they sold like hotcakes.  People would buy 3-4 at a time - especially at craft shows.  But when the economy tanked, so did my beaded bookmark sales.  However, my ribbon bookmarks continue to sell really well.

So, I've marked all the Beaded bookmarks down from $15 to $12.  Just click here to see all that's available in the section.

Here are some pics of just a few of your choices.

All You Need Designs

One team that I belong to on etsy is the EtsyMom Team.  Every month the EtsyMom's give out an Etsy Mom Curator Award (EMCA) to the person who makes the most treasuries featuring all EtsyMom team members.  I try to participate every month and last month (Feb. 15 - March 14), I got 2nd place.  I made 6 treasuries and the winner, Tamsy Trends, made 11.  We had a total of 38 treasuries made during the time frame.  Our goal is 50 each month so we have a ways to go.

So, for my prize, I was able to pic something from All You Need Designs' etsy shop - who so graciously offered to be a sponsor that month.

All You Need Designs has some wonderful things in her shop.  She makes bookmarks, keychains, jewelry and also does graphic design for invitations, birth announcements and such.
I chose as my prize, this sweet Peace bookmark.  I love it. 

It's colorful and fun and I've never seen a Peace charm like this one before so I was pretty excited about that.  I received it last week and have been remiss in telling Heather thank you and posting pics to my wonderful prize.

So, thank you Heather.  I love my bookmark and I appreciate you sponsoring the EMCA award and being active in the EtsyMom team.  You rock!

Be sure to check out All You Need Designs because she has some really neat stuff in her shop.
You can also check out Heather's blog here.

Taking a break from sewing

Although, I did cut about a million yards of fabric in the past few days.  Seems like it anyway.

Whew!

One custom order, completed.  YAY!  It took me several days but I'm finally done. :)

School started back on Monday.  So far, so good.  My Ben is never real excited about school.
And, it was only 87 degrees today, here in East Texas.  Wow!  I hope the cool weather hangs around for a few days.

Mini Ribbon Bookmark Tutorial

I've had this tuturial completed for awhile now, I just never got around to posting it. It's my first tutuorial :)

These sweet little ribbon bookmarks are great to use as free gifts when mailing packages. They're cute, light weight, and handy to use. So here goes!


Supplies needed:
ribbon
ribbon clamps
beads
lighter
candle
headpins
round nose and flat nose jewelry pliers
Step 1
Decide how long you want your bookmark to be and cut your ribbon accordingly. I made these about 5 inches with a diagonal cut on the bottom.
Step 2
Light your candle with the lighter and very gently melt the ends of your ribbons. This will prevent fraying and you won't have to use a liquid fray preventer which will make your ribbon sticky. Be careful not to catch the ribbon on fire. If you do burn the ribbon, you may have to cut the burnt part off and remelt the end.

Step 3

Fold the top of the ribbon over slightly and place your ribbon clamp on the top. Using your flat head jewelry pliers, tightly close the clamp. You may have to squeeze several times to make sure you have the clamp on tight.

Step 4

Place your beads on the headpin in the order that you would like them. Using your round nose pliers, bend the top of your headpin into an L shape. Use round nose pliers to curl the L part of the wire around the nose of your pliers to make a circle.Once your circle is made, slide the end of the headpin wire into the opening of the ribbon clamp.Clasp the circle with your round nose pliers and the end of the headpin with the flat nose pliers.Wrap the wire around itself using your flat nosed pliers to form a wrapped loop. Try to wrap the wire as tightly as possible as this will look the neatest.

You now have a finished bookmark!