Plantable Hand Made Card

This plantable handmade card is loaded with Yellow Coreopsis seeds to wish a special Happy Birthday!!

Do you love to save the earth? Do you love gardening? Do you love flowers? Do you love to send notes to friends? Well, this yellow coreopsis flower card with seeds is for you!!

I am enjoying creating this line of plantable cards. At last weekend's craft fair, majik seed bombs, and plantable cards were my top sellers.




Here's the link to my earlier blog post about starting out with specific seeds behind a paper heart.

http://paintingpam.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-deal-for-my-blog-friends.html

What seeds would you like to find in a plantable card? Vegetable, herb, flowers? I love to get new ideas from you!

Proud Parents!

Baby Birds Fledge!!

Hi, nature is so amazing!! I spent the better part of yesterday watching a nest of carolina wren babies fledge!! I felt like I was the mother. At about 11 am, my husband and son called me to the back porch to watch the nest. The bird parents were feeding the babies constantly. Everytime the parent would come with food, they would not get close so the babies had to stretch to reach the worm or insect. Wings would flutter out but the babies would climb back in the birdhouse. One fell out of the birdhouse and we proceeded to be worried about it. It hopped and found it's way up the tree trunk where the house was, not once but 3 times!! It did not climb in. The parents continued feeding the remaining babies until all had fallen out of the nest.

Three babies made it up the tree trunk where home was but the last two babies stuck together and hopped all over our backyard away from where daddy was wanting them to go. He kept watching, while mom was in the holly trees with the 3 other babies. These last two were independent thinkers and doers and did not follow the brothers and sisters! :-)

We left them last night and hoped that they made it through the night safely, but I was plumb worn out!! I felt like I had taught those little creatures myself!!

Custom Wedding Scrapbook

Hey, Blog Friends!!

I have been so busy on a special project and now it is finished! I want to share it with you!!

This is a custom journal/scrapbook with every part--pages and covers--using handmade paper!! The bride and groom wanted the colors of their wedding included in the pulp--mint green and red violet fabric. The couple wanted natural materials included aas well.


'>Take a look at the slide show here.

I am very pleased with the results~!

4 Treasuries in One Day--WOW

Hi, Friends,

I am in total shock! Four beautiful treasuries in one day!! and Here's the most amazing fact--three T's feature the same item!! Thank you to the wonderful stores that found me and my items.


http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dd4ba7cdc736d913e118de4/going-to-the-south-west

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dd51fce8f6b6d91ea0f4637/sharing-the-latest-and-greatest-from

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dd5170558988eef80616770/follow-the-pointers


http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dd5a42d9a398eef4af7d16d/light-in-the-end-of-the-tunnel

The wonderful stores are
sparksoffire
Vital Temptations
SusanEknits
AngelaDesigns

Check out each of their stores--the name is linked!!

It's been a LONG, LONG time, friends!

Thank you for all the comments and inquiries into my whereabouts---just joking!! I really hope that many of you have wondered where I was.

I had an exptremely busy April with lots of up and downs at work and then the last week in April was my spring break. My husband and I celebrated our 26th anniversary at our faovrite beach--Edisto in South Carolina. I came back very relaxed!!

Today, my son, Ashby, and I went yard saleing--is that the correct usage of -ing??:-)

Above is one of my many purchases. I like to stamp greetings on my handmade paper cards and I found, with my son's help, 2 different Thank You's, With Sympathy, Get Well Soon a postage stamp and a plant and 3 different stamp pads. Ashby reminded me that the price of stamps can be as high as $6 each and then the ink stamp pads can be $4 so I was armed and ready to negotiate. The lady saw what I had and counted 50 cents a stamp and $1 each for the ink pads and said, how about $5 for all. I said Yes, without any negotiating!!

I love yard sales!! There's another big one next weekend and we are going!

Looking Forward to Saturday!

In case anyone is interested, after a long agonizing week babying my left forefinger, I think I am going to Live hahaha. Well, it really is not as bad as I thought at the time, but I am still not typing with it because of the pressure hurts my finger tip, and it makes interesting to type without one finger. Tomorrow, I will finish making the paper for the custom journal. I couldn't make it all last week because the paper is big--13 x 19, just fitting in my hydraulic press, I didn't have lots of blankets to press on (only 10) and I didn't have enough cardboard. But I'll finish this weekend. If you would like to watch a video about papermaking, click on this link and you will see a nice video that my son helped me make when I had my paintingpam etsy store. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1060147998712&ref=mf

Featured Artist Sunday!!

My featured artist today is all the way from Istanbul, Turkey!! Welcome to Acya!! She was very eager to share information about her talent and personal life.

She is 35 years old, has been married nearly 8 years and has an almost 3 year old daughter.

She learned to knit and crochet from my mother when I was 6 or 7 years old.. That's often how the skill is passed down. Therefore, I have nearly 29 years of experience in knit & crochet work.

Professionally, also known as making money, she has been knitting and crocheting the last 2 1/2 years..

Before that I was knitting & crocheting for myself, and my friends as a gifts.

After Oyku, my daughter, was born and to get rid of postpartum depression; I started to search for an online shop and I met with Etsy :)

My first favorite part for knit & crochet "go-off"part because it means my creative design is finished. "When I am working the design is in my mind. I don't use pattern ( usually )."

Therefore when I started my etsy shop, only my dreams, my love, and enthusiasm for knitting helped me become better at my skill.

My second favorite part is "feedback" from customers.

"I design an item with LOVE and care + best quality materials + excellent customer service = HAPPY & returning customer." Well said Ayca!!

In five years, I plan to still be a good mom, to still be a good wife and to still be a healthy female!!

Great Plan! Meanwhile in my store, I will spread my name and designs worldwide--WATCH out world!! Here comes Acya. Now ladies and gentlemen, Help boost Acya's worldwide reach by going to her shop and finding your favorite item!!