Wings Of Love -Wedding Greetings-Archive from June 6th 2009

Hey Family,

This is from an old post from last summer. I just wanted to show you the cards I donated to Heartsforhaiti.etsy.com


I was happy to see my "A thousand times yes" card go to a good home last week

I plan to donate the cards below to the HFH shop:

Happily Ever After

 

Congrats to The Groom/Bride to be

Each card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Each matching envelope measures about 4 3/4" x 6 1/2"

Here is the original post text below: Thanks for stopping by , let me know what you think of the cards, Should I make some more??

"As I was making cards for the fair tomorrow, I was stumped as to what kind of card to make for wedding greetings. Where I live we have a few huge community centers where folks hold lots of wedding receptions, bridal showers etc, esp during the Spring/Summer months

ClaudiaCreations.etsy.com creates "plantable"and organic paper from her own 100% post consumer waste paper pulp mixed with things such as flowers, thread, crayon, easter grass etc. In these designs I used the recycled set although there are some flower portions in there.

The butterflies by Porkchopshow.etsy.com -( the same genius behind those Wooden Typewriter Keys I used to make earrings) are made with 1/8" thick wood and cut with a laser cutting machine. Then gorgeous paper strips made from craft paper and soy ink add the finishing touch with each heartfelt phrase.

Of course this fair was a great opportunity to showcase some wedding sample cards. Then I received these gorgeous paper sets and my mind swirled into a whole new direction:

These are great for anniversary as well. In fact when I posted a sample of these cards through Twitpic, within 10 mins one of my Twitter followers wanted me to create a custom order of 150 of the same designs, but as Wedding Invitations instead!!!! OMG 150!! Can I tell you I almost fell out my chair.

Since each card is a limited one of a kind original- I will be selling these cards in the design format seen here in my Artfire shop ( this shop closed) as a made to order listing. Each component is completely handmade so no two cards will look quite the same."

Thanks for visiting

Go Green,

Ny

Sewing 4 A Cause- Formerly Staying Active Post- Feb 09

A year ago I posted a "Staying active during downtime post when I was having a very slow period in my shop. I am updating it cause well, I'm too sick to take new photos

This is our sewing machine my daughter and I received as a gift from my Aunt last year.

It's a great machine..a bit complicated though..Auntie bought one for a more intermediate level of sewing and didn't know I never learned how to use one before. I am a more proficient hand sew. But my teenage daughter breezes through this machine as if she were sewing for decades...so I am learning from her LOL! It was a pain to get the bobbin to stop slipping out, causing the stitch to "skip" but it's all fixed now.

These are  pcitures from the earlier post, Of course, I know you don't EVER position your hands that way while sewing lol! I did finish this jean pocket wristlet I was working on....the bottom  one was the zipper close pillow I finished too. My daughter stole it from me tee hee;-) When I open my new shop SwanRiverStone, you will see alot of the new sewn creations I've made.


I wished The EtsyLabs was closer so I could have lugged this heavy sucker over to Craft Night when Bagsforthepeople was there. But I have learned the basics at least to get me started and invested in some sewing books and videos as visual aids.

I have a bag of materials I opened up and started making drawstring and strapped bags with. I want so much to have a bag making party to donate the repurposed bags to Haiti. I have the women and children in mind for their sanitary supplies, baby needs, bottled water, medical supples..etc.  I don't know how long it's going to take but I won't finish until every scrap is made into something.

If you live in the New York City area and would like to help me- email me at nyblaque@yahoo.com i'll bring my machine too. Thanks

Be Well,

Ny

Salvaged Simplicity

I made this necklace from pieces of an old pendant that broke. My aunt bought this for me for my birthday 10 years ago. This one is the largest of the rings. It a marquise style textured sterling silver flat ring.



I wanted to get the pendant engraved and give it to my daughter for her birthday. So I took it to one of the fancy jewelry stores in the Diamond/Fine Jewelry District in Manhattan and the engraver put too much pressure on the engraving site and it popped in three places.


If you look very very carefully you will see were the piece was soldered together by two slight niches in the top and bottom of the necklace. Since this gorgeous piece has been just sitting in my jewelry box so why not make a unique piece for someone special to treasure. You can find the"Salvaged Continuity" Necklace in my Etsy shop on sale now.


Thanks for visiting;-)

Be Well,

Ny

Working Wednesday- Rescued Invitation Cards

A year ago I bought these beautiful 10 pack of invitation cards from Bubbarye at Etsy..and never got a chance to use them. I gave them to my daughter to use for her sweet 16 this fall..but then my toddler got his hands on them and dropped the whole pack of ten cards into the toilet..and flushed!!

Luckily, I was able to grab only one loose card at the top of the pack quickly before the others were lodged into the toilet..needless to say the remaining cards were ruined..and I certainly wasn't going to dig them out of the toilet bowl to show you. EWW!

A single card was dry, clean & untouched..so I decided to make the best of it. I took off the ribbon and removed the pre-printed center. I truly loved the font style of the greeting phrase so I scanned and copied replicas of the greeting phrase and invite center and printed them on scraps of brown and teal blue card stock I had leftover.

Then , I went to the local flower and gift boutique and asked if they could find and order similar blue and brown polka dot ribbon.. My daughter truly loved the color scheme of these cards and I didn't want to change that. Luck would have it that they found some just a bit wider and in a more matte finish. YAY!;-)


I added these beautiful paper butterflies and more paper bag tan, white, and chocolate brown card stock scraps I had left over from my assorted card set project, put everything together and shortened them down to 3.5 x4.5" in size. What do you think??

Polka Dot Invitation Cards-Set of 10

I believe an honest crafter is the best crafter. Some would have tried to claim a old design as their own..I thought it was only right to give credit where it was due as I love what they did and respected that love that was put into the original project. I didn't want to let a great thing go to waste...just added a little eco-friendly touch of my own.

Now, here is the funny part..my daughter wants 20 of these but in purple, pink and black...sigh.
teenagers LOL!- Well, since I made a whole set of 10, I am adding these to my Bonanzle shop. I plan on making some more sets of different colors..and a unique style of my own of course;-)

Have you salvaged something and revamped or made something new with it?? Do tell!! if you blogged about it please share a link in the comment box so we can see. I love to read about it too;-)

Thanks for visiting.

Be Resourceful,

Ny