Some Crafty Moms and Their Sites

Kelly's Korner is doing a carnival celebrating handmade items. Since I'm not crafty at all, ok, well I'm learning. I thought I would post some of my favorites.

1. Allbug Bowtique 2. Tote and Tee 3. Bliss Clothing Co. 4. Eli's Lids 5. Harmonia30 6. bubsie designs 7. Sunnydaytags 8. Sweet Baby James Stitches 9. FlairGirl

Several of the mom's are from my parenting forums that I've been on throughout the years. A few of them I've met. And some of them just have fabulous products that I've bought in the past year.

P.S. If you click the photo, it gets larger.

P.P.S. Sunnydaytags wanted me to let you know that she is offering Angry Julie Monday Readers 10% off if you use the code "Angry Julie Monday". She is leaving for vacation but will be back the week of November 7th, 2009.

Baby Shower Invites and a Great Designer

If anyone knows me well enough, you know that I'm a procrastinator. I've always been like this. When I was in college, I used to stay up all night long writing papers at the last minute. I even wrote a 20-page research paper in one night, starting at 6pm. I got an A though, that's got to count for something.

I told a co-worker that I would host her baby shower. I love baby showers, as long as they are not for me, ha.

I'm still on vacation and one of the things I'm doing is re-organizing and Spring cleaning. I drag all my work crap stuff in those bags from the mall. You know the handled ones that can hold a lot of stuff. We have a shelf in our garage where I let the bags accumulate. Well I was going through my bags, and realized that...oh crap..I had not done the baby shower invites yet. The shower is mid-April, so I had to get to it.


I started searching on Etsy and found this really cute invitation. I contacted the seller, Kim, she explained the process involving the invite. I gave her the information for the invite and she designed it. She then e-mailed the file to me and then I uploaded it to Costco Photo Center. I picked up the invites and hour later. Kim was really and I'm happy that I got to work with her. I wanted to tell her how much I appreciated it, by doing a little highlight on my blog about her.

Kim is a graphic designer living in Orange County, CA. She has been designing custom cards and items for close friends and family for the last few years. She saw a need for affordable and personal cards and creations. After becoming a stay at home mom last year, Kim became determined to make time each day to do something she loves. The only time to make sure it would happen was while "the bubsie boy" was sleeping, therefore "bubsiedesigns" was born. After getting multiple requests, Kim recently decided to open a shop on Etsy. It is her priority to make each design modern, personal, and affordable.

Stop by Kim's Etsy Shop, "bubsiedesigns". She has great invites, save the dates, and even blog headers~

Etsy

Etsy is the new cool place for handmade things. I love soo many things on there. I have all kinds of stores saved as my favorites. I thought I might share some of my recent purchases.


Holy Pumpkins Address Labels
-The seller shipped these soo fast. They are perfect for my Halloween cards. I will be buying more from here. I love the look of round labels.


Childrens Capes Custom Superhero Kid Cape
-Angry Toddler wanted a Superhero Cape in a catalog. The thing was like $50. Seriously, too expensive. I knew I could find a cape somewhere cheaper and probably much better quality. I like this cape. I had it done with a star and Angry Toddler's first initial.



Tropical Mommy Calling Cards or Business Cards
-I always have people at Angry Toddler's preschool asking me for my 411. It's really nice to have something to give to them. I actually ended up giving these out at a Junior League meeting recently, cause I didn't have any of my work business cards on me. These are great quality, and they shipped really fast.


Vintage Everyday Housewife Apron
-I purchased this for Angry Husband's cousin as a wedding shower gift. She is into all things vintage. She loved it. I actually had Londie help me in picking out. I love the color scheme too.