Little Pink Studio

Kits of Christmases Past

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments about my last post! I do treasure the times that I still have with my Gram and of course my Momma too!

I've been doing a serious clean out of my studio this week and also working on Christmas projects. I think I may be able to recreate some of the kits from the past couple of years of Christmases. I thought I would show you here first, and see if there is any interest in these past kits. You may have missed them the first time, or may be new to my blog...so If you think you would be interested in any of the kits I'm about to show you, let me know ok? The first was a Christmas under glass kit I did a couple of years ago. If I put together any of these kits the globe would be different...better even.

Here's a shot of the inside of the globe.

A collaged angel ornament kit...

Once Upon a Time...A Christmas Fairytale kit...(Picture this with a clear domed "window" in place...It's just hard to photograph through the plastic.

An angel ballerina ornament...some of the details would be a little varied on this one if I was to recreate it.

And lastly, a Holiday Fixer Upper...The details will be different with this kit, in fact I have even more fun things to add to it.

So, let me know if you would be interested in any of these past kits, and if there's interest I will try to put together a handful of them.

Also, the Joli Paquet group is getting ready to restart and the blog has a new look! (thanks to the fabulous Cindy)

She created the new blog button for us as well if you would like to add that to your blog or tell your friends about it!

I have much to add to the shop, and lots of projects and new kits to work on, so I will be back soon!

Cerri xo

PS..while I was cleaning I found one last white bird and was able to put the very last Princess bird in white kit in the shop. 

  I sold a bunch of these little darlings and they were even featured in a couple of magazines, but this is the very last kit I will have. :)

I finally got to celebrate with this beautiful girl

We finally got to get together for our traditional birthday celebration yesterday. Every year on our birthdays my Mom, Gram, and I go out to lunch at the same place and go do a little antiquing. It's getting a little harder to do as my Gram doesn't get around as well as she used to, but we will keep doing it as long as she is able! Isn't she precious in this photo?

I made her a little birthday trinket box too and slipped a little antiquing money inside. She loved it. :)

 

And even though she doesn't really do any crafts anymore, she always wants me to give her crafty stuff for her birthday's and Christmas. I guess she's just like all of us, we want the STUFF whether we're using it or not, right? I know you girls get that. ...So I put together a pretty box of goodies for her as well, and thought you might like to see.

The box is a gorgeous fabric covered box I found a while back and scooped up a few of them for special gifts and such. Gram loves vintage hankies as much as I do, so I put a few of those in her box.

I added some vintage fabric, and some notecards and glue in case she decided to she wanted to make some cards.

There was also some posies and vintage wallpaper included.

And one of my trinket boxes filled with vintage buttons and glitter. I also stamped some images for her to use and included some more pretty papers--just in case she decided she felt like crafting.

It was a beautiful day with my two favorite ladies and we shared great food, laughter, and even found some treasures. It just doesn't get any better than that. 

Cerri xoxo

Trick or Treat Swap Part 2

While I am ready to move on from Halloween towards the next holidays, I must first show you the absolutely wonderful swap package I received from Karoline. She went so above and beyond and just spoiled me rotten. Let's start with the bag. She MADE this from scratch. Isn't it wonderful?! I wouldn't begin to know how to sew something like this...my sewing skills are somewhat limited. This is a bag that can be used year after year. So cute!

Then she filled the bag with such wonderful things. Like this super sweet fabric and paper collage. My photo doesn't do it justice. I love it!

The cutest treat bucket she made. (she had a wonderful tutorial on her blog for how to make these!)

This great boo banner, also made by her! I love it!

A great crow silhouette.

Love the "moon dust" altered bottle she created. She also sent along a vintage tin cup filled with great vintage trims and goodies to play with.

A gorgeous velvet and vintage rhinestone bracelet. (sorry my photo is a little blurry) Karoline also sent along lots of candy and a bunch of felt bats that I loved but forgot to photograph. She really, really spoiled me. I loved each and every thing!

Oh! And she of course wrapped everything so wonderfully as well. White burlap with black ribbons and jewels. LOVE it!

This was such a fun swap! Thank you again Karoline!

xoxo, Cerri

Joli Paquet Trick or Treat Swap

I can hardly believe Halloween is here. This year is just flying past me! I wanted to share with you what I sent my wonderful Joli Paquet Trick or Treat Swap partner. (and tomorrow I will show you the AMAZING package she sent me!)  I had a lot of fun working on this swap and I hope she really enjoyed her package as much as I did mine!

I found these wonderful vintage silver cups from Pennsylvania Hospital and I filled one with some vintage bling, and black mother of pearl buttsons for her. Can you imagine a time when hosptials would have used silver cups like that?! I also sent Karoline one of my black and white double ruffle prize ribbons.

 

I spray painted some frames I found at Home Goods black, and added ledger paper from the 1800's as a background and cut these wonderful silhouettes for her. Aren't they fun?

The letters spelling "BOO!" became a banner once I punched some holes and added some black tulle. The paper pocket was full of fun vintage Halloween images and crafting paper goods for her to play with.

This is what was inside the paper pocket. Images printed on both paper and fabric, and lots of blank papers to play with as well.

I made this little ghostie banner for her as well, but couldn't get a good photo of it hanging before I sent it. Maybe Karoline will show you how it looks hanging..But I made it from warm and natural quilting fabric, and just cut the little ghost shapes out and stitched them together. I made the faces using a felt tip pen. Some of the ghosts needed a touch of blush to their cheeks. :)

This is the bag I sent her with some added vintage rhinestone bling. I added a few other things as well, but did not get photos of them, sorry!

Karoline also has 2 darling little girls and I was pretty sure they would like to receive some goody bags in the mail too, so I dolled up two little tote bags for them and filled them with some orange hot chocolate mix, candy, and a little activity for them to do. I hope Karoline and her little girls all enjoyed their package from me.

Check back tomorrow to see the wonderful things she sent me, and check out the Joli Paquet blog where I am starting to link to other blogs so you can see everyone else's swaps as well!

Happy Halloween eve! Cerri xoxo

October is filled with birthdays!

We've had 3 special birthdays to celebrate this month! My daughter had her 16th birthday, my Gram had her 84th birthday, and my niece turned 9.

It just so happened that her birthday fell during her fall break this year and she wanted to come here to spend her birthday. (how sweet is that?!) We celebrated by going to see Where the Wild Things Are, which is a fantastic movie by the way. And since she loves vintage, shabby chic stuff just like we do, I thought you might like to see some of the things I gave her. 

First I made her a little hand sewing kit in the small pink valise. Inside I filled it with some darlingfelt kits from this adorable shop. I thought they would be perfect for learning to do some hand stitching.

I filled a trinket box full of vintage buttons for her and cut a little heart shape from wool felt to hold her needles.

I also turned a vintage satin powder puff into a little pin cushion for her, and added some vintage fabric and more wool felt and she loved it! 

 

Nestled inside the hat box was an antique little girls dress for her to hang on her wall. (I also included a vintage satin hanger too) Sorry, I didn't get a full length photo of the dress before she took it home, but it was really quite pretty. Such a pale shade of pink and lots of pretty ruffles.

And of course I had to give her a first vintage southern belle. :) This one will live on her bed.

Lastly, I gave her a hat stand I painted white and tied with a silk ribbon for a perfectly vintage pink hat. She was thrilled. 

Here's another shot of the birthday trinket box I made her. For some reason she loves to collect bottle caps, so inside I put a little brooch I made for her using one of these:

I just simply glued a pin back to the back of the bottlecap using E6000 adhesive and that's it! A cute little brooch!

I'll be back soon with things I put together for my Gram's birthday, the Joli Paquet Trick or Treat swap, and tomorrow I will be posting a fun activity to make with your little one over on the JP blog if you want to check that out.

See you soon! Cerri xoxo

Happiness for only $1.40

Since I've been sick for a month (finally starting to feel a little better) I have been cooped up in the house for almost that long.  No one wants to be around someone that is coughing! Finally one day last week my husband took me out for a couple of hours and what did we do? Stop at an antique shop of course! I was wandering around and found a box of vintage stationary. It was marked $2, with a 40% discount so I had too look and see what was inside. I figured if it wasn't something I liked my niece probably would.

Oooh, but I loved what I found inside! These darling pink polka dotted envelopes. And look, scalloped edges too!

Even a cute little spot for a stamp on the front. Aren't they darling?! I was quite smitten with my $1.40 find. Pink, polka dots, and scalloped edges=pure happiness! It's the little things, right?

Cerri xoxo

 

I'm Miss August!

 

You might recognize this photo from Somerset Life, it's a photo of some of my  fabulous millinery cat tails! I took this photo sometime last year and was thrilled when Jenny Doh asked for it to be in their magazine. Well it turns out that they liked it so much they wanted to use it in their wonderful art calendars, and again, I was beyond thrilled!

This is the cover of the calendar my photo is in, and here it is in the layout.

I received some copies of the calendars a while back and I have to tell you, they are STUNNING. (and I'm not just saying that cause my photo is in it)  :) Each and every month features a beautifully inspiring photo from previous Somerset Life issues!

I believe they are on sale now, and believe me, you'll want one for yourself and everyone on your Christmas list!

I always wanted to be a Calendar Girl! LOL!

Can you believe I am STILL sick? 3 weeks now. This cough just won't let go and I'm still exhausted, but I'm doing all I can to get caught up with orders, and I have much to do, and much to show you. I just need some energy. Hopefully soon....

Hope your week is off to a lovely start and you're staying healthy!

Cerri xoxo

What is it about baby things?

There are no babies in my future, not until I become a Grandma someday down the road. My babies are 16 and almost 18, but I never can resist sweet baby things when I find them. If I see vintage baby wrapping paper and cards in an antique shop, I pick them up. Baby dresses too. It's crazy really. Can you believe I have even tucked some sweet baby things away for that day a million years from now when I will be a Grandma? LOL Maybe it's a sickness. So I decided why not bring some baby themed items to the shop? In addition to the Joli Paquet kit that is on sale today, I have also finished updating the shop with all sorts of baby themed items. (But first, take a look at all of the other Joli Paquet kits that are on sale today! They're all wonderful!)

I will try to keep the words to a minimum as there are a lot of photos today!

You may be familiar with my Art Bits, and the photo above is a variation on that concept. Baby Bits! Sweet little embellishments tucked into a bubblegum machine capsule. These would be great fun for crafty baby showers!

 

Vintage doll shoes and tiny vintage baby dolls make great crafting embellishments!

Vintage baby themed ephemera packs and vintage paper pockets are great for all of your paper crafting projects. Wouldn't these make wonderful gifts for a crafty new Mom?

A sweet mini scrapbook kit mixed with both vintage and new embellishments. Love these, they're a fast, easy and adorable project. 

Embellishment cards inspired by vintage button cards in 3 different colors. So sweet. 

The sweetest embellishments that are perfect for cupcake toppers at baby showers or to use in craft projects. 

And more sweet embellishments that are great for various crafting or gift giving projects!

Whew! I told you there was a lot of photos. I've spent hours playing with photographing and listing all of these new items. I hope you'll love them as much as I do. 

Don't forget to check out the Joli Paquet kits today too!

Talk to you soon!

Cerri xoxo

The Vampiress

The first previews for Joli Paquet are up today, and the 2nd half of them will preview tomorrow. I'm so excited, there are some great looking kits this season! Everyone has worked really hard on them. My kit will preview on Tuesday but I thought I would go ahead and post it here now. I created a trick or treat tote bag. Don't you just love this hauntingly beautiful image?

My kit will come complete with lots of vintage laces and trims including some antique mourning lace! The beautiful vampiress is printed on fabric and will also be included along with her bats! There is even a baggie of glow in the dark glitter so that you can make your bats a little spooky!

You can stitch on your bags or you can put it together using either fabric glue or The Ultimate glue, whichever you will prefer. Illustrated instructions will also be included! All Joli Paquet kits will go on sale first thing Wednesday morning! (find the links on the Joli Paquet blog) My kit will be available in my shop!

On another note, you know that I have been working on a baby themed shop update and also that it was delayed because I have been sick. So I have decided to go ahead and get those things listed between now and Wednesday as well. I will be back to show you all of the sweet baby themed items on Wednesday, ok? I'll be so happy to finally get these little lovelies listed in the shop!

Be sure to check out all of the other wonderful Joli Paquet kits as well!

Cerri xoxo

We've been sick here...

These perfect pink roses were a get well gift from my sweet husband. Sorry it's been a little bit again since I have blogged, but we've been sick here. Really sick. It started with Trin, my youngest daughter who had an upper respiratory flu that turned into walking pneumonia, then it was my turn, and after that, every member of my family has been sick. I honestly do not ever remember being this sick before, even when I had mono as a freshman in high school, or possibly when I had chicken pox in the beginning of my 30's!

 

I think the worst part has been the deep wrenching cough that just won't go away, but slowly I've been trying to get back among the living. I've been working like crazy to catch up on shipping. I'm sorry for the delayed orders, but I think I have everything mostly caught up now.

 

I had to put my baby inspired update on hold, but hope to show you the rest of the line and get everything loaded into the shop very soon. I also have to get caught up on my kits for Joli Paquet!

 We changed the sale date to October 7th, and we will be previewing those early next week! I've seen some of the other girls kits, and they're great! I did get the swap partners assigned and hopefully by now everyone has been contacting their partners and getting to know them a little. This time of year gets so busy, doesn't it? Homecoming is tomorrow for my girls and then we're hoping a restful weekend at the lake will help everyone finish recovering from this sickness.

I hope you all have a wonderful, restful, and healthy weekend!

Cerri xo

PS, Be sure to pop over to the Joli Paquet blog for  a Halloween giveaway!