Monthly Archives: July 2020

UNT Eagle baby shower invitations

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Go, Mean Green!! There’s a new baby Eagle on the way!

So, of course, there has to be a baby shower and that shower has got to be University of North Texas themed, right?

Introducing the perfect invites for such a shower. They incorporate the official UNT color of bright green, along with a cute little baby eagle. The little girl version has a green bow on the top of her head, while the boy version sports a green bowtie.

I have a flat card version that goes in an envelope – great if you plan to include enclosure cards or wishes for the baby. Above is the front side of the postcard version, with the backside shown here.

Both types of baby shower invites have room for the party details, names of the shower hosts, RSVP information and registry details.

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Crochet Business Cards

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If you run a crafting business, odds are you’re pretty creative. But that might not extend to developing your own branding or stationery.

I’ve just built up a set of business cards, profile cards and product tags based on one of my crochet designs that would be just the thing for you to use. They come in a wide variety of colors, as well as three different shapes/sizes for the business cards.

Perfect timing too as Zazzle is having a business card sale July 20-21. You can get 50% off with the code JULYBUSINESS. (This is for any business cards, not just mine!)

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Texas puzzles

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Puzzles have gotten huge this year. No wonder given the amount of time most people are having to kill at home since they aren’t going in to work.

Me? I love puzzles, but I’m still here working hard on designing things for you, so I haven’t had time to do any!

But I did have time to create some. Below you’ll find the Texas-related jigsaw puzzles I made over at Zazzle. All are photograph-based. I’ve got cowboy boots, yellow roses and even some Houston graffiti.

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Texas A&M Aggie baby shower invitations

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Whoop!! There’s a new baby Aggie on the way!

So, of course, there has to be a baby shower and that shower has got to be Texas A&M University themed, right?

Introducing the perfect invites for such a shower. They incorporate the official TAMU colors of maroon and dark gray, along with a cute little collie dog to represent Reveille. The little girl version has a maroon bow on the top of her head.

I have a flat card version that goes in an envelope – great if you plan to include enclosure cards or wishes for the baby. Above is the front side of the postcard version, with the backside shown here.

Both types of invites have room for the party details, names of the shower hosts, RSVP information and registry details.

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Sunflower Sketch Books

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If you like to scribble and doodle, blank page journals are a great option for you. While I make the dots in my bullet journals really light, they can still get in the way of your cool artwork so blank is best.

Showing off two of my sketch book options today. I offer blank books in the 6″x9″ and 8″x10″ size, each with 180 pages. The pages are blank with a black-and-white patterned frame around each page. (There are six different patterns in use for each book so lots of variety to frame your artwork.)

The larger size comes with the brown background shown at the top, while the smaller size comes in the navy blue shown below. Both have the lovely artwork with the sunflower and the words Stand Tall. Face The Sun.

Use the unlined pages as a diary, to-do list, drawing pad and more. Every page is an opportunity to stretch your imagination, improve your drawing skills or organize yourself. This notebook is perfect for creating shopping lists, zentangle drawing, note-taking, sketching or whatever else can be imagined!

Colorful cactus Texas family reunion invitation

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Summer is family reunion time, and I’ve started adding some designs specifically for those of us who hail from Texas.

The first one I’ve developed shows a papel picado banner reading “FAMILY REUNION” on the colorful panels, hung between two saguaro cacti. Definitely more of a west Texas look, but still I think it’s cute as can be. Of course, I totally love all the color I got to play with here!

Back of the postcard

The front of the invite has space for your family name, the date, time and location of the event.

On the back, I set up categories for the different kinds of information you might need to convey to your family – food, fun and RSVP. You can edit the text – including the headers – to cover whatever details you need for your particular event.

The invite comes in the postcard version shown here or a flat card that comes in an envelope. It gives you more space on the back, as well as the ability to send enclosure cards if you like.

My most popular tarot journals

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In the things I stumbled upon category would fall one of my more popular items – tarot journals. Crazy! I had no clue there would be such a demand for these.

The insides of the tarot diaries are set up the same, with space for either one or three card draws. You can draw your card or symbol, add the question you were seeing to answer, how you interpret the card and an end of the day reflection on how it fit the day.

I’ve developed a range of covers with tarot-appropriate images such as the moon, trees, paths and mandalas.

Far and away the most popular design I have is this gold mandala on a navy blue texture. I have it in two sizes – 8″x10″ and 6″x9″ – with 110 pages of the single-card draw style. The larger size is the more popular, which makes sense as this isn’t the kind of journal you’d carry around with you all day.

The books feature a glossy soft cover with 55 gsm paper. Perfect bound and made in the USA.

tarot diary single card draw journal pages
A look at the inside pages of the tarot diary.

School Colors Chevron Volleyball Fabric

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purple volleyball fabric

I wouldn’t say I’m huge into surprises, but I definitely enjoy pleasant ones. Which is exactly where I am with the various fabrics I’ve designed. I never would have thought they would have taken off like they have.

Two things come to mind as to why. One is that I try to stick with things I don’t see often on fabric and the other being the surge of people making their own masks. (As a side note, I do have these patterns also on masks you can just buy, so you don’t have to be able to sew to enjoy a unique mask.)

One of the reasons I got into designing products again was that one of nieces was a volleyball player and it was next to impossible to find volleyball items that weren’t pink or ugly. Now, we know I’m not going to be doing ugly, so my additional focus was on making my designs in a wide range of school colors.

And given how many I have, my second surprise with fabric is how popular the purple is. Well, at least I was surprised until I thought about it and realized it’s probably not a school color you can easily find. Plus, it’s girly without being too girly, right?

Zazzle prints seven different fabric types – cotton, poplin, linen, etc. – and you can get them in swatch, fat quarter or by the yard (up to 10 continuous yards). They’re printed with colorfast pigment inks that won’t fade.

Below are the colors my chevron volleyball fabric comes in. Enjoy!

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Texas Moving Announcement – Mi Casa

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Mi casa es su casa – or in this case – a new casa. It’s a cute (too cute?) play on the well-known Spanish phrase perfect for anyone moving to or around Texas.

Inside the folded card.

The design features a pink modern pattern in the background with the words “MI Casa es new casa” on the front in a dark gray and pale green with a small state of Texas at the bottom. You can see the pattern repeated inside the folded card at the top and bottom. You can customize the message on the right side with your new address and other details. The blank left side allows for a personal message as well.

I offer three versions in my Deep In The Heart of Texas store – the folded card above, a flat note card and a postcard. The back sides of the other two follow the inside of the folded card in design.

Record your spinning adventures

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If you happen to be one of those crafters who likes to spin their own yarn, you know how frustrating it can be to create a great yarn only to never be able to make it again because you don’t remember what you did.

(Oh, no. That’s not me. Not at all. Ever. 🙂 )

Among the journals and logs I’ve created are a couple of spinning logs where you can keep track of your spinning projects and techniques so you can consistently produce a handspun yarn you loved again and again.

There’s plenty of space to mark down the details of the fiber you used – weight, type, preparation – and the specifics of the process – spin, wheel setting, etc. Write down the details of the yarn you ended up with and tape in a sample of the fiber and yarn for future reference. Additional spaces for naming your project, the date you first worked it, your plan for the yarn and your rating of the results.

There’s space for 50 projects in all with a handy index at the front for you to keep track of them all. Additional dot grid pages allow you to build your own lists to track things like your fiber inventory, techniques to try or tools.

  • Two-page spread with space for all the details of the project and process, notes and a sample
  • Build your own index in the front of the book so you can easily find handspun yarns you want to repeat
  • Track everything from fiber prep to the specific tools you use
  • Great gift idea for fiber artist, spinner, knitter or crocheter in your life
  • Glossy soft cover
  • Perfect-bound notebook
  • 6”x9” for easy carry
  • 110 total pages, providing space for 50 projects
  • Made in the USA

I have two different cover options right now – one with some cute toy sheep and another featuring some neutral colored roving and wooden drop spindles.

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