"Just Married" Wood Block

 By special request, I've added a new item that can be displayed with your duty station blocks!

"Just Married" Block

 

Many spouses married their Marine, or Sailor, etc after they had already began their career in the military, myself included.   My husband started out in Quantico, then went to Pensacola, Corpus Christie, and back to Pensacola before he flew home for the weekend for our wedding!

 

If you want to mark your special day within your line of duty stations, don't forget to add the Just Married block to your cart!

Also available: Pine trees and Palm trees!

Available in my Etsy shop and Zibbet shop!

Giveaway Alert!

There is a giveaway going on over at Raige Creations for YOUR CHOICE of toekinis!!

Check it out here.

New items in the shop!

 I listed some new kissing balls this weekend in my Zibbet Shop!!

And I made few pearl covered decorative bowl fillers for decorating your home! I love how elegant they look!

You can find these in my Zibbet shop!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways at Somewhat Simple

Have you been drooling over all the giveaways over at Somewhat Simple this week? I have been!!! This week kicked off her fabulous 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways! Day 1 started off with 1 fabulous giveaway, Day 2 added 2 more, Day 3 had 3.... and you get the idea!

Well, today was day 6, and I just wanted to let you all know that on Day 8... Monday the 20th, I'll be included in one of the eight giveaways!  That's right! Yummy Cuppy Crafts is giving away a 6 Month Membership to the Cupcake Wrapper of the Month Club!

If you know a wonderful baker who would love this, it's a gift that keeps on giving! Receive monthly packages full of cupcake wrappers and extra special treats!

What's great about all these giveaways is that the winners of all the giveaways are going to be announced on Christmas morning! How fun! It's as if Santa will be dropping a little Christmas gift in your inbox!

Tonight I just listed 4 new kissing balls in my Etsy shop!

 

Don't forget to check out the other great crafts I have listed over in my Zibbet Shop!

Sparkles, Glitter & Whimsy

Here are a few additions to my Etsy shop that were listed today!

Kissing Balls

Tradition states that in 18th century England, if an eligible young lady received a kiss on the cheek under the kissing ball, marriage would soon follow. While this tradition is no longer used, it is still a fun and festive symbol of times past.

Hang them in your doorway, in a garland, from the tree, or place in a bowl or vase!

There is a limited supply of these, and usually only one of each... so hurry and get your ONE OF A KIND kissing ball before they are gone! They make fantastic gifts! And are perfect for ornament exchanges!

Calling All Etsy and Zibbet Shop Owners...

I thought it would be great to post a page on my blog for shop owners on Etsy and Zibbet to link up their shops!

If you post your shop link, it would be great if you'd take a moment to check out another shop or two!

Please be sure to link up your shop to the appropriate page on the tabs above! I can't wait to check them all out!

Friendship Ball

Have you entered the CSN Stores Giveaway yet?
It ends tonight at midnight!

I've been working on some new items this week to list in my Etsy shop. Something I've been wanting to make for a while are these friendship balls. I think they are the neatest gifts you can give.

A ball is a circle

No beginning, no end
It keeps us together
Like our circle of friends.

The treasure inside
For just you to see
Is the treasure of friendship
You have granted me.

You can fill them with whatever you want. Candy, jewelry, a special note, tea, trinkets, hankies, and all kinds of lovelies.

The best part is, its the gift that keeps on giving! You may choose to give this to a friend for their birthday. You've filled it with a personalized bracelet with some candy and a nice birthday wish!

In a few weeks, you receive it back from your friend for YOUR birthday! It's filled with your favorite kinds of loose tea along with a little tea caddy!
Soon, it's Christmas, and you fill it with a special Christmas gift and send it off to your friend. The exchanging can go on forever! Give the friendship ball back and forth for any holiday, birthday, anniversary, or just because!

How fun to send this gift back and forth to your friends who love far away? To remind them you miss them!

I hope to have other colors and designs available soon!

What would you fill your friendship ball with?

Trying something new...

Well, lately I've been trying to really focus on increasing my sales in my Etsy shop. In addition to some remodels and other improvements over there, I've decided to open up a new online shop over at Zibbet! "Your place to buy unique handmade products, direct from the maker!"

I'd love for you to stop by and check it out!


And if you create handmade items, and think you'd like to try Zibbet out just clink below:


Let me know what you think?

Pillows & Pumpkins & Pears... OH MY!

I've been trying to stock my etsy shop this week. I have cleaned up my craft room and have a pile of crafts I need to list. Here is what I've got listed.... stay tuned for many more!

Twine Pears

Raggedy Ann Dolls (more to come)

Decorative Pillows

Pumpkin Cupcake Wrappers (more to come)

Beaded Napkin Rings

Wooden Pumpkins

Halloween Wrappers

Newly listed halloween wrappers.
Available in other colors if desired!

Giveaway!!!

I'm doing a givewaway over at On The Search For Hidden Treasures! Go check it out and enter to win! Enter to win a 6 Month Cupcake Wrapper Club Membership! She has several other giveaways going on right now as well, so don't forget to check them out too!

Giveaway open through May 18th.

Newly Listed...

Available NOW in my shop!

Join the Club!

I've been wanting to start a 'Cupcake Wrapper Of The Month Club' for quite some time. Now that spring is here, I've decided to get it going! I've just listed 2 options in my etsy shop!

6 month or 12 month subscriptions.

Tell Your Friends!!!

Details Below:

*Each month you will receive a different set of 12 cupcake wrappers appropriate for the time of year or upcoming holiday! These sets may or may not be available in my shop, so you could be receiving exclusive items only available to club members!

*Save big! Free shipping! Your membership also includes special offers and surprises throughout your membership!

*Receive 10% discount for the entire duration of your membership on orders from my shop! Including custom orders!

*All wrappers will be mailed out between the 1st and 7th of the month. Your first month’s wrappers will be mailed out the month after you sign up. But no worries, you won’t have to wait, I’ll send you a surprise gift right away just for joining the club!

*Want to purchase these as a gift? Or want to send one month to a friend as a gift? No problem! Just send me the recipient’s info in the buyer’s message upon purchase, or in a convo!

*All items made from a smoke free and pet free home!

Great Balls of Fire

A while back I won a set of tea light holders from Tante Caroline's Etsy shop. You should definitely check out her items... you will be amazed at how great they look!

The set I received is like the set in the picture here... and they are so LIGHT!!!! Looks can be deceiving! At first glance, you'd think these 'great balls' are super heavy, but in fact, made of styrofoam, they are practically weightless!

I was so excited when I got these in the mail. I fell in love with them right away and (tea lights included) put them on display!

Penguins, Trains & Graduates, Oh My!

I've just listed some new designs in my etsy shop! As always, if you want them in different colors, just let me know! I have several other designs on my to-do list.... so I'm hoping to have a productive weekend!

*I can add the graduation year on the cap if you want! 2010 or '10

Don't forget to check out my giveaway before the weekend is over!

Announcing...

I've just started listing my new cupcake wrappers! My new design includes the tabbed end for easy assembly! No more straight edges that need stickers! One easy step {Insert tab in slit} and you're ready for cupcakes! The wrappers below are what I have listed already in my Etsy shop! I can even make matching cake/cupcake picks for any wrappers. Just ask!

Want different colors? Want something you don't see? Just ask me! I love custom orders! I have lots of more designs I can't wait to get listed. I'll do my best to post them here as well as I get them done!

Don't forget to check out my clearance stash. I'm trying to clear out the "old style" wrappers to make room for my new ones! Thanks!