‘design freebies’ Archives
January 25, 2012
I wanted to design something a little less “cutesy” for this Valentine’s Day. I started looking through some of my old illustrations and found this little whale I had done awhile back. (It was actually part of a logo concept for a client that wasn’t chosen). I immediately hopped on Google to see if I could find a pun that would match. Really, what is Valentine’s Day without a few puns? While it’s still got a little cute factor for the kids, I chose a more modern color palette and print for the paper.
We are very into origami bookmarks over here lately. If you purchase anything from Write With Moxie, you will see that up close and personal. ;) I just used a larger piece of paper to make a little “pouch” to hold the card and a little piece of candy. I even included illustrated directions for you! I just used a sucker but there is enough room to stuff it with all kinds of goodies.
Since most Valentine’s are pink and red, I thought I would make something for the boys as well. Both color palettes are included in the PDF!
And if that wasn’t enough, I also made little pillowboxes in the same print and colors.
You can download a PDF for each one below (or over there on the sidebar). Hope you enjoy!
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December 9, 2011
To continue the week of Christmas crafts, I thought I would put together a huge pack of fun printables! These could work for a number of projects, school parties, stocking stuffers, etc. You can find the individual PDFs on the sidebar. Just click, download, print and assemble! Yep, it’s that easy!
For the snowman poop, I used mini marshmallows. This is one of my favorite stocking stuffers for the kids. For the magic reindeer food, just mix together some quick oats and glitter. Hope you enjoy!
December 1, 2011
I know I may be a few days late on this but I REALLY wanted to post about our advent calendar this year. I wanted something very earthy and natural but fun and colorful as well. This style is reflected in all of the decorations and ornaments in our house this year. We have grand crafting plans this weekend that I plan to share on the blog early next week. :)
Ok, so back to my advent calendar. I love the way tree branches look so I knew I wanted that as my rustic base. We actually found this on a scavenger hunt at the lake in our neighborhood while looking for pinecones and other natural elements that could be used as decoration (free score). I dug into The Baconator’s tool box and found some white nails that would work to hang our goodies on (another free score). I spaced out the nails so that 24 would fit on the branch. This part was all done by eyeballing…I hate measuring things out (yes, I am lazy like that!).
After all of the nails were hammered into place I placed it on the mantle and hung little muslin drawstring bags, one for each day. I also had these in my craft stash so it didn’t cost me anything. To pretty them up a bit, I used a wood grain (faux bois if you will) stamp and brown ink to stamp every other bag. I loved the overall look but it still felt a little too country and not enough modern so I got to work on the computer and came up with a cute set of number tags in several bright colors. I used dyed jute twine that I had in my stash (yes, you should see my stash…I think you would be impressed, I’m just sayin) to hang each of the tags in front of the bags. Ta Da…a rustic, modern, colorful advent calendar!
I put the colorful number tags in a nifty PDF so you can print them out and use them for your own crafty projects. All you have to do is click here or on the sidebar banner. Happy Crafting!
May 27, 2011
I have always said that there isn’t enough time in the day…and still I seem to get myself into these situations of too many ideas and not enough time to implement them. Yes, I am talking about my grand idea of opening a little shop that caters to the product packaging needs of handmade business. While it sounded good in theory, it was a lot more work that I anticipated (isn’t it always?). I also realized that I HAVE and business that I LOVE and I want to be able to focus on my clients even more and continue to offer them excellent and personal service. So I have closed up the shop on my website. I did decide to keep my Etsy shop open and full of the zebra paper pencils because I love them so much.
I have also decided to promote other handmade business owners and have reached out to several of them that do offer product packaging goods. Hopefully, I will have some discounts and goodies I can send your way very soon.
Speaking of goodies, I didn’t want all of the coolness of my shop to disappear so I decided to offer a freebie for everyone out there. These are for the cake stands that I love so much (and were a huge hit). If you are a DIYer, you can now print them out yourself with a handy PDF. Just click on the link over on the sidebar to download.
I do ask that you please don’t sell them. You are more than happy to pass them along but I do ask that you send them here to download the PDF…I want them to see my lovely blog and hopefully follow along. :)
