je t'aime, blissfulmama

I've got nine items listed on the etsy shop now. sadly, no new sales to report though.

here's some pics of the new items:


(my favorite)

Posted by iBlissful at 12:33 AM | 2 comments  

all of the original three items I posted sold within 24 hours! i've relisted the mini notecard set and I'm going to spend my two days off working on some more items to list. If I can get a decent stockpile I may purchase some shop pimpin' showcase listings or maybe even a swap-bot ad.

I tinkered around and came up with a banner for the store and a new icon.





I'm pretty happy with them. I may change it again though, just cause I'd really like to incorporate a bird somehow.

Posted by iBlissful at 11:57 PM | 2 comments  

I've been toying around with the idea of opening an etsy shop for a while now. I finally did it!

sursum corda, an etsy shop

I listed three valentines themed items to start with...just to see how it would go. The red & aqua heart from below, along with these:









the three cards were listed as a set and already sold! thank you Cate (a swapping friend) for the order.

I'll have to figure out the pricing. I think I priced things fairly.

Posted by iBlissful at 11:13 PM | 1 comments  

I created pieces in four different styles: shabby chic, sophisticated, retro, and vintage. I am really pleased with how they turned out.

I've also made a few valentines stuffies:





and my favorite:



The first two were made with a specific destination. I'm tinkering with posting the third one up on etsy to see if anyone would buy it. I need to make up a cute card that would come with it. Hmmm...perhaps.

Posted by iBlissful at 12:10 PM | 0 comments  

these are my pages for the white itty bitty book swap, hosted by Danielle of The Vintage Dragonfly. there were 26 participants who each created 26 color copies of their original take on the theme, which was simply "white". you then had to embellish each of the 26 copies and send them to the hostess. she is binding the books for us. I cannot wait to see how the book turned out.

I altered a matchbox and decorated it with a dragonfly as a thank you gift for Danielle:

Posted by iBlissful at 1:34 PM | 1 comments  

luvs2sew made these beauties herself! I love them! What a creative idea Beth!

Posted by iBlissful at 3:13 AM | 3 comments  

last year for Christmas I got my dream camera, a Nikon D40. I've been actively asking for a digital SLR for literally 8 years. I am so lucky to have finally received one...thanks to Tim, my parents, and my inlaws!

Towards the middle of this past year I finally had some time to actually take some pictures with it. As you can see, the photos are amazing. I hope to spend more time learning how to utilize the camera fully this year.

Posted by iBlissful at 8:53 AM | 5 comments  

well, you know resolutions = failure so much of the time, I think I try to avoid them. but there is such a purpose and power behind them. so I decided to post them publicly for posterity's sake and for my sake. I realized I browse my past blog posts often enough for this post to possibly prove effective of reminding me what I need to do to make me a better & happier me this year!

- be organized and neat
- be on time
- spend more quality time with my babe
- spend more time thinking about how to live life to the fullest and then execute those ideas
- open an etsy store in time for Christmas shoppers
- learn to sew
- make a quilt

If I could actually get it together enough to pull each of those resolutions off, I would be so very pleased. It's a lofty list, but I've got almost a whole year!

Posted by iBlissful at 12:53 AM | 0 comments  

"underlying beauty"


"retro sweet"


"vintage play"


"have your cake"

Posted by iBlissful at 10:36 AM | 0 comments  

I love the way these turned out. My flickr prints came quicker than I anticipated and they look great! Matte prints are so much more pleasing.

Posted by iBlissful at 5:55 PM | 1 comments