Bow Giveaway!

 

Would you like to win this bow for yourself or as a gift? Use the Rafflecopter below and enter to win! You have up to six chances to win! This bow includes an alligator clip that will stay secure in your hair and it measures roughly 2.5 x 4 inches. 

A winner will be chosen at random
by Rafflecopter on Friday, January 6 2012.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Snail Mail Pals

Tired of boring envelopes and cardboard boxes? Want to spice up your shipping? I love receiving cute snail mail, so I try and mail cute snail mail. This idea came to me one day after shopping in World Market once I found all these cute owl bags. I've blurred out the addresses in the photo for obvious reasons, but the paper I wrote and taped them on was from some scrapbooking paper I had laying around. All you have to do is cut the handles off of a gift bag, put your gift inside (make sure you use bubble wrap to keep your gift safe), and then fold over and staple or tape it shut! The people at the post office always smiled when they saw what I was bringing in to mail. Sorry for the crappy photo quality, these were taken with cell & laptop cameras.

If anyone wants to be present penpals, I'd love to start mailing little presents like this. Maybe like a small $5 or handmade present each month or something fun like that. Snail mail is fun! I know I love seeing something other than bills in my mailbox. Send me an email if you're interested and I will swap addresses with you!

Bows, Bows, Bows!

I made a bunch of bows the other day and here they are! If you're interested in buying one, they are $5 each. I will not be adding these to Etsy this time around but I do still accept Paypal, so orders are welcome! Just send me an email by either using the link at the top of my blog or you can send one to Owlive (at) hotmail (dot) com. Don't forget to include the bow number so I know which ones you want. I can also make matching button earrings for any of these bows, just ask! Earrings are also $5 per pair. Each bow roughly measure 2.5 x 4 inches and include an alligator clip on the back.

Diy Earring Holder!

Remember this from my Ten Things Tuesday this week?
If you know where I can give credit to the original owner of this photo, please leave me a comment - 
when I tried to back to Pinterest it says the page is no longer there.

Well, I decided to make my own. Richard had bought a grater and washed it and it already began rusting so what better way to recycle it than this? Here is a mini tutorial on how I made mine! All supplies were purchased at Walmart. 

So go dig in your kitchen cabinet and find that grater that you never use and make this!

This & That

This was my first attempt at cake pops! I thought that since I offered to make them for a 4th of July party that I may want to do a practice batch first. These are chocolate cake mixed with cheesecake and then I coated half in Tiffany blue (one of my favorite colors, of course) icing with pearl sprinkles. The chocolate wouldn't melt all the way for me so I had a hard time getting it to coat them nicely and eventually gave up and started doing just half - but I think they still look cute and yarn to tie the plastic bags on was a cute little touch.

I received one of my Etsy orders in the mail.  I was so so so excited to get these little earrings. I thought they were so adorable online and they were even more magical in person! Fast shipping & not a bad price for handmade earrings! Go check out Wolfbird Studios for more cute stuff! 

These are the two sets of earrings I ordered...aren't they cute?!

photos from wolfbird studios etsy shop

Perfect Pricing - Helping a Friend

 Photo courtesy of Leah's Etsy shop

My dear friend, Leah, has asked for some help on pricing her beautiful hand-bound journals that she creates. She already has an Etsy shop, which contains some of her work - check it out to get an idea of what she creates. 

To help Leah out, I decided to make this little blog post to get your opinions on how much you would pay for a hand-bound journal. 

There is a little poll on the sidebar so that you can let us know what you think!

 Photo courtesy of Leah's Etsy shop