A Few of my Summer Projects

Well, I'm sure most of you thought I fell off the end of the earth. I apologize for disappearing for so long. Life has been hectic since my last post. From the school year finishing - my Grandpa passing away in May - our computer going haywire - the crazy summer life. You get the picture.

Ok, enough talking about my crazy life!

Thankfully through all of this I've still had some sales; not as many as I had before, and definitely not as many as I would have liked, but I've still done pretty good considering everything that was going on.

I'll show some of what I worked on.

I found this adorable baby bear stamp on the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby and colored it in with coloring pencils. I added them to KraftieKidz as baby shower thank you cards.

I'm starting to get ready for the big Christmas season. Again I colored in the stamped images with coloring pencils.

I found this book on the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby and I love it! There's a ton of ideas I can't wait to work on. I'm hoping to post some of them very soon.

So now you've seen some of the projects I have worked on. I'm hoping to get some more up soon and to get back into blogging again. 

Oh and one more thing before I go.

 You can now find KraftieKidz on instagram!

2014 Goal Update

Since it is the end if April I thought it would be a good time to give you an update on my goals for 2014.
 To see the original 2014 goal post click here

2014 Goals for KarftieKidz

- Double what I made in 2013 ------ I have made a little over half than what I did last year.

- Write my about page ------ Still need to do that.

- Have about 220 items listed by my birthday (April 21) and 300 or more by the end of the year ------ Well my birthday as come and gone I still do not have 220 items in my shop. I have listed new items but have also sold a lot of items. (That's a good thing) I will aim for 300 by the end of the year though.

- Have a bigger inventory of birthday, mother's day, father's day, graduation, Christmas, and valentines day cards ------ I haven't really done a whole lot in this area. I've already missed valentines day, and mother's day is very close. I still have some time for graduation and father's day but they may be slim as well. I am aiming to have a bigger selection of Christmas this year.

- Add wedding and baby cards ------ Again I haven't done much in this area.

- Add more colors and themes to die cut sets ------ I have done this and will do more.

- Add gift card holders, magnets, decorative clothespins and paper clips ------ Haven't done this yet but I am thinking of gift card holders.

Other Goals

- Make and list jewelry in other shop ------ Hoping to work on this during the summer.

- Learn how to sew simple items ------ I haven't sewed simple items yet but I am working on crocheting a ruffle scarf.

- Make birthday cards for all the little kids in church ------ I have been doing this since the first of the year.

- Blog more ------ Still working on this.


One thing I didn't add to my goal list was baby banners. I have made and sold baby banners in different themes. So far I have 5 or 6 different themed banners)


Here some pictures of some of the projects I am working on.

The ruffle scarf I was talking about

I am going to shade in the stamped images with colored pencils.
Like this

New Baby Banners and Toddler Dresses

I know you have already heard me say this but sorry it's been so long since I blogged. I have been super busy since last month. I've missed blogging weekly and I haven't been able to make and list items as much as I would have liked either. 

Now just because I am busy doesn't mean my shop is lacking. Though looking at my shop inventory it doesn't look it but March was a big month for me. I ended the month with 10 most of which were baby banners and over $100 in revenue. That's 4 sales more than March 2013 and $84 more in revenue.

Here is some new items. 

Purple Polka Dot Butterfly Banner

It's A Girl Banner

Both banners were custom but the Butterfly banner was a customer's creation. ( I personally would not have used that much purple but that was what she wanted and was quite pleased with the finished product. )

Here's some new items from creationsbyjessi

(Except for the extra pink, this was also a customer's creation.)

Well that is all; hopefully I can get back to listing more items. 

Have a great rest of the week!

Birthday Cards

Sorry I haven't posted in several weeks. I got busy with two school competitions.

Here are three new birthday cards.

Our Snow pictures

Here in South Carolina we usually don't get to see a whole lot of snow. Maybe a dusting here or an inch there so when we do get a good bit we enjoy it while we can cause who knows when we'll see more than an inch again.
Here are some pictures that my brother, Daniel took. We have struggled in the past to get good snow pictures, but this time I think he got some good ones.

Here's some from a few weeks ago.

And these are from last week. The first day, the snow on the ground kept melting but the trees were gorgeous.

Day 2

Day 3

Birthday Cards and Teddy Bear Baby Banner

Sorry I didn't post last week. I had every intention on blogging but I got real busy and then I couldn't find my pictures so I just decided to take a week off.

Here's the two cards that I was going to post last week.

This one was for one of the ladies in our church

Here is the other baby banner I kept promising and the card to match

Another birthday card

Here's some new items from creationsbyjessi

Owl Themed Baby Banner

Here's one of the banners that I have been working on; it was used as part of the decorations for the baby shower this past weekend. I really love how it turned out.

I also made confetti to match.

I have another baby shower coming up that I am helping with the decorations, so that means another banner and confetti. 

I will leave you with two baby cards I made this weekend.