Handmade Envelopes

Remember this video I posted on making envelopes?

Well, I made 15 envelopes the other day while watching T.V. It was so easy and fast to make. I mailed out 5 envelopes to 3 people. I hope they like them. I made them all out of scrapbooking paper.

Also, remember this bookmark? Well, I made another one because the first one I mailed out did not make it to the person I mailed it to. The mail goblins must have taken it in route to Canada.

I made it a little different this time around. This time I used heart scrapbook paper as the back of the bookmark and I used purple ribbon instead of a bead. I mailed it out on Saturday and hope this one makes it to its new home.

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Another Bag

I made started this bag on Friday and while making it I realized I had ran out of black webbing, so on Saturday morning I made a mad dash to the fabric store. I wanted to be able to mail it out Saturday since it was the mail deadline date for this swap. I really procrastinated on this, but I blame it all on the crazy budget schedule that I have going on at work.

Anyway, here is the final product:

Front:

Back:

It is the same pattern that I make my other tote bags. But this time I decided to make it a little narrow and a little longer. I really like how it came out.

Ciao,

Dissolved Girl

Weekend Crafts: More Handmade Bookmarks

The latest swap I joined is to make two handmade bookmarks for my partner from a nice graphic. After looking at my partners profile I saw that she liked to go to Broadway Shows. So I got the great idea to make her a bookmark using the image of a Play Bill and this is what I came up with:

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Back:

The bookmark came out looking so great. I was so proud of myself. After I was done I went off to check my partners profile to see what else my partner liked to make the second one. Then I noticed on the swap description it said "No Computer Generated Printouts". That meant that the above bookmark was no good. I was back to the drawing board.

After some searching I found two very pretty and colorful birthday cards and I made the following bookmarks:

Bookmark #1

Bookmark #2:

I decide last minute to send all three of them to my partner. I hope she likes them.

Now here is the finished product of the card I showed you on this post:

What do you think? I really liked how the final outcome of the card. I only hope my partner likes it.

My pile of outgoing mail for this week:
It is so much smaller then what I sent out last week.

What do you all think of the bookmarks and the final postcard?

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Crafty Weekend

On Saturday while Mr. P was at work, I spent my morning singing at the top of my lungs to Michael Jackson's Dangerous CD and sewing my life away making this:

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I made this bag for my partner on Swab-Bot for the "Make me a Handmade Tote Swap". I had so much fun making it and loved how it turned out, that I signed up for another handmade tote swap.

After that it was off to make a "Handmade Bookmark". My partner loves Hello Kitty. So I only thought it appropriate to make her a Hello Kitty bookmark. I added silver embossed stars, then I reinforced the bookmark by adding as a backing a pretty cloud scrap booking paper. To protect the bookmark since it was made from card stock, I put it in a plastic holder. I used a star shaped hole puncher to add a hole to the top of the plastic holder, got some pretty blue jewelry thread, added a pretty pink bead and hung it from the hole.

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These final 2 packages also went off to new homes. I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures of what I put in them.

I mailed off everything today. I am pretty sure the bag and the last two envelopes will get to their new homes quickly. The bookmark I am not so sure how long it will take to arrive to it's new home, since it is going to Canada. I just hope they all liked what I sent. I put a lot of thought and love into everything.

Today, I also received quiet a bit of mail. But like a little kid, I was too excited and started playing with everything I got and forgot to take pictures. But I did snap a quick picture of a postcard that I received so that I can show Mr. P, since it never made it home because as soon as I saw it I posted it on my bulletin board in my office. It was a huge hit with the people in my office.

Isn't it funny?
He really does look like he is saying hi! It had me cracking up for a good hour!

I had such a great and relaxing weekend. It was just what I needed after such a rough week. I was sad for it to come to such a quick end.

How was your weekend?

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Fun with Jewelry

I really like these Tarina Tarantino earrings:

But at $63 dollars a pair, there was no way I was going to buy them. From the description on her site the pearl is a Swarovski glass pearl and the stones on the post are Swarovski Crystals. It does not say if the actual post is sterling silver or not, but I will assume that it is.

So after a little bit of digging I found the materials to make my own "Swarovski Glass Pearl Drop Earrings" for about 10% of the cost of the original.

The earring posts are not 100% alike. But they are sterling silver, have the little bit of bling like the inspiration and the pearls are Swarovski glass pearls.

I liked them so much I made a dark grey version of the earrings*.

What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

* I will update this post tomorrow with picture of the other one. The lighting is not so great so the picture did not turn out good.

I spy with My Shoe Eye: A Love Letter

Dear Woland and Moon:

How I adore your shoes. I found you on Etsy by accident while I was browsing around for something pretty online. Your shoes were it. They are pretty and whimsical. You have got yourself a fan. I cannot afford your shoes right now. But I will be saving my pennies to be able to own my own pair. Right now my favorite are these:





I especially love the last pair. I hope they are still around when I am ready to buy them.

Your new fan,

Dissolved Girl
xoxo

To see more of these amazing shoes, visit their Etsy store here.

I am so Jaded

Jade stones, Fresh water Pearls, antiqued heart toggle, and Amber Czech glass beads.

I did a little bit of crafting today. I am not a huge fan of yellow gold but you must admit that Jade looks great when combined with it then with any other metal. As usual the better looking picture's will be up on my jewelry blog later.

What do you guys think?

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl