Category: Crafty Gal


Dec
2007

Non-Wedding Cards

categories: Crafty Gal
My friend Lara got married and this is the card I made for her. I usually make a prototype that I intend to use–which always makes it a little sketchy. Heh.
I swiped this concept from Martha Stewart ages ago. Using the little oval tissue paper pieces to make flowers on paper. These were really fun to make. Likely made in 2004.

Jul
2007

Rosie the Riveter Paint-By-Number

categories: Crafty Gal

I like Rosie the Riveter. I found this paint-by-number kit at a hobby shop back in Flint, Michigan. I had to have her. I painted her up (and some of the numbers on the board were labeled wrong so it was like hard work–hee!–and she now sits in my cube at work, looking me over and finding me slightly less cool than her liberty-driven mission. I edit naughty books and she made planes to fight the Nazis. She’s got it all over me.

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Jun
2007

Red Bridesmaid Card

categories: Bridal Cards, Crafty Gal

These are likely from 2003.


It took some time to settle on a specific bead. Originally, I think I used beads from a bracelet that I wore in someone’s wedding. The bracelet broke and I put it to good use! But as demand increased I started using the rondelles. They work like a charm!

Jun
2007

Prototype Cards for Ebay

categories: Bridal Cards, Crafty Gal

These were the first cards I made to take pictures of with the express purpose of putting them on ebay. The material came from the bridesmaid dress I wore in my friend Rebecca’s wedding in 2002.

Initially, I only offered fabric from bridesmaid’s dresses I had actually worn or had been given to me by friends. Then I considered using only used bridesmaid’s dresses. It seemed like I was doing the world a favor! Ha! Anyway, eventually the demand became so great that I simply had to go and buy fabric. The thrift store bridesmaids’ dresses were more expensive than buying the fabric outright.

Ooh, artsy.


I’ve always made the hangers by hand. I use a thicker wire guage now, though. I just like the way it looks.


It was two or three years before the first copycats showed up on Ebay. I still think mine are prettier and more consistent. I take time developing my protoypes and wouldn’t send anything that is poorly made to my brides!


I experimented with different kinds of dress silouhettes but settled on strapless because it was the easiest to produce quickly and consistently. The more angles, the more difficult the fabric is to wrap. I do wonder what my copycats use as a base for the dresses. I’m not telling–except to say that it’s excellent for archiving!


Ooh, artsy angles. I’m a dork.