Month: May 2012

Every day, I spend time working on my Etsy shop. Whether it be fulfilling orders, creating new designs, making product tags or fixing up the storefront. Today, I caught up on leaving feedback for my customers. I edited some photos of my most recent custom order. And did my daily social media marketing (aka hanging…


When I’m not making my handmade goodies for my shop, Catshy Crafts, I scrapbook. I scrapbook in paper (traditional). I scrapbook digitally (using Photoshop and pre-made digital elements). Occasionally, I will share my pages here. Thanks for stopping by! Krista of Sahlin Studio is so good about keeping on trend – bringing techniques popular in paper scrapbooking…


I love to share custom orders, but I usually post them after they are all done. Like this or this or this. This time I took a photo to share with the customer and tweak color choices, so I thought I’d share it with you on the blog. The colors are shades of pinks, with…


hoops on display

Yesterday, we had our neighbors over for a little dinner party. So, the whole family was in full cleaning mode for the last couple of days. One of the things on my to-do list was to hang some of my embroidery hoop arts in the living room. Even though I have a dedicated studio in…


It was teacher’s appreciation week a couple of weeks ago at my oldest daughter’s school. I knew I wanted to make her something from the shop. An apple seemed like a perfect motif for a hoop. Add a heart and personalization and my latest hoop was born. With the end of the school year in…