Not perfect

I read a beautiful quote that goes perfectly with this card: ‘A beautiful thing is never perfect’.

Please visit the Fly Trap Etsy shop for more information.

Etsy giveaway

Now that I’ve reached my 100^th sale on my Venerate Etsy shop I’ll be giving away a free card for my 110^th, 120^th, 130^th and 140^th sale. You’ll be able to select any item in my shop and I will give it to you for free just as a way to say thank you for choosing me over the thousands of other Etsy sellers. In the notes to seller you can tell me which item from my shop you would like 🙂

And for my 150^th sale I’ll give away 4 of my gift tags to my lucky 150^th Etsy customer. How does that sound?

These are the 4 gift tags I’ll be giving away to my 150^th Etsy lucky customer 🙂

Shopping guide back to school

I just wanted to take the time to thank The Contemporary Handmade Alliance for featuring one of my cards on their blog. You made my day 🙂

Just in case you like some of the other items that I’ve also been featured, here are all the other links:

1. Rainbow Pencil Roll by Blue Jacaranda
2. Angry Ninja iPad by HoobyGroovy
3. Indigo Vintage style Denim Backpack by Bagy Bag
4. My Routine – set of 9 fridge magnets by Badge Bliss
5. The Alphabet by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios
6. Cute animal friends Coloring book by Joey Design
7. Congrats It’s been made official, you’re smart by Venerate Card and Stationery Boutique
8. Fabric Journal Cover Notebook by BonTons
9. Ladybeetle Pink Bookplates by Pixels Plus Paper
10. Reusable sandwich lunch wrap by Frankys
11. Personalized Kids Bag Tag by DaniLu Designs
12. Vintage Wooden School or office chair in green by Tri Becas Vintage
13. Starry Owl Book Stickers by Little Mo and Friends
14. Deer Love Pencil Case purse by Oopsidaisi
15. Wish upon a shooting Star by Jallie~bean Kids
16. Morning Routine Canvas Art by Billymac Clothing

Venerate Etsy shop update

I’ve finally taken the time to update a couple of things on my Venerate Etsy shop.

I updated my profile page with my story and with some product images. So now my profile page looks something more like this:

These are the card images I added to my profile page:

These are some of my cards wrapped in plastic ready to be sent out

All packaged and ready to go!

This is the Computer Card in blue where you can write your message on the screen

Packing an order

I also updated the international shipping costs to $2.00 (It used to be $2.35). It’s not a huge difference but I think this is the lowest price I can go given that Australia is so far away from everywhere else!!!

Sweet illustrations

It’s been a long time since I did my last post on the beautiful illustration work of Andrea Kang. So today I wanted to show you some of her more recent illustration work. Enjoy!

Her illustration style and characters are so unique and beautiful. Don’t you think?

For more information please visit the Andrea Kang website.

Free card with your next Venerate Etsy purchase

Right now I have 99 sales in my Venerate Etsy shop so that means that my next lovely Etsy customer can select any card in the shop and I will give it to them for free just as a way to say thank you for choosing me over the thousands of other Etsy sellers. How does that sound?

So if you want a free card with your next purchase this is the time to start shopping!

In the notes to seller you can tell me which item from my shop you would like 🙂

Please visit the Venerate Etsy shop.

Fickle Hill Letterpress

Today I wanted to share some of the beautiful cards by Fickle Hill Press. I think animal lovers in particular would find these cards very amusing. Don’t you think?

Please visit the Fickle Hill Letterpress website for more information.

Mother’s day Buzzfeed feature

I actually had no idea that one of my cards was featured on Buzzfeed a little while ago as part of a mother’s day post. The post is called ‘25 Awesome cards to make any mom happy’.

It’s really nice to be included amongst such cool mother’s day cards. It definitely made my day even though I’ve just found out about it!

Please click here if you want to see all the other mother’s day cards that were included in the post.

I miss you

The empty and cold side of the bed is always a reminder that your special someone is not around…

Please visit the Julie Ann Art Etsy shop for more information.

Baby news

As you might have noticed I’ve been missing in action for quite a few weeks. And guess what? I’m pregnant!

This is my first baby and the last few months have been quite challenging but now that I’m in my third trimester things are considerably better and I actually have some energy to do the things I enjoy – blogging and looking at pretty paper things.

It’s so good to feel alive again after a few tough months. I’m finally back and I’m so glad to be back online!

This funny card is by The Little Blue Chair.

The card reads: Everybody is going to know you guys have sex. Congratulations on the baby

Plant smiles

We should all remember to do this more often: plant smiles and harvest love.

Please visit The Wallaroo Etsy shop for more information.

Paper doll

As a child I loved playing with paper cut-outs from magazines and books. I think a proper paper doll such as this would have made my day! I would have felt like the luckiest girl on earth 🙂

Did you notice the cute little cat in her pocket? So sweet!

Please visit the Handmade Romance Flickr site for more information.

Wedding flowers

If you are getting married you might want to consider doing something less traditional like having these beautiful paper flowers. What do you think?

Please visit the My Bohemian Summer Flickr page for more information.

Funny sticky notes

I love these funny sticky notes. They are soooo much better than your traditional plain yellow ones. Great idea!

Please visit the FlytrapOnE Etsy shop for more information.

Etsy special giveaway

If you are my 70^th, 80^th , 90^th  or 100^th sale on my Etsy shop you can select any item in my shop and I will give it to you for free just as a way to say thank you for choosing me over the thousands of other Etsy sellers. In the notes to seller you can tell me which item from my shop you would like 🙂

To know what sales number you are, just make sure you look at the sales counter on the left hand side panel of my Etsy shop to know if you are the lucky winner!

Please visit my Venerate Etsy shop.

Paper garland

I don’t think I have ever seen a more intricate and beautiful paper garland in my entire life! Wow!

Please visit the Zoe Bradley website for more information.

Happy new year!

I would like to wish you all a happy new year! I hope we can make it our best year yet 🙂

 

I thought I should start the new year with a sale so here’s a 25% off coupon that you can use on my Venerate Etsy shop.

Simply use this coupon code to get a discount on your order: happynewyear

The coupon will be valid for the next 7 days so make the most of it while you can!

Enjoy!

Free

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. Thucydides quotes

Please visit the Autumn’s Crafty Corner Etsy shop for more information.

Precious girly gifts

If you still haven’t finished with your Christmas shopping here are some great suggestions 🙂

Curated by Rosiedoll shop. You can view the treasury live here.

Coolest dad ever card

The coolest dad card is back in the shop and I have also introduced the same card in green. I also took new photos of the cards and hopefully this time around the photos are a little better than before!

I wonder which one will be more popular… the green or the blue? What do you think?

If you like the card you can get from my Venerate Etsy shop.