Design by Night

When I sat at my work table the other day the pile of vintage earrings were speaking to me so I decided to make two hair clips with a bride in mind. Although I think these creamy colors with the vintage flair would add something special to any outfit. These hair clips have something old and something new and I will have them this weekend at Pile of Craft if you want to come and see them in person. You can also find the above, Vivian Hair Clip on Etsy .

Although I do not scrapbook, I am often drawn like a moth to a flame to the scrapbook isle in the craft store. I love all the miniature stickers, brads, stamped metal plates, colorful papers and above all anything glittery. Since I am a addicted to craft supplies, it is very hard to fight off the impulse to buy these things but usually I can turn away knowing that I probably will never design a scrapbooking page in my life. Well about six months ago my addictive personality won (my name is Kolleen and I am a craft-o-holic). A tiny little glass jar of Fabric Fancies caught my eye. Fabric + flowers + glitter was too much temptation for me. I purchased this little jar of flower happiness and needless to say that jar has sat on my shelf for six months unopened…until this week. Who said you need to use scrapbooking embellishments for scapbooking? No one did! I think the key word here is "embellshments." So I took that jar off the shelf, broke the seal and started working. These cu

Come see me this weekend at Pile of Craft! JUNE 25, 2011 - 10am to 5pm 2640 St Paul Street , Baltimore MD 21218, inside St John's Church This year's fair will have over 65 of the best local and national crafters, as well as a weaving demonstration by Carlybird Weaves and and a raffle to win a huge basket full of goodies by supporting a local arts organization (TBA.) To check out the other great vendors beforehand visit the Charm City Craft Mafia website .