Design by Night

For those of you who follow my blog, you know from earlier this week that I had a photoshoot last Saturday. Well I got the photos today and am super excited! I haven't had a chance to go through all of them but I thought I would share these few...I can't thank Sean Scheidt or my lovely model (and cousin) enough! Not to mention my lovely make up artist, Heather.

This past Saturday I had a professional photo shoot to highlight my headbands and I was so excited! Luckily, I have a lovely model/cousin who was more than happy to model for me and my friend Heather who is a makeup artist (and does make up at Kiss n' Make-Up ). My friend Jill, from Jill Popowich Designs , volunteered some jewelry and helped out as a helper...it is nice to have great friends and family who are so talented. Because my excitement was bubbling over and I have a slight addiction to my iphone, I took some quick phone shots using Instagram showing a little "behind the scenes" action. My photographer Sean Scheidt was nothing less than charming and fantastic. He does great work and wears cool shoes as you can see below. You should go check out his blog to see his latest work.

As a child we always celebrated St. Patrick's day in my house. I remember having a collection of St. Pat's pins that I could wear on my boring school uniform...a new one for each year. To this day I love St. Patrick's day so I decided to make myself a grown up (but fun) shamrock pin. Supplies 1-bottle of Guinness beer Green felt Pin back Scissors Needle and thread (match to felt) Hot glue gun Drink beer and save bottle cap. Print out the pattern below and cut out 4 large petals, 1 pin cover and 1 base from the felt. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Thread the needle and knot off the end. Put a gather stitch the flat bottom of the small petals until they are all stitched together in a row. Pull the thread to gather the petals and tie a knot but DO NOT cut the thread yet. Wrap the petals around to start forming the clover and stay stitch it in place, now you can cut the thread. Glue the round base to the center of the clover. Glue on the...

My girl friend Julie needed a little something extra for an outfit she was putting together. So we had a crafty-beer-pizza night...which is a perfect nite for me. After chit chatting, a brew and sifting through loads of feathers and other supplies this is what we came up with...we both totally love it so I wanted to share what we did. Not bad for a beer and pizza night.

My husband and I aren't what you would call a lovey couple. So our Valentine's day doesn't usually come with candy hearts with sweet sayings or mushy bad poetry Hallmark cards. Usually I try to make him something or buy him a little something handmade. This year I got him a zombie tshirt from Geek Things on Etsy and decided to make him a card that truly expresses how I feel about him...that I love him to pieces. If you feel the same about your sweetie, feel free to download this artwork and give it to your Valentine. Click here to download a pdf of this card . The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .

If your love is salty, delicious and even better with vodka...then this is the card for you. Sweets are overdone on Valentine's day so go the savory route and give your salty love this "Olive You" card. Click here to download a pdf of this card . Special thanks (and a martini) to my friend Michele Poet for coming up with this clever card! The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .

Need a card for your special someone? Well look no further! Nothing says I love you more than a card with a sheep on it. Shepherd your sweeties love with a homemade card this year. Click here to download a pdf of this card . The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .