Greetings

Before jewelry design, I actually began my crafting journey by making greeting cards! Though I have little time to devote to it these days, I do still enjoy playing with paper and glue, laying out different 'scenes' with vintage images and found bits. Not much different from assemblage jewelry, but in a more light-hearted medium.


Since I had a bit of extra time on my hands last week (vacation from my day job!), I spent one entire afternoon putting some cards together that I can use throughout the year to send to friends and family for birthdays and other occasions. Here is my desk mid-construction - kind of a mess!


With the help of the French General and K. and Co. lines of papers and embellishments, both available at Michael's, I was able to assemble over 40 cards in a snap!



How great are these French-inspired textured labels? Just peel and stick!



They even have cameos available! Jewelry for your cards!



I always like to include a little handmade 'thank you' note in each of my jewelry orders, so you may be receiving one of these with your next purchase from The French Circus.


I hope you've enjoyed seeing another side of my creative endeavors. New jewelry designs will be coming to my Etsy shoppe on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend! :)

Spring Greetings

Although the official start of spring was a couple of weeks ago, we're finally getting some warm, sunshiney weather in the bay area, so I wanted to usher in the season properly. Here are some greeting cards I recently created using die cut flowers, butterflies and bees from K & Company. I added some pop dots for a bit of dimension, and rubber stamped images of 18th century women (my favourite era!) for good measure. Happy printemps, everyone! :)

Vintage Valentines

Valentine's Day is probably my favorite holiday visually speaking. I've always been drawn to the romantic images in shades of pink and red. Several months ago, my dear friend Tomas sent me some lovely vintage cards he found at an Atlanta flea market, which you see here.



Taking a cue from our Victorian valentine masters, I created a few of my own cards this year (below) that I'll be sending to friends and family. I simply painted large white hearts on cardstock for the background, then attached scrap images and punched ledger hearts, topped off with seam binding and rubber stamps. For more delicious card-making ideas with detailed materials and instructions, please visit my good friend Sharon's blog, The Teacup Incident. (Sharon also created my lovely banner!) How do you like to honour your sweethearts?