handmade valentines by me

details, layers, gold leaf $35.00

layers of love found here for $35.00

gold leaf heart with wings layered on happy brights $35.00

love sacred love found here for $35.00

collage i love - sweetheart yummy

layers of love stitched here $15.00

really, yes only $15.00

large matchbox all original graphics and vintage bits $25.00

gorgeous hand made heart box for hiding treasures $24.00

crazy pretty vintage only $22.00

I love celebrations. I love being able to create tons of art many styles, mediums all filled with the joy I live to express. So my etsy shop is stocked with very affordable originals created by me for you to give or collect.

So much to learn and do and create just wanting to keep the fresh, love of creating alive for me and price my art for others to collect and enjoy.

Thank you for being here and liking what I do. It matters to me. I notice you. Love sweet Love.

Link to my etsy shop just in case you see something that makes your heart beat a little faster.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/kellimay

some valentines flying out of my studio

sweet little girl marigold

you make my heart happy

dreamy love

a snappy little collection

Creating some new fun cards in the studio. Taking my love of vintage, silly, words and patterns ~ not to forget color. I am creating some new little card tags. I have always made cards in one form or another. I love the handmade textures, layering, painting, sewing really all of the details that go into creating a handmade card.

This collection I am creating is so much fun to create. I have found that I have ideas just swirling around in my head so I figured just design them. I am.

For today just sharing a few new treats. Happy almost Valentines Day!

handmade birthday heart = love

start with a pile of scrap fabrics you love

cut a heart shape out of paper for a pattern and start layering your goodie

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after all the pieces are sewn on flip over, pin and sew around your heart

finished heart. stuffed with love of course.

details on the bottom. you know how i love these details.

quick sewn bag to nest it in with vintage bird tied on and handmade tag

To be honest I never really know if friends like handmade presents? I think they do. I for one would much rather receive a gift handmade. So with that I show and tell you how simply a gift can be created. Read captions.

I love to create everything and think that giving something you make is so special and cannot be replaced. So for me this year it is all about handmade, vintage, lovely giving.

Quick steps to creating.
• find some random fabrics you have laying around in your pile of goodness
• make a heart shape pattern out of paper (cut a heart out like you did in grade school)
• trace the heart shape on the wrong side of the fabric (you do not want to see your lines when finished)
• before you sew the front and back together add some layers of lace, torn fabrics, goodness to one side (sew these on)
• simply pin the front to the back and sew around your heart shape
• leave a little opening for stuffing. you can stuff with cotton, batting, fill with lavender etc.
• add a few treats sewn on the top. stones, beads, crystals, words (personalize it a bit)
• sew up the side by hand with a few stitches

Instant present and so pretty. Oh, and I added a little loop of ribbon to the back for hanging.

Sweet!!! Have fun make many, you never know when you need to give a sweet gift.

nesting in my studio.

I like taking stuff laying around my studio and creating something.

A puffy Valentine pillow wreath for the front door. Hello Mr. Cardinal.

details + random stuff = fun for me.

Funny how something so silly can just start bugging me. Like vintage plastic light up santa in the front of our house. Santa is asleep until next year. Wreath of sparkly gold and silver down. Excitement for me - the need for a front door pretty. I am most happy when I can dig around my studio and find piles of random stuff and create a pretty.

Today this is my pretty a puffy heart pillow wreath. One thing I know for sure is that my mind loves the break from designing (client direction) learning, doing things that need done around the house and studio. Favorite part for me is just having no idea what I am going to do just do something that no one has to like except me.

If you would like a step by step of what my pile started with, ask me. I am most happy to give a tip or ten. Smiles.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kellimay my little etsy shop will have more wreaths made my me soon. very soon.

on the path of another dream. starting now.

knowing I have traveled here and seen this inspires me to dream big

textures and history with water = dreamy peace

I am on this path to all things discovered coming true

I adore layers. A wall filled with pages I created. Feels like home.

I decided to start making more of my life dreams happen. NOW. I have refreshed my blog page design (I need to start doing more of that) I am a designer after all. I just have a bit of a struggle with the template stuff in blogger.

I have decided that since I  adore layers in my design and life I need to own this and build on it.

I am starting today with a new journey that will hopefully create my artistic life into a new wild ride of success for the creative I love.

I hope you will follow me on my new paths. I have several new projects in the works and plan to share them all.

Creative link to me http://www.facebook.com/730Thursday