Three years later...100+ items on Etsy!

It's been so long since I've done any sort of blogging that I had to search for this post from October 2012 to see how far I've come with my Etsy card shop. I still remember the excitement of starting with three sets of flourish die cuts made with glitter paper from JoAnn's and my Silhouette. Within three weeks of listing them I sold my first set! My Etsy shop has been plugging along ever since and I now have just over 100 listings!

My Etsy shop has evolved over the past 3.5 years with lots of experiments. I've sold dancer die cuts, plain tags, cards, gift card holders, paper flowers and clothespin magnets. The dancer die cuts were very popular but man, those were tedious to make! Their little hands would crumple up on the mat and curse words would fly out of my mouth! I got tired of getting angry and making things that don't bring me joy so I gave up the die cuts. I also gave up plain tags when I started having the same issues with the die cutter. Some of that was operator error and it took me awhile to figure out my machine (four years to be exact!). After a long break from selling tags, I introduced some mini baby tags a few months ago. The baby boy favor tags are the most popular so I imagine there's going to be a baby boy boom this year!

So now onto the cards I've made that really make me smile.

This orange polka dot paper purse gift card holder is so bright and cheery!

Simple but straight to the point. Who doesn't need a little Woo Hoo in their life?

And one more because I'm really happy with how this Father's Day card came out. 

That's all for today! Thanks for reading!

Pieces of Me Paper Crafts on Etsy

Free 12x12 scrapbook page sketch for 8x10 photo

Hello out there to anyone who's reading! I've been slowly working my way back into blogging by doing a little tweaking and housecleaning here. I tidied up the sidebar so hopefully things load quicker. I'm not sure how often I'll be posting but I hope to get back into it at least once or twice a week.
I've always enjoyed creating free scrapbook sketches to share on this blog. The sketch below has been bouncing around in my head for a couple of months (I don't scrapbook nearly as much as I used to) and I finally created a digital version. My daughter's senior photo package came with an extra 8x10 photo (photographer's mistake). I wanted to come up with a simple but nice layout idea that will also accommodate the different poses we got in wallet size. I may have to use rectangles instead of circles on my own layout. The large photo area can also be divided into 2 or 3 smaller photos. The beauty of sketches is that you just use them as a guide and do your own thing!

Check the links on the right sidebar for my older free sketches. I hope to add new ones in the coming weeks and months. Thanks for visiting!

12x12 scrapbook sketch for 8x10 photo

Feel free to print and share this with others but please don't claim it as your own.