What we're about...

What we're about...

We love UPCYCLED art and a unique gift idea, so we work to create unusual frames and upcycled SCRABBLE ART– like Scrabble jewelry. We have Scrabble art for dog lovers (because we specialize in vintage dog stuff), but we also have other themed Scrabble jewelry and we’re adding more all the time!

Some of the newest themes we’ve added to our Scrabble jewelry include Star Wars, Van Gogh, Harry Potter and Banned Books and Paris…plus many more! You just never know what upcycled SCRABBLE ART we’ll come up with next…we love creating new Scrabble jewelry!!

We specialize in unique gift ideas for dog lovers, so we hope people will check us out when looking for upcycled dog jewelry or a cool DOG FRAME. We work hard to have lots to offer!

Our journey is crazy busy sometimes, the financial end can be a struggle, we don’t know how we’ll keep going, but then…oh my…the ideas come, people send wonderful notes about our stuff, and we’re working together for ourselves. So…our handcrafted journey continues. We hope you’ll stop by now and then. We love that this business opens us up to the whole world…how amazing of a journey is that!
Showing posts with label Unusual Gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unusual Gifts. Show all posts

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Slow Start to Holiday Buying Season

It's been a slow start to the buying season.  We've kept track of each week's sales for the past few years, and this year is by far the slowest start.  However, it has picked up the last few days.  We've had more views of our Scrabble jewelry and vintage art dog frames.  Even views had been slow up until then.  It's been an odd season on Etsy.  We were cruising along, but when we were used to sales picking up, they didn't. Scary...to say the least.

At any rate, these things do happen when you have your own business, but it's always disconcerting because we count on holiday traffic to make it through the year and to catch-up on things.  We are confident that sales will continue as they did this past week, but there is always that little worry-bug.

Thought we'd share some of the favorite Scrabble bracelets that people seem to be liking this year:

Anne of Green Gables Quote Bracelet

Thanksgiving Jewelry - Scrabble Bracelet

Greyhound Dog Scrabble Bracelet

Cook's Gift!  Foodie Scrabble Bracelet

Our quote pendants always seem to be popular.  They are so fun to make!  The beads add a little pizazz to them.  We have plain bail pendants as well, but we enjoy embellishing them with the beads.
Jane Austen Quote Pendant - "You Pierce My Soul."

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Pendant - "Scatter Joy!"

Our dog items generally do well. 
Dachshund Pendant


Well, that's it for now.  Maybe we'll get so busy that there will be no time to write until after Christmas! 



Sunday, August 24, 2014

Summer's End

Labor Day is upon us.  It's been a busy summer.  We try to get ahead so we will be prepared for the holiday season.  It's right about now that I start feeling the pressure to have more inventory of Scrabble jewelry and Vintage Art Frames completed for the holiday buying season.  As anyone who has a crafting business knows, it takes a long time to create products.  We hate to lose out on the sales during that time of the year, but we can only do so much, and quite honestly we sometimes need a break from the long hours it takes to get everything made.

At any rate, we had a couple of big orders come in the last couple of weeks.  That was good because with the end of summer and the transition to starting school, it always slows down for a few weeks.  Always scary to see those revenue dollars drop, but at least it is somewhat expected.

I made a set of frames that last few days.  Our frame inventory is quite low and will be limited this holiday season.  I did enjoy making them.  They were a nice break from the Scrabble bracelets.  Even though I love how the Scrabble bracelets turn out, they do get tiring to make at times with the precision that is needed.

Well, the next time I write, it will be September and fall will almost be here.  I do like that our summers here in Washington tend to run into September and even part of October at times with warmer weather and little rain, but the leaves will still drop and the daylight hours will still get shorter.  By October and November the rains will be back and cooler temps will move in.  That's okay though.  I love fall and the start of the holidays season!

Here are a few of the frames that I made last week:

Brittany Dog Photo Frame

Border Collie Picture Frame

French Bulldog Frame

Looking towards the fall, here are a couple of bracelets just for the season!
Fall Leaf / Autumn Scrabble Bracelet

Halloween Scrabble Bracelet



Till next time, we hope you have a safe and fun Labor Day!



Saturday, May 24, 2014

Graduation Gift - SCRABBLE Jewelry

Graduation time is upon us!  High school, college, kindergarten...whatever the stepping stone...always a celebration.

My nephew is graduating from college in two weeks.  Hard to believe.  We are looking forward to attending the ceremony.  My two nieces are continuing their college education with a couple more years to go.  I'm always so proud of their hard work.  It has not been an easy journey for all of them, but they stuck with it.  Hats off to them.

In honor of this special time of year, we have created a unique graduation gift - actually a few different styles.  One can even be a personalized graduation gift if desired.

Here they are:

Graduation Scrabble Bracelet

Personalized Graduation Gift Necklace

Graduation Scrabble Bracelet

Graduation Scrabble Bracelet


Congratulations to all 2014 Graduates!


Saturday, April 5, 2014

Shakespeare Quotes, Wassily Kandinsky and Beach Bracelets!

It's been a great couple of weeks!  Even though business has picked up again, I was still able to create quite a few new Scrabble bracelets!  That always makes a good week!


Here are four of our new Scrabble bracelets...

Shakespeare Quote Bracelet.  Quote bracelets are always popular and I enjoy making them.  They take more time because the tiles are made differently from our normal image files, but they generally turn out well and people seem to like them.

SHAKESPEARE QUOTE BRACELET

Shakespeare Quotes
Shakespeare Quotes
Shakespeare Quotes


















Wassily Kandinsky Bracelet.  Considered the father of abstract art and a modernist.  He was originally from Russia, but spent the latter part of his life in France.  His art makes fabulous bracelets, but I found it was more challenging than some of the bracelets to figure out which beads to use.  You wouldn't think it would be an issue with all the colors he used, but with the nature of the art, it was really east to overwhelm the bracelet with the beads.  In the end, I opted for a nice smooth round black bead with silver spacers.  Nice!

WASSILY KANDINSKY BRACELET

Wassily Kandinsky Bracelet











Wassily Kandinsky Bracelet
Wassily Kandinsky Bracelet



Two Beach Bracelets.  We had fun creating these two beach bracelets.  One with vintage art of different beach scenes the other of seashells from the seashore!  So many fond memories of the ocean beaches!

SHELL BEACH BRACELET
Shell Bracelet
Shell Bracelet
















VINTAGE BEACH SCENES BRACELET
Beach Bracelet
Beach Bracelet

















More next time....