8 posts tagged “boundto”

I'm not really big on making holiday items because they can't be used any other time of the year. But I do love the holidays! I picked up these papers to make these journals because I thought they were subtle, but had a hink of holiday :)  Plus they were just plain cute.

Cupcake Journal - Large

Winter Hot Cocoa - Mini Journal or Notebook

Check out the journals here

Bound.To

its done! my new logo is done! i love it! 

About a month or two ago, I contacted Rakel Ingero after seeing some of her previous work (check out her portfolio: www.ingero.com).  She is so friendly and really great to work with.  I wasn't completely sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want it to be something so obvious, like just a book.  I thought it would be cute to use a small animal like a hedgehog, mouse, or possum.  I decided on the hedgehog after Rakel wisely pointed out that possums are kind of creepy looking :)

I was a little indesisive at times but she totally worked with me.  When I mentioned that I'd like a little color added in somewhere, she added the adorable bird and snail. 

i changed the banner and avatar in my shop too, they're pretty basic looking right now, but I think it makes the banner look nice and clean.  I might do some tweaking later.

Celery Green Dandelion - Large Sketchbook or Notebook

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Special thanks to Jan from scoutie girl for including my Dandelions notebook in her recent friday scout out. Check out here blog to see the other fantastic Etsians featured and to check out her Indie Goodness Giveaway.

I recently got an iphone (after my friend used the Google maps/GPS function on hers to locate a froyo place when we spontaneously decided we needed to go one day in DC, I had to have one...well there are a million other cool features too). I wanted to find a cute case so it wouldn't get all scratched up like my old ipod, but I wanted it to be unique.  And where do you turn when you want something unique? Etsy of course. 

tabidesigns

I bought this one from Etsy seller tabidesigns, she's in Sydney, Australia but she got it to me so quick and I love it. She also has adorable art prints and ACEOs in her shop.

DrikaB

DrikaB

While I was searching on Etsy, I also fell in love with this wristlet from DrikaB and bought it. She does amazing work and really pays attention to detail, even adding a cute little handmade leaves zipper pull.  Not only does it fit in my big everyday bag, but its great for when I just want to take my keys, wallet, and cell somewhere. love it.  

tangy sweet

I had a pretty fun weekend.  First on Saturday, one of my best friends and I went downtown to eat at Teaism, our new favorite restaurant, and we went to tangy sweet. If you've never had tangy sweet, pink berry, or mr. yogato, you must go if there is one in your area! It is so good!  My BF and I determined that it kind of tastes like a mix of yogurt and italian ice.  Oh and the fresh fruit!  They don't use that syrupy, mushy fruit as toppings. They have the sweetest strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc! I am so craving some right now!

Anyway, enough about the froyo. I finally sucked it up and bought a gocco, I've been dying to buy one for years, and finally bought one on Ebay and it came this weekend! I bought a used one, but it came with everything, and extra ink.  I spent most of sunday playing with it, its actually a lot of fun. The masters are a lot easier to make than the silkscreens I usually make with photo emulsion, and a lot quicker! But they are definatly harder to clean.

I'm working on getting Saidie back up and running soon, and this time I will be using my original artwork for my silkscreened clothing, as well as a few other printed items. <---- (here's a little peek, coming soon :)

I also made these notebooks this weekend and listed them in my Bound.To etsy shop. I was so excited to get that fab yellow paper in last week!

Apparently, there is 100% chance of rain/wind tomorrow.

So much for my fun day with my friends that I haven't seen in weeks!

 I think there will be two of us trying to tough it out, even though it may get pretty bad since Hanna is heading our way.  It won't be a tropical storm by the time it hits us since we're in northern VA, but it might still be bad. Crossing my fingers! 

I think I am going to head to Target tonight and get some rain boots, found some kinda cute ones on thier website and I'm hoping they have at least one of these in the store I go to.

littlebrownpen

Speaking of rain boots, aren't these "little red wellies" by Etsy seller littlebrownpen so cute!

I met a friend of mine at my last job who had transferred from the west coast. When I found out she was interested in art I was so excited because none of my friends are interested in it like I am.  I suggested taking her downtown to D.C. to visit some of the art galleries and I realized that I totally take living 20 mins from D.C. for granted.  Growing up as a kid, many of us in the Northern VA area visit DC for the museums and such for school, and then when we got older only went there for the bars.  I totally forgot how much culture there is there.  Now we go down every couple of weeks, and I fall in love with D.C. all over again. She has dubbed them our "gallery crawls" and we have so much fun together, she is like my west coast counter part, we have more in common than any other person I've ever met, I'm so glad she moved here!

This weekend we are going to the National Gallery, the Corcoran and then dinner at this great place called Teaism, then we'll head over to Tangy Sweet, the best ice cream ever! For anyone who is familiar with Pinkberry, its very similar.  The bonus is that my long time friend (since I was 5!) is coming with us, so I'm super excited to spend time with my 2 favorite girls this weekend, haven't seen them for a few weeks.

Then in a few more weeks, we're going to Crafty Bastards! I always say I'm going to try and sign up for it every year, but whenever it comes around, I never feel like I would have the stock to do it. But I go every year and always find great stuff.   

Decor8

Speaking of crafty, my Etsy shop was one of Decor8's Etsy Take Five Tuesdays this week! I feel so honored, expecially after seeing some of the other Etsians featured! If you have never seen Decor8's blog it is one of the best blogs on the web and you should totally check it out here.

If you'd like to see the post about my shop you can go here. 

Hi everyone! I know it has been a long time since I have posted here, but I was away for awhile.  To make a long story

short I was working a pretty stressful, overwhelming job that didn't give me much time for Etsy.  I was laid-off about a month or two ago, and it was a blessing in disguise! I love my new job and I have my life back:)

While I was at home for about a month between my two jobs, I learned the craft of bookbinding and I love it! I have set up another shop on Etsy called Bound.To. I'm still going to continue with Saidie (in fact I'm in the midst of designing some new items for the shop) but I've been focusing on my new store Bound.To and that is why my Saidie shop is empty at the moment :)

I make handbound notebooks/journals, sketchbooks, address books, and photo albums. I also print on moleskines for any of you who are moleskine fans :) 

I'm going to use this blog for both Bound.To and Saidie because I already have seperate flickrs, facebook page, e-mail address, and so on. As bad as I am about keeping up my blog, I don't think I could manage two of them :)

Bound.To is also on Flickr and Facebook - Store Page and My Page.