Handmade Mania week 69

Hiya, good day, and welcome to a fresh week of Handmade Mania! What is this post you ask? This is a weekly link up for handmade products within your online shop to help them be seen by a whole new group of people! By you linking up and sharing others, others share your products on their social medias, putting you in front of new group of people. And by doing so, you are building upon your crafty network of exposure with minimal effort. Please, make sure to share this link up with another amazing handmadelove indie shop! Then we all will meet someone new. 
   
I love indie shops as much as I love handmade goods and wish to grow my crafty indie network, I do my best to share all of the shops that link up. Last weeks link up had 37 links, 65 clicks, and 244 views!  That is awesome! Thank you all so much for joining and sharing. You all make this link up work and grow. ☺

 Large Cosmetic Bag Sunshine Twist by Bally and Lis

Usagi the Rabbit (Amigurumi Critter) by JacKnits

Robot Food Tent Cards by Adore By Nat

Yellow amigurumi Chick with plastic egg by Kiser Krafts

I love all the featured shops! I am so excited to see new shops joining in and love featuring their amazing handmade products. Make sure to visit the featured shops, there are some amazing things within their shop walls! I hope to see more new indie shops join in the fun. Now onto a fresh week!

What can you link up? If you make it with your own hands, you may add it, including designed items. Please, do not link to your Facebook page or Blog posts. All other platforms excepted. 

Here are the RULES as nothing works right without a few good rules. 

You can link up to TWO individual products from your shop below for some networking/sharing fun! Select TWO products from the collection to SHARE via social media using #handmadelove.

Please share in a comment what two products you share and where. I will do my best to respond timely. Thank you! ☺

(Do not share to Pinterest without the express permission from the shop owner. Thank you.) 

By doing this, you'll be able to share EPIC handmade goodness and build your handmade network! Please share this link up with someone else this week. The more people we have join in, the more our items will be shared and seen! You sharing this link up, helps it to grow even more! I am super excited to share some EPIC Handmade Goodness this week!! Make sure to use the #handmadelove so I can find and share what you share easily. Thank you.  ☺

How to link up:
Click "add your link"
Box 1: add the URL to your Individual product hit tab
Box 2: will add product details - edit those as you wish
Box 3: put in your email address
then select a thumbnail photo and hit DONE! ☺
Share it if you wish too! They make it very easy with buttons for the main sharing platforms. 

Your item has 4 chances of being featured this up coming week! Make sure to link up, share, and share the link up with someone else! The more we share this link up, the more people are viewing our shops, and the more potential of turning a browser into a buyer. I am so excited to see what #handmadelove links you post! ☺

An InLinkz Link-up

#Happyhandmade 98 shares

I am super excited to share this weeks picks for Daft Crafts #happyhandmade week 98. There is so much handmade LOVE linked up. Here are my top products that I fell in LOVE with! 

Made with Love Necklace by Pelhauz

Two Hearts Ribbon Ruffle French Barrette by Violet's Buds

Love Block by Rustic Romance Crafts

Lavender Sachets with Heart Appliques by WSDreams

♥Kelly

96 & 97 #Happyhandmade Picks

I love the #happyhandmade weekly link up hosted on Daft Crafts blog. It is always full of handmade inspiration and gift ideas! Here are my picks from last week and this week's link up.

WEEK 96

Foxy Fingerless Knitted Gloves by Knotty Boutique
Gold Lion on Organic Black T-shirt by ImagineIf Boutique
Support Your Local Wand Maker T-shirt by Gipson Wands

WEEK 97

Create Block by Rustic Romance Crafts
I Wake up & Make Stuff by Hello Awesome
Sticker Sheets by Scrawny Girl

Make sure to visit each shop as they are all filled with AMAZING handmade goods!

♥Kelly

A New year of #creativedaily

2014 flew by quickly for me, it is hard to believe we are in a new year! I have already messed up writing the date on things a few times. But one thing I am so grateful for, is that I participated in #CreativeDaily so that I can reflect on 2014 in photos. There were some good memories and prompts that had fit them.

If you want to join in the photo fun challenge for 2015, you can start at any time - no push no shove - it is for fun. Here are the prompts for January, and you can always learn more about #creativedaily at DaftCrafts.net and Lu & Ed.

I hope to see your photos to track your new year in photos too!

 ♥Kelly

Wordless Wednesday #creativedaily round up

Mid last month to today's #creativedaily prompt. Enjoy.

A Gift that will last...

Today, I am going to be a touch mushy and real. I want to share about a gift I was given by my late Grandmama, one that is very dear to my heart.

She is the reason I know how to create, anything. She taught my Mom and my Mom taught me. But I was always heading to her "feet" to learn more. She was a sassy women who didn't put up with much guff. I miss her dearly. Before her death, among the days of me sitting at her feet learning sewing or joining her for afternoon coffee, she handed me a bin of "baby" supplies. I remember excepting the bin thinking, "What am I suppose to do with this?" I didn't speak that thought but a genuine "Thank you." She smiled and patted my hand, "I'm done making babies, it's your turn." Little did I know the treasure she handed me at the time. 

Shortly after her death, I dug into that bin, knowing the "baby" making was now my responsibility. In that bin she had all of her paper patterns for all of her doll creations. Grandmama was a very talented seamstress. She sewed slip covers for furniture, clothing, fashion re-makes, curtains, quilts, and every kind of doll you could imagine. From big and long to itty bitty. Her talents were limitless. And she supported her eight children by staying home and sewing.

The pattern above is her main doll pattern. The pieces are hand drawn and labeled in her own script. People do not know how to write anymore. Look at how beautiful the cursive writing is. Priceless. I, now, have the privilege to work with this pattern. I was not taught her doll making secrets, drat. She could have given me a few pointers at least. (hahaha ☺) But I am going to put forth my best effort to learn doll making. And do what I can to create lovable "babies".

Here is the second one I made from her pattern. I changed the way the doll was put together to make the pattern "my own". I can't cannot copy my Grandmama, I am not her, but I can continue to make the dolls she so loved to create.

This pattern was among the patterns and wasn't even cut out. But I cut it out and decided that this pattern would become one of my main dolls I hope to create.

Above is my second attempt, and I am very pleased with how she turned out. Little Miss is so excited for me to make one of her own. Which I will be doing. This pattern was enjoyable to make, I will be making more of this style. ☺

I miss Grandmama every day. But in that 'gift', within that bin, contains the connection I never realized I would need. I pull out the pattern lay it on fabric to pin and cut out pieces and I feel her beside me. I sit at my sewing machine to sew the 'baby' together to feel her watching over my shoulder. In today's world, we are so busy that we can miss out on the greatest gifts. They may be small or large. My greatest gift is the love of sewing that was instilled in me by my Mom and Grandmama and hand-drawn pattern pieces. What is your greatest gift that you have been given? Leave me a comment! I'd love to know! ☺

♥Kelly

p.s. The new Kiser Krafts Doll line will be added to kiserkrafts.storenvy.com soon! 

#happyhandmade Shares week 66

It has been a bit of time since I shared my favorites from Daft Crafts Happyhandmade link up here. Not sure what happened, but I am going to try and be better about it. I so love happyhandmade link up!! It is what inspired me to host my own: Handmade Mania, each week. Now onto sharing! ☺

First, I love Nature Junkie bowl covers!! This one is so colorful!

Second, I am so in love with this dress by Sew Anna Button! Very summery!

Lastly, I love the bright colors of these rainbow quote paintings by Maggies Crafts.

♥Kelly

Challenge Round Up

Hi! Here is the first week of March 2014 challenge round ups.

You can read more on Lu & Ed's blog  HERE

You can read more about it on Squshies blog HERE.







Day 1: Relaxing & Lemur

 

 Day 2: Wish & Wombat

Day 3: Mint & Dragon

Day 4: Kindness & Tawny Frog Mouth

Day 5: Big & Rhino

So here is what I have so far...sorry for them being sideways. They did that when I transferred them over.  And I have yet to figure out why and how to fix it. I do apologize.

Remember, you can join in these challenges any time. They are open and for fun!

♥Kelly

Challenge Round up

Good Morning!! Happy Hump Day!!

This last is the last week of #creativedaily and #dailyzoodle for the month February.

But you can still jump right in if you wish! 

 

Now I fell off and a few of these days due to having the flu in my home. One tyke got sick then the rest of us followed right after. I was one busy momma. So my re-cap is going to missing some of these prompts. And that is the cool part of these challenges. They are fun and if you miss one, no big deal. Just pick up when you can.

Day 12: Red, White, Pink ; Dolphin

Day 13: Hearts ; Chameleon

Day 14: Valentine ; Anteater

Day 17: Work; Panada

Day 18 Texture; Aardvark

Day 19: Obsession; Opossum

Day 20 Childhood

Day 24: Button

Day 25: Measure twice cut once; Shark

So now we are somewhat caught up with today. I am so excited to share that both #creativedaily and #dailyzoodle will continue into March!! That means you can join right in!! Lu & Ed and Squshies have released the new prompt graphics!! So exciting! It is so much fun to see ALL the different photos and drawings. I hope to see yours in the mix! (You can read more about #creativedaily HERE)

♥Kelly