Craftacular 2014!

Well I survived my craft show! Love of Character had a booth at a Wichita craft fair called Craftacular and it was a great learning experience. Plus, I got to get my name out there and was able to show off some of the fun things I've been working on lately! My booth turned out really cute, so I thought I would share it with you all:

Make your own box! Pick the hair ties, note cards, confetti pop and box - I'll put a quote on it and viola!

New note cards I'm making for the Little Boxes of Character!

My amazing husband made this totally awesome peg board display to hang my pictures!

Photos via me

I would not have been able to make it through the day without Dustin - he seriously helped so much! There is a lot of work that goes into packing up and setting up a craft fair display. He also checked in on me and made sure I was doing ok - much appreciated! I also wouldn't have had as much fun as I did without my fabulous friends stopping bye - seriously meant the world to me! Like I said earlier, it was a great learning experience and great place to try my booth out. I sold some silhouettes, boxes and hair ties and was able to try out that handy little Square - a must for events like this! Hopefully I will be able to try this out again and put to use the things I learned. Thanks for all of your encouragement - wouldn't be able to do it without you!

I still have a couple Halloween boxes available this week if anyone needs a good Halloween hostess gift! Just shoot me a note and I can get it over to you. They are $12 and here is a picture of the goodies inside:

Hair Ties, Candy Kabobs, Halloween bucket with candy, Paper Straws & Notecards

Lots of Love,

Craftacular 2014 - Love of Character Appearance

A couple weeks ago I told you all I had two business announcements to make. The first one was of course Holiday Galleria and now that I've survived that, I'm ready to share the second one. I will have a booth at the Craftacular event this month! The event details are as follows:

I was asked by a Wichita local on Etsy to sell my silhouette pictures and I decided to take on the opportunity - why not! I will be selling my silhouettes, Little Boxes of Character and Love of Character Hair Ties & Headbands. 

If you are in the area that day and looking for something fun to do, I would greatly appreciate your support! Plus, it's a free event where you can come out and support local artisans. The Facebook event page has more of the details!

I will be keeping everyone posted on the products I make to prepare (mainly fun boxes for the upcoming holidays!) and on the booth that I work on putting together - that part makes me nervous! Luckily, Dustin has said he will help and I think we have some good ideas to use. Hope that some of you will be able to venture out that way and check out the event!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a pack of hair ties!

Lots of Love,

Pet Silhouettes

I have a very exciting announcement to make! A fun pet company called LeLePets asked me to make some pet silhouettes for them to have in a sale! Their website is similar to other sample sale websites where they have daily sales that offer fun products at a discount. Their website is focused around people's love for their pets. They have fun sales that include items such as fun collars, pet toys, personalized pet portraits and other unique items from small businesses.

www.lelepets.com

When they e-mailed me about a month ago, I was very excited to work with them and to start making some fun pet silhouettes. I think that my silhouettes are a great and playful way to incorporate your pet into a room. I got busy and made quite a few. I wanted to give you all a sneak peak at some of my favorites before the sale, which is next Wednesday, May 21st. If you see any that match your pet or that you like for fun, this is a great time to buy because you will get them at a discount! Here are 5 out of the 11 that will be for sale:

photos via me

Check out the sale next Wednesday, May 21st to see the rest of the designs!

Also, remember that you can always custom order one that is of your type of pet with colors/designs that match your style. Check back on the blog next week for a special deal just for my readers!

Lots of Love,

Etsy Shop Grand Opening!

It's official - my Etsy shop is now open! I am so excited and cannot wait for you all to go and check it out:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LoveofCharacter

Please let me know what you think of the shop and I hope that you like the work I have done so far. I am very happy with the pieces and I am excited to make some more to post. I also added the "Custom Made" listing, so if you are wanting to order something in particular you can order from there.

Local or nearby friends: if you want to order from my Etsy shop, I can refund your shipping cost and just have you get it from me here!

For the millionth time, thank you for your support and any advice/feedback is greatly appreciated!

Lots of Love,

Silhouette Pictures

Over the past couple years, my favorite baby shower gift has been homemade silhouette pictures. They are perfect because you can customize them to the colors and theme of the nursery. Some are very girly, some neutral and some boyish. Some like elephants, some dogs and some birds. I have done them all and love trying out the different shapes. You can do a single framed picture or double them up. For the Barbie head silhouettes I did for baby Lillie, we made a mix of 6. Turned out very fun!

The keys to a great silhouette picture are the shape and the paper. The shape is important because some things don't look right as a simple silhouette. I once cut out an elephant and when I was done cutting it all out, it looked like an awkward blob because the trunk wrapped up in a weird way. The paper can make or break your project. I like to do a textured solid color on the outside and a fun pattern as the background paper for the silhouette. Make sure the colors coordinate, and make sure they work with the room's color scheme. Looking at the bedding is a good way to capture the color scheme for the room if you are having a hard time.

Here are some of the fun silhouettes I have made in the past:

Very first one! Made for my cousin's baby, Addie. Love the flower print.

Hung up in her cute nursery. Fun to see them added to other fun prints.

Barbie heads created for fancy baby Lillie.

Elephants for my friend's baby Minnie and her elephant themed nursery.

Love how she collaged the wall!

"Tweet Tweets" as baby Lizzie likes to call them.

Cute and girly little nursey!

Girly birds for my friend's adorable baby Lindley.

Pink elephant was needed for little baby Lyla.

For Kelly's future baby (almost here!!!), I made silhouettes of her Lab and German Shepherd. Great way to incorporate your pet into a kid's room!

I like to use the cutout shape for the gift tag.
Photos via me and my fab friends with babies.

After giving my cousin Kelly her fun dog pictures on Saturday, I got some requests from her friends. I decided to start taking orders and eventually will work on getting an Etsy shop setup. For now, if you know someone that would love a silhouette or if you would love one yourself, use the contact form at the bottom of the page (or Facebook message me) and let me know what you are looking for. I can then let you know the pricing (and shipping estimate if you aren't local).

For fun, I decided to raffle off a custom made silhouette picture to one lucky winner! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Lots of Love,