Cyber Monday Stockings - FREE DRAWINGS!!!

Happy Cyber Monday!

We've stocked a lot of new printable designs at "Creative Mamas" and a few sweet ones at "A Ray of Stitches".

Visit "Creative Mamas" for 2 FREE DRAWINGS!!!

Black Friday Stocking at Creative Mamas!!!

Introducing our new printable designs! These are geared towards popular fabrics and yarn colorways.

Visit us at "Creative Mamas" today!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Enjoying a wonderful holiday with my BIL/SIL and their family. So fun to see the kids playing with their cousins. :)

Hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend!

Created Google Group for "lili lutu"

Created a Google Group for lili and set it up with the subscription box on her Blog. :)

Added Twitter Link to "lili lutu"

Customized this cute little bird to match lili's Blog colors and added it to her Blog!

Business Card Design for "Zany Zebra"

Amy Sue has started making dundies (wahoo!) and wanted them included on her business card design. Here's the newest sample with the dundies and of course her beautiful appliqued diapers. :)

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Social Networking Sites for "lili lutu", Part 2

Changed the Header for lili's Blog. Click to view larger:



Redesigned her Twitter to include her business name. Click to view larger:

Social Networking Sites for "lili lutu"

We've been working on getting lili's shop set up for social networking. :)

- Added the tagline "keeping wedding jewelry personal" to her Blog header
- Redesigned her Twitter page to match her Blog
- Added a "social networking" category to her Shop with links to her Blog and Twitter

New Blog header:


Sample Twitter layout:

Animated Banner for "Madaline Jane"

Jenny wanted an animated banner for her shop that incorporated the same types of colors and fonts. I really enjoyed making this banner. The hardest part was choosing which pictures to include because Jenny does such beautiful work!

Blog Design for "lili lutu"

I worked with lili on the design for her Hyena Carts and am excited to be working with her again to design her Blog. She liked the idea of a piece of her jewelry prominently displayed in the header, and soothing greens for the background.

Here are a couple of samples! Click image to view larger:

Animated Banners for "A Ray of Stitches"

Jessica is re-opening her shop with a lot of guest vendors. She wanted banners that reflected the colors of her shop and showed some of the lovely items that will be stocked on Black Friday and Super Saturday.

I had a lot of fun with these!

Standard 468x60 banner:


Smaller 120x60 button:

Animated Banner for "Alioop", Take 2!

Cheri liked the banner, but wanted the background brown and a different font. :)

Here's the newest version:

New Vendor Header for "Creative Mamas"

Chunky Punky is now a full-time member of the "Creative Mamas" Congo! Welcome Shannon. :)

Stocking at "Creative Mamas" Congo!

Beautiful new printable designs just in time for Thanksgiving!

Stocking begins at noon; stop by and visit us!

A few of our new designs:

Printable Design for Katrina

I participated in a fun contest and offered printable designs as rewards for the contest winners. Katrina won one of my designs and requested the "Have you Hugged a Tree?" image.

Hope you like it Katrina!

Animated Banner for "Alioop"

Cheri was looking for an animated banner to highlight her hand-dyed yarns, appliques, soft shoes, and of course, her popular wondercubes!

I matched the background from her Hyena Cart, found a couple of fun fonts to highlight her text, and added some of my favorite pictures of her items.

Stocking today at "The Enchanted Glen" Congo!

I worked up a few designs to match the Congo's new design. I love this "Star Maiden"!

Stocking today at noon; stop by and visit us!

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New Congo Design for "The Enchanted Glen"

Every so often we switch up the design for "The Enchanted Glen" Congo. This week's theme is "Star Maiden", which refers both to a Native American legend, and Astraea, a Greek Goddess.

My goal was to pair a fairy-like maiden with an ethereal, galaxy-type background. I found a beautiful painting by Warwick Goble (which is in the public domain), took the maiden out of the picture, and created a background for her to float it.

I'm very happy with the result! My sister Tanya (from Personal Photo Art) added in the little wispy embellishment and it turned out exactly as I'd hoped!

Here's the new design (click to view larger):

Happy Veteran's Day

Thank you to the many wonderful, brave veterans who serve our country. We appreciate the sacrifices offered by you and your families.

In honor of Veteran's Day I'm offering either of these printable designs for $2 off the regular price of $5. Currently customized with the airman's symbol but can be customized with your choice of yellow ribbons, army, navy, marines, etc.

Just leave a nice comment for our veterans, I'll email you a code for $2 off, and you can purchase a design here: Welcome Home Daddy - Printable Design

Note: discount offer is ongoing :)

JoyfulRose is on Facebook!

I spent a bit of time today and set up my Facebook page.

Click the image to visit and become a fan. :) Thanks for your time!

Printable Design for Krista

I participated in a fun contest and offered printable designs as rewards for the contest winners. Krista won one of my designs and requested the Cartoon Owl.

She told me she loves it and is going to put it all over everything in her house. :)

Animated Banners for "Creative Mamas" - Holidays

Here are the newest animated banners for the "Creative Mamas" congo.

We wanted to incorporate many of the upcoming holidays and I really liked the idea of a retro-type tree with snowflakes. Hopefully it's a nice representation of the season. :)

Retro Snowflake Tree

New printable design now available!

Inspiration for my Retro Snowflake Tree came from the trees in our front yard and the beautiful snow falling at country cottage this time of year. I wanted to incorporate some retro-type colors and learned a new technique in Photoshop to create the gradient color burst. :)

I'm very happy with how it turned out! I think I'll be using it as part of our family Christmas cards this year.

"Mama Made" Label Samples

Katie sews clothing and other items for her children and wanted customized "Mama Made" labels to sew onto the items.

Her first idea is a scalloped frame in light blue, block font "Made by", and easy-to-read cursive font "Mama" (both in brown, maybe with some green).

Here's my interpretation of the labels. These are 2" wide x 1/5" tall but can easily be changed. Click to view larger:



Her second label idea is an image of a cartoon-y mushroom with red top, white spots of varying sizes, and tan stem, with the words "Mama Made" underneath.

These labels are 1.5" wide x 2" tall but can easily be changed to a different size. Click to view larger:



Note: Any of the fonts can be changed. :)

New Vendor Header for "Sweet Retreat"

New vendor header "Blue Room Creations"!

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Designs for Serviceman's Child "Welcome Home Daddy"

One of the ladies on my Hyena Cart forums was looking for an image she could print out and iron-on to a shirt for her 5-year-old son. His daddy is an airman who is coming home this weekend!

I worked up a couple of images for her, incorporating the American flag, camouflage, and airman's symbol:





Thank you to all of our servicemen for the hard work you do to keep us safe.

My designs are normally $5, but for servicemen and their families/relatives/friends, these are $3.

Please see this listing if you would like to purchase one of these. I'm happy to customize the text and/or change the airmen's symbols for yellow ribbons or another basic military image for free.

My grandfather was in the Air Force for many years, and I currently have a dear cousin serving in the military.