Etsy Spotlight: The Angelorian Tradition & Giveaway

I have a new Etsy shop to tell you about, The Angelorian Tradition.  Crystal has a fabulous variety of metal stamped vintage flatware, custom guitar picks, one of a kind wedding favors and accessories, craft supplies, party supplies, home decor and jewelry items just to name a few.

Crystal started her shop in early July 2012 out of her home.  She can often be found working on an order in her shop area in the corner of her garage or in her art room upstairs devising something new!  Being creative and precise to the greatest possible degree are a part of her creative drive and passion, but with age Crystal has come to understand that sometimes it is the little flaws of handmade character that makes something beautiful and absolutely unique.  I totally agree with you on this Crystal!

Check out these awesome custom herb markers!

And how fun are these custom puzzle stamped key chains?

These rainbow swirl cupcake liners would be a great addition at any bash.

And if you know my husband and his passion for ice cream this would be the perfect addition in his sock for Christmas. 

And what a unique way to pop the big question!

If you haven't done so yet, head on over to Crystal's shop here and take a look around.

If you would like to make a purchase at The Angelorian Tradition I have a special coupon code just for you!  Use the Coupon Code: CUMA1 to receive 15% off $5.00+ purchase (expires July 8th).

Angelorian Tradition Prize Pack

How about a giveaway?  Crystal has generously offered a prize pack containing a pink resin rose pin ($6), a hand-made pink wool felt barrette/pin flower ($6.50), a re-sizable peach resin rose ring ($6), an Irish penny from the 1960's Lucky Magnet ($2), a roll (5.5 yards x 1/2 inch) of floral fabric tape ($2.40), a pink velvet ribbon and a Swarovski crystal book mark ($4) for a total value of $26.90!  Enter below and good luck!

  a Rafflecopter giveaway

Etsy Spotlight: Creating Paper Memories

I have a new Etsy shop to tell you about, creatingapapermemory!  Dee has an assortment of paper products from thank you notes, candy wrappers, stickers, water bottle labels, invitations, seating charts, bookmarks and so much more!  If you have an upcoming special event you should visit Dee.  She personalizes items for weddings, baby showers, you get the idea.

I recently worked with Dee for a baby shower I was co-hosting with three lovely ladies.  The shower theme was baby animals with a centering on giraffes.  Just take a look at some of the items that Dee sent me.

 These are advice cards for everyone to fill out for Mom and baby.  My friend's name is Jenn and she will be having a son, Ethan!

 These labels worked perfectly for candy favors.  You just wrap them around Hershey's Nuggets - they stick themselves.

All finished.  One side reads Jennifer's Shower, the other side reads 5-4-13 and the underside reads Thanks for sharing my special day!

These are adhesive stickers that can be used for favor boxes but I used them as embellishments.  

 A centerpiece with the themed sticker.  (Note - another friend made these centerpieces, fun right?)

And the cutest Thank You notes.  You fold them and the other side reads - Thank You for making my shower special!  Dee also sent the cutest coordinating return address labels but I don't have a photo of that or you would know where my girlfriend lives.

 Display Table

Our display table was set up so that everyone would fill out an advice card and place it in the basket, self address and envelope (one less thing for Jenn to have to do) and take a chocolate or two - not a bad set-up, right?

What do you think?  I thought Dee's personalized giraffe items were absolutely perfect and really helped pull the whole thing together. 

You can check out Dee's complete Etsy shop here (make sure to add her shop to your favorites while you are there) and her website, Creating Paper Memories,  here.

Disclosure:  All opinions expressed are 100% my own.  Thanks so much to Dee and creatingapapermemory for sending the above items for review.

Etsy Spotlight: If Only Lola Lee

I have a new Etsy shop to tell you about, If Only Lola Lee!  The owner, Mattie, makes beautiful graduation announcements and invitations for baby showers, birthdays, weddings, and all your special event needs.

Mattie first started when she made her own wedding invitation almost six years ago.  How fun is that?   She fell in love with designing and creating stationery.  She recently opened up her Etsy shop in February of this year and is looking forward to watching it grow successfully.  I really do not think that will be a problem Mattie!

I had the privilege to work with Mattie recently as she designed C's Shark Themed Birthday invitation.  His party is coming up this month.  Check it out below!

Oh and I should let you know, here is the information I gave Mattie.  My son is having a shark themed birthday party and I was thinking the colors would be blue (for sure) and maybe orange and red.  I hope that paints the picture, that is all the info that Mattie had.

She designed two different options for me to choose from.  I actually liked them both but I liked the one I picked slightly better.  I then gave her the party details, etc.

Our package arrived in perfect condition!  I loved the wrapping :).

I had to block out the date and time and place but I hope you can still see how amazing they are!

 Under the red felt is the party info.  What do you think?  I love all the detail!

 Shark Attack Title

 A close up of one of the sharks.

When I asked C what he thought he replied, "Awesome, these are so cool Mom!".  You nailed it Mattie.

C was so excited to get his first batch of invites in the mail!

I have to spotlight one more creation as I am a huge Scrabble, Word with Friends fan here.  Check out the below save the date word with friends inspired announcement - I love this!

 So creative

You can connect with Mattie on facebook here, Etsy here and even twitter here.  Please check out her blog here - it is pretty awesome!  And if you need any invitations made I would definitely recommend If Only Lee!

Disclosure:  Mattie generously provided me with C's custom designed shark themed birthday invitations at no cost.  All opinions expressed are 100% my own.