Thanks baahar!

A treasury i am in has made it to the front page of etsy! My papercut birds on paper wires in a frame was the lucky design and you can see the other treasury picks alongside mine. This is a great collection and really well put together, all the colours and tones work so well together, thanks baahar! (You can find baahar's shops here and here)

Oh and thanks to Helene Smith for being my 100th follower : D

{feeling ill.......looking forward to christmas}

As im am feeling so ill, achy and have a sore throat, i thought i would have an early Christmassy post, to make me feel better.

This time of year i am normally engrossed in university work, but i am already thinking about Christmas as i have to start creating and listing things in my shop for the Christmas holiday. I have some good ideas I need to get started on, i just need to buy the supplies. aaaaaaaaaand back to Christmas, I love wrapping all the presents, the food, all the smells i associate with Christmas, such as cinnamon, clove, vanilla, all kinds of other spices and wrapping up warm and having a nice big coffee while listening to some Billie Holiday. I'm excited for Christmas now!

Oh and I have also created a treasury, all based on maps and their reuse into something nice. You can find it here.

[Photo by Erin Gonzalez] found via Flickr.

{update}

(I will warn you now that this post is a little self indulgent but i am really proud and pleased!)

I made it to the front page of etsy yesterday and my "Why is a raven..." papercut quote got put into the Halloween gift guides for Tricks, Treats and Parties, while my birds on wires papercut illustration got put into the Halloween gift guide for Halloween decor! While im on the subject of etsy, i have two treasuries on the go too, one for typography and one for Halloween inspired birds, check them out and see what ya think : )

I got so many hearts and views on my papercuts from the front page feature (about 1000 views!!), a few messages and a sale to wake up to today, so im all happy. Plus I also recently posted the same papercuts on society6 and they got promoted by three people!

In other news, I have recently been tweeting to Heather Moore aka Skinny laMinx (a person who first inspired me with her papercutting) and Hannah Nunn ( who creates amazing papercut lamps here) and both complemented my work, which is such an achievement for me as both of them create such great things! and today i picked up my printed books of my A-Z birds. Once i get them all hand bound and trimmed i will be giving one away right here on my blog (more another time)

This has all happened so fast and i definitely wasn't prepared for it, but lets hope this is the start that my etsy shop needed to get going with regular sales and i am pleased to have made some new internet friends with similar interests!

(phew, self indulgence over.....thanks for reading all this, if you did!)

{treasury take two!}

I was on my computer at the time and realised there was a treasury spot opening, so i went ahead and found some of my favourite typographic treats...........you can find the treasury here.

{etsy update}

I managed to snag myself my very first treasury!
I used the poster sketch tool before hand and had a little dry run, i also used tips and advice from owlonthesill. She has a great little guide on how to create your treasury and this is what i used to help me get mine! I based it on triangular patterns/illustrations and im quite pleased with the outcome. (a small screen shot below)

{first treasury!!!!}

yay! my frozen leaf photograph/postcard is in a treasury!
It's the first time i have ever had anything in a treasury, thanks so much HomemadeforHim!