Archives for August 2010

Happy Friday the 13th and check out the sweet little creepers at my house:

Just does not get much better than that, but I may be bias.

I have tons of orders that were completed this week and have been dying to share them…SO SO much going on at our house lately and lots of fun things to share soon.

So here are some orders:  These first bracelets were ordered by Stephanie in Illinois.  She wanted a 3/4″ pendant “mama forever” for herself and a 3/4″ Ethiopia bracelet for a dear friend.  Thanks so much Stephanie.

This sweet bracelet was ordered by Ashley in Kentucky.  Ashley wanted the 3/4″ size pendant with the sweet heart in the middle and then her little boys first name initials on either side and her husband’s first name initial at the top of the heart.  Such a sweet mom bracelet.  Thanks so much Ashley for your business, yet again!

These next bracelets were ordered by my friend Stef.  A good friend of hers recently passed away and she wanted some 1/2″ bracelets for herself and some other friends, as a sweet reminder of their friend who passed away.  She loved the heart and wanted her friends initials underneath it.  Such sweet reminder.  Thanks so much Stef.

This next order of key fobs was placed by Cara in Texas.  Cara is a teacher and she ordered several key fobs for her teacher friends, along with one for herself.  I love these!  Each one has the teacher’s name and then a small encouragement.  You better believe Harper’s teachers at Mothers Day Out will be getting something along these lines this year…love them.  Thanks so much Cara and hope everyone likes their fob!

These next key fobs were ordered by my cousin Amy in Collierville.  The adorable fruit key fob just may be my new favorite.  Thanks so much Amy and hope you love them.

This next group of key fobs were ordered by Victoria in Pennsylvania, Shelley in Mount Juliet, Tn and Angie in Nashville, Tn.  Thanks so much ladies and hope you love them.

These next key fobs were ordered by Sarah in Hendersonville, Tn.  Thanks so much Sarah for your business.

These key fobs are headed to Melinda in Illinois and Amanda in Knoxville, Tn.  Africa and Vietnam designs…Love it!

Melinda also needed an Africa tee.  I love this color combo.  Hope you have an amazing trip Melinda and thank you again for your business.

And Amanda also needed a Vietnam tee with some love.  Thanks so much Amanda.

So that about covers it.  Have a happy Friday!

I wanted a catchy title for this post, not really sure why, but Marvelous Monday was all I could come up with…I know, pretty lame, but I tried.  There are so many exciting things going on in the Kelley household lately, but we have also been over taken by some sort of virus…right not the score is The Kelleys 0 Virus 2.  Both Hud and Sol have had or have it, so I haven’t been able to work quite as much.  Sol was a zombie while he was sick and would fall asleep in random places see exhibit A, B and C:

(ignore the huge mess and open attic space…I was getting ready to go consignment shopping for all the kids fall/winter clothing and had to take inventory of what I already had)

He is just now getting over it and acting more like his little sweet self.

(and this his new smile)

Hud has now spiked the fever and is down for the count.  So bare with me if I am a little slow at getting to emails this week.

And for some recent orders, this order is headed to Mary in Murfreesboro, Tn.  She wanted a sweet Korea bracelet to show some love for her sweet boy.  This size is 1/2″ sterling silver.  Thanks so much Mary and hope you love it.

This next order is headed to Jill in California.  She had been wanting an Africa tee for while and her mom bought her one for her birthday!  Thanks so much Jill and hope this was a great birthday present.

Margo in Springfield, Tn needed the perfect welcoming home gift for her sister who has spent her summer in Malawi, Africa.  Thank you so much Margo and hope your sister loves her thoughtful gift.

And these key fobs are headed to Pamela in Hendersonville, Tn and Megan in North Carolina.  Pamela is helping with a fundraiser for a family adopting from Ethiopia and needed a small door prize…I was happy to help.  And Megan just wanted a snazzy key fob to sport her keys on that would be an important constant reminder.  Thanks ladies.

This tee is headed to Carrie in Knoxville, Tn.  She wanted a special tee for a friend of hers.  She wanted the shape of Mexico and then the word joy.  I feel as though I am becoming quite the geography buff.  Love all the places tees I get to make.  Thanks again Carrie.

Lastly this sweet 1″ sterling silver pendant is going to my good friend Alissa.  Her sweet baby girl Scarlett is due at the end of October and I wanted something special to give Alissa.  Cannot wait to meet this precious little lady.

And I am a guest giveaway again this week…can you tell I love giveaways!  Another pendant bracelet will be up for grabs and I will fill you in on all the details soon.

Reminder:  This is the last day to enter to win the Be The Change bracelet.  So head over to Dreaming Big Dreams and enter to win. Happy Monday!

I am off on a new adventure in the crafty world and my heart is skipping the whole way!  I have been waiting to start the whole metal stamping, but finally thought it was just about time.  I am in love…I am having to keep myself from stamping everything in site…it is quite addictive.  I have already had some orders head out.

The 2 Ethiopia 1/2″ sterling silver charms are headed to Natalie in Virginia and Carin in Iowa.  Hope you ladies love your new charms…totally stamped with love.

There are endless possibilities with this and that is what I am most excited about.  I am working on getting some more design stamps including Africa…YEAH!!  Currently I just have the heart stamp (shown above) and an awesome little bird stamp.  I cannot wait to use it.  I have lots of letters and sizes and I can stamp names, initials, special phrases, other country names…you name it.  I am using sterling silver blanks and have sizes in 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″.  I am going to be selling the charms or I can do the bracelet style like you see in the “Be the Change” giveaway.  So email me if you are interested in getting an order started.

And for some more orders.  This bag was ordered by Terianne in Pennsylvania.  She actually mailed me her own bag and had me dress it up a bit.  Love how it turned out. Thanks so much Terianne.

These key fobs were ordered by Terianne and Elisabeth in Virgina.  Terianne wanted a key fob to go with her new bag and one for her sister.  Elisabeth came back for another “Thank You” key fob because they received another big donation for their adoption fund to bring their daughter Leah home…I cannot say how much I love this idea.  Thanks so much Elisabeth!

This Guatemala bag is headed to Stephanie in North Carolina.  Thanks Steph for being such a great returning customer.

And this last key fob is headed to Sara in Texas.  She needed a sweet key fob for a dear friend.  Thanks so much Sara.

Here are some new Africa tees…love these color combos…a little more masculine than usual.  I do so heart the green and brown, that one is right up my alley.

And lastly our church has been studying different names of Jesus this year and I was inspired by the names that we have been and will be studying the rest of the year.  If you live in the Middle Tn area this piece will be up for grabs in a silent auction held at Community Church in Hendersonville starting August 13th.  This is to help raise money for a missionary couple in our church that are headed to Bulembu, Swaziland…I CANNOT WAIT TO GO VISIT THEM!  I was so excited to be asked to participate and make this new piece to help raise money for such an awesome cause.  You can check out all the details here.

And don’t forge to click here and enter to win the “be the change” bracelet over at Dreaming  Big Dream.

Happy Wednesday!

To preface this post, I actually started this post Monday night and now it is officially Tuesday…like 1 am Tuesday.  I was happily interupted while typing this to go meet my new nephew at the hospital…sweet William Hall…Will, Aunt Laura loves you!

Now back to my regular post:  Oh what a crazy weekend and Monday it has been. Josh, his dad, his brothers and our oldest nephew all went camping this weekend…what a good looking bunch of guys they are.

So while Josh was away I burned the naptime, bedtime and midnight oil and cranked out a ton of orders.  It felt so good to get things done and checked off my list and all the boys had fun and Coop even caught his first fish on a fly rod.

So this first order was placed by my good friend Courtney.  She needed a letter T boy baby set.  Love this color combination.  Thanks again Courtney…as always.

These next tees are headed to Kelly in Oregon.  Kelly wanted herself an Africa tee and her little girl a long sleeved Africa tee to show some love.  I cannot believe long sleeved tees are already out…it was like 100 degrees in TN today.  Thanks so much Kelly.

This Africa tee is headed to Kayleigh in Oklahoma.  Kayleigh wanted the dictionary print Africa with “hope”.  Thanks so much Kayleigh and hope you love your tee.

This order is headed to Jenna in Johnson City.  Jenna ordered a set of “run” key fobs, an owlie tee for her friend and two sweet little 8×8 taggie blankets.  Thanks so much Jenna and hope everyone enjoys their gifts.

These Africa tees are headed to Angela in Oregon.  She needed a couple of Africa tees to show some love.  I am a fan of the bold zebra print…great choice Angela.  Thank you so much for your business.

This next order was placed by Carin in Iowa.  Carin liked the 8×10 Adopted piece I had made previously, but wanted it to be a little larger.  So I came up with a 11×14 style.  I really love how it turned out.  Carin also wanted a special key fob.  Thanks so much Carin and hope your process is finished soon!

This Africa tee is going to Ashley in Alabama.  Thanks so much Ashley and hope you love your tee.

This order is on its way to Rachel in Texas.  Rachel liked the 11×14 Adoption piece I posted over on Facebook and wanted to order one as well.  She also wanted an Africa bag to go with it.  Thanks so much Rachel…hope everything goes smoothly for your family.

And lastly these key fobs I made up for my mom as gifts for some of her dear friends.  Thanks so much Mom for all your support!

Now for another giveaway.

I have been sitting on a new craft for a while and was recently contacted by Jamie over at Dreaming Big Dreams about doing a giveaway on her blog.  I have loved reading Jamie’s blog and her heart for adoption and her truthful blogging style, so I was super stoked to get something cooking for her giveaway.  There have been so many giveaways going on, I wanted to do something new, something different…so I finally broke out some crafting supplies I had yet to showcase.  Check it out.

This is a 1″ sterling sliver bracelet with the quote “be the change” taken from Ghandi’s quote “Be the change you want to see in the world”.  It is handstamped, oxidized and polished.  I’m pretty fond of it and it could be yours.  Just click here and enter to win.

Goodluck and Happy, Now Tuesday Early Morning!