Craft Haul: Tulip Shimmer Haul Video

Today, I'm super excited for a couple reasons!!  First of all, I received an awesome box of supplies from the super people over at Tulip and www.ILoveToCreate.com!!  Secondly, I made my very first Craft Haul video last night and I'm going to share it with you right now!!

You can be honest.  I'm a total dork, right?!?  Ha ha ha!!!

Aren't those Tulip supplies amazing!!  Below is a list of the goodies I received and I've linked each item to it's product page on www.ILoveToCreate.com!!

Tulip Fashion Glitter Shimmer Transfer Sheets

Tulip Fashion Glitter Holographic Transfer Sheets

Tulip Fashion Bond

Tulip Glam-It-Up! 300 Iron-On Glass Crystals

Tulip Fabric Markers

Tulip Glam-It-Up! Cordless Crystal & Stud Heat Setting Tool

Tulip Metallic Dimentional Fabric Paint

Tulip Fashion Glitter

As I mentioned in the video, I'm going to be using these great supplies in a tutorial coming on Friday, Novemeber 30th!!  I may even decide to share 1-2 bonus Tulip Shimmer projects in the coming weeks!!

I'd love to know what you think of my first craft haul video!!  Please comment and let me know if I did okay, if I need to improve some things, and whether or not you want to see more videos!!

Thanks for reading (and watching)!!  Until next time...

Shopping Show & Tell #3

As you may have heard, I'm opening an Etsy shop in July where I'll be listing various vintage inspiration kits, vintage supplies, and other vintage items.  In order to start this endevour, I've had to buy some things to include in the assortment packs.  While purchasing these items, I've met some really nice people with great online shops.

In this post, I just want to share some a few of these resources with you!!  I think everyone wants affordable craft supplies from reliable sellers, don't you agree?

Come July, I'll be offering vintage sewing inspiration kits packed full of fabric, trim, embellishments and more.  In order for me to put these packs together, I needed vintage fabric!!

I found Nikole's shop, Happy Notions, and decided she could probably put together a nice assortment for me.  I convo'ed her and she really went the extra mile to help!!  She ended up providing me with over 50 different patterns of reclaimed sheet fabric!!  Just check out the assortment she sent...

Here are a couple of the other items in her shop that I really like...

Vintage Sheet Fat Quarter Bundle - You Pick 15

Vintage Sheet Scrap Pack - 1 Pound Assorted Fabrics

Next, I wanted some colorful items to add to my ephemera assortment packs.  I figured vintage wallpaper would be amazing, but new it was usually kind of pricey.  However, I really lucked out when I found Donna's shop, Under The Red Roof.

Donna was so generous and sent me a huge assortment of 8x10 wallpaper sheets and some scraps I'd asked for.  Although this picture doesn't do it justice, here's a photo of my order...

Here's a couple items you can find at Under The Red Roof...

Vintage Wallpaper Mega Pack

Bingo Advent Calendar Kit 

~ Chrystelle's ~

I still wanted more colorful things to include so when I found  Chrystelle's listing for some bright vintage carnival tickets, I knew they'd be perfect!!

I placed a custom order for a large assortment of tickets and ended up getting over 400 carnival tickets!!  Here's a picture...

Here are a couple of my top picks from Chrystelle's shop...

200 Vintage Carnival Tickets - 4 Colors, 50 Tickets Each Color

Vintage Scrapbooking Kit - Chocolate

These 3 shops are owned by wonderful ladies who are willing to go the extra mile to help you find what you need.  I've had great experiences with all of them and know you will too!!

I am not getting any form of compensation for mentioning these shops!!  I simply purchased items from each of them and was so pleased with their products and services that I wanted to share them with my readers.

Thanks for reading!! Until next time...

Shopping Show & Tell #2

I'm so excited and I need to share it with all of you!!  I recently ordered a mixed lot of vintage rhinestones and findings from 1000Dragonflies' Etsy shop and when I got my package, I was simply blown away at what I received!!

First of all, here's what I found inside the box...

Those are all handmade origami boxes made out of scrapbook paper so they're really sturdy!!  Isn't that some great packaging!!

Before digging through all of the goodies, I opened all of the boxes and this is what it looked like...

I could already tell there was a ton of rhinestones in those boxes and boy, was I right!!

These are the photos from the original listing which does a wonderful job at showing what was included...

Notice how BIG the rhinestones are!!  These aren't the itsy-bitsy ones; these are perfect for using in jewelry and so many other projects!!  Not only that the quality is impressive, to say the least!!

I'm not going to tell you how much I paid, because this was a custom order, but I got WAY more than I paid for!!

I've NEVER seen vintage rhinestones at prices as low as she offers them, so be sure to visit her shop ASAP!!

Leslie, the shop owner, is super helpful and always willing to put together special orders!!  

Plus, she's offering some AWESOME coupons right now!!  Here are the codes...

30% off ALL orders!!  Use code WELCOME

50% off orders over $150!!  Use code TAKE50

Here are a few of the items in her shop right now...

10x5mm Vintage German Ruby Iridescent Siam Navettes, AB Finish Glass, Aged Brass Sew-on Settings, 30 pcs. ($22.70)

1 Pound of Jewelry Supplies!! Settings, Stampings, Ear Wires & Hooks, Chain, Earring Connectors, Rhinestone Settings. ($37.85)

15x7mm De-Foilded Navette Rhinestone Assortment, 55 pcs. ($24.95)

Just so you know, I wasn't paid or given freebies for writing this post!!  This is just me sharing a great resource with you!!  I sincerely hope you'll at least visit Leslie's Etsy shop!!

Thanks for reading!! Until next time...