Teacher Gifts

Morning :) It is beautiful today here in St. Louis and I will be heading outside to get these kidlets some fresh air but before I do that I thought I'd post and get you thinking! The end of the school year is coming up fast so here are a couple ideas for teacher gifts. I made these notecards for Tim to use at work (per his request, if you can believe that!) and also the thank you notes. He wanted something simple (aka, masculine) and I hadn't made many "no-layer" cards so this was a great opportunity. Notecards, Thank You Notes and Journals are all great teacher gifts! Let me know if you need any!

Enjoy the weather!

Kimberly

Nooks and Crannies

Good Afternoon ~


I have been given a wonderful opportunity to put some of my cards in a friend's store -- Nooks and Crannies! Now, if you haven't been to Nooks and Crannies it is a beautiful little antique store on 2nd Street in St. Charles. I believe that part of St. Charles is called the French District and it is full of cute antique stores and little resturants! Nooks and Crannies has beautiful furniture, glassware, and just about anything else home related. And now some of the SeaStar Creations, too! I will be putting in a few Mother's Day cards, Thank you cards, Sympathy cards and Birthday cards. Hope you can stop by the store soon! Here is a sneak peek at a few of the cards you can find there! Check SCS for more information about these cards.


Also, Stampin' Sisters (Christy and I) are hosting a Stamp Camp called "Come Get Punchy With Us" where we will have four cards for you to make using various SU! punches. The cost is $10 and the camp will be held at my house on Saturday, April 26th from 10am-1pm. New and seasoned stampers will enjoy this one -- feel free to bring a friend! RSVP by Monday, April 21st to stampinsisters@hotmail.com.


Kimberly

Mother's Day Special

Good Morning! Here is a peek at the last of the Stationary Boxes I have made for my friend. This one is for her Mom and is made using Au Chocolat Designer Series Paper (love, love that pack) and Natural Beauty stamp set. I bought a Martha Stewart monogram set of acrylic stamps for the letter this time. It works out really nicely to use acrylic stamps for the monogram since you can see exactly where they are going to be placed. I used Fancy Frames and Frames with a Flourish stamp sets to highlight the monogram on almost all of them. Definitely needed the Stamp-a-ma-jig for this set!!

I have decided after much delibration that $12 for this set will be a Mother's Day special price. After April 30th, I will have to raise the price to $18.50 ($2 per card, $.25 per envelope and $5.00 for the box). If you add in a beaded pen I will sell them for an even $20.00 The boxes are very time consuming and because each card is an original design those are taking a while to make too! Each set is taking me close to 4 hours to complete!!

The biggest challenge about starting SeaStar Creations was setting prices for my projects. It was harder than you can probably imagine. I have also not been in a Hallmark Store for years! I did do some research ... really ... but think I might be underpricing some stuff. I feel terrible raising prices but hope everyone will understand that making each project unique for your friend or loved one is important to me. BUT I need to be able to make sure I can replenish my stash of supplies and make it worthwhile financially, too! Hope you will forgive me. This selling adventure is definitely a learning process! If I find I can whip out a certain project and that it doesn't use too many supplies, I will adjust prices downward accordingly, too!

Anyway ... hope you enjoy seeing these cards and the box as much as I enjoyed making them! They will be delivered today :) If you'd like to order anything please feel free to email me at stampinsisters@hotmail.com! I'd love to do something special for your loved ones, too!

~ Kimberly

2nd Stationary Box

Here are the cards that will neatly tuck into the Le Jardin stationary box (below). Enjoy :)

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