Studded iPhone 4 Case

New phone cases added to the etsy shop: iheartmaterialgurl

Big Cartel

I decided to start a new online shop off of Etsy for jewelry and accessories not handmade by me.

Visit me here at iheartmaterialgurl on big cartel.

These are a few of the items I have available on the site.

Follow the shop on instagram @iheartmaterialgurl

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Faux Leather

I ordered some of this faux leather material from Fabric.com because I had a vision of the Keyka Lou pocket clutch in leather. I figured this would be a more sophisticated version that the ones that I usually make with the fun kawaii fabric.

This is how it turned out:

I like the way it turned out, just a few minor adjustments need to be made.

New Stuff

I've been ordering merchandise for my supply shop like crazy lately.  Its fun ordering and then receiving the packages in the mail and seeing all the pretty little cabochons.

Here's a few new goodies:

All of these are available in my etsy shop.

What I've Been Up To

Today is officially the last day of my vacation week. I unfortunately have to go back to work on Monday (waaaaaaahhhhh). But anyway, while I was home, I got so much done in terms of the shops. I was able to work on some new pouches and was able to update some pictures. It's amazing what the crop feature can do for your pictures. I just discovered it a couple weeks ago (slow, I know).

Here's a little before and after of one of the pictures that I cropped:

Before

After

Ahhhh-mazing lol.  I never was much of a photographer.  At least now I know. I edited these pics using picnik, but now they're shutting down picnik after April 19th. Now I'll have to find another editing website thats as user friendly as picnik is.

The quest continues..........

HAPPY NEW YEAR

It's been a while since I've posted anything on this blog. My only excuse is sheer laziness. I've been working my butt off at work, working 12hr days for the last couple of months, and when I get home the only thing I want to do is go to sleep. Unfortunately, having two little ones will prevent that from happening on a regular basis lol.

Anyhoo, a new year has begun. I don't have any resolutions. I just want to continue making my etsy shops more successful.

I have, however become preoccupied with instagram on my iphone. It's a highly addictive picture app.  Feel free to follow me @materialgurl101.

Until I blog again............

Zipper Pouch

I love this pouch!!  This is the second zippered pouch that I made courtesy of a Keyka Lou pattern.  The first one I made was the medium pouch, but this one is the small version and it's just so cute. I just listed it in the shop and I already have the pieces cut out so I can make a third one.

Its a very convenient little thing. It has two pockets, one a zippered pocket and then a main pocket behind that one.

I'll definitely be making a ton of these.