Welcome to “Wednesday What-Nots” !
I have just dubbed Wednesday a compilation day – a listing, per se, of what nots, thingamajigs, snippets, dribs and drabs - gathered from here, there, and everywhere I’ve “visited” over the past week, virtually and in actuality, to be shared! I hope you’ll like it, and that you will share some of the same, via comment or through email for me to pass along…. here goes!
Because my grandkids are on my mind today (okay, always!!), I thought I’d feature a couple of Etsy kids shops I think are worth a visit:
John Golden is a digital artist who has a line of “By Order of Mangement” signs that would be great in a kid’s room. Check them out at his Etsy shop, johnwgolden. Here’s a sampling …pop it into an 11 x 14 inch frame and it would be wonderful in a kid’s bathroom. So cute!
Another favorite of mine is a gal from North Georgia that specializes in personalized baby gifts, with a nice range of monogram options. She has cuddly terry robes, for example, that would make a great baby shower / new baby gift.
I’ll be featuring more shops in subsequent weeks – there’s so much amazing talent there.
Thought I’d also share a few resources that I’ve had first-hand experience with so I can recommend them personally.
For postcards and business cards on the web, I’ve had good luck with GotPrint. I like that I can use my logo and / or photo and do some customization of the cards. I’ve heard good things about Moo cards, too, but haven’t checked them out, yet. (on the TTCO list – things to check out, that is!)
If you’re looking to play with some fonts, check out dafont.com. They are primarily free downloads and were recommended to me. I just picked one out to use on a newsletter tomorrow. Nice font selection! Check out the Dingbat section – you’ll lose an hour of your day but find many cool things to play with.
A family-run business called crstamp created a rubber stamp of the hand-scrawled nest I drew for my website logo a few years ago. I remember the service to be good and the product has held up well. If you need a custom stamp, I would check them out.
Always looking for storage ideas, as I am? I mentioned in a previous post that I was working on getting the studio ready for production-each day a little closer! I needed a handy place to store gizmos for use on papercraft projects. I went to Home Depot and checked out some options and came up with what is below. I’ve been saving cans for a while – actually use them a lot around the house. Now I just need to get out the old labelmaker and get the contents of each can labelled. (that one is on the TTD list!)
I used over-the-door supports to hold it in place.
Off to make some turkey orzo soup….more of the same next week, same time, same place. Join me!
