and the winner is....

Last night was the final time to enter my little birthday giveaway! This morning I put all of the entries together and pulled a name out the old fashioned way...


Can I get a drum roll please?


Congratulations to Krissy (with a K)!! I'll be sending you an e-mail for more details about your winnings. I can't wait to make your custom items!!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. I'm going to be trying to get involved in more giveaways in the future. Also, a really big THANK YOU for all of my wonderful birthday wishes. Yesturday was wonderful and we have great plans for the weekend that I can't wait to share.

Thanks again!

P.S. - If I haven't commented on your blog lately it isn't because I don't love what you've been posting. Blogger isn't letting me leave comments on other bloggers posts. I hope they get this fixed soon. I promise I will come back and comment on as many of your posts as I can. You all have such wonderful things going on right now! Lots of love!

first offical custom order.

I created, packaged, and sent my very first custom order. I’ve made custom items for my friends and family before, but never for someone I’ve just meet. I was really excited about the whole thing. This awesome young man was at First Friday while I was set up outside of the Butter Toast Boutique and commented that he liked my button necklaces. He just wished the chains were longer and the pieces were larger. I assured him it would be no problem for me to make him exactly what he wanted.

This was defiantly a learning experience for me. Although I was kind of stressed out about making sure it was what he wanted it was fun to make something with someone in mind. I could picture in my head what he would look like wearing it, and it made it a little simpler to make. I also learned that I totally under charged for the piece. I am not going to make a big deal about it at all. I’ve never made a piece like it before so I was unsure of the cost of materials, lesson learned! Next time I’ll know better.

For some reason I had a lot of trouble taking a decent picture of this lovely necklace. I probably should have waited for better lighting.

I’m really happy with the way it came out. His idea was great and I’m so glad I could create it for him. It’s nice to sort of “collaborate” with other creative people ever once in a while.