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Here are the latest iterations of pretty pretty dishes. They are for sale on my etsy and, more importantly, will be for sale at Craft Saturday from 12-6 PM THIS SATURDASY (the 30th) at the 4th St. Theatre in Des Moines.
There are 4 new springtime flowers stoneware plates — slightly different versions of a floral pattern (sans music by popular request). Also, I have 8 of the little birdies cup and saucer sets on cute pastel dinnerware.
When I was moving, I uncovered these fabulous dishes I was working on back in 2009. I totally forgot about them, but am hoping to finish them before Craft Saturday on April 30.
Except … I have no idea what to put in the ribbon on the hearts. There are 4 plates that need something filled in and I plan to make the mugs to match. I was going to do Mom, Dad, Love and something else, but realized if a family that didn’t have a mom, or didn’t have a dad might want these dishes and be offended. My best idea so far is to keep it blank and personalize it for the person who buys it, but that’s not probably the BEST way to go about it.
Ideas???
Hey all! Just a little reminder that my Moving Sale on etsy is still going. Pick up some fantabulous deals. As always, shipping to Des Moines and Ames areas (within 25 miles of each) is FREE. Convo me or drop me an e-mail, tweet or facebook message before buying so I can adjust shipping.
Also — the biggest steals are the Birdies and Coffee plates and bowls. Normally are $10 per plate/bowl and are $5. Price for all 7 of either is $30 (or I could do $50 for all 7 of both).
Thanks! And be on the lookout for all new items popping up in the next few months AND a brand new store in the fall. STILL not sharing what it is, but am thinking about doing a giveaway sometime soon for anybody who wants to venture a guess.
I am so going to sound like a used car salesman, but EVERYTHING MUST GO!
Okay, maybe not that annoying. But still — 40-60% off everything in the store.
I’m doing this for a few reasons.
1) I am moving. And I would like to deplete my inventory before I do so.
2) I am creating my spring 2011 line of dishes and want all of last year’s line gone
3) I am going to revamp my etsy store with new photography and package things all fancy and fabulous
So check it out. Oh also, free domestic shipping with the code “FREEBIRD”.
Teacup and Saucer $8
Birdies and coffee mug $5
Musical Flowers Plate $10
Welcome to my much-needed new feature … FO Friday. FO stands for finished object (as opposed to UFO — un-finished object).
To recap my embarrassingly long list of UFOs:
Today’s FO is #1 — Mug for a friend’s b-day present.
My new coworker and friend asked me to create a mug for his girlfriend for her birthday, which was August 3. Don’t worry. I had this finished beforehand. I just wanted to save the blog post for Friday so I can have a Friday feature (and more importantly have to have some FO to share with you every week from here on out).
Also, I may have lied when I said I wasn’t going to add anything to the list … if I do this Friday feature I’m going to run out of things to blog about rather quickly. Some of the things on the list aren’t going to be able to be finished in a super timely fashion because they’re either too expensive to finish or too time-consuming to finish in my spare time that quickly. So, I’m going to probably add some projects to the list. BUT instead of including the list on my blog post every week, I’ve created a page where it can live. There’s a link on my sidebar to it as well.
Happy Monday! In honor of yesterday’s holiday, I didn’t have to work today. However, I have a whole bunch of crafting to do, so I used today to catch up.
I’ve had some lovely vintage ceramics sitting around the house and I finally had a chance to play with them today. I had a lot of fun with the salt and pepper shakers and the vintage pitcher.
salt and pepper shakers
Floral Party pitcher
Birdies and Coffee Creamer
Birdies and Coffee Mug
Check out my Cyber Monday sales on Etsy:
Butterflies in Wonderland Baby or Lap Quilt
OBEY Andre the Giant Men’s Winter Set
Mention the code mrfidgets and receive FREE SHIPPING on any order until December 15.
I recently marked down a LOT of items on my etsy shop for an Independence Day Sale. I decided to extend the sale into a summer sale.
As always, shipping to Des Moines and Ames is free. Just contact me before buying so I can adjust the shipping price and arrange a drop-off/pickup.
Here are the items I’ve got on sale:
Regular price: $150
Sale Price: $100
1 Available
Regular price: $18
Sale Price: $10
1 Available
Regular price: $15
Sale Price: $10
1 set Available
Regular price: $8
Sale Price: $5
5 Available
Regular price: $10
Sale Price: $7
2 Available (one green, one gold)
Regular price: $15
Sale Price: $10
1 Set Available
Regular price: $15
Sale Price: $10
2 Sets Available
Regular price: $15
Sale Price: $10
5 custom designs Available (below are examples of banners I’ve done)
You can e-mail me at calee@chimesdesign.com or PM me on twitter (@chimes) OR convo me on etsy if you’ve got questions, concerns or special requests.
ALSO — heads up! I’ll be doing Market Day in Des Moines on July 25th and will be having a special that day ONLY at Market Day. All dishes will be buy one, get one half off. I may be cooking up some more specials, and even a raffle or giveaway… STAY TUNED!
Here’s what I came up with last week during my last-minute-pull-stuff-together-for-Market-Day freakout:
birdies and coffee on corningware (see, I need new designs!) I have 6 of these. exciting.
musical flowers pink plate
musical flowers yellow plate
teatime with gram turquoise mug — “one lump or two?”
birdies and coffee on white teacup/saucer — I sold this to my boss…and she gave it to her daughter who loves it!
again, with the birdies. I love the fluted edges on this plate though. I want a whole set!
musical flowers on fiestaware
birdies and coffee on yellow fiestaware
musical flowers on more fiestaware
*whew*
That’s it for a while. I received a water pitcher that I’ll do up…and I’m thinking of doing napkin rings and sewing matching napkins to go with them as well. I want to start doing more sets rather than just random pieces.
Thanks for looking!
