100 Proof Press Design #5!

Packaging is mucho important to me!  As many of you know I am a freak for collecting, purchasing and giving all kinds of junk.  

My Rules of Packaging:

1.  Put small items in a beautiful cello bag.

(less than .10 a piece)

2.  Put an attractive paper topper on the bag.

(this can be created with scrap paper and a clever stamp)

I used a hanger stamp from 100 Proof Press! 

Added a cute little catch phrase, "Hang With Me".  

Stapled it to a playing card. 

3.  The MOST IMPORTANT rule of packaging is to keep it inexpensive!

A great stamp on scrap paper with a playing card stapled to a cello bag fits all criteria. 

What Great Packaging Does:

1.  Ups the value of your goods.

2.  Creates a branding image for yourself.

3. Looks awesome!

4. Makes a simple little inexpensive treasure found at a yard sale a cute little gift for a friend.

STAMPS from 100 Proof Press and great for packaging!

100 Proof Press Design #4!

It is a needle keeper!  Had some rather drab khaki/brownish felt that needed something fun to emerge from it....naturally, I thought pig.  Simple outline from a cookie cutter with a fold on the booty side.

But, essence of most needle work is a pretty, yet fitting thimble.  Stamped this lovely on a piece of muslin and appliqued it on the pig. 

Made some simple pages from cream felt...everything with a neat little blanket stitch around the edge.  

And, a pearl button tail!

This is a wonderful thimble stamp at 100 Proof Press #3695-N!

Thimble stamp....LOVE IT!

Palettes of Color!

Just driving by this greenhouse the other day.....

palettes of extreme color!

"Beauty seen is never lost, 

God's colors are all fast."

-John Greenleaf Whittier

100 Proof Press Design #3!

Below is a fun little plastic box I found at a junk store.  I filled it with old wooden clothes pins. Very similar to the cute little clothes pin stamp (1454-N) available at 100 Proof Press!

I have an antique booth that I LOVE...LOVE to stock and merchandise, plus, I am the constant gatherer!  Through the years I have learned many merchandising tips.  The first and foremost important tip is packaging!  I feel certain a box of old clothes pins packaged in this cute little box will garner more dollars than a baggy full of pins.  Sure a little more time and effort...but, a lot more visual fun and money!

Enjoy!

100 Proof Press Design #2!

I love me a "Dust Pan"(2560-Q) stamp from 100 Proof Press!

There is something about the basic cleaning tools we've all grown up to see...watch our elders use...and can even be recognized by many generations.  The typical dust pan has not changed its shape and use for years.  Colors may change...how it attaches to the broom has been enhanced....but a dust pan is a dust pan!  I love having a little loyalty in a product!  The day someone hands me an electronic device that when hovering over a pile of trash/dust approximately 7-10 inches the electrodes will disintegrate the particles magically into the atmosphere within 2.4 seconds....I might freak.  

 Let the dust pan be a tool that many, many generations will recognize and use the very same way for years.  Call me old fashioned.

I have a friend that loves to sweep!  Not one of my favorite items on the "to do list"...but, this little dust pan was perfect to create her some fun note cards.  Running down the side of the card stock was little scraps of paper sewn by machine....perhaps scraps and trash that you might sweep into a dust pan.  

Love me a dust pan!

Play!

Summer is full of fun things to do....just trying to find time to do it.

Note to self:  find time to play

My First 100 Proof Press Design Piece!

Finally, I have finished my first piece of art using one of the many outstanding stamps from 100 Proof Press.  I do believe the best part about being a member of such a gaggle of creative sorts is the diversity in how we see...use...and create with stamps.  My creative process has always been quite organic.  I begin...let the piles of stuff guide me...glue, stitch, embellish and now stamp to form a unique piece of me.

This piece was done while on vacation at Rosemary Beach!  To say "sit a spell" is an understatement of what I have had thrashing through my brain for the last few days.  Which came first the need or the stamp?  ....hmmm?

Once again, the canvas is layers of old linen book covers and a bingo card adorned with a tiny stitched piece on old bark cloth....then simply, but ever so sweetly, this precious chair stamp (2601-Q).  I feel certain I sat in an old oak chair just like this at my Grandmother's house.

My first piece of art for 100 Proof Press.....so, just "Sit a Spell".......