New Designs

Hi all :)

Well I am working like a headless chicken on building new stock up ready for my first event of 2014, I will be attending a Craft Fair on 1st Feb at The Windmill Pub Werrington it is being done for Animal Lifeline, looking forward to attending and showing my new products to the public.

So what have i been busy doing???

Well here we go, I have done some new card designs and another new Wooden Gift item and here are the pictures

First of all the new wooden gift product

Triple Red and White Heart Picture Frame

This has been hand painted and hand decorated using crystal and red diamanté 

Now for the Cards 

So as you can see I have been very busy getting prepared for the event, as well as getting things together ready to work on some lovely custom orders, Pictures of these will be blogged once they are complete 

Kelly

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New!!!

Hi all 

Well it's been a busy weekend at HQ with working on orders for a close friend, still some to do so thats what I will be doing this week

 I also received some new goodies on Saturday morning so you know what that means play time :) YAY!!

I even had a leaflet designed to match my cover picture on Facebook,Website Banner,Business Cards done by Treasure Box on Facebook, What do you all think, I personally love it and very pleased with it 

Not only have things been busy at HQ with orders but we have a new member to our family, I would like you all to meet Star our 13 week old Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Star defo keeps me on my toes but she is a little beauty :), and learning very quickly

We also have another Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Prince, He is 9 years old and here he is 

Both of my beautiful babies get on with each other fab, Prince has really taken to Star they lay together and snuggle, but Star does torment Prince he just leaves her to it, well can't blame him as he is getting on a bit now, Prince and Star won't be having babies has Prince has been done, Didn't know this until I went to collect him, we have only owned him since he was 6 Years old but we wouldn't change anything about him or Star for the world :).

So now you know how hectic things are at HQ atm with orders, enquiries, booking in for events etc. I am still waiting on some goodies so once they arrive let the play time commence, so keep your eyes peeled for new makes and designs over the next few weeks and also for my return to Delicious Doodles DT, not had the time to take part for a few months due to the high demand of events stock building and orders on the run up to Christmas but I will be back very soon to show case Teri's wonderful designs.

Kelly 

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Busy Times

Hello all, sorry it has been such a long time since I have done a post things have been manic here at Kelly's Enchanted HQ, we had alot of events leading up to Christmas and orders which kept us very busy.

So what is new with us??? Well we now have a website YIPEEEE!! which can be found here Website

we also have a stall on The Supermums Craft Fair website which can be found here Stall

A whole new look with Logo,Business cards,cover photo :) I will even be having a business hoodie done very soon. 

Here is my logo done by Treasure Box 

Something very exciting we also launched in the new year is our new range of Wooden Gifts, from free standing letters to plaques and here is a few we have done so far. I have alot more still to come :)

I have also had some loyal regular customers giving me their orders for the whole years for birthdays so again this is keeping me very busy, I will hopefully have some pictures of new orders completed posted very soon.

So atm I am concentrating on Valentine's Day so here are a few designs I have done 

So there we go now you know where I have been hiding and what I have been busy doing, keep your eyes peeled over the next few days for more posts with orders I completed for Christmas etc

Kelly

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Christmas Crafting

Well I have been very busy at Kelly's Enchanted Castle HQ getting ready for my upcoming Christmas events.

I have been busy working on a number of new products from cards to decorations and more, so I thought I would share with you all what I have been busy doing over the past few days and weeks, and with another crafty session planned with my close friend and fellow small business owner, so it is all go go go at the minute.

Firstly I have some lovely stocking fillers for the kiddies and adults too 

here we have some 

Reindeer Noses 

Santa Kisses 

Elf Kisses

Another of my new products for this year is 

Magic Santa Keys

I also thought of doing some Handmade Christmas Decorations again as they were popular last year but wanted something different so here they are, I have done 4 different ones so far with more to do 

I have personalised Santa letters also available on my Facebook page these were very popular last year as well so I have done them again this year but with new designs, not only have I done the letters but also done good boy and girl certificates,agreement with Santa and even Nice List certificates.

I wanted to do something special for all the angel mummies and daddies too and I am donating £1 from each sale of these to Staffordshire Sands

In Memory Of Your Baby

These all consist of a poem, a feather either in pink,blue or white and a snowflake decoration in pink,blue and silver, these will make lovely little keepsakes.

So there you have it, and I'm still not close to being done as I still have some more cards,decorations,Santa keys,stocking fillers,hair accessories to do and I will post these up once they are complete 

All of the above can be purchased through my Facebook page 

Kelly's Enchanted Castle

Kelly 

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Facing My Fear

On 31st October 2013 at around 4pm, I faced my Fear of Spiders I did this as a sponsored event to raise money for Staffordshire Sands, Not your typical face your fear, the spider (Fluffy) was going on my FACE!!!

I know not everyone has heard of Sands so here is a little about what Sands is Staffordshire Sands are a local support group who can offer emotional support and practical help if your baby has died during pregnancy, at birth or shortly afterwards.

Sands three main aims are:

Support: Support for anyone affected by the death of a baby.Improving Care: Information for professionals caring for bereaved families.Prevention and Research: Working to reduce stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

I had been building up to this important event for weeks, and as the days got closer the more nervous I got as I HATE spiders lol, so the day came and with the help of Dale who owns and runs Critterish Allsorts, he helped me to make this happen along with Fluffy.

A little about Dale and his wonderful critters at Critterish Allsorts, Dale offers a number of different things from attending children's Birthday parties with his critters too pet therapy and much more, the work and commitment Dale puts into all this is superb. Dale also owns 2 beautiful Skunks who are Stoosh and Skittles, I have had the pleasure to meet both of these beautiful girls and all of his other critters. You can find Critterish Allsorts on Facebook and if you click on the Critterish Allsorts pic above it will take you to the website.

So my goal was to overcome my fear of spiders, with the help of Fluffy a Chile Rose Tarantula

Meet Fluffy

Dale advised me to hold Fluffy first to see how I felt and to see if I was comfortable enough, so I went ahead with it and here I am holding Fluffy

So after a couple of minutes Dale asked if I was ok to go on and of cause I said YES!! So the next stage and the main ultimate goal was to have Fluffy on my face. 

So here we go she is on my face.

I DID IT I FACED MY FEAR!!!

You can also watch it for yourself  Face My Fear

I even got a lovely surprise and treat, Dale not only come along with Fluffy but he had Skittles with him so I got lovely Skunky Cuddles after YAY!!

Dale even took the time to do me a certificate for doing it and I couldn't have been more happy and proud, 

Dale, The Mayor Of Kidsgrove Kyle and Me 

If it wasn't for Dale talking to me to keep me calm and making the odd little joke along the way I don't know what I would have done Thank You So Much to everyone for the sponsors and support and to those who could make it and see it in person. A very big thank you to Dale for all his help and encouragement, Thank you to Fluffy for being kind to me lol!! and Thankies to Skittles for the much needed cuddles.

Kelly 

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Delicious Doodles Challenge #59 Halloween-Something Scary

Hello all and welcome back to another wonderful challenge at 

Delicious Doodles

This weeks theme is 

"Halloween-Something Scary"

 Definitely NO cutsies allowed folks - get your creep on!!!! 

We would love to see Delicious Doodles images on your creations, but it is not a requirement.

If you do use a Delicious Doodles image you can enter TWICE, and you get to be spotlighted next week!

First entry - just link up to you project as normal. 

Second entry - type '2nd entry' after your name and link to your blog.

So to win FIVE of my Delicious Doodles images in the random draw, join in with us this week! 

 Have fun everyone! 

Here is my make for this weeks challenge 

I have used the following Digi's: Gates Of Hell, Digits, Horrorscope-Capricorn,

Pile O Bones Paper and Gravestone Scene

Open the gates of hell to see inside mwahahahaha!!!

I first started off by choosing the digi's I wanted, I then resized them and printed them off, once printed and the ink had dried I then began to colour my images in using Promarkers the colours I have used are: Gates of hell - Pastel Beige, Khaki,warm grey 3, Berry red and orange. Digits: Khaki. Horrorscope Capricorn: Khaki. Gravestone Scene: Warm Grey 1 and 3.

Once they were all coloured I then cut out all of my images and decoupaged up parts that I wanted to be 3d like the Horrorscope image, and some of the gravestones, now all this was done I then added the Digits image onto either side of the gates by adding 3d foam pads and curling them around the gates to make it look like something wanted to open them.

Now the gates were complete I then took the Pile O Bones backing paper and stuck this down on the front of a blank 8x8 card then added my decoupaged Capricorn image and then the gravestone scene on top of this.

I then scored along the edge of each side of the gates and stuck this done either side so that the gates could then be opened to show inside of them.

I have really gone out of my comfort zone again with this make as I wanted it to be scary and I'm sure you will agree it is, It is surprising how well using more than one digital image can make as you can see here with my inspiration make. I hope you all have just as much fun with this challenge as I have had, so come on let your creepy horror scary side out and have fun.

Good luck all 

Kelly

(Delicious Doodles Design Team Member)

Special Memorial Keepsake

Hello all well I have some very special keepsake memorial cards to share with you all.

I was recently asked by an old school friend/repeat customer to make her 4 memorial bookatrix keepsake cards for herself and 3 family members which were cousin,brother,son and nephew. I have already made such a thing for her in the past a memorial keepsake of her mum, so when she asked me to do her 4 in memory of her cousin I was highly honoured to do them for her.

Everything she asked me to do I have done, from the colours of the keepsakes the pictures she chose which I edited with her cousin's name date of birth and the date of his passing, the finishing touches (skull and crossbones) the skull and crossbones is a Digi stamp designed by Teri at Delicious Doodles  including the verses, I did the verses and then sent them to her for her approval to which she was over the moon with I also did an added extra for her which was to put her cousins name down the centre of the ribbon.

 I also agreed to send her pictures via a message once they were complete and her response was second to known, this is what she had to say about them "Kelly they are amazing and absolutely amazing, thank you again you are an absolute star." she also said "They are absolutely perfect sweet, Love em :) got a lump in my throat."

So here they are 

I was over the moon with her response as we did have a few problems along the way of getting them done and when they were the first time, she admitted to a mistake she had made of the day of his passing, so I re-edited the pictures, re-printed them and then replaced them on the keepsakes.

The end product I could not have been more happy with even though we did have a few problems which were soon sorted, she has even said she will recommend me to her family and make sure they know who has made them and is passing on my details. The one thing I have been asked is to not put them on Facebook as of yet, as 3 of them are a surprise for her family members once they have seen them they will then be added to my customer order album on Facebook, so others can see what I have done.

Even though it was such a sad occasion to be doing a keepsake for I still enjoyed doing it as it was made easy for me as the customer knew exactly what she wanted and that is what she got plus a bit more, as a lot of love care and thought went into each and everyone of them.

Kelly

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