Vinyl, Cricut, & Wine Glasses

Happy Sunday!

Just a quick plug to say that I have my first Origami Owl Jewelry Bar going on right now, feel free to check out the Facebook event for it and order link & code below.

Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/802930449823041/

Ordering Link:
https://aflock.origamiowl.com/shop/party/107533
or
www.aflock.origamiowl.com
Code 107533 at checkout.

That's all I have to say about that, and now on to crafty things!

In honor of Bethesda talking about the new and much anticipated Fallout 4, I decided to make some Fallout themed wine glasses last night! I really wanted them etched, but the negative image just wasn't cooperating, so vinyl it is!

I also made some Disney character silhouette glasses as well, as examples mostly. The Disney ones will be sold as custom items, so someone can request their favorite character.

These are listed on Etsy as sets of 2 glasses OR sets of 2 decals only. The decal option is cheaper and easier to apply to different glasses, other than wine glasses if desired.

The listings can be viewed here:
www.gingerbeandesigns.etsy.com

As our normal tradition, Moose, the Gingerbean himself was "helping" out.. by using me as a leg rest.

Unboxing - Origami Owl Starter Kit!

I've had this box next to me for about an hour before I could do anything with it! I'm working from home today, but its been a pretty busy morning and it seemed like lunchtime was never going to get here.

Since the rest of the post is going to be very picture heavy, I'm sharing my info here:
 -Origami Owl website
 https://aflock.origamiowl.com/

-Facebook link here.
https://www.facebook.com/origamiowlaflock

-Instagram
@gingerbeandesigns


Without further delay, here is all the awesome stuff included in the starter kit, finally!

The box was a lot heavier than I expected, Moose had to come over to "help" me. Any time I do anything craft-related, he's there.Trying to be a little craft assistant. He did volunteer to guard the box for me while I went through everything..

It definitely was an overwhelming sight, but in a good way! For as much as I read about what comes in the package, there was still a ton of stuff to go through. I started with the lockets and locket faces, a lot of variety, although I'm sure this barely covers the variety they have on the Origami Owl website.

 The next little box had a couple boxes in it, along with a Designer charm. I remember seeing something about receiving a charm when you hit different levels, but the Designer one is the first in the series. This box contained all the sample plates, charms, dangles, and charms.

Along with sample jewelry, these were all the sample supplies included, fortune cookie locket/charm holders, chinese take out boxes, 5 glass votives to hold charms, a charm tray, 3 charm tweezers, and small drawstring bags.

Lastly, the Tools of Success box. This had copies of take out menus, information for potential new hostesses, a getting started guide and quick start guide, a little Origami Owl banner card, a Soar to Success flyer, reminder invitation post cards, thank you cards, and a stack of order forms.

Starting Over

I started this blog last year, and maybe managed to post about once a month, always promising myself I would be more active with it. At least weekly, but it never happened. I'm in the process of changing things around with Etsy, and crafts in general, so I'm going to really, really try this time, to stick with this. Fingers crossed! 

Since I deleted all my previous posts, here goes another quick about me to kick this off. I live in Central Florida with my husband, 2 cats Moose and Zoey, and am due in October with a baby girl. I was born and grew up just outside of Philadelphia, PA. I did the first 2 years of college online, took 2 years off after, then went to Jacksonville University to finish my bachelors, which is where I met the husband. Moved to Ohio with him for 2 years after college, then finally made it back to Florida and have been here for about 2 years now and love it!

I have been crocheting for about 9 years now, knitting for 7, and general crafting for as long as I can remember. Until the pregnancy and frequent lack of energy, I was usually always crocheting something. Naturally, the projects started stacking up. I decided to start an Etsy shop to unload some of my projects to make room for new projects. Instead of it being a mostly crochet/knitting shop, I actually tried out other crafts and projects, so there's a random collection of accessories posted there. http://www.gingerbeandesigns.etsy.com

I started my Etsy about a year ago, just for various little crafts. Map pendants made from Disney World park maps, some other random pendants, some knit & crochet items, and am just getting into hair bows. I figured I should start learning how to make bows and some girlier things now since we've got a little girl on the way, ha!

All projects in progress, finished, and some little pieces of my normal life are posted on my Etsy's Instagram @gingerbeandesigns and most stuff is posted on my Etsy's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/gingerbeandesigns.

Be sure to follow both for updates, coupon codes, etc. Some items are also posted for sale on Instagram, as well as Etsy, if you would like a PayPal invoice sent to you for the item instead of creating an Etsy account.

My newest venture is Origami Owl. The more I read about their designers and talk to some current designers, it just seems like a really fun thing to do. With everything we have going on currently, I won't be doing the in-home parties, but a lot of Facebook/virtual parties. My starter kit should be arriving today, I feel like a kid on Christmas! I would like to post some pictures and thoughts comments from my "unboxing" of the products. My first test of sticking to this thing :)

I will be posting updates for that on that same Instagram account and will be creating a separate Facebook page for that as well, so stay tuned!

I think I have rambled enough. Feel free to contact me through either Facebook, Instagram, or email at gingerbeandesigns@gmail.com.

~Amanda