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Friday, July 23, 2010

new stuff. fabric flower necklaces.

fleur necklace no. 1 

$30 includes free us shipping.

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rosa necklace

$28 includes free us shipping.

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Let me know what you think!

♥ - Kat.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

new stuff @cardinalhouse.

Rosette necklace.

coral orange recycled fabric flower & dyed mother-of-pearl shell beads.

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Rosa necklace.

tropical punch red recycled fabric flower with painted [not by me] wooden beads.

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Rosa necklace.

red recycled fabric flower rose with painted [not by me] wooden beads.

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Rosa mini bib.

fresh spring green & blue rosettes with vintage bead & button adornments.

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These are all OOAK [one of a kind]. When they're gone, they're gone. Also, each of these include free US shipping. I'm tossing around some ideas to make that the norm, but I haven't been able to sit down to really crunch numbers.

Expect to see a post in the next day or two regarding that mini-bib necklace. I have pic's from the early stages of it & plan on rambling some about how it evolved. I have a bunch of fabric groupings set aside to work on more of these, but they are time-consuming &, again, another thing to sit down & crunch numbers on.

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'til next time

♥-Kat.

Friday, November 20, 2009

events. 11.20.2009 (That don't involve Twilight movies-bah)

Calloway Gardens Fantasy of Lights opens this weekend

Lake Lanier Magical Nights of Light

Spruill Gallery Holiday Artists Market (Dunwoody)

Atlanta ICE Holiday Shopping at Ambient Studios

Ice skating @ Centennial Olympic Park (through 1.31.2010--wow, 2010..seriously?!)

Radio City Christmas Spectacular/ Rockettes at the Fox Theatre (through 12.06.2009)

♥♥World of Coke is featuring Paula Deen this Monday (11.23.09);

unfortunately...the event's sold out :( ...but I'm sure that at least a few pounds of butter are endanger come Monday!♥♥

Have Fun!

♥-Kat.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Yea! Cardinal House Featured in Etsy Finds: Indie Exclusive Weekend Deals!!!

I've only just figured out how to submit products to Etsy staff for the Weekend Deal features! Better late than never! Check it out here!
Orange white and black Rosa necklace featured for Halloween theme!

Etsy sellers: In case you were wondering how to submit too, make sure you're logged in & then click on the "Community" tab on the main Etsy banner at the top of your screen. Then click on the "Forums" buttom. Now, on the main Etsy banner, type in "weekend deals" into the search bar (make certain that "Forum Titles" is showing on the drop-down menu immediately at the left). This will pull up any threads with coming up Etsy Weekend Deals. From here you can go into each individual thread, see what the Etsy staff is looking for, & write a post about what you'd like to offer. I'd include a link to whatever item in your store best suits the topic for the weekend deal or you best looking listing if no theme is mentioned.

It's worth offering the discount. I wasn't sure what to expect this time, but wow! I definately recommend trying to get your items listed & make sure that you have plenty of whatever it is that is listed!

Hope this helps!

♥ -Kat.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Because you'd rather be... shopping: vintage costume jewelry

I used to plunder my grandmother's mound of jewelry boxes & drawers when I was a little girl. Very good times!

Vintage costume jewelry can add extra oomph to an outfit & the fun kitschy pieces are great for conversations! Here's some that I found on Etsy.

from onevintagelife

Sarah Coventry piece from Addicted2Vintage

Trifari necklace from Wysiwigs

very cool owl ring from PattycakesPlunder

atomic design brooch from Nonnie60

If no longer available, search for more pieces here.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

How to type symbols with keyboard...Coffee, Keystrokes & memory loss...oh my!

I know that I am not the only person out there that thinks that they will remember something, only to be muttering profanities hours later. No stickies, no quick voice reminder, nope...it's gone...just until you're about to fall asleep & you remember. Oooooh, that happens to me all of the time. I debate for another 5 minutes about getting up & writing it down this time or stay comfy under the blankets & just go to sleep.

I'll set up a few of these for various topics & update/refer back as more items are added. This particular topic is keystrokes. No expert here, so if you see something that you think should be on the list...write it/comment/don't just sit there! I have a PC; MAC users speak up.

DESIGNERS/ARTISTS/CRAFTERS...
© - Copyright: ALT + 0169 (hold ALT button & type 0,1,6,9--typical for all below)
™ - Trademark: ALT + 0153
® - Registered: ALT + 0174
° - degrees: ALT + 0176 (artisans using glass often talk about temps in their listings)
¢ - cent sign: ALT + 0162
€ - Euro: ALT + 0128

GENERAL...
• - ALT + 0149 or ALT + 7
½ - ALT + 171
¼ - ALT + 172
÷ - ALT + 246
☺ - ALT + 1
☻ - ALT + 2
♥ - ALT + 3
♦ - ALT + 4
♣ - ALT + 5
♠ - ALT + 6
◘ - ALT + 8
○ - ALT + 9
◙ - ALT + 10
♂ - ALT + 11
♀ - ALT + 12
♪ - ALT + 13
♫ - ALT + 14
☼ - ALT + 15
► - ALT + 16
◄ - ALT + 17
..........there are a TON of others, and selection will change depending on your particular computer (style, version, etc). these should get you started!
http://www.squidoo.com/keyboardsymbols (tons of info - tells how to bring up your personal character map)
http://www.newradiance.com/KeyboardBulletsandSymbols.htm (scroll down)
.........there are even more keyboard shortcuts discussed on the sites above that don't always work on online applications (winddings, etc)...but they work in programs such as Word, FYI
.......Have fun experimenting! You'll find that there can be various ways to come up with the same symbol....

Languages

French symbols:
Ç - ALT + 128
ç - ALT + 135
é - ALT + 130
â - ALT + 131
à - ALT + 133
ê - ALT + 136
ë = ALT + 137
è - ALT + 138
ï - ALT + 139
î - ALT + 140
ô - ALT + 147
û - ALT + 150
ù - ALT + 151
« - ALT + 174
» - ALT + 175
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/french/materials/accents.htm

German (check in French section above if you don't find the character as there are some similarities):
ß - ALT + 225
ä - ALT + 132 or Ä - ALT + 142
ö - ALT + 148 or Ö - ALT + 153
ü - ALT + 129 or Ü - ALT + 154
http://gut.languageskills.co.uk/general/accents.html

Spanish (check in French section above if you don't find the character as there are some similarities):
ñ - ALT + 0241
¿ - ALT + 168
¡ - ALT + 173
á - ALT + 160
í - ALT + 161
ó - ALT + 162
ú - ALT + 163
É - ALT + 144
ª - ALT + 166
º - ALT + 167
Ñ - ALT + 165
~ - ALT + 126
http://www.lingolex.com/spanishascii.htm

Treasury 3.24.09 the grass is greener...

Annette (spring green flower necklace) featured in Etsy Treasury by flutterbudget - Thanks!

>>>I made into 3 additional treasuries; I'm sorry I didn't post the info sooner. One day I'll actually be able to make my own treasury, but I just don't schedule out my days based on that ability!

Team NorGa reds and pinks by ElephunksTrunk featuring Rosie (red & white pearls) necklace
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One small step VIII by joonwalk featuring Create...Art lariat necklace

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Blue That Makes Me Smile by clawtreedesign featuring Tiffany Blue chenille fabric covered earrings **price recently reduced, read about it here.

www.cardinalhouse.etsy.com

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...Green article No. 1

So we recently went through a renovation at work & boxes upon boxes of fabric hang sets, etc were put into a showroom used for storage. A coworker was going to take all of it to donate, but backed out. I ended up taking a bunch into nearby schools, but they can't use all of it. It was going to be thrown away unless something was worked out.

*Yes, thrown away - all of it. Ponder on this: take all of the design firms around the world x's all of the fabric, wallpaper, & carpet samples (see pic's here of a portion of our small library at the office). Okay...very few companies offer to recycle these samples & even fewer reps will ever pick up the items. Literally, we have one rep that asks about picking up carpet samples that we don't need anymore. Thousands & thousands of dollars go into making all of these samples/books & the vast majority of them end up in the trash.

Okay, so while I'm not always the "greenest" person out there by far, the huge amount of waste was hard to swallow--especially when paired with a crafty personality. Random note: if you don't own re-usable shopping bags...what's wrong with you?! You can fit a few plastic bags' worth in one & they're much more confortable to carry.

♥11/22/09 UPDATE: How to take apart a fabric sample book? See the demolition at this post!

♥10/17/09 UPDATE: Some of the fabric companies will at least now send mailers to send back memos, but not many.♥

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♥10/17/09♥ FYI: No, the fabric does NOT! stay out like that!!! If I'm not working on it, it's out of sight. Although... sunroom (aka studio) may look like a fabric & bead explosion went off on the weekends (but I'm working on it then & that ='s good).

♥10/17/09: Idea...my sunroom is adjacent to the living room, so the bookcase helps to act as a divider between the two spaces. Umm..I hadn't taken off the labels when I took this picture, but the totes help keep various small supplies handy when you don't have enough drawer space. Also..that's fabric folded on the shelves. This is an older picture---I hadn't finished putting the fabric up there but, again, you get the point!

Save the planet, it's the only one with chocolate!

♥-Kat.

PS- For those of you that get this...wallcovering. not wallpaper...my faux pas