Catching up

Hello everyone!

It's been a few weeks since I've posted on here and I feel like I've been a little neglectful.  I've been so busy and feel as though I've not had time to sit and think about things.
Firstly I have some pretty exciting news...James and I have booked our wedding and will officially become Mr and Mrs on 12th March 2016!  We've also booked a photographer for the day who we are looking forward to getting to know better before our big day and you can look at David's work on his website.

Another thing is that I will be stocking my first shop from January 2014!  Very excited to get my products out and hopefully will mean things will start to build and grow from there.

In between everything else I've been getting ready for Christmas just as I suspect all of you have, although Christmas shopping isn't quite finished yet I am almost done.  I'm hoping everyone likes what I have got them for Christmas this year.

So before I go just a quick reminder that I have a shop open on my website, also purchases can be made on my Etsy shop.

And here is a photo of one of my favourite cards I've made this year.

I printed my sentiment and lines on the card before adding buttons which act as baubles.  I love how it looks and feel it shows Christmas is always bright and beautiful.  

Lastly, in case it all becomes too hectic before Christmas I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with all the good luck and happiness in the world!

Bye for now!

Abbie x

Quick Post

Hello everyone!

Just a real quick post to let you all know I have more new products and card designs on my website, etsy and facebook page.

A couple of images of the cushion I added.

Front of the cushion.

Back of the cushion which is closed using poppers.

Take a look and I hope you enjoy my new products and designs!

Bye for now!

Abbie x

Listings galore

Hello everyone!

So the past couple of weeks I've been thinking about how to improve all the platforms which I use to promote my business, this included rethinking how I use my facebook page, the products which I have on my Etsy page  and my website www.abbierussell.com.
I spent hours redesigning my website and adding new information and products to the site which paid off as I have had a lot more traffic viewing the site, I'm over the moon with how it looks now and I think it had a very clean and professional look which works well with my products.
Secondly I decided I must start posting more frequently to my Facebook page in order for people to start noticing I am there and forgetting about little me sitting in the corner, this has worked as again I've had a boost in viewings.
Similar things have been happening in my Etsy shop with new products being added every couple of days it seems more people are viewing my page than when I post all at once! I'm amazed how such small changes can make such a difference.

Anyway in between all of that I have also been contacting local and not so local shops in the hope to start stocking some of my products there, hopefully I will hear back from them soon with positive news!  I've also been making more cards which are very simple but I love them and this they are so effective, here are some pictures.

One of the first ones I decided to use red and gold as I feel these are very Christmassy colours, I stamped the bauble and sentiment before adding 6 tiny red rhinestones to finish the card.

Secondly I used purple and silver to create this card, done in the same way I added 6 purple rhinestones to finish this card.  Also the silver parts on the card have been embossed with silver powder, this gives some texture to the card.

To finish both cards I stamped "Happy Christmas" inside.

Hope you enjoyed reading today, I'll be back with more news.

Bye for now!
Abbie x

WOW WOW WOW!

Hello everyone!

Well I have now officially graduated and it feels amazing!! All my hard work from the last three years has paid off.

Yesterday I woke up incredibly nervous knowing I had to walk across the stage in front of everyone, after some champagne for breakfast I felt a little more confident. Still shaking I finally walked across that stage at about 3pm to collect my certificate.

Here are some snaps from the day!

Now a big congratulations to everyone in the Class of 2013 from CCAD and a big thank you to everyone who supported us throughout our three years there! 

I'll be back soon posting some updates of work I've done :)!

Thank you for reading!

Bye for now!

Abbie x

It's been far too long!

Hello everyone!

It's been far too long since I posted on here. I have been so busy that I feel like I haven't even had time to breathe!! I have spent so many hours making products for my craft fair which happened last weekend, although it wasn't as successful as I had hoped it had been I do now have the bug for doing craft fairs and am already looking for another to do.

Here are a couple of photos from my fair and I hope you like the look of it.

On the left side is a collection of the product I did which includes memory boxes, cushions, frames, cards, tealight holders and my pocket mirrors.  On the right is the collection my aunt and uncle did which were driftwood and seaglass images, also some embroidered pieces.

I will be uploading closer images of my cushions and frames in the coming weeks!  Thank you for reading.  Also don't forget to take a quick peak at my Etsy page which has some products on and I will be adding more soon.

Bye for now!
Abbie x

A kept promise

Hello everyone!

As promised last week I told you I would show my mams birthday cards which I made.  She had a lovely day and loved her cards which I was very pleased about.  I created two very different cards and I really enjoyed making them.  I have also been busy this week making lots of stock up for my craft fair which is creeping closer!  I have photos up on my Facebook page and my Etsy shop.  Also don't forget I have entered the Ohh Deer competition and need your help to win, my links are in last weeks post.

The first was pink card with a white border and pink heart and happy birthday sentiment.

I hole punched lots of little flowers in different shades of pink before gluing them into the shape of a heart.  I then added "Happy Birthday to my Amazing Wife" to the side of the card and 2 pink rhinestones.  I also added a few little pink rhinestones to the flowers on the heart.  The card was left blank inside.

The second was a very basic colour scheme of beige and black.

I layered the card so I had beige then black then beige which I then placed 2 die cut black butterflies on, I added 3 small silver rhinestones to the middle of each butterfly.  I love the simplicity of this card.  I added an Happy Birthday sentiment inside.

Hope you've all had a brilliant week and enjoy reading my post.

See you all next week.
Bye for now!
Abbie x

Sneaky post!

Hello everyone!

I know I don't normally post on a Saturday but I am wanting to share some images of a competition I entered and I kind of need your help to win it!

I entered a competition on Ohh Deer which was to design 3 cushions which could potentially be sold on their website should I win.  Now here is where you lovely lot come into it... to win the competition I need to sell as many cushions as possible to show my design is right for their website.  I'll post a link to each of my cushions alongside the designs which I am going to show you now.  If you don't want to purchase my cushions could you please just pass the message on? Thank you in advance!!
Here is the more exciting bit, my designs!

Street

http://ohhdeer.com/competitions/pillow-fight-round-ii/7419/street

Street View

http://ohhdeer.com/competitions/pillow-fight-round-ii/7413/street-view

Busy City

http://ohhdeer.com/competitions/pillow-fight-round-ii/7418/busy-city

If you would like to purchase any of them just click the links below the image or you can share them on facebook, twitter or pinterest if you wanted!

Thank you for reading!!

Bye for now!

Abbie x