My first Blog Award

My first award for Crafting for Bliss!!!! I'm so excited for this. I just started this blog and so far I am having lots of fun with it, so it's nice to have a couple of readers who enjoy it as well ^_^. I would like to thank Rebekah from Tailor Made for nominating me for this award! Please check out her blog HERE, she is awesome!

Here are the RULES for the Versatile Blogger Award:
1. Add the award to your blog.
2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you.
3. Mention seven random things about yourself. (see below)
4. List the rules. (you are reading them!)
5. Award to 10 bloggers.
6. Inform each of those 10 by leaving a comment on their blog

7 Random Things About Me:


1. I love brownies with ice cream
2. I enjoy watching Sponge Bob (probably more than my daughter lol)
3. I love anything related to makeup
4. I just got hired as a MAC makeup artist ^_^
5. I pierced my own ears one in high school
6. I still love the Backstreet Boys
7. I have yet to get my driver's license 

And the Award goes to.....




YOU! Reading this post! Running a blog can be a lot of work and I think everyone needs to be reward for it. It makes us all feel good ^_^ So if you decide to take the award let me know so I can come and check out your blog!!! Pin It

New Listing and Picture Improvement

So for a while I have been planning on improving the pictures on my shop, and as I mentioned yesterday I went outside and photographed almost all of my inventory (I still have bracelets and a couple of necklaces to do).
The next step would be to improve those pictures with some type of editing software, so I downloaded a free trial for Adobe's Lightroom 4, and I am in love (I'll have a seperate post for my thoughts on it)

So here is what I have so far. I think my shop is FINALLY starting to come together and look more cohesive! I actually love the way the pictures turned out. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions?

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Some of my creations

I just wanted to share a small collage of some of the earrings that I've made and have yet to add it to my etsy shop. I have a lot of work to do on my shop, starting with the pictures! I have gotten some feedback that I should use a white background, so that's what I'm working on!

Well for now it's going slow. I got a lightbox on amazon and I'm trying to get used to taking pictures in it. Hopefully by the end of the month all of my listing will have a white background ^_^

Check out my shop here!


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DIY American Girl Doll Outfit (Peplum skirt)

This week I have really been into creating outfits for Adriana. This is a great way for me to learn some new sewing techniques! So today I'm bringing you an outfit I made without a pattern {for the skirt at least}!!! I'm so proud of myself, I think this outfit came out great.

For the shirt I used a pattern from Liberty Jane Pattern, which was free and you can find it here. This pattern is FREE!!!! There are a few other free patterns there, along with others for sale. 

I'm even thinking of going as far as making myself a cute little skirt like this lol. It was actually pretty easy to make and super fun too. I;m having a lot of fun learning to make things, especially because by making them I'm saving tons. Gabi also seemed to like the little outfit ^_^.

I made this necklace with some jewelry findings I have laying around and it was simple, just like making a necklace for us, except in a much smaller size. And this lace fabric came from a shirt that was no longer being used. 

Isn't this skirt adorable?

I plan on making another skirt like this for her and I'll attempt to create a tutorial for it. What do you think of this little project?

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Bubble Fun

I just wanted to share some pictures of bath time last night. Once again I'm trying to improve so there is going to be a lot pictures being posted from now on. I would love to find some more photo challenges. Do you know of any?

Communal Global Tuesday Challenge
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I'm a big girl now!

I can't believe how fast she is growing! Where is the little baby I brought home from the hospital gone to?

Now all she wants to do is brush her teeth, and God help me if I try to help her lol. I took these shots yesterday and I really like them. I think my skills are improving, but I have much to work on.

Thankfully there is this beautiful blogging world, full of wonderful people willing to share what they know.

I have found many great blogs, which I am now following and these weekly challenges are a great way to keep me motivated to take more photos and to improve them.

Well here is Gabi brushing her teeth all on her own, and she is only 16 months ^_^

COME JOIN THESE COOL PHOTOGRAPHY PARTIES!!!!

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DIY Party Purse

I've had a pattern from Sew, Mama, Sew! for a while now, {you can find the pattern here} but it wasn't until yesterday that I decided to take that bad boy out and do something with it. Now let me tell you that I'm a beginner when it come to sewing, so I had some challenges making this cute little bag/clutch. 

First off the lining was a little hard to attach {my own inability to do so}, next time I'll use a thinker fabric as lining. Cutting all of the fabric and interfacing took me forever. Omg, this bag in general took me over 2 hours to complete!!!! But I'm learning, and as I went along I discovered easier ways to do things ^_^

So here it is. What do you think of it???

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