New Products and Somerville Craft Fair

Saturday is the Somerville Craft Fair and I've been busy getting ready. Here are some pictures of some of my new products.

This magnet board is for my in-laws for Christmas. The magnets are pictures of all the grandkids. I liked how it turned out.

I made a bunch of magnet sets with new designs. I also finally made a make-shift light box in order to get some decent pictures of them. Here is one set.

These advent calenders were still hard to photograph, even in the light box. The sheet metal reflects everything so much. But, you can see most of the details in this photo. The magnet is an ornament with gold bells that I designed in Photoshop.

I made Christmas block sets in two styles. One says "Season's Greetings," the other says "Merry Christmas." I really liked the gold vinyl I used for the pictures. It was a nice addition to the red, green and white Christmas colors.

Here is a large magnet board. I made a few of these with different sayings.

Christmas cards are ordered!

I finally finished my Christmas cards and sent them off to be printed. I made two designs--one a little whimsical and the other more formal. I will be selling them as a 10 pack for $5 and the 10 can be all of one kind, half and half, or any other combination.

As I was designing the whimsical card, I started with the tree. It needed something more, but I wasn't sure what to put. As my mind wandered, I thought of one of my husband's former colleagues who is obsessed with anything to do with penguins and suddenly I had my inspiration for how to finish the card. I started with one penguin, but it soon evolved to three penguins caroling. Hopefully it inspires a few holiday smiles.


The formal card has a very "paper-crafted" look. I designed the layers to have a rough linen paper texture and used a rustic color palette. The combination hints to me of wood smoke and thick blankets.