Thank You to the Class of 2012!

A few months ago I opened an Etsy shop that sells handmade party decorations. Much like starting a blog, getting found on Etsy has been an incredibly steep learning curve. But I'm happy to say that a few folks have stumbled by and graciously purchased products this month largely due to one thing: Graduation 2012!

Here are a couple of products that I created for the big event - a graduation banner...

and a graduation door sign...

In celebration of reaching 16 Etsy sales and 16 Etsy admirers, I'm having a 16% Off sale! The sale starts tomorrow May 16 and runs through May 31 (which just happens to be 16 days).

To take advantage of the sale, simply enter the following coupon code during checkout: 16PERCENTOFF


Thanks!

DIY Graduation Favors

My youngest son will be graduating from Kindergarten in a few weeks, so I thought it would be fun to create little favors to hand out to all of the graduates. The inspiration for the favor came from this amazing craft created by Zakka Life - see it here.

I made graduation pops!

This is a super easy craft to make. First gather up some black plastic bottle tops - these are from bottles of root beer.

Then make the tassels by following these instructions.

Finally cut 2"x 2" squares and small circles out of black foam paper or cardstock. Hot glue the bottle top to the square and then hot glue the tassel onto the top of the square. Finish it off by gluing the small circle on top.

Almost too cute to eat!