Treasury Tamperings

Happy New Year everyone! :D

I hope you all had a good evening and have a great 2012. 

As you've probably heard from my yammering on facebook/twitter, i've re-opened my Etsy shop again (note the snazzy new link on the right!)

One of the things i've got instantly hooked on is the treasuries.

Seeing as they are similar to Pinterest (which I LOVE), I suppose it comes as no surprise that I ended up becoming addictive to them!

So, here's an example of my 2nd ever treasury, called Winter Plum:

I might even make a weekly feature on these treasuries so keep an eye out
if you're over at Etsy!

Now, i'm off to make another one, so hope you all have a great
week, month and year! ;)

Leanne x x

Folksy Friday: Tea

Ello and hope you've all had a nice Christmas! :) We're running a bit late today so here's our Tea-licious picks for this week's Folksy Friday.

As always, you can find my picks on Pinterest too :)

Thanks and enjoy!

Blue Stripes  /  Little Bird Too

Tempo Designs  /  Knitterings

Kingfisher Crafts  /  The Knitted Duck

Cuppa Tea And Cake  /  Kayleigh O'Mara

Daisy Beth  /  Orange Bird Studio

As this is my last blog before the New Year, I want to thank everyone who has supported this blog and Ello and wish you a great year ahead ;)

Also thanks to the creators of these items! 

Happy New Year from Ello!

Leanne x x

Folksy Friday: Gold

As this is my last Folksy Friday before Christmas, I thought i'd go with a festive gold theme this week :)

You can find all my picks over at Pinterest as always!

Enjoy!

Fox & Phoenix  /  Lollipop

Karrah Designs  /  Erica Trogal Jewellery

Ali Bali Jewellery  /  Hatastic

Wychbury  /  Songbeads

Crafts Council  /   PRINT for LOVE of WOOD

Thanks as always to the makers of these glittering items and of course to you guys who follow/comment/view the blog and support Ello in any way, because you've really made my 1st year in business an enjoyable one :)

Hopefully this will continue on next year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Ello ;)

Leanne x x

Xmas at Ello

It's really hard to believe its only 5 days until Christmas!

 I remember when this counter was on 48!

I spent yesterday running around Folksy trying to buy last minute things (which I can't post unfortunately, but you sellers know who you are!)

I've tried to get as many handmade presents this year, so thank you to all the lovely Folksy shops I've bought from, all the items were amazing :)

I also had good news last week in that my Plum Christmas Star Card was featured on the Folksy front page with the O Star of Night theme! 

As I result, I only have one left, so thank you to those who bought one or any of my Christmas cards this year, I really appreciate it ;)

I'll be keeping them in my shop until New Year's but they'll be reduced after Christmas if you want a grab a bargain ready for next year. 

Also, the calendar will be relisted around this time too, as my last one is being whisked away to a lovely welshegg as we speak! :)

Now, off to shop more and to sort out my Folksy Friday!

Have a good week!!

Leanne x x

Folksy Friday: Snowflakes

Although we haven't had snow ourselves yet (not that we get much anyway, being by the coast) I know some people have already, so thought we needed some snowflakes to get us into a wintery mood :)

You can view all of my choices this week over at Pinterest !

As always, enjoy!

Crafts Council  /  Sian Aldridge Photography

Sophia Victoria Joy  /  Jenny Feather

Greengage Glass  /  Abundant Glass

Handcrafted Jewellery by Corrina Smith  /  Made By Kate D

 

Hearts Of Dough  /  Wiv Wuv Creations

Thanks as always to the creators of the lovely items above, all are wintery wonders!

Off to do some last minute shopping today, so wishing you a good weekend

 and Christmas week ;)

Leanne x x

Calendar Complete!

Its been listed nearly a week, but I am happy to say our 2012 calendar is now complete! hurray!

You can find it only over at our Folksy shop :)

It says it all in the listing, but i'll post some info here:

Each month features a scene with a landscape and several birds.
Each landscape changes depending on the month.
At the bottom of the calendar, the holidays for the month are written and the boxes of those dates are also highlighted.
The calendar is A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) and made with 170gsm matt paper and held together with a treasury tag.

There is only 1 left in stock on the site, but if you'd like one, I'd be happy to make another one, just for you! ;)

My personal favourite month is June, but I have a soft spot for August and November!

Many thanks to those who have waited/supported our calendar!

Hope you like ;)

Ello Products: Prints

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you had an enjoyable week :)

This week, i'd thought i'd highlight the area in my shop that is often tucked away, and that is the Other Stationery section.

Although Ello primarily makes cards, we also do a range of other stationery and I thought i'd use my blog this week to highlight these often forgotten products.

The first product is prints!

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My prints are basically glossy photo versions of my notecards.

Sometimes its nice to design something that isn't for an occasion and i've made several doodles (I don't doodle them, but lets just call them that!) that i've made into smaller versions.

My High Street Note Card above was featured in the Fresh On Folksy blog back in November and can be found under Illustration and Stationery sections. Woo hoo!

I only have 2 prints listed at the moment (and at £3.00 each including postage are very affordable!) and being 6 x 4, are very easy to find frames for. 

I'd love to make more of these prints as i've got a couple more designs ready and waiting. I might even like to take a couple of my card designs and personalise them as prints. 

I've also had a fondness for my calendar designs so will probably be turning those into prints at some point as well :)

You can find the prints in the Other Stationery section of our Folksy shop.

If you'd like to suggest a theme/commission a print, i'd be happy to help :)

Thanks as always for following, watching and reading!

Leanne x x

Folksy Friday: Cake

This week was my boyfriend's birthday, so in honour of the occasion, this week has a cake theme, hurray! 

I don't have a sweet tooth myself, but couldn't resist doing such a sweet theme!

To see all the items I found this week, check out my Pinterest board :)

Thanks and as always, enjoy!

Very Berry Handmade  /  Little Bobbins

Jenny Arnott  /  I Love U

Quite Contrary Crafts  /  The Leaf Press

Miss Cake  /  Hello There

Crazy Dazy Knits  /  Needles

Thanks as always to those who made these delicious items, its so hard to pick as favourite, they all look so yummy!

Hope you have a great weekend ;)

Leanne x x

I Heart Pinterest

Some of you on Pinterest may have noticed that i've started creating my Folksy Friday themes there, and i'm so glad I did! The toadstool theme went down really well last week and a few of the items I didn't even show got re-pins on Pinterest. 

For those not on Pinterest, its a great site where you can made boards and pin items to a board to make a collection, kinda like a treasury.

My current boards are above if you want to take a look :)

Its good for me because I can pick loads of items for my Folksy Friday and then choose the ones I think work best together, as shown below!

If you're not already signed up (its all free by the way) then I think you have to be invited by a friend to join. 

If anyone does want an invite, drop me a comment here and we can sort something out. Would hate for anyone to miss this site out, it can become so addictive!

Now, off to sort out my next Folksy Friday ;)

Until then!

Leanne x x