recent work

Do you know your stars?

I've been collecting lots of images and not posting. I've gotten out of the habit, and am trying to get back into it. I think part of it is that I used to diligently upload images to flickr and then post here, but the new flickr sucks. I hate how it looks and it's difficult to navigate, so I totally stopped using it. I'm wondering what you guys do- collect images on hard drives, print them out?

Here's some work I've made as weddings gifts and the VI is a baby piece. The stars were gifted to a wedding party in France! Each one got a custom note typed out by hand. The hearts are wedding presents too. I love seeing my work all done, but damn my arm is hurting. No joke!

Recent stitches...

Heart factory.

One of my favorite parts of making these tokens of love is imagining where these pieces end up in their new homes. Alice received her package and left some super, gooey sweet feedback for me, which I'm so thankful for. She also attached this pic, which I quite like. Thank you!

The heart factory...

...is open! Can you believe that it's been almost a year since I've offered custom embroidery?! I'm just about finished with an epic project, so I thought it was time to reintroduce my Custom Heart Samplers. Right now I have two of my most popular color schemes in the shop and may introduce more later. I'm thinking of changing it up a bit - adding some new colors and editing the old ones. Annnnd, here's a new little Valentine Heart too.

Yay for little stitched hearts!

cake!

thanks to one of my lovely customers i am able to share this cute story. a custom heart was given as a wedding gift and it became part of the design for their engagement party cake. they got my hand writing down perfectly! i love all the stitching details!

thanks karen for the images and andrew & megan too! congratulations...

heart factory....

...last weeks work...

i am a lucky girl, so very grateful to be busy and working full time on Miniature Rhino. it's something i never saw coming. it's just grown real organically. not having a business background i'm learning as i do this and feeling so overwhelmed. the other night i was apparently talking in my sleep about "the orders". i don't think i've talked in my sleep before but the pressures of managing a small business solo feel intense. don't take this as complaining please, it's just a new world for me. i never would have thought i would (or could) be working from home on the things i make! blows my mind as i eat cereal at noon, sitting at my work table and stitching.

big, big thanks to vanessa and meghan for their help this past week!!

a Giveaway and Contest

the oh so kind ladies at 100 Layer Cake and i have teamed up for a little giveaway. we want to join creative forces with you! really. i wanted to enter the Martha Stewart + Etsy handmade wedding details contest with one of my custom heart samplers that would be used in an actual real life wedding. so 100 layer cake is helping me find all you brides to be that would like to use a little embroidered heart in their weddings.

to enter just head on over here, and leave a comment about how you could use this in your wedding. maybe you have a unique names or a good story too. we wanna hear it! and if you know any brides point them on over thrrr!

many thanks to all you who enter and 100 Layer Cake for helping to spread the word!