moving!

shakeandshiftdesign — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:54:38 +0000

hello all! I’ve moved on over to Tumblr. Follow me here.

Lovely Handmade Knit Dolls

shakeandshiftdesign — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:21:07 +0000

How was everyone’s christmas break? Mine was awesome, I finally got to have my very first white Christmas and it was such a nice change fromt he mid 70s weather I usually experience during the holidays. This year I really tried to buy mostly handmade gifts for my loved ones since it’s so much better for the economy and there’s just such a nice feeling that comes with receiving a personalized handmade item that doesn’t compare to something store bought. For my newest little niece I purchased a handmade doll knit by Grace over at Done by Digits. I even had the pleasure of meeting Grace personally at Patchwork when the show came to Long Beach. As soon as I came over to her booth I fell in love with the lovely dolls she makes an knew I had to order one. And so Grace was nice enough to help me create an adorably ethnic little doll for baby Bella. Isn’t she just adorable?

I’m Home!

shakeandshiftdesign — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:36:08 +0000

And back to work today as well. Trying to recoop and get settled back into life. Be back after a short commercial break.

See ya Next Year

shakeandshiftdesign — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:35:43 +0000

Happy Holidays all! I’ll be off in the frozen land of Washington, DC for the holidays this year to celebrate with the boyfriend’s family. And oh man am I excited, have I mentioned that I’ve never actually seen real snow? And did I also mention that DC has been experience a flurry of blizzardness (yes. it is a word.)? Anywho I wanted to wish all of you who celebrate a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I appreciate that you take time out of your day to visit me and to comment on all my little happenings

I’ll meet you here in January! Hope you all have a happy, healthy 2010! Cheers!

Succulent Giveaway

shakeandshiftdesign — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:11:59 +0000

Happy Friday All! There’s a great giveaway going on at Prudent Baby for some absolutely fabulous succulents. Which I love, mainly its the un-killable factor that I love. Anywho to enter to win just post a comment before 12/22 about your funniest un-green thumb experience. Here’s mine:

Save the Date

shakeandshiftdesign — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:26:31 +0000

Last week my seester and I FINALLY finished up her Save the Dates for her upcoming wedding! yayyyy!! I designed them and we cranked them out at home on her printer and had a mini assembly line going to get them all in the mail. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. The smaller cards have the hotel info on them an I thought it’d be cute to use some embroidery string to tie them up along with the save the dates themselves so all the guests received a little mini package of information. Yay for seester’s wedding now on to the invitations themselves!

Bandito Design Company

shakeandshiftdesign — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:52:50 +0000

I found Bandito Design Company via paper crave. And this is definitely paper i crave. I love the designs on their site! But specifically I love this gold metallic over dark blue hoodlum creaturz print ::::gasp::::: It must be mine! Oh and heads up, thrifty shoppers! They’re having their Deck Your Halls Half Off Holiday Sale! Go go go!

Free Cupcake Vector!

shakeandshiftdesign — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:59:25 +0000

Just scroll down a bit on Shutterstock’s home page and you’ll see the link to download this gorgeous cupcake vector….FOR FREEE!!

Embroidered Sketchbooks

shakeandshiftdesign — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:46:57 +0000

So I have this beautiful linen sketchbook and it’s completely blank and in the nicest white linen stock. I love it but I’ve been thinking I want to do something really special to personalize it a bit more. I’ve also been coming across a lot of beautiful embroidery work lately and the two thoughts intersected and now I really want to embroider this sketchbook.

How can you not want to try it with all the lovely inspirations out there for this kind of project? Wish me luck because I will probably cry if I mess up my lovely sketchbook. Ok. Not really.

Top to Bottom via: 1. What Katie Does, 2. Available for Purchase at DenkiAi’s etsy, 3. Available for Purchase at papermode’s etsy

Bob Marley Made Me Cry

shakeandshiftdesign — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:10:07 +0000

I’m such a wuss. But isn’t it so beautiful? Found here.