Featured on Pamela Joyce Designs for So Southern Saturdays!

I am so flattered to be featured on the oh-so-lovely Pamela Joyce Designs today for the So Southern Saturday's edition.
A lovely interview
AND
I'm also giving away my Wanderlust Paper Airplane Necklace! Snag it before the celebs get one at the upcoming Academy Awards

Head on over to her blog to check it out, and enter to win the necklace!Necklace giveaway ends 2/18ALSO, don't forget to enter my 700 Facebook Fan Giveaway Extravaganza!  You could win lots of amazing goodies.  Giveaway ends 2/17Check it out HERE Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!! 

Look what came in the mail yesterday!

Here is the little write-up about me and Release Me Creations within the pamphlet. 

I'm so excited, it's almost surreal!

In other news, my Release Me Creations fan page reached 600 fans!  

WHOA!

 Image via www.sodahead.com

So stay tuned...you can expect to see an amazing giveaway coming your way soon!

Academy Awards Prep

So, as I have alraedy mentioned, I finished my necklaces for the Academy Awards.  It was a huge feeling of accomplishment as making 100 pieces of anything is a TON OF WORK!

HOWEVER, I'm not done yet.All 100 necklaces need to find their way into 100 carefully designed pretty little boxes to be shipped off to Beverly Hills, CA.
 HOW I CREATED THE BOX DESIGN:
I decided to design the boxes entirely on my own, without purchasing any stickers or inserts (besides my business cards).  Yes it was more work, but I am always going to save money and do it myself when I can.-I used GIMP to make a round logo for the top of the box, and then for the inside of the box I made little notes to each of the celebrities.  The notes are specific to the necklace that is within the box, so they know a little bit about the design and my inspiration.  -I arranged the logos into a Word Document, and then printed them out onto cardstock and cut them out.-Then I just used mod podge to paste the circle logos to the top of the lid, and the notes to the inside of the lid.-I stamped "Handmade with Love" on the back side of the box for a cute little touchI'll have the final pictures of the packaging as I get closer to finishing everything up.Sorry for the icky pictures, but I was doing these at night, so you get flourescent lighting

 

I am clearly not done...not even close. 100 boxes, 100 lid labels, 100 label inserts, 100 tiny little airplane charms attached to 100 jump rings attached to 100 pieces of Divine Twine...yeah...lots of packaging!  And then I need to attach the necklaces to their cards and insert them into the boxes with padding.
I will keep you all posted!

Fort Worth Child Feature: Academy Awards Necklaces

I finally got my hands on Fort Worth Child Magazine, and lo and behold, on page 18 I found my little Academy Awards Silhouette Necklaces!  The article was promoting the Cowtown Indie Bazaar, which happened on Saturday October 15th, and they mentioned me and my necklaces.
I was sad they didn't mention my connection to The Artisan Group as they are the only reason I have this amazing opportunity to bring my pieces to the celebrities at the Academy Awards, but I understand the magazine is limited to space and what they can include.
So here it is:

 

I'm super excited, and pretty darn proud of my little necklaces.

  And I was also featured in my hometown newspaper!