Rachael's Handmade Designs

Hi All, Well if you are not a stamper, you may not be famliar with Bombshell Stamps. I am, and so I'm pretty familiar with the company and their products - which I am an avid fan and actively support! They're having an awesome contest right now promoting their new stamps. Check it out and I'm sure you will enjoy their products!!  Bombshell Stamps Contest Cheers! Xo

Welcome Back! Today's post is reflecting on handmade custom orders. I do a very limited number of contract-for-sale custom orders - usually if I'm doing them, it's personal so it's just a gift for a family member. But in this instance my customer (and friend) is a long-time buddy, and her man is away fishing. Usually it's difficult to make cards for men, but in this instance I got immediate ideas and have finally had the chance to sit down and *really* create something that I absolutely loved. I'd even love to receive this card! This card has a little story, too. Often times in my personal life I get inspired to create things for people I meet or know. I was inspired by someone that I met to create a pirate card, one of which never came to be. I kept the map that I created and put it away in a ziplock bag for a later use. When my friend requested a custom card, I knew that the map would be a great addition and layer to a water-themed card for her beau! Th...

Welcome Back, All! I have resolved to being more creative! Instead of going long stretches of not creating anything, I have been doing one thing creative per day. Here's what I've made over the weekend.   I had loads of fun making these cards! These were the first times I had used any of these stamps before and I'm really pleased with how they turned out! What do you all think?

Hi All, Well, for a minute there, I thought I lost my mojo! I was feeling pretty desperate when it came to designing a card, but I was able to sit down and design two lovelies. I started the first one about three months ago. I knew I wanted to design something round the '50's theme because I love the background car paper and this little '50's poodle skirt girl. So I cut the card, stamped the girl and the oval die cut, dry embossed it and set it aside. I wanted to do something with it, but it wasn't sure what exactly it wanted to be. I'm so glad it turned out the way it did! So cute! Probably the card that's taken me the longest. Ever. (This one was posted on my etsy but has sold already.)  The second card I made was also using a stamp with copic markers. I'd say that the idea for this card took me a few hours because I wanted it to be something more than what *it* wanted to be. I think it's the simplicity and color-play that really makes this c...

Hello All, This weekend has been incredibly busy! Winding down from my day job on the weekend? Yeah, no. Not so much! :) But it's good too, because I'm one of the lucky ones who still has a job right now. So I count my blessings and am happy to go into work, even if I may have had other plans, you know? But anyways, that being said, I'm surprised I have been able to work on my shop as  much as I have over the weekend. I've been working on listings, taking photographs, and updating my blog. (I forgot to do my homework! YIKES! Thank God my teacher got the flu!!) I also had a sale, which was a nice little bonus. Packaged it up and it goes out tomorrow morning. :-) Over the weekend I've also been doing some research on how to boost sales. I signed up for a new site, which I'll blog about in a separate post in a few days (gotta give it a whirl first!). I'm pretty happy with how most of my recent photos have turned out. I even integrated stone an greenery i...

Hi Everyone! A beautiful new color-rich necklace is available via my etsy site. I call it my Ocean Rose Necklace. Inspiration for this necklace came straight from nature. I love the way that turqoise pops with pink and champaign colors in Hawaii. The turqoise being the ocean and the reds and champaigns in tropical flowers. So I wanted to design a necklace that would relect my love of tropical floral. I integrated the colors in this necklace using Swarovski Crystals in different cuts, antiqued chain and resin I absolutely love the way this idea turned out - it went from pencil and paper to actual textiles and being a wearable form of art!

Hi All, Well this is my first shop posting since my shop was reinstated. I'm still thinking about starting my own website, but honestly I don't think that I could sustain enough traffic to make it worth my while...Right now, that is. Hopefully that will change! Here's the latest listing available: front back If you're interested to see how I made these, there's a video posted earlier in this blog via my youtube. I offer these simple clips each for $3 + shipping, or a three pack for $8, plus shipping. These are also available in lavender.