Paper Goods!

Hello! It's been a while. Things have been a little more difficult lately, it's not hard to get caught up and forget about posting. But here we are!

I was browsing the interwebz the other day, when I happened to come across Super Cute Kawaii!- a blog filled with cute handmade goodies.



While browsing the site, I happened to come across a "cute shop alert" featuring Sweet|Surprises. Woohoo! Thanks Claire! Super Cute Kawaii is definitely a blog that's not to be missed. They even have a shop full of handmade and japanese items!

Check out these adorable fruit badges by Asking For Trouble-



You're sure to love it if you love cute things :D
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Oh! Sweet|Surprises has been stocked with tons of new items including


and magnets!

As always, low priced worldwide shipping. Visit today! http://sweetsurprises.etsy.com/

New Rings!!

the wonderful Adele from modernemotive included my Green Apple Ring on her Etsy Hunt: An Apple a Day entry for today!

is an eco-friendly stationery company with simple, yet refreshing designs.

modernemotive showcases themed collections of different items found of Etsy daily. Click on the logo to visit their shop or check out their blog here!


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Adding to the line of cute accessories!

In my Etsy shop for $4.50 each.

http://sweetsurprises.etsy.com/

Zazzle shop now open!!


make custom gifts at Zazzle

New things

I'd like to start off by thanking CROQ zine for wanting to interview me recently.

CROQ zine is all about crafting and all things indie! They're really nice to give crafters and indie business owners publicity on their blog site. There's tons of interviews from many talented artists, and reading everyone's answers can be really insightful if you're trying to start your own business.

Sweet|Surprises Interview

The rest of the blog and interviews are here. There's plenty of pictures to look at. Definitely check it out! :D

I've been a little behind lately because of family issues, but I'm trying to catch up. I've been working on some new plastic charms, I love them!



Yay!

Thrifty Finds!

I love going to thrift stores :) The smell when you walk in isn't always pleasing, and your hands always feel dirty after touching everything, haha. But you can find really cool stuff sometimes! :)



I found all of these for a little bit over $3.00!
The little bobble head on the side is a Tabo no Minna card holder (was brand new in the box), next to it is a picture of a little horse, (I'm pretty sure it's an image of the Chinese Horoscope), the cute little piggy is a piggy bank, and then a tiny little bunny in a swing :D
I saw the little bunny just thrown in a shelf with a bunch of other random stuff, and I felt so bad leaving him there, haha. So I bought it for 50 cents :)

Just when it seemed like winter was leaving Arizona, we get a huge gust of cold wind. I can't wait for summer! 116 degree weather, smelly buses, ice cold AC.. :D

Anyways, I have 3 new cupcake designs!



Available at Sweetsurprises.etsy.com each is $8 :)

I also got the nicest comment tonight about one of my recently sold items. The buyer is so sweet! It's not always easy selling handmade crafts and such, but nice comments always make it so worth it. Thanks Holly!

Andd a bowl of ice cream for the crappy night I was having!

Hi! Hmm.. it's been a long time, hasn't it? Well ah.. I guess I have no excuse for not blogging.. I guess I'm just really bad at keeping up with so many things. But that's okay, because I'm making an attempt now, eh? :D Let's see.. The new year has been a pretty good start. A little rocky here and there, but it's nothing I wont get through.

ohmygosh, a cupcake party!

I've been working on my cupcakes this week. I've been dedicated! ..well, in between YouTube and complete waste of time breaks, hah. I love making cupcakes, even though they can be really time consuming. The colors make me happy :)

I've also been working on getting some items together to send to a lovely high school teacher in Tempe. Her class is part of the STAND club, which raises money to take action and end genocide in Darfur.

"With more than 700 chapters at schools around the globe, STAND is the fastest-growing student anti-genocide coalition in the world today. STAND chapters actively organize to prevent and stop genocide wherever and whenever it may occur. In partnership with the Genocide Intervention Network, STAND's long-term goal is to establish a permanent anti-genocide constituency that holds elected officials accountable for doing all that they can to prevent and end genocide." -http://standnow.org


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict
(Here's a very detailed article about the War in Darfur. It's long, but it's interesting. It's easy to forget about these things going on around the world in the sea of celebrity gossip and scandals that flood our media)


I know that my donation to their fund raising isn't much, but I'm sure any little bit helps :D


Back to work! :)