More About the Girls

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Making Connections

Yesterday, we three went to Sassafrass in Castle Rock to see if the store might be a good venue to sell our books in. What a FABULOUS store! So many treasures to discover!

While browsing around, we met a lady who rents space there to sell her wares. Her name is Marcia & she was a plethora of knowledge & advice! She gave us a few hints on selling in a co-op, as well as some other venues to check out. She was even so generous as to extend an offer to take some of our work to some of the local craft shows she has already signed on for! So, we are busy trying to create a few little extras along the themes she mentioned for her to place in her booth. We look forward to working with her soon!

As we were paying for our treasures, we were lucky enough to meet the owner, Amy & set up an appointment to bring our books in for her to look at & see if she thinks her clientele would be interested in our little books! Wish us luck!

Afterward, we hit The Barn! If you have never been to The Barn in Castle Rock, then you are truely missing out!!! It's like going to a quaint little street market in a giant red barn! There are antiques, new & vintage jewelry, artwork, local food stuff & many clever handmade items for sale all under one roof! We spent 2 hours wandering around & probably could have spent more if we'd had the time! We also spoke with a vendor there, Beth Moore of Chic Junque who also was very knowledgeable about these venues & told us how The Barn operates. We hope that when a little space opens up, we might have enough capital to take advantage of this fabulous spot as well!

So, maybe we are finally on our way! We spent the better part of the day working on our business card image...hope you like it! I am hoping to re-do it again when the weather changes & we find some cute knit hats & scarves & a fun place to do them again & have our wonderful friend Rachel take the photo so I don't have to do the timer thing!!!

See you soon!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Busy, Busy

There's this great song by Morrissey called "Hairdresser on Fire" & the chorus in the song sums up the past few weeks...

"...Really busy,
Busy, Busy
Oh, hairdresser on fire
All around Sloane Square
And you're just so busy
Busy, busy
Busy scissors
Oh, hairdresser on fire..."

Except for the "hairdresser" part, we've all been very busy with our scissors lately! Amongst us, we have completed 4 travel albums & a heritage book!

So, keep your eyes open...They'll be up soon for sale!

Monday, July 20, 2009

One down...

Well, I've finished my first travel album &
I am hard at work on the 2nd!
(Having trouble with uploader here, so if you want a little look at my completed "Road Trip" album, a sneak peak at the Vintage-style Hawaii album, as well as all our other creations, just click on the Flickr gallery.)

Kim is about halfway through her first travel one, which you will adore!
And, Mom is still hard at work on her gorgeous heritage album!

We are currently trying to figure out the best venue to showcase & sell our work.
So far Etsy has only brought in some lookey-loos; while eBay has at least generated some sales (albeit, not nearly what the work was worth!) So, this week we three will go in search of a few local shops that we've heard will either consign or buy outright local artists' work. If that's the case, we will let everyone know where they might find our Teeny Creations at a store near you! Wouldn't that just be fab?! If anyone out there has any other ideas, please get in touch with us!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

New Albums in the Works...

We Scrap-a-Teeny Girls are finally hard at work on some new stuff!

Mom is working on a fabulous vintage-style Family Heritage album that you are going to want!

Kim & I got together this week & decided to work on a few ideas.
We both have gotten the itch to work on some travel albums.

Kims is a little more of a general "Family Trip" travel book, where as the one I am working on is specifically a "Road Trip" album! I was inspired after recently driving from California to Colorado with her a few weeks ago when her hubby picked up his VW Vanogan & needed a 3rd driver for the trip back home!
(Above: My brother-in-law's new pride & joy popped for show!
Below: driving back we saw this old VW being towed east & couldn't resist the photo op!)

We had a blast listening to all the old 80's tunes on my iPod & reminiscing about old times together! Road trips can be so much fun & I figured that everyone's taken one at some point in their lives & needs to record those memories somewhere!
Here's a sneak peak of the one I've started...



Here's just a sneak peak of what I am working on right now for The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls! The album pages alternate between chipboard & acrylic & have all sorts of road trip ephemera. I am hoping to have it done by the end of the weekend & up on Etsy next week!

Kim & I also discussed trying to find a local venue to show our work & may have a few options. So keep watching to see what happens next!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Proud to be an Indie!

Happy Independence Weekend everyone!

We three are looking forward to a weekend of BBQ & fireworks with our friends & family! We hope that you have big plans to celebrate our country's independence too!

Speaking of Independence...Please visit our shop on the "Mother" of all Indie sits - Etsy!
The Scrap-a-Teeny Girls are proud to announce their first SALE EVENT!
We have marked down all the items in our ETSY shop by 15%!

Just click on the Etsy blinkie & you'll be taken right there!

Have a happy & safe 4th of July!!