Handmade Ornaments Friday Linky Boutique

Meet my new friend Elizabeth!  She is the designer and owner of her very own unique Christmas ornament esty store called EBornaments.  Elizabeth is an artist, as you can tell... love her Van Goegh.  It will be so pretty with Christmas lights shining through!

See the resemblance to Van Gogh's The Stary Night

Each of her ornaments is hand painted and truly is unique.  I'm fond of this one....

and this one....

and my kiddos would LOVE the fish.

As a mom, I have made a tradition to give each of my 6 children 1 ornament each year that is unique and their very own.  I won't pretend.. it's HARD to find unique ornaments... especially ones that are reasonably priced.

Elizabeth's ornaments are beautiful AND considering you are getting a hand painted one of a kind work of art, they're a scream'n deal.  She also is spreading the crafy love and has a tutorial for you HERE! 

Head over and see all of her creations at her Etsy store EBornaments or at her website EBornaments.com


Or just click on her linky below!  


Christmast Shopping this weekend?  The big day is eeking closer and I know you're looking for fantastic gifts.  Link up below if you'd like to sell something (on your blog or Etsy store) and if you're shopping, go check out these crafty ladies!

Friday Boutique... A Parade of Christmas Decor Themes

If you're thinking about decorating for Christmas... (my friend the Nester is decorating early to prepare for her deck the halls post:) then you might be considering new ways to spruce up your home for the Holidays.  I'm praying that a real artificial tree lands on my house and squashes my wicked excuse of an artificial tree and that the Good Witch of Christmas waves her magic wand and produces a tree that would make my munchkins dance and sing, "Ding dong the tree is dead..."  Don't believe me?

True story... this is my tree.  I'll tell you about it next week... or maybe never. Actually, this is a great picture of my free tree. It was free... us thrifty gals will suffer a lot for the sake of FREE.

One of the things I've learned after 14 years of marriage is that every person needs to find their own style of decorating for Christmas.  I'm still mulling mine over...

I love it when a room looks festive without decorations overpowering the senses.

I love rooms that make you go, "Hmm... I never thought of that for Christmas."  Blue and orange, starfishes in garlands, topiaries and toile...

I love it when the tree is the focus of a room.  Simple, stately, alive and inviting to gather around.

While I love the traditional colors of red and green and also am lured by the natural look (tans, whites, and winter nature scenes) I have enjoyed seeing other colors come into use during the holidays.  Now days Christmas decor is centered around what makes you happy, cheerful and festive.

What decor themes do you use to decorate with?

Okay ladies, if you're crafting, come link up and show us what you're selling this season!  If you're beginning to hunt down Christmas gifts for sister, moms, neighbors, and daughter... now is the time to get out your check book and visit the talented ladies of blogland and shop!   Happy Boutiquing my friends!  Don't forget to order your Christ Centered Letters from Santa HERE for $6!  Orders need to be in by Thanksgiving for an early December delivery!

Holiday Friday Boutique... Come By, Come Buy, Come Sell!

This is Pretty Organizers edition of a Holiday Blow Out Sale.  Last year I was up to my eyeballs in what I lovingly call "Pretty Organizers." I have sold at boutiques, online through my Etsy store and have done custom orders as well.  I was invited last Fall to be the hat box supplier for a swanky hat store in Santa Monica... I was totally thrilled and flattered but... my 6 children are my priority.



Point?  Well, this year is too busy to keep up with Hat Boxes and truthfully, I need to clear out crafter space and build up a reserve of change for my late night holiday craft induced chocolate binges. SO, I have a few overstock boxes that I'm offering at killer prices. Bad? No, they're beautiful but just not good enough to sell for top $$$.  These boxes are over 50% off what I sell my boxes for. They need a good home and I need to purge. Yes, the pictures are blurry.  I hate taking pictures... no patience.   I've included a PayPal button right here to make it easy.  And... if you don't want a hat box but want to add to my late night chocolate binge fund, just click on the goole ads to the right.  I think I have $5 more dollars of clicks 'till google sends me my check:)

Choose Your Pretty Organizer

Pink Chocolate SOLD $0.00 10X5" Punked Out Pink/Black $10.00 6x4" Brown Fluffer Thing $8.00

All of you Etsy Store owners or crafters who want to link up and strut your creative stuff.... link up to your store or blog and show us what you've got! Shoppers... time to start that Christmas Shopping!

$5 Fix to Cure Misbehaving Kids in December

Here's the thing... this is a gift that takes planning.  You HAVE to buy it way super duper early because it will be shipped and arrive at the beginning of December when your kids are crazy excited for Christmas and you need a little something to keep that 8 year old believing just one more year.

This is a gift that yields rave reviews from customers who are ordering again this year. The personal letters are written TO your kiddos, ABOUT your kiddos and what they're good at, AND Santa even mentions friends names and encourages your 'lil punks to think about why we celebrate Christmas! Plus, the letters have the irrefutable cancellation stamp from the real North Pole, Alaska.  The older kids flip.

*** Tricky Parenting Tactic ALERT***

This is a $5 stinker fixer.  Totally worth it.  Santa KNOWS their name and what they're good at AND he's really checking his list.  SO... (and this works because, yes, I've stooped so low) if they're stinkers in the grocery store, mention the elves are watching and reporting things to Santa.  You might also pull out the letter from your purse and flash the evidence... geesh, now you'll all be able to spot me in Wal-Mart. Guilty.

****WARNING*****

This Tricky Parenting Technique has NOT been clinically tested for ill side effects.  Pretty Organizers dreaded dreamed up side effects might include mental illness or anxious children who believe that the elves are everywhere and taking note of every action.  Pretty Organizer assumes no liability for nightmares or parenting backfires.

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Help me spread the word and grab a button!

$5 letter SALE goes through MONDAY, NOV. 2nd.   ORDER NOW!  Prices will increase Nov. 3rd.

Friday Boutique... Early Holiday Shopping

What's blogland selling at the boutiques this year? Come see... come shop... come buy from women and moms who could use the extra cash for their families.

The Friday Weekend Boutique will be held every Friday through Christmas!  If you sell handmade items, Come link up!

If you'd like to be a featured crafter on Fridays shoot me an email:

PrettyOrganized {@} gmail {dot} com

Let's go shopping this weekend! Be sure to spread the word and link up below.

Rules:Please link up to your blog post about your online store and include a link back to Pretty Organized Palace in your post. Feel free to include PayPal buttons on your site or the link to your craft store. Be sure to tell everyone you're participating in The Friday Boutique over at Pretty Organized, this will help all crafters get more traffic to their sites! and don't forget to BUY, BUY, BUY! Let's help stimulate the homemakers economy!

Friday's Weekend Boutique and a couple Pumpkin Crafts Ideas

Friday Linky time is here.  If you sell crafts, link up below.  If you're starting your Christmas Shopping early, check out the links below and start buying!  IF you want to be a feature crafter for our (me, myself and I) Weekend Boutique, check out the button on the sidebar for more info and shoot me an email! October - December is Boutiquing Season so, IF you make fabulous things to sell and want a place to peddle them online for FREE, come link up here each Friday so we can buy from you!

Disney's Family Fun Magazine suggests using magazine cutouts to piece together a funny face.  This is one kids are sure to enjoy!



Ms. B's Edgar Allen Poe Decoupaged Pumpkin!  Go on and pay her a visit!




Okay, You know the drill.   Remember to link to your BLOG please and link back to this post.  You can grab this button if you like and don't forget to tell all your friends you've linked up to sell over here.  If we all spread the word via our blogs, we'll have a lot of happy shoppers and all us crafters will be rich and solve the worlds problems over a good piece of chocolate cake.  Okay, well, even if we don't solve one darn problem, we'll all be fat and happy together, right?

Friday Weekend Boutique- Get Craft'n

What's blogland selling at the boutiques this year? Come see... come shop... come buy from women and moms who could use the extra cash for their families.

The Friday Weekend Boutique will be held every Friday through Christmas!

This week's feature business is owned by a mother of 3 kiddos who loves to cook and bake and design. She and her sister started Scribble It, an online decal and vinyl store.


They even have a fab DESIGN CENTER where you can custom design your order and they feature something uniquely wonderful for all you trying to figure out what you're getting your mother who has everything this year:



Chalk Board Vinyl!!! Yes, I'm totally in love with these 2 style cut outs but you MUST go see the others for sale. Really ladies, these are fantastic... AND affordable.

Aren't they cute in this nursery? I'd love to slap a couple of those decorative ones above on the outside of my kitchen cabbys! Are your creative craft'n juices flowing?

Are you ready to get crack'n with craft'n for the holidays?

So many people to make for, so little time (when you start in December!).

Let's go shopping this weekend! Be sure to spread the word and link up below.

If you'd like to be a featured crafter on Fridays shoot me an email:

PrettyOrganized {@} gmail {dot} com

Hurry to reserve your spot at discount September prices!

Rules:Please link up to your blog post about your online store and include a link back to Pretty Organized Palace in your post. Feel free to include PayPal buttons on your site or the link to your craft store. Be sure to tell everyone you're participating in The Friday Boutique over at Pretty Organized, this will help all crafters get more traffic to their sites! and don't forget to BUY, BUY, BUY! Let's help stimulate the homemakers economy!

The Friday Boutique

Welome to the Friday Boutique! Each week until Christmas I will be offering a place for crafters to link up to a blog post about their products and their online store for free. Each Friday Boutique will run through the weekend giving bloggers plenty of time to advertise their wares. Don't forget what this is all about... SHOPPING!! Start your Holiday shopping early and do a litte bit each weekend. I'm planning on doing all my shopping this year through these small businesses... I want to put my money into HOMES... into FAMILIES. Let's support each other.

Each week I'll be featuring a few crafters with links to their online stores. If you'd like to be a featured crafter shoot me an email at PrettyOrganized {at} Gmail {Dot} Com and I'll give you current pricing. Pricing through September is less than some spend at Sonic each week.

::Featured Crafters::

Nester at Nestingplace
If you don't know who my sweet girlfriend Nester is... you've been under a rock. Nester blogs over at the Nestingplace and is a glue gun slinging crafter who shoots from the hip and makes ordinary things like doors and plates look like extraordinary works of art. She's been hotly pursued to market her original unique decorative tassels by Dayspring... a Christian division of Halmark.

Go check out her creations... each is complete with a scripture verse sure to inspire the heart of a homemaker. I Heart her myself!!

Shabby Nest
Wendy at the Shabby Nest blogs on about all things vintage, decor and beautiful. She also hosts a great Frugal Friday linky party each week that may help you with Christmas ideas! On top of her successful blog, Wendy puts her artistic skills to work at her Etsy Store The Shabby Nest.

She makes incredible hand sketched cards.... and beautiful tile necklaces... again, sketched by her own talented little hands! LOVE this bee necklace!


Oh, and the genius, mother of 4 also sews fantastic pillows! I love her number pillows... Um... I need 8 please.

::GIVEAWAY::

Jenessa over at The Best Nesst chiseled her crafting niche in the homemade journal and address book business. Ness runs a great store over at Etsy with custom PRETTY journals and address books complete with thoughtful scriptures on the front.

Ness was a sweetheart and was willing to offer a new product here on Pretty Organized Palace as a giveaway this weekend.

Leave a comment below and you'll be entered to win a custom Medical Log Journal created for your family by Jenessa. I've blogged here and over at Blissfully Domestic about the medical log that I created but ya'll would be embarrassed to drag my sad stuffed spiral notebook into the doc.

Drop me a comment and let me know what you think about The Friday Boutique. Drawing will be announced Monday and the winner will be emailed by Jenessa!

THE FRIDAY BOUTIQUE

Let the buying and selling begin!

Rules:Please link up to your blog post about your online store and include a link back to Pretty Organized Palace in your post. Feel free to include PayPal buttons on your site or the link to your craft store. Be sure to tell everyone you're participating in The Friday Boutique over at Pretty Organized, this will help all crafters get more traffic to their sites! and don't forget to BUY, BUY, BUY! Let's help stimulate the homemakers economy!