An Official Pause in the Blog

To our Vonnylein & the Carpenter followers, we are sure that you have noticed a serious decline in our blog posting!  We have discovered that using Facebook exclusively to share our thoughts/creations/interests has been wonderful for us.  We are happy with how our business is slowly growing, and look forward to continuing this progression.  We see ourselves adding new products to our line of Vonnylein & the Carpenter creations as we discover where our true passions and interests lie.  

For this reason, we will not be posting on our Vonnylein blog at this time.  In the future we may decide to pick up our writings again, but for now we are happy to be crafting and designing, and sharing that joy with all of you through our Facebook page and Etsy account.  

To new folk who visit our blog: Please direct yourselves to our Facebook page by clicking on the blue Facebook button to the right of this page, or by following this link >>Vonnylein on Facebook<<.  Alternately, please visit our Etsy shop to peruse our handmade products: >>Vonnylein on Etsy<<!  

We look forward to seeing you around on Facebook.

Have a fantastic day!

Sincerely,

'Vonnylein & the Carpenter'

Shop Opening Day: June 7th!

Clickable Links:
>> Etsy Shop
>> Facebook

A Table Full of Colour!

Just a few photos of our display from the Mom2Mom Sale we attended on the 11th.  What a wonderful time we had making new friends and meeting lovely mommies and babies!  It is such a treat being able to share our creations with others.  If only I could express just how much love we put into each and every thing that we make.  Creating pretty, colourful things for our own family is something that makes my heart smile!  Being able to do this for others too, is a real honour.

We did not make many changes to our display; however, I was busy crafting some new wooden photo displays before the show: "Family is everything."  Those sold like hot cakes!  (Mmm....hot cakes...now I'm craving fresh crepes with strawberries...yum!)  I will definitely be making more, and would love to include personalized options as well.  

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to see us, and a big thanks to my best friend, as well as Grandpa for babysitting!

Happy Victoria Day to all of our Canadian friends.  Enjoy your long weekend!

yvonne.

Chalkboard Speech Bubbles - 3 Fun Styles

Lovingly crafted by the Carpenter alone, these chalkboard speech bubbles look fantastic!  (I can't take any credit for these, other than lending him painting space on my sewing table.)

We've used ours in just about every photo shoot we've done.  Birthday party decorations.  Daily words of inspiration in our home.  An impromptu writing surface for our son.  I personally love the cloud version.  Definitely more work to complete, but well worth the effort!

I've been busy working away on my Etsy shop learning curve, discovering the ins and outs of selling online, and hope to have the basics covered by June!  This means that we could very well be open for business to the 'world wide web' in just a few weeks.  Eek!

Oh, and see that adorable tie he's wearing in the photos below?  I have some fun fabrics lined up to make those as well, together with a tricky new way of tying the tie that is much neater looking.  Yep, I've been having fun in my spare time (tying ties and rifling through my fabric stash!).

Happy Wednesday (again!).

Coming Soon to the Shop: Wooden Growth Rulers!

From the Carpenter (and Vonnylein):

Coming soon to our shop, for local purchase only: Wooden Growth Rulers!

We have had fun creating these, paying attention to the little details such as font style, sanding, and even in how the ruler ticks are drawn.  These really are a labour of love.  (I had to give up my sewing table for staining purposes, since our weather has been so cold until now.  That in itself is love!)

Currently we are making striped and chevron style rulers.  Personalized styles are definitely an option.  

Here they are!

The little babes are waking up.  It's another happy Wednesday!