DIY Mother’s Day Bling Projects
A fun floral DIY card and handmade jewelry gifts for mom this Mother’s Day with video tutorials.
Tag Archives: A Touch of Sparkle by Monica
Etsy Shop Review: Embossing Card & Embellishments Haul
I have had great customer service before, especially from fellow Etsians, however, this shop owner blew me away!! Divine Designs by Bonni has a wonderful scrapbooker’s paradise of an Etsy shop! I found her while searching for a Tie & Bowtie Darice embossing folder for an upcoming Father’s Day jewelry and card making workshop that… Read More
DIY Rose Dangle Earrings Tutorial
I just loved making these pretty rose themed dangle earrings, but my favorite part was creating a themed and functional flower vase earring card holder for this gift. I got to finally use some long lost card making supplies to create an earring card holder in a floral theme to mimic the earrings. I learned… Read More
DIY Mother’s Day Earring Card & Flowers
A fun floral DIY card and handmade jewelry gifts for mom on Mother’s Day with video tutorials.
Take a Chance on Doing What you Love!
Sweet sarsaparilla! I love this old speech! Jim Carrey expresses the key reason why I’m still holding out to spread more of my handmade sparkles online even though the bead store dream I previously envisioned had too many risky overhead pitfalls. The Struggle is Real I’ve always been a responsible person, working multiple jobs at one time for many… Read More
Reading and Relaxing with my Kindle Fire
I have experienced a hiatus this past year from full time employment. After our move to Texas, we have been dealing with home remodeling disasters and my hubby had a few surprise surgeries. There have also been many small business startup projects involved in transitioning my handmade jewelry from a hobby to a business. Sometimes these obstacles have become so… Read More
DIY Gifts for Pilots: Candy Airplanes
DIY Storage Gift for Crafters: Bead & Embellishment Tin Video Tutorial
After taking a beading class several years ago, I wanted to share the sparkles about this little gem of a gift. A now dear friend of mine who taught the class, gave me a bead tin and even included a little pair of scissors with a darling bead dangle on it. I still use that… Read More
A Sparkletale…The Sparkly Beader
So…as usual…I’m late to the technical guru partay, but I have now officially tried my hand at iMovie via my lovely Rose Gold Apple iPhone 6S Plus. I must say that I think this little sparkly fairytale a.k.a. sparkletale turned out to be pretty cute. I included a mix of current projects and past designs with… Read More
Help Me Choose and Score Some Sparkle!
UPDATE: Sadly, I didn’t have much participation in this contest. The few entries received did not use both hashtags for the contest. So….maybe next time? Sniffles. Gotta get more sparkly peeps engaged in my giveaways. I’ll try another one soon. Thanks to the two gals who tried. I appreciated your response in the survey, too! I’ve… Read More
