Sunday, April 29, 2012

Green Crazy Journal - Handmade Paper Smashbook

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A journal for both the left AND right sides of your brain.  A plethora of paper colors, textures, weights, and sizes - old and new - are all bound together in one handy book.  This green spiral bound hand made paper covered book is great for art journaling, collage, collecting thoughts/dreams/sketches or as a travel journal or everyday smash book.

Measures 8.5" x 5.5"

Contains 54 pages/sheets/envelopes - 12 full size pages with envelopes, upcycled vintage playing card, vintage vocabulary card, vintage calendar planner page, pockets, and pages of all shapes and sizes.  The green covers are created with handmade paper (yup...paper made from scratch), finished inside cover pages, matching green spiral binding, and black ribbon tie closure.











This book is crazy cute!  I even used a similar one made by Sara for my international travel journal.  Not sure you can work with all those weird sized pages?  Check out mine for inspiration.


Golden Swirl Smash Book - Collectors Journal of Pockets & Envelopes

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Our newest item for etsy: created by Sara, a pretty scrapbook/journal.

This purse sized smash book contains a plethora of pockets to hold your collected treasures: photos, notes, ticket stubs, travel ephemera or business cards.  Its pages are created entirely of pockets and envelopes with a few vintage/upcycled bits thrown in for fun.


Approximately 6-3/4" x 5"  spiral bound journal comprised of envelopes and sewn pockets. 32 pages with finished front and back insides.  Perfect for a travel journal or gifting. Features a hard gold swirl cover and matching gold spiral binding, decorative tags, envelopes, cellophane pocket, vintage math subtraction card, sewn pockets, colored envelopes, vintage maps, etc.







Grab it for youeself on etsy.  Need to see more photos?  Convo me and I'll shoot all the pages!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Quirk Crafts does Jewelry

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Sara makes some fabulous jewelry - and we're glad to have her talents as part of our little craft shop.  We like to call these pieces "wearable art" quirky things you can add to an outfit for a splash of color or added flair.  Above, the Good Coffee Vintage Found Object Necklace.

Vintage Game Piece Brooches
Vintage Bingo Marker Pin
Sorry! Vintage Game Piece Necklace


Saturday, April 21, 2012

Our first Model

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Yes, he's tall, quirky, and...a dinosaur!  
Look for his modeling to appear on the Quirk Crafts Etsy Site soon.

Friday, April 20, 2012

New Business Cards!

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Check them out, they're here and they're gorgeous.  Green wind power energy created cards from Moo.com!



Thursday, April 19, 2012

Vintage Board Game Necklace - Red Found Objects & Chain

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I'm in LOVE with this quirky necklace made by Sara.  I might even get it for myself...it's the first piece of jewelry ever uploaded to the Quirk Crafts Etsy Shop.


Game on - This vintage board game necklace includes a vintage red die, vintage red bingo number, a red tortoiseshell charm, and a vintage Sorry! board game piece. It's the perfect gift for the game lover or to accent a cool outfit.

These quirky pieces dangle from jump rings on a 15" chain - No clasp, simply drape it over your neck.  The charms dangle a total of 2".






Get it on etsy now - before I decide to keep it for myself!

Sheet Music Smash Book - Crazy Junk Journal

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A new journal!  Made by Sara, here's a journal for both the left AND right side of your brain. Great for art journalling, collage, scrap-booking, collecting your thoughts/dreams/sketches.  A plethora of hand-selected paper colors, textures, weights, and sizes in one handy book.

This book was created by someone who loves to think outside the box.  Who said paper has to all be the same size?!  This book has a varied assortment of vintage and new papers, envelopes, and things to make you smile (think: Pennsylvania Rail Road Monopoly Deed Card - sorry to whoever lost that card as it's in this book now).

The book is approximately 8.5" x 5.5" and has 23 spiral bound pages with matching silver coil binding.  Includes TONS more short pages and found objects bound in as well as the full pages.  Features finished inside covers and sheet music outside with black ribbon tie closure to keep all your goodies securely inside.

Love it?  Grab it for yourself.



Love this page - vintage board game parts!





Ingredients:

Sheet Music
Black Ribbon
Decorative Tags
Decorative Paper Cutouts
Decorative Paper
Word Learning Cards
Graph Paper
Monopoly Card
Board Game Money
Library Date Due Cards
Transparent Paper
Vintage Notebook Paper
Textured Paper
Vintage Bingo Card
Children's Ruled Paper
Vintage Calendar Pages
Origami Paper
Waxed Paper Bag
Silver Spiral Binding





Not sure how to fill this book?  Check out my International Travel Journal for inspiration.

Genealogy Smash Book: Family Scrapbook, Ancestry Junk Journal

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It's here!  Remember my mom's genealogy smash book?  I made one for etsy as promised:


The perfect smash book or journal for genealogy or family items. Keep track of family trees, photos, and more in this pretty ring bound book. 35 multi-sized pages.

My mother recently became a genealogist and has researched her father's family back to the 1400s!  So I made her a smash book using family photos and genealogy inspired pages for her to take to the library on research trips and she LOVED it!  She liked it so much she tweeted about it (yes, my mother is on twitter.)  So I made another genealogy journal for other budding genealogists out there, or people just interested in a pretty journal/smashbook.

This book contains a pages for gluing photos of your ancestors/family, receipts, copies of old manuscripts, and pockets for keeping memories.  It's created with a cardboard front and back and held together with 2 ring binders.  The rings can open for adding or subtracting pages on a whim - but remain securely closed - and allow you to bend the book back on yourself.  It's the perfect size for tucking into a purse or bag (5x7) and would make a perfect gift for anyone who loves family history - a perfect Mother's Day gift!  There's plenty of room for adding your own family memories too.

Details: 5"x7", 35 multiple sized pages.



The inside front cover complete with library style pocked and raised name plate.


This is a vintage postcard with actual pencil cursive writing on the back.
Love it!

One of my favorite pages - an upcycled magazine ad.

A secret pocket!


 Ingredients (almost all Acid-Free):

Decorative Paper
Upcycled Magazine Pages
One Vintage Postcard (with vintage cursive print on the back)  
Rubber Stamped Image
Decorative Tape
Upcycled Photo Instruction Manual Pages
Copied Vintage Photographs
Decorative Tags
Translucent Paper
Paint Chip Sample Cards
Vintage Advertisement Magazine Pages
Floral Cutouts
Plastic & Sticker Letters
Pockets
Paper Tape
Stickers


Buy it now on etsy - it's one of a kind!