cookies!!

This post is a bit overdue but I feel behind on everything these days.. LOL
Anyway, awhile back I posted about the work I was doing for sweet Michelle and her daughter Emily at ButterBlossoms. I shared the business card fronts I had designed using their gorgeous photos and every time I created new collateral for them I drooled on my screen. ;)
Once it was all said and done and I had finished all their stuff I was in for a big surprise because the sweet ladies sent me a gift tin of a dozen of their amazing cookies!! They let me pick which flavors I wanted, so I tried the Classic Shortbread and the Luscious Lemon. OMG, not only are their cookies packed beautifully.. (heehee) but meticulously and securely. Not a crumb out of place. They came out of the package crystal plate ready!
Well of course I dug right in and OMG they are the BEST shortbread cookies I have EVER had. I have had them hidden away with strict instructions to the family NOT TO TOUCH. I have been slowly allowing myself to have only 1 a day and I was getting low so I figured I had better take some pictures before all I had to share was the satisfied smile on my lips.

Look how pretty there are. Perfect buttery hearts sprinkled with just enough sparkling sugar to feel extra decadent. So whether for a special occasion, a gift or a special treat for yourself, I highly recommend ButterBlossoms cookies!! Can't wait to try some of their other flavors.. like the Bacon Chocolate or Honey Espresso. Yum..

in with the new...

I have been missing. It has been calculated, as I have been contemplating the future of my blog. I am trying to find out whether my heart is still in. I am trying to learn WHY it exists..

For now I am still here. I have't decided to close the doors yet..

It seems that with the new year, has come some new design business. I had all but hung up my "gone fishing" sign when a bunch of emails showed up in my box. I am at a turning point in my life.. I was not sure if I wanted to tackle more design work but one of the emails was from the sweetest past client so when we got back from our trip I jumped on her work. I loved working with Michelle and was excited to find out that she had started a new business with her daughter making/ selling cookies! Looking at her Etsy shop (and card) makes my mouth water. (Maybe she will send me some samples) Here is the new card, I am working on a new Etsy banner and other things next..

Then I got a frantic text from my BFF Joleen who needed a new blog STAT. Since I had done all her new branding for her photography business, I already has some ideas on what to do. I jumped on it last night and ta da: Love, Joleen Photography Its pretty clean and simple.. we both love it and I can't wait to see her add more of her fab photography.

So.. there you go. What I've been up to.. lots of thinking, some design work and life...

Anatomy of a blog make over

As I mentioned before I have been busy working on various blogs including one for my new friend Kathy.

Kathy expressed some interest in moving toward a sleek, uncluttered blog with lots of white, gray and black. She is purging her blog and her life :)

To the left here you can see the three drafts I supplied her with after receiving her questionnaire back. In it she has mentioned some likes/ dislikes and listed a couple of blogs she liked the look of and supplied me with a piece of art that she really wanted to featured.


From her feedback on these designs I reworked the bottom one and also the monogram for use in other projects. I then tweaked her favorite which was #3.
HERE is what I installed tonight, to replace something more along these lines (I should have screen captured a before shot.. oh well.)

We are still working on the fiddly little stuff like deleting and relocating side bar items and creating a navigation bar for under the "banner", so if you check back over the next week or so you will probably notice more little changes here and there.  She hadn't decided whether or not she wanted to use a background so I installed a simple grey one which I really like, but we'll see what she thinks..

So that's a little peek at this make over and how I work. Hope Kathy loves her new blog!!

I made this

Yesterday I whipped up this simple blog banner for my bestie Joleen's, reactivated blog. Yay! I have missed her blogging so I am excited to know that it is back in action.

Speaking of back in action. I have been pretty busy with bloggy stuff behind the scenes here. I have been working with Jenn on her spiffing up her blog and I am excited that my new Brave Girl friend Kathy is having me redo her blog too (its not up yet). Their styles are all so different from each other, its fun to stretch in different artistic directions.

Today finally felt like summer. School is out, it was warm and we hot the pool with friends. I got a little sunburnt even though I was sitting in the shade. It was great! Looking forward to many more days like today. Happy Summer....

just not that into it

OK I admit it, I have just not been that into the whole blog thing lately. I haven't posted in more than a month I think and my reader is up over 1000 and I don't care.

Life has been crazy but in a good way. I am feeling SO MUCH BETTER and the SAD is back under wraps. I have been working my butt off between half a dozen projects. I just got this stuff in the mail though, so I HAD to pop in here and share the things I made for the sweet Michelle of Blingnets! Let me just tell you that Michelle has a create idea using all sort of vintage doo dads to create GORGEOUS magnets and other accessories. SOOO shabby gorgeous!

I was fortunate to be recommended by Sadie of LolliShops to Michelle who hired me to spiff up her corporate identity. We did new banners, postcards and business cards for her press packs and shops. It was so fun to work with pictures of her creations. Each, prettier than the last. The icing on the cake was when she sent me a package after everything was done with samples of the cards which turned out really pretty if I do say so myself but she also treated me to this amazing green Blingnet to adorn my own creative space. I just LOVE the little shamrock! Of course I ran right out to

the studio to find the perfect spot for it which is currently in a shadow box above my sewing table. I just adore it. I hope you will hop over and see what other goodies Michelle has. You won't be sorry!!!

In other busy news, I have handling a major renovation of our family business' web site. It has been time consuming but fun to work with my Mom and our web host Joanne who has me laughing every day. I'd give you a little sneak peek, but you will have to click over to see the whole new site beginning tomorrow JUNE 1!! Yay!!

Anyhoo.. other stuff to share soon. Hope to be back blogging with more regularity but I am not making any promises!! :)

meow

Yay, the cat is out of the bag over at Sadie's Lollishop blog so I can share the secret project we've been cooking up. Part Zine and part coupon book, Sadie and I have created the "Creative Cottage Shopper". These are some sneaky peeks at the look I am going for in laying it out.



It will be full of coupons for your favorite cottage style shops in Lollishops, Etsy and online and also include fun pictures, tutorials, articles and tips and it will be all in professionally printed full color!! We're pretty excited about this project and apparently so are others because ads and such are filling up quickly. If you want more information you can hop on over to the Cottage Style Vendor blog to learn about it and other cross marketing ideas.

unveiling...

I am so excited to share the grand opening of this beautiful store that I had the pleasure of building along with Brian. Adair approached us a couple of months ago to do it and I loved working with her. Not only is her aesthetic similar to mine but she had some great ideas and a good sense of what she wanted before going into the job. Its very difficult to work with a client that has no clue what they want!! Working with Adair was the perfect balance of her input and vision balanced with my "expertise" as the design talent behind the site. I admit she pushed me a bit out of my comfort zone but in such a good way. We got to play with all kinds of different aspects of building on Pappashop and I think all three of us are just thrilled with how the site turned out! Please hop on over and take a look and do check back as Adair is loading new product every day!!

In addition to building Adair's site, I have been busy with LolliShops goodies as well. I am one of Sadie's Beta testers of the site as she gears up to launch next week!! There is so much exciting, behind the scenes stuff going on and the giddiness of the LolliShop girls (and guys) is palpable. I have been fortunate to work with several folks in preparing for their shop openings and just by doing banners I am excited to start shopping!! Here are some sneak peeks:

projects....

As my SIL so eloquently posted on her Facebook, because we have been in this together.. "I have been sewing like a sweatshop worker" over the last week. My big project was this mini Marie Antoinette dress for the little person. Its her favorite colors. I had never sewn with satin before and I'll tell ya I won't be again any time soon! Still, despite the difficulties with the satin, and the pattern being a little bit too advanced for me, I think it rurned out pretty cute and Hannah LOVES it so that is what matters most. I found this lavender and pink feathered fan to match on eBay and was delighted that it arrived before we go to the Renn Faire tomorrow where our little princess will debut her gown.

I have also been sewing a new vest and tunic for my own Renn Faire outfit. Lots of tweaking the pattern and a last minute decision to dye the tunic. Its in the rinse cycle now, so no pix yet. Maybe tomorrow when I have it on.

Aside from all the sewing, I have been plugging away at design work. I have been working on bits for Adair's site.. I shared the splash page below. I am just so excited about this project and I love working with her and bouncing ideas off of each other. Just a quick note that she is having a fun giveaway on her blog this weekend. Go check it out!

Brian and I are just tweaking some little details on Jessica's site and then it will be live. I think she is going to have some really cute things so be sure to keep your eye on her launch.

I also have been working with Amanda on a new look for her website. I got kind of stuck on the font but then remembered my good friend Joleen had made some digital freebies including this big font. She graciously let me use it for Amanda's work and we were all thrilled with how it turned out. I hope Joleen makes some other stuff because her doodles and writing are so cool. I just saw on her blog that she is having a clearance sale in her Etsy shop to get ready for new things for the holidays. Maybe you can start your holiday shopping early!

Oh, and speaking of Etsy.. I have a few things listed in MY SHOP.. including a batch of my JUNQUE packs which are great for ATCs, cards and mixed media projects. They are chock full of all sorts of stuff from buttons, vintage wallpaper scraps, papers, collage images, fabric, trim, crepe paper, cards, bits, bob, doo dads, findings, amd more. I mention this because I will be moving my shop to Lollishops once it opens in November and probably most of this stuff will not be listed there. I will be changing my focus so i am trying to clean house a bit. Have a great Sunday!

what I have been up to...

I have been working at the computer so much lately that I kind of hit a wall today. I taught art this morning and after coming back and checking my emails I decided to take a break from the screen and sew. I had started this frame/ wall hanging last week but got so consumed with work that it got buried on my desk. I decided to finish up today while I was doing some other sewing projects.

It has a lot of whiter whites, layers of lace and doilies and this fabulous vintage, "stained just right" flower from an old hat. The pocket holds a picture or postcard up to about 4 x 6". I need to order some more of my wee one so I substituted this one for now.

I have really been enjoying my sewing time. I finished up my banners for our swap at ArtFiberFest last week but I haven't decided whether to share yet. I will talk to my group. They are all so cute. This week I started on another "treat" for a swap pal which I WILL share once she gets it and today I cut out everything (my least favorite part) for Hannah's Halloween costume.

And... Adair said I can finally offer up a sneak peek of all that we have been working on. Its been kind of different for me and I am loving it. We made this last night for her splash page which I "hope" will be up soon and while it has the definite feel of what I have been building, it is only a sneak peek.

sneaky peeky

I feel like I am going in several directions. Lots of things on my plate and I am not the best at keeping organized. I have been trying to keep up with the Somerset assignments for the book, while balancing design work and home and little person, who incidentally is kicking off fall with a croupy cough and snuffly nose. The inhalers have come back out and we'll be diligent in using them to hopefully stave off last winter's "season of bad health."

Brian and I are working on 2 websites right now. I am so excited at all the work I am doing for Adair. I can hardly wait to unveil it. Its a different direction and style than Brian and I have done before so we have a bit of a learning curve when it comes to the installation but if anyone can do it, I am confident Brian is the man. Hopefully I will have her splash page up soon so I can share a glimpse of what we are up to.

We are also working with Jessica, who I spoke to on the phone today. She is funny and sweet. Go visit her new blog and urge her to post something already!!

I just finished this cute banner for Stephanie. I adore her shop name and slogan. She cracks me up and it was fun to work in a vibrant color palette. I got to do matching Moo cards for her too. Can't wait to see them! So that is just a sneak peek into what is going on in my digital world. I have been sewing too so I will get some pix today and share those soon!

a winner...

Congratulations to Susan at "Plays with Needles" for being the lucky number (#28) of my give away. My hubby was my "random number generator" and picked Susan to receive my mystery prize in the give away I posted back on July 29, before leaving to OK. Susan, if you'd please email me with your address I will pop this in the mail. :)

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I had a wonderful time and it was hard to leave. I teared up as Holly left us the night before my departure and at the Starbuck's on the way to the airport and even as Donna drive away after leaving us in departures. It was super hard to leave those girls, my kindred spirits. I have yet to upload my pix from my camera so I don't have that to share yet. I will try to get to that later tonight or tomorrow.

What I DO have to share however, is the contents of that mystery package I blogged about in the give away post. I still have not listed them in my Etsy shop but hope to get them up tomorrow. They were a lot of fun to make and have sparked so many other ideas for the future. Presenting my "Wall Flowers" gift enclosures. They are small business card sized note cards that are great for adding to gifts and packages. All of them are created using vintage wallpaper which I scanned and manipulated to create message areas. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.

back to biz...

I'm back from my little trip up north. Looking toward a couple of busy weeks with the upcoming Gilroy Garlic Festival where I will work in my family's booth. I had a nice visit with my friend Linda and played with her doggie, Angie, who I LOVE more than any doggie I know. Han was very good and enjoyed being spoiled and swimming and playing with said doggie.

I retrieved my emails while I was up there and learned that the LolliShops blog is UP!! One small step in the big adventure that is soon to be LolliShops. I am having so much fun working on all the sweet goodness that is going on there. Also, Sadie told me that I am to be the "official designer of LolliShops" with my own shop to offer yummy blog make overs and business cards and stickers, etc. Pretty exciting stuff.

I am so pleased that I have managed to get nearly completely caught up in my work queue. I really want/need some time to focus on some business related stuff for myself and for MrDoodle. We want to move and revamp our site and start all fresh and organized in September. Well, that's my goal. Brian may be shaking his head at that kind of deadline but a girl can be hopeful.

Overall, I have been feeling pretty well. I think that my new medication has been helping and I feel more focused and productive which is quite refreshing. I was in a terrible rut there for awhile which caused me to get behind on everything so I feel pretty dang proud of myself for catching that I was getting into that slump and doing something about it. I hope that it continues and I can get into a good, healthy routine. Oh, speaking of healthy. My girlfriend called me to today to tell me that our swimming class was canceled tonight because someone broke in and dumped motor oil in the pool!! How crappy is that?! I am so mad, I can't believe it. Now tons of kids (and I) can't swim or have lessons until they can get everything all cleaned up. Grrrr.

Ok, I'm off. I feel rambling coming on...

Lollis

Well bummer, I had hoped to share an exciting project today but it didn't get published yet so I guess I will have to wait until it goes up. I have been working hard with Sadie to do the design work for LolliShops and we are waiting for her web geek guy to get some stuff loaded. In the meantime, I will share one of the cute little buttons I made for folks to link to her from their blogs or sites.
She made these cute little girls holding lollipops so I could use them in various graphics. Sadie is so wonderful to work with and I have enjoyed our talks and chats about the project. I think it is going to be a wonderful asset to us "Cottage Style" gals.

Anyway, I don't have much else to share right now. I have been busy with Sadie and also just sent off my graphics to Brian for the website we are working on which happens to be for my daughter's school. Hanny and I are off for a short trip to visit my dear friend Linda, Angie's Mom. I don't get to see her that often so I am really looking forward to it. I will be back Thursday sometime and check in then.

art work galore

I have been super busy juggling many projects while trying to continue on with my purging and reorganizing. Yesterday I got a bug and rearranged some furniture but I like it much better this way and I have a space to put all the little clutter that tended to gather between our recliners.

Above is the super cute banner I got to make for Kristin. I loved working with her, she basically said, aqua, yellow, red, polka dots and vintage kids and let me do whatever I wanted. I love that kind of loose guidelines and think my best work comes out when allowed a but of leeway. Kristin said she screamed when she saw it, which makes me happy. It is now installed in her blog and a matching one on her Etsy. Next up is some fun polka dotted business cards to match.

Its been kind of cool to have clients that want more collateral to go with the blog and Etsy banners I make. Natasha originally asked me to design a new blog banner/ logo for her and then ran out of cards and return address labels so we did those too. She is going to have a whole set of yummy matching goodies once the new things arrive. I was so excited to design address labels for her that I made some for myself ( its been on my To Do list for a while) and then I made some Blythe themed ones for my BFF Sharon. I just get so exciting trying out a new product. I am trying to narrow my source for printed stickers and I have samples coming from one company but Jenn and I tracked down this company on Etsy to order her round seals. The company is called KittyCrossBones, maybe you have heard of her. The stickers she printed up for Jenn from my work turned out so cute and she was great to work with. Right now she is having 30% off for Saturday Night Special. Fun!

I guess all of this was kind of a long way around to saying that while redoing my website is on the back burner right now (because Brian and I are so busy) I am finally updating my portfolio. Its a tedious process so I do not really look forward to doing it but I have a new pool of work that I am very proud of so I want and need to get it done. I will post when I have it up.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

the one about the Chaos

I know, I suck.. I went off on Saturday excited to meet up with Ms Chaos herself and had the best of intentions to rush back and report on what a wonderful time we had meeting up, talking and eating pizza and meeting the demands of the CEO and his peeps. Things got a little nutty here and I am barely uploading my pix tonight, meanwhile Karin is already home, unpacked, has posted and is making journals! I feel like kind of a loser.
Anyway, Karin rocks, I love her and I wish she lived next door to me. I think I DID run straight home and tell Holly that. Why do I have to meet all these kindred spirits that live so far from me?? I mean a 7 hour drive might as well be Oklahoma, especially when you have littles.
Despite my better judgment I will even post a picture here.. please keep in mind that these were taken by short people. I think we were lucky to get even one we are willing to share publicly. Well, ok, me.. and my extra chin. eeeeew. Ok, I am depressed. Karin is so teeny and fit... yeah don't even try denying that Karin.

All in all, we had a blast. I am sure, given the chance, we could have talked and laughed and joked for HOURS or even days. I hope that we can get together again soon, maybe even without that little CEO trying to gnaw off someone's hand in frustration that we wanted to take pictures to prove we actually met.

OK, in other news and totally off topic, I just wanted everyone to take a look at Jennifer's website that Brian & I just completed. She is still loading up her shop with goodies but her blog and everything else is functional. All of a sudden Brian & have lots of work piling up. We are beginning work next on the website for Hannah's school which I am excited about. Its nice to have a project that is near and dear to your heart and that the faculty feels so excited about. I'll keep everyone informed as to our progress.

'nite!

frump, bump, lump

Ugh, I have been feeling like a bump on a log lately. That is a term my Mom used to use when we were growing up if she caught us just sitting around. We were never allowed to be bored or idle. I have her to thank for my perpetual state of motion. I have never seen someone work so hard in my life. She is one busy woman. I think it kind of drives my husband crazy that i don't seem to be able to sit still much or not multi-task.

Anyway, I have been trying to slow down a little since Hannah graduated last week. Unfortunately the pictures I took did not turn out very well as it was too dark and she was too far away. I think I have some images of her and a couple of her little friends enjoying a last few minutes on their beloved teacher's lap at the picnic which was a nice success.

Since school is out I have been busy on my computer finishing up Jennifer's new blog banner and cards. Jennifer and her artwork are so sweet and I thought her banner needed to reflect that. We both had the inspiration to use her signature candy necklaces as the border at about the same time. In addition we got to work with the uber talented Natasha to collaborate on a signature bunny which she painted for Jen's logo. It just all fell together so nicely and it was an easy job because we were both thinking the same things. I love clients like her who are so easy and excited. Thank you Jen!

I am finishing up some little doo dads for both Jen and Natasha currently and I have a couple of clients waiting in the wings. To be honest I am ready for a vacation but we don't have anything planned until July 4th weekend. I'll just have to balance work and play for a little while.
** To those of you who have emailed me to see if the fire affected us, it was about 20 miles away and is largely (85%) contained today. We were blessed with some cool, wet weather that helped the firefighters gain the upper hand over the weekend. It hasn't smelled very smoky here the last couple of days so I think its well under way to being put out. We're ok, but please send prayers for the 36 families who have lost their homes.**

100

No this isn't one of those 100 posts celebrations, I am well past 100 posts. This post refers to the current temperatures we've been experiencing in Central CA. It hit 100 degrees today for the third day in a row. I have been running around making baskets and rounding up raffle/ auction prizes for our end of the year pre-school picnic fund raiser. Of course it would have to be the hottest days we have had so far this year. I guess the heat it good for the 'ole waist line because I don't have much appetite when it is this hot.

My studio is stinkin' hot even though we have AC in the house, so when I need a break from the running around I am usually on the computer working. Recently I finished up Natasha's blog redo. It was so fun to work with her, she is very sweet and funny and we have such similar taste that everything pretty much clicked.
Be sure to pop over to her blog to see the whole new look with the new colors and background. She is in the process of revamping her website to match. Fun! Hopefully I will be able to share with you the other fun banner I am working on in the next day or so.

Ok, that's about it for my break for today. I think I am going to go out and stick my feet in our new wading pool and eat an ice cream sandwich :)

losing my mind

Ack, I feel like I am in the midst of an Alzheimers moment. (or week) There is so much going on around here that I feel like I am be pulled in many directions.

The kindergarten situation around here has been very stressful to me. We thought we were all set and everything would be good to go with Hannah attending the same school she goes to now which is a private parochial school. I worked the open enrollment day and turn out was great, for all classes BUT kindergarten so currently there is very low enrollment. Whether or not there will be a kinder class there is still unknown so rather than wait until so late in the summer and the possibility of scrambling around (more than now) we decided we had better enroll her in the public schools as a safety net.

Well, last week I learned that where we live is zoned to the worst school in the district. It is also an under performing school and not in the best part of town. Needless to say, there is NO WAY she is going there. H is very bright, she is reading, spelling and socially advanced. She needs to be in a class where she will be challenged and she can learn. We have been all set to go do battle with the district to get her transferred to a better school but of course, I, in all my spaciness have misplaced her birth certificate and immunization records. Enter world's most patient husband who has been running all over obtaining copies. I feel so bad.. I feel like a flake. I am so worried about all of this it is practically all I can think of.
(update: another phone call to one of our CHOSEN schools and it looks like the girl I talked to at the district gave me mis-information.. ok I feel a little better.. we still need to get over there and sign her up)

In other news, I have been BUSY. Brian (aka MrDoodle) and I have finished up Cerri's website. She will be busy with it and says she plans to have the Grand Opening by the end of the month. Its so cute, I hope you will all check it out. We are waiting for some feedback on the final draft of Jenn's site and then on to two more. I have been doing some behind the scenes work with a couple of wonderful girls, Jennifer & Natasha, and I can't wait to reveal the things we have been cooking up. I can share this new banner I squeezed in for my pal Kim's blog though. She is so much fun to work for because she just says, "Hey Heather, I am ready for a new banner" and let's me do whatever my heart desires. I know she loves fairies and collects Kirk's Folly so I went with this for this time. She LOVED it so that makes me very happy.
Hope everyone is doing well. I haven't been blog hopping much lately. I am afraid to open up my Google reader.. I bet there are 100's of posts to catch up on. I keep missing my OK friends on chat and so wanted to wish Holly a Happy Birthday in "person" yesterday. I guess I got the next best thing though, by having Brian tell her. Happy Birthday Sweetie!! And Donna, I miss you!!!

busy busy bee

Hi All. I have had a wonderful weekend free of many commitments and I am happy to report that I spent a good portion of it in my studio. (aka Pit of Despair, no the purging has not reached this portion of the house yet) I am pleased to say that I did quite a lot of art including most of my collages for Karla & Beth's Birds & Bonnets swap. I'll share a couple of them at the end of this post so you can see. It was a fun challenge using the provided images and incorporating them into the pieces.

I have also been working on some Hannah Grey Design Team samples. Shosh really challenged me with the things she gave me to create samples with. I have had a couple of failed projects with the Stewart Gill Gilding Chips.. but I have one drying now that will hopefully work out. The other things that I got that made me stop and think was a set of vintage doll pieces of 2 arms and 2 legs. I finally finished my piece which was a but out of the box for me and I am really pleased with it. It is a little shrine piece entitled "Layers of Me".. the base is a wooden house block from Cerri at Little Pink Studio and it has layers of vintage papers, a vintage doll house window and the doll pieces from Hannah Grey all attached with beeswax. It smells good too!

Finally, I have also been burning up the laptop with design work. Brian and I are putting the finishing touches on Cerri's website and I have been doing odds and ends in between web tweaks. One of the things I squeezed in was a new post card for sweet Vicki to take with her as a swap for Art & Soul. That is the eye candy up top of this post. I used a collaged piece she did and embellished it with some swirls and butterflies and other goodies. Can't wait to see them all printed up.. I love all the colors that she used in her collage.

Here are a couple of my swap collages:

pretty, pretty

Oh my life has been filled with pretty things this week. Sweet Karla at Sugar Bear Designs send me several lovely images to choose from in the creation of her new business cards. She wanted something simple so I created this for her. I think it will be very eye catching and stick around in a lot of card files.

Some other goodness came in the form of a small box from my dear friend, Holly of Holly Doodle Designs. She heard I was working on a blue project so she sent me these gorgeous, vintage velvet periwinkle violets and some yummy millinery feathers too. I had to take a picture of them together, the colors are so wonderful and just looking at them makes me happy. In addition to these floral lovelies she also returned my charm bracelet to me. We decided to each made a friendship bracelet and add charms to the others. I am still waiting for hers but have several treasures ready to add on it. Here is a picture of mine.