dear jane...: 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Joyeux Noel

What a wonderful trip to Atlanta to visit BFF Gerri (aka Hopelessly Romantic Art Studio) for her November workshop. So happy we were able to attend (minus Melanie...boo hoo). It was a wonderful time and so nice to meet everyone at her workshop.

Thanks to Pat (Refind~Maison~Jardin) for hosting the workshop. Her store is so quaint and charming!

Where to begin...think black and white, sheek, sparkly and dazzling. These are all things from this workshop. We made beautiful silver german glass glittered 3 dimensional stars and there was amazing packaging, embellishments and...Kelley (I) won the yummy giveaway. It was a star tiara fit for a queen...a quintessential Queen! The goodie bag included a November/December Victoria magazine, which featured Nicholas Kniel, the famouse designer from Atlanta. Even over the top was our amazing visit to his very own store in Atlana...WOW! I took away my very own german glass glitter.

Please visit Gerri's blog at http://hopelesslyromanticart.blogspot.com/
for more fun pictures.

Looking forward to another future visit (with Melanie this time..yeah) and what amazing times ahead.

Thanks again to Gerri & Pat!

Gotta go...we are on the move to our very own first ever workshop...a Holiday Hat Tree Topper, inspired by Nicholas Kniel.

cupcake wishes,

Kelley & Melanie

Where it all begins...

Gerri, Kelley (dear jane), Hope @ Refind

Sara Jane (aka dear jane), Gerri @ Refind too!

Beautiful quaint garden at Refind!

Beautiful packaging and precious ornament!

Gerri teaching and inspiring...what she does best!

Hope, Jennifer, Sara Jane (aka dear jane), Joy

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Monday, November 9, 2009

dear jane....busy bees!

"Crazy" quintessential divas survived all odds this week. It all began with our first custom birthday party for sweet "Tyler" for her 1st birthday party...pictures to come! Then designing beautiful gift baskets til 4:00 a.m. for the keynote speakers at a large attended Christian based Women's Conference. All in the midst of an unexpected emergency room visit and 2 day stay in the hospital for our sweet baby Sienna who came down with pneumonia.

And, you know it has gotten bad when you are sitting in a small meeting with the chief judge in her office and look down gracefully and see a shimmer on your right ring finger...oh yes....it is a glob of glitter!

All the hard work paid off in the end...God is so amazing that one of the keynote speakers loved the fact that the beautiful custom made crown we had designed especially for her happens to be her logo for her Christian ministry...WOW!

Another amazing blessing was a beautiful email received by a local photographer who met us at the Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival. She has requested our custom designed party hats, crowns and other party essentials for props for her clients and also for her daughter's upcoming birthday party. Upon her request, we hope to be linked to her website in the near future.

In the end, above all obstacles amazing things came to life and beautiful creations emerged under the grace of God, Mr. janes and our sweet Sarah Jane, aka 'Glitter Slave'...oops we mean 'Glitter Diva'.

dear jane has hit the ground running!

cupcake wishes,

Kelley & Melanie

P.S. Baby Sienna is doing well and finally home and back to her sweet, silly, happy self!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Sneak Peek Revealed...

Here is dear jane's first swap bag made for Stephanie! Thanks to our BFF Gerri (http://www.hopelesslyromanticart.blogspot.com/) for sharing the technique of transferring the photo image onto the fabric using freezer paper (who knew!).

Amazing Gerri, our inspiration for so much and all things quintessential!

Putting together our first swap...dreaming and creating...what fun!

Bring on the swaps!

cupcake wishes, dear jane

What do you think Steph...did we pass our first swap?

Who doesn't love a sassy feather?

Our vintage little cutie pumpkin and a 'Boo' tag...

dear jane created a fall essentials party kit for Stephanie.....

crepe paper cupcake toppers, treat box full of gumballs, candy corn, a Boo banner, and two little flags wishing everyone a good time....

Thanks again to Stephanie for making our first swap so much fun and hope to see you at Silver Bella next year!

Friday, October 23, 2009

The Swap is here...

dear jane's first swap is official!!! Our treats bag has arrived...We were sooo excited to open and see the bag and all the goodies! Oh how charming it is!!! Stephanie thanks so much we love it!!! Now to decide who gets what! I'll Let Melanie pick first! As long as I get the tag!!!Ha I just love it!

Look how cute!

Love that tag! Oh, how charming...

All the goodies inside!

Stephanie it was such a joy to have you as our first swap partner! We have loved getting to know you...Your blog is great and you are sooo funny and truly have a gift for writing... ever since I read about Silver Bella in Country Living I have always dreamed of going!!! Now I know someone who does!!! Well maybe We'll see you there next year!!! And we'll be a part of your swaps!!! I think we are hooked!!!

Cupcake Kisses, Kelley and Melanie...

P.S. Please visit Stephanie's blog crownsandpearls.blogspot.com. It's awesome!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Big Launch!

Holy Hunsader!!!We survived. What a great weekend. We had so much fun meeting everyone. dear jane's big launch was a huge success. Lots of great compliments, custom orders, and parties to come! We had banners, crowns, and glittered, polka-dotted pumpkins flying out of the booth!If you missed our big launch this past weekend, we will be at Hunsader Farms again on October 24th and 25th. We look forward to seeing you there!
Cupcake Kisses....Kelley & Melanie

So honored to have Hopelessly Romantic's (my BFF Gerri's) beautiful charms.....

This is only a small part of our Fall party essentials...pumpkin crowns, favor kits, and treat boxes. You also can see my wonderful hubby's custom canvas'...:)