Cherryblossomcute Etsy Special - Paper Clip Charms - Updated*

*Update - we will be offering these paper clips as a freebie when you purchase $20+ from our shop throughout the month of May!

In celebration of Mother's Day next week, Amanda has made some beautiful paper clips that have been embellished with flowers and bows. When you order any item or items totalling $20.00, you will receive one of paper clips pictured above as a freebie.

Each paper clip comes with an adorable eraser. I'm sure you can guess which one is my fave!

These paper clips are perfect for planners and organizers or as bookmarks.

If you plan on ordering something for Mother's Day, please place your order by Wednesday May 6th as packages are sent by USPS First Class mail in my shop. It usually takes packages between 2-4 days to reach their destinations in the US using first class mail.

Thanks as always for your patronage.

Talon the Kitsune

I got a request over the weekend through my Etsy shop to make a nine tailed kitsune. The customer wanted me to make a black and white kitsune for her friend for his birthday. I had fun making this amigurumi as it gave me a chance to see the amigurumi in a different color.

She wanted his ears to be longer and pointer. I love how they came out! Gives him a completely different personality and expression.

Cute kitsunes!

Until next time ^____^

Merchandise Info

Hi! Just a quick note for all our Mobi-con customers or whose who took one of our business cards. If you saw anything that you wanted to buy at the convention, but weren't able to, please see our Etsy shop on the right sidebar.

My friend Amanda and I have a lot of our merchandise in our shop that was at the convention. If you don't see what you are looking for, please email me about it and I can add it to the shop for you to buy.

If you were interested in any of the resin pendants and bottle caps, please see my friend Kristina's blog here and email her for information! She even takes requests for personalized bottle caps/resin charms if you have an image or certain idea in mind ;)

Thanks!!!

Mobi-Con - Are you ready?

Hi, everyone! Once again, Kristina from Stitching Otaku and I will be at Mobi-Con this year. It starts on Friday and goes through Sunday.

This year, Kristina and I will be in the Artists' Alley with our Cherry Blossom Cute table! We will have all sorts of things for sale - amigurumis, cell phone charms, jewelry, etc.

To add something fun to our table, we have decided to have two giveaways. My friend Amanda and I put together two kawaii goodie bags.

How do you participate in these awesome giveaways? It's easy! Come by our table at Mobi-Con and when you purchase something from our table, you'll get a chance to pick an origami crane from our cherry blossom tree. If it has the winning number, you'll get your choice of one of the giveaway bags!!!!

What do these fabulous bags look like?........

You know you want one of these? Come and see us this weekend!

Until next time ^_____^

Beary Love!

Pattern: head by Ana Rimoli
Yarn: Caron Simply Party Sparkle Teal
Hook: Size F
Notions: 6mm safety eyes, white and teal felt, and DMC 310 and 3846
Start/Finish: 9/13/2012

Good evening! I found a small head pattern in one of the books I got for my birthday. I actually didn't finish the entire pattern because I ran out of yarn! I had to slip stitch at the end of one of the rows and then use a running stitch with the last of my yarn to close the circle. Talk about good timing.

Since I didn't have any thread to make ears (I was hoping to make bunny ears), I decided to use felt and make a tiny bear. I used teal felt for the ears and I decorated the edges of the ears with a blanket stitch. I used white felt for the mouth and black thread for the nose and smile.

I wanted to make this little guy into a keyring charm, but when I was going through my stash, I saw the heart shaped clips so I went with a bag clip finish for my little bear. He's off to join our other kawaii amigurumi plushies in our Etsy shop.

So adorable! I can't believe I'm out of that yarn. I love the sparkly color in Caron's Party brand. I can't find that yarn at HB so I'll have to stop by the dreaded Wal-mart and stock up on different colors!

Until next time ^____^

A Little Green and other news

Pattern: none, combo of head/ears
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Limelight
Hook: Size F
Notions: 9mm safety eyes, 15mm safety nose, black thread, and purple jump/keyrings
Start/Finish: 9/11-12/2012

So cute! A lime green kitty rolls off to my Etsy shop. I decided to make him into a keychain charm ;)

I think these are the easiest amigurumi plushies to make because you can take any ball template and just add ears and other embellishments to make it your design ;)

In other news, my friend Kristina and I might try to get a booth at Mobi-Con next summer, but in the artists' alley with all our handmade items for sale. This year we had a hodge-podge of items for sale, which can be distracting for customers. I'll keep you updated!

Until next time ^___^

Sir Sassafras

Hi, everyone! The super cute gentle-octopus amigurumi, Sir Sassafras, sold over the weekend in my Etsy shop ;)





He has gone to live in Washington state! I hope he likes his new digs!

Until next time ^____^

Woohoo!

I had my first sale in my Etsy shop over the weekend. Since this was my first customer, I added some freebies to the package.



She purchased one of the SM cell phone charms. She wanted it as a keyring charm so I changed it for her. I have lots of keyring findings in my stash so it wasn't a problem at all.

In her package, I included a cute thank you card, a sheet of kawaii stickers, the keyring charm in an Oriental bag, and a I Heart Nerds notepad. I hope she likes it all ;)

Until next time ^_____^

Extra, extra, read all about it.......an Etsy shop!

Good afternoon, everyone! I hope you are having a great Memorial Day with family and friends. We are getting ready for dinner later today. My aunt is making a spicy pork recipe from the Pioneer Woman's new book. My mother is making cole slaw and for those of us who don't eat pork, hot dogs! Yum!

In other news, which is BIG NEWS! My friends and I decided to start an Etsy shop called Cherry Blossom Cute. That's why you haven't heard from me in the past week or so. I've been taking pictures of our merchandise, writing descriptions, etc. to add to our shop. All the crafts are handmade by either myself, Amanda, or Kristina.



While we sold some of our crafts at Mobi-Con, we thought it would be great idea to start an Etsy shop for everything that didn't sell there.

We have all sorts of kawaii in our shop. Cell phone charms for Sailor Moon fans, various geeky felties for your cell phone or keychain, and some adorable amigurumi plushies!

One of items that I would like to talk about here is this one since it is perfect for my cross stitch readers:

A lovely beaded pastel butterfly cell phone charm which doubles as a scissors fob!



My friend Amanda made me a butterfly scissors fob like the pictured above as a gift in August of last year.

I had told her about the couch in our living room that was literally a scissor eater! To solve my problem of losing track of my scissors, she made me a beaded butterfly fob using Swarovski crystal beads with a tiny bell on top. So every time I lose my scissors in the couch, I just have to listen for the tingling of a tiny bell.

In addition to the pastel colored fob in our shop, we also have a lovely one in shades of pink and another in shades of purple!

So come and have a look around! We hope you find something that tickles your fancy!

Until next time ^____^