Morgan Pins

We have new pins that we're adding to the shop tomorrow!

Here's a sneak peek at what they look like..

(trust me, better pictures will be in the shop..)

They run:

7" diameter

$20

Let me know what you think!

new changes..

As you can tell there have been some major new changes to our blog! Yay!

1. We have a new logo.

2. We have new buttons on the left sidebar.

You can now find new things there, including our new print shop,

a new About Us, and Love page.

The Love page will show you our blog button that you can add to your blog,

and it also shows our great sponsors at the bottom.. because we LOVE them!

3. There's a new Contact station on the right sidebar.

I had many people say they were not able to use my contact button before,

so we have just added my email, twitter, and facebook all in one area.

4. Our giveaways are now posted as a reminder in the top left sidebar. 

5. There is also a new Welcoming area to the top right sidebar.

So Welcome to our new blog!

Please don't forget to enter our giveaway that's going on now.

There will also be a new giveaway on Friday, so please check back soon!

And check out our new Print Shop!

Winner and a New Giveaway

 We have a winner of the "Live Your Life With Arms Wide Open" print!

Please email with your mailing address within 48 hours..

If I don't hear anything we will draw a new winner.

We also have a new giveaway going on..

We're giving away a Baby Poppy Onesie.

Make sure to enter here.

Please do not leave your comments on my page, I am not running the giveaway. 

Have you entered?

The giveaway winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

Have you entered? 

Enter here.

giveaway.. last call

Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

It ends tomorrow!

Enter here.

Customer Feature: Amy, Hattie, and Josie

A couple weeks ago through my shop, I got an order from Amy.

When I was going to school at Western Michigan University I would babysit her girls, Hattie and Josie.

The same time when I decided to transfer out and move home, they also were going to be leaving and moving to Northern Michigan.

It was definitely hard to say goodbye to them, they're truly like family, but I'm extremely glad that we still stay in touch.

Since Amy has been such a big help with everything and I felt so close to her family, they had gotten a couple extra goodies in their package.

Their extra's included two owls for the girl and two Fall pins for Amy.

Here's Josie and Hattie with their owls

Here's a closer look at the owls.

I was so excited to hear that the girls loved their owls.

Baby Poppy Onesie

We're adding a new addition to our shop!

Baby clothing!

Get yours here!

Sizes, for now, include 0-3 months.

We will be adding more sizes soon.

Oh, Hi Friday!

I hope you're all having a great Friday so far!

It's finally the weekend!

I am so busy today.. I'm going to declare myself a lunch break.

Hope your Friday is just as amazing as mine.

Friday Feature: Rags to Stitches Boutique

 This week we're featuring Rags to Stitches Boutique as our Friday Feature. 

She sells everything! Checkbook covers, camera strap covers, baby wipe cases, and even car seat covers!

Here are some of my favorite things:

(Yes, I'm dying over this camera strap cover! It's gorgeous!)

So if you need something for your little one or even just yourself,

make sure to head over to the Rags to Stitches Boutique.



Would you like for your shop to be featured? Please contact me!

new sweet november logo

Fall is here and with that comes changes.

I wanted to change up our logo as the seasons have changed.

Right now I'm stuck on deciding on which to use.

Here are some of the options:

With this logo I would be able to keep everything the same on the blog.

Plain and simple.

This next one I would go with a Black & White theme for the blog.

Maybe some pops of color in certain areas.

The last vote would be to just keep it the same. (Hm!)

It's so stressful to take on changing a page around, but I have the next week off so I need your votes by the end of the week!

Let me know what you like!

{Can I mention how much I love the new look and options for creating a post}

Vespa Designs

FINAL WEEK OF THE QUARTER! ONE YEAR UNTIL I GRADUATE! :)

Anyways, tomorrow my final day for on campus classes. Final projects are due.
One project is in Flash and I've been working on it for a little over a month. Second project was given to us last week.. and boy was it cram time!

Project Concept:
Design trading cards that would be featured in a magazine for Vespa.

In other words.. HARD WORK!



This is what the front of the ad would be. Nothing to really indicate that it's for Vespa except for the Vespa itself. You can barely see the lines to where the cards would be featured. The lines to the right indicate the cards, making up part of the picture, like a puzzle. And the line to the left is where the magazine would start, a quarter inch in.



Imagine flipping the page and this would be the back print for the page. Here you can really see where the cards would be. All the information is included for each Vespa model, the disclaimer is at the bottom, the logo and website is included.. whew!

I guess I've never really realized how much work goes into putting an ad together. I wasn't into making individual cards, but I loved making it and how it turned out.

{I don't own the rights to any of these images}

Fall Shoes: J. Crew

Leaves are changing, the weather's changing, so should your shoes!

I found these great Fall shoes on the J. Crew site.


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Love them!

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DIY: Leopard Print Nails

So today when I was on Twitter I seen that Lauren Conrad had posted this picture of her nails..



Let's just say I fell in love and decided I needed to try this out for myself.



I painted the entire nail with OPI's Coney Island Cotton Candy.



Then I added dots with Sally Hansen's Pink Slip. I know, her nails had white, but I neither had it at home or could find it in the L.A. Colors Art Deco.



After adding the dots and letting them completely dry, I added L.A. Color's Art Deco in Black. I used this to go around the dots.



Lastly I added Sally Hansen's Clear'd for Takeoff as my top coat.. I also used it as the base coat as well.

Here's how mine turned out.



pretty pretty!


If you're looking for the Art Deco nail polish, I had found it at the grocery store for about $7.. but once I looked around online, I found that you can pick it up at the Dollar General for $1.

Giveaway: Live Your Life with Arms Wide Open Print - CLOSED

As you know we are trying to expand our business by selling prints.
Since we're in the process, I figured we would do a test run to see how much our readers might like them.





We'll be giving away this 11 x 17, "Live Your Life with Arms Wide Open" print.



Here are five ways for you to enter:

1. Follow the Sweet November blog.

2. Let us know which print above is your favorite.

3. Follow us on Twitter.

4. 'Like' Sweet November on Facebook.

5. Tell people about the giveaway on your blog, facebook, or any social network.

Make sure to leave a comment for each thing you do!

The giveaway will end on Sunday, September 26th and the winner will be announced on Monday the 27th.

Tutorial: Pumpkin Signs

I went to the Dollar Tree yesterday in hopes of finding some great Halloween items to redo.
I found these great little pumpkins and decided to take them home with me.



Last year after Halloween I picked up three Martha Stewart Glitter Packs, which contained three different colors of the large glitter bottles, for $5 each (score!). I had no idea then what I was going to use them for until I found these pumpkins and I knew I wanted to cover them in glitter.



Here's what I did..
1. I ripped out the stem and covered the entire pumpkin with glue.
2. I layered the pumpkin with tons of glitter. I recommend doing this over a paper plate, this way you don't make a mess else where and it's easy enough to fold the plate to dump the glitter back into the bottle.
3. I took a skewer and cut it in half, each half went to a pumpkin. I painted them both black.
4. I made the signs with scrapbook paper and stickers. The Orange stickers were silver, I added glue to the front and pressed them into the remaining glitter that was on the plate. I made the heart from scrapbook paper, doing the same thing.
5. I added the lace around the Boo sign.
6. I glued both signs to their sticks and pressed them into the pumpkins where the stem was.







Supplies:
Two Dollar Tree Pumpkins.. $2
Glitter.. (On Hand) $5
Skewers.. (On Hand) $1
Glue
Paint Brush
Scissors
Scrapbook Paper.. (On Hand) .50
Lace.. (On Hand) $1

Total: $2

Tutorial: Framed Halloween Bats

Supplies:
Dollar Tree Frame
Black & Orange Scrapbook Paper
Black Gloss Paint
Bat Template
Cutting Tools (Scissors & X-acto Knife)
Double-sided sticky foam circles
Glue

Awhile ago I bought a small frame (4x4) from the Dollar Tree.. and I knew I wanted to take it apart and do something with it.

First I took the frame and my X-acto knife and cut off the edges of the frame to make it not look so clean.
I then painted the entire frame Black. While it was drying I got to work on what I wanted for the inside of the frame.

I have a folder on my computer full of craft ideas and in that folder was a bat template that I had saved to use.

Here's the Bat Template that I used:



I took the template and cut out the smallest one with the X-acto Knife.



I took the cut out of the bat and traced it onto the back of my scrapbook paper.

Using the scissors I cut out three bats with two different papers.

I measured the back of the frame and cut out my Orange background (4x4).

After cutting it out I made marks on the front of the paper at the 1" mark, this is where I would add my bats.

I took the small double-sided sticky foam circles and added them to the back of the bats.

I added glue dots onto the other side of the circle (the side that would stick to the orange paper) for an extra hold.

Place the bat at the 1" mark on the Orange paper.

After this is dried you can add it to the frame.





Total cost:
Dollar Tree Frame..$1
Black & Orange Scrapbook Paper.. On Hand
Black Gloss Paint.. On Hand
Bat Template.. Printed
Cutting Tools (Scissors & X-acto Knife).. On Hand
Double-sided sticky foam circles.. On Hand
Glue.. On Hand

Stella & Dot

You know that I've been considering selling Stella & Dot.. I have not yet still decided, but that hasn't kept me from looking at their fabulous pieces of jewelry. I have quite a few favorite things, but here's the things I like most.

Earrings







Rings










Necklaces








Brooches




I know, I know.. you want to buy something for me.. :)

Haha.. Okayyyy.. Maybe not.
Wishful thinking though!



Have a great weekend!