Hi Guys!

How are you doing? 

I'm fine thanks for asking {I know you didn't ask *wink*}

So now after wiping myself out of the handmade world for a long long time, I'm slowly but steadily taking some time out each day to get back to crafting. It's going to take a while in order for me to get my schedule in place but working full-time made me realise that i was really missing my craft world. Also, being an architect simply added to my skill-set.

So I have been up and experimenting on Photoshop lately { graphic design }, making all sorts of different graphics. It started with me wanting to create a collage for my wall and the ideas simply started rolling in so I went with the flow!

So this minimalist graphic I created using flat colours. It was a sketch of mine that I turned into a graphic {because I knew it'll look better when digital - my sketching *sucks*}. It depicts emotionally abusive relationships in a simple graphic form. Made in on Photoshop {Maybe I can do tutorials later- no voice-over though!}

This is a set of a collage artwork that I made with a few of my photography I edited to make them black-and-white toned to go with the wall art. I really liked the raw dab-painted background effect back then!

 I made the bicycle poster as a set to go with my hot air balloon poster. I was trying my hand on sort-of "vintage" subjects turned into cool new-age posters. 

I also did sell them on my Etsy Store for a while!

Well, that's all for now. Just wanted to share a few of my gems *lol* with you guys!

--- Until next time! ---

Are you a crafter? An entrepreneur? Do you like to "create" as a hobby and are looking for an online platform to sell your products?

Well, Kraftly.com is one of the options for you to explore. 

Since I started designing graphics, I have been exploring various online sales platforms and Kraftly.com is one where The Lazy Owl Designs set up it's store. 

What is it?

It is an online e-commerce website for unique handmade products.

It has over 1500 sellers and over 5000 unique handmade products. 

You can really find some great handmade soaps, candles, etc here. Unique items for gifting someone or buying them for yourself!

How many monthly sales can you make?

Okay, so I have recently set up my store on the website (last week!) and thus I am not sure of this aspect and shall be updating it along the way.

But I do know that as much as your sales depend on the website's own marketing strategy { which is great by the way}. You need to market your products on social media as well and it really works!

How to set-up your online store on Kraftly.com?

It is fairly easy to open your online store here. A few benefits for sellers here:

- Easy to use seller interface.

- They help you ship the products, so saves you the hassle.

- Low commission rates, meaning more profits for you.

- COD option available for your products.

You can open your online store follow these easy steps:

1) Go to Kraftly.com and on their homepage, click on the "Sell" button.

Hey!

I am back (well, not exactly!) with another shadow box post! :)

This is a shadow box I made for one of my close friends (soul sisters) as something
to remember me by! 

Also, the frame I used for the box is an old old tray I kept saving up since I knew some day, in not-so-near future, I would be using it for a project *pat on the back kid*

Supplies:- Tray-Altered; Background-blue and white acrylic paints; Paper-white, red, mustard, brown and beige paper scraps; Embellishments- twig(mother nature!), pearls, white and silver glitter, mulberry flowers, yellow moss; Tools- butterfly punch(Martha Stewart), damask stencil, scissors(frey for grass);

 This was inspired by The Mirror Crack'd June Challenge to create a shadow box.

I chose a lot of bright summer-y colours to match our outfits from the photograph *wink*

I used a twig to hold the "hoardings" I created and connected them with chain-links with hand-doodled notes on each. I wanted to add a bit of "nature" in the layout and I guess I went over-board with the butterflies. But, I guess you can't have enough of those right?

And who doesn't like the glitter clouds? 

This is my all-time-favourite messy use and abuse of glitter! *happy dancing*

For the background I painted the tray with blue and white paint and heat-embossed the damask pattern using a stamp and white embossing powder. And of course clustered a LOTT of butterflies and mulberry flowers!

The project was inspired by Anything but a Card Challenge #48
and Frosted Designs Friday Challenge.

Now a little on personal end,

Okay so I have been super busy with my studies but I proudly announce to you my completion of the fourth-year in architecture school! I made it! (Okay yeah I need to chill, one more year to go! *sigh*)

So I have a month's break before the my training period starts so I am investing that time into building myself a website (with a domain name and everything *LOL*)

I have also been freelancing as a graphic designer, I know! Too much has been going on, and it made sense to finally enter the ETSY world now.
Check out my digital store *here*

Hopefully will be back soon with a few more updates!

--- Happy Crafting! ---