The Chicken Coop

I am a paper crafter. I've been playing with paper, and cutting and pasting for many years now and I still just love it. I teach classes each month and would love to have you.
You can find me at MyRedHen.blogspot.com and on Pinterest
or email me at MyRedHen4@yahoo.com
I'd love to hear from you.
Every now and then I have some cards or little treats available for sale that may be seen here.
My blog also contains my personal posts. Ignore them if you like, but you may get a kick out of them. Maybe my girls will read them one day and get insights into the inner workings of an old woman's brain....Scary Thought!
There is a list of labels on the right side of the blog, so you can click there to go to only the posts that you are interested in. That will allow you to skip the personal posts and any items for sale if you wish. No matter which way you choose, I hope will enjoy my little blog and visit often.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Halloween Card Kit

Okay all, here it is. My first kit offered for sale!
Your kit will include all of the pieces to make four cards along with accompanying envelopes. All pieces will be pre-stamped. All you need to do is put them together.
 Email me at MyRedHen4@yahoo.com amd I will email you an invoice.  Once you purchase the kit, I will email you the link to a video to take you step by step through creating your card.
This first kit is only $10 and will ship to you for free.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

I'm Back!!

I'm blogging!!

One of the new things I'm trying is selling card kits. After teaching classes or just creating,  I often end up with extra materials left over. In the past I have been carefully putting them aside, planning to make them up and add to the cards I sell. Well, that hasn't  been working too well. My time has to be switched to designing and kitting the next class and those things I put aside to make get put aside kind of permanently. So my plan is to put all the supplies together and make card kits to sell. I'm trying it out on my blog and if it takes off a lot I may open an etsy shop.

The kits will include all the supplies to make the number of cards included (usually 4 or 5), and a close up picture will be emailed for you to follow along with any special instructions. Some will even have a short video. The first one to order each kit will receive a special surprise as well. All the embossing, stamping,  and die cutting will be predone and the pieces for each card will be placed an envelope to size so that once finished they will need only a stamp to be on their way to someone special.

Bone Appetit Alternatives

Some of my Paper Pumpkin ladies don't do Halloween or just don't need so many Halloween boxes, so I made a couple of mine into fall boxes as an alternative.

Friday, September 27, 2019

Watch for kits coming soon.

Well ladies, as I'm sure you can see, my blog attention has been dismal. I've decided to put my nose to the grindstone and do a better job.

The first new thing I'm going to do is offer card kits. After I teach a class I often end up with all these extra supplies. My plan has always been to make them up and try to sell them. That plan hasn't worked very well and I end up with piles of projects that don't get done, so I'm going to offer the projects to you all. If it begins to work I can possibly open up an etsy shop.

I have the first kits ready to go. I just have to figure out some things with postage so I know what to charge. That first one is a Halloween card. I'll post pictures right away. Those of you who are local to me will be able to take advantage right away since postage is not an issue.

Watch for those pictures coming soon......

Friday, April 5, 2019

Precious Parcels

Hi All
Last night I taught a class in which we made all kinds of fun things with the Precious Parcel kit that was available as a free choice during Sale-A-Bration. 
These are two of my finished projects. The little mailboxes are made from one of the card bases in the kit. Each one holds two decorated note cards with envelope and two ghirardelli chocolate squares. Aren't they sweet?

    All four notecards are different,  but here's a pic of just one. 

It's so much fun to think outside the box and use the pieces that come in the kits into something new and different. I got a whole lot out of this kit and still have bits and pieces to play with. 



Monday, February 18, 2019

Random Acts of Kindness Day

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day today!
I realized it way too late to do something special, so I handed out one of these little treats to each of the gals at the crop I was attending.
 

I'm putting it on my calendar so that I can plan to do something extra special next year.i I challenge each of you to do the same, but most of all, I challenge us all to look for opportunities to be kind in some way each and every day. 

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just checking in to wish you all a lovely Valentine's Day .
My wish for you all is that you have someone make you feel special and loved.