New Coordinating Kitchen Sets

In case you haven’t been following all the goodies going on in my shop… I’ve started rolling out complete sets. Check out this one!

All Things Cupcake Review

CKD received a wonderful review from All Things Cupcake today! Check it out!

From Fish + Rice Jell-O to Mojito Gelatin… Why I Changed My Position on Gelatin

Take a moment and think about the following: What are you feelings on Gelatin? If you’re like me you may have some mixed emotions. This was my thought process: “I always liked making Jell-O Jigglers. That was fun.” “College was also a good time for Jell-O… when mixed with vodka” “I HATE when you put [...]

New Lovelies in My Shop

In case you have missed my twitter or facebook broadcasting I’ve been putting up some new items in my shop. Right now you’ll see a sea of dish towels since that is what I tackled first, but never fear, the coordinating aprons and market totes aren’t far behind! Of the three new designs my favorites [...]

Friday Link Love

The weekend is here!!! Is it okay to clock out at ten of 5 on a Friday? Why not… I’m the boss! Big weekend coming up between a company party for A. and then my mom coming up on Sunday. It will be the last time I see her before she moves to Spain (I’m [...]

Handmade Spotlight: BESTeam: Fish Princess Design

Today I bring you the lovely work of Fish Princess Designs (love the name). You have to appreciate an artist that is just as comfortable with pearls and crystals as she is fly fishing for trout! When did you start selling? On Etsy-about a year and half ago. I took some time off after I [...]

Social Media: What do you do?

When I was still in the planning process of CKD I thought I was going to do an Etsy shop only. Maybe a facebook page. Twitter was unknown and very scary and I thought I didn’t have enough ideas for a blog. Then I started researching “How to Market My Online Shop” and was told [...]

My Bittersweet Peonies….

Today is the big photo shoot day for my shop photos! My incredibly generous brother-in-law let me borrow his camera to take some product shots when I realized that my camera was terrible. My equally generous friend-graphic designer-photographer extraordinaire is coming over today to help me set up the photo shoot. I figured that I [...]

Hello Blog-Land!

… I’m back! Those of you who are not yet my friends (and I hope you will be) are probably wondering where I was to start with since this is my very first post. A year and change ago I realized that I could start a blog and not just read them (and with 100 [...]

Coming Soon!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I’m sorry I don’t have more to show you! Blog Launching May 15th(ish) followed by my Etsy Store opening June 1st! Please stop back!