Design by Night

I know this may not be too romantic, but this is my love story in a nut shell! If you had a tequila cupid like my husband and I did, then this is the perfect card for you. Download by clicking here.  The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

  When I was a kid my mom would make sure I had accessories for every holiday, often making them. To this day I still like to wear holiday earrings, pins and hair accessories. As you can see this heart ribbon makes and adorable headband but it can probably be used for so much more, such as, a pin or a Valentine's day card.     Supplies: 3 yards of 3/8" Wide Ribbon (I used two colors so you will need a yard and a half of each) Glue Gun Scissors Headband Felt Cut two sets of ribbon in the following sizes: 4.4", 5.5" and 6.5" Using a lighter carefully singe the end of the ribbon to stop it from fraying. Align one set of ribbon so they are flush on one end. Using the glue gun, hot glue the aligned ends together in order, largest to smallest. You should have two sets of three. Take your two groupings of ribbon and align them in a "V" gluing the right hand set on top of the other as shown above. Take the s...

Anchors away boys! Don't be afraid to ask your sailor boy for a little extra love this Valentine's Day. Download this FREE Valentine's Day card to tell him how you really feel. The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

Baltimore has a great love for crabs, so why not show your Valentine some love B-more style with this free downloadable Valentine's Day Card! Click here to download. The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

Hey Hon, download 'dis here Baltimore Valentine's day card for dat special someone! Click here to download a pdf of this card. The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

Find one of a kind  gifts, clothing, handbags, plushies, ceramics, soaps, kids’ toys, mixed media, amazing jewelry, and great art at this year's Merry Mart! Support handmade (like me) and shop local this holiday season. Merry Mart will take place Sunday, December 7th from 11-5 pm and will feature the areas most talented artist and crafters in the Baltimore area. Merry Mart will be held at the Creative Alliance, located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD right in the heart of Highlandtown. Merry Mart showcases high quality handmade arts and crafts from indie crafters and fine artists and crafts people from Highlandtown and across the region. Drop off and Shop on! Feel free to drop-off your child (ages 4-10) to have some art making fun while you shop. Sign up at the door to the classroom (2nd floor). Space is limited. Our stellar teaching staff will lead an activity. Noon-3pm. FREE. To view a full vendor list click here !

As promised, here is another free downloadable Valentine that uses buttons. Maybe I will put a little dent into my large button stash. If you want to put your Valentine into an envelope I designed it to fit in a standard A7. What you will need: Color printer and cover stock paper Glue Buttons Xacto knife and ruler Click here to download the template as a PDF. Print the tags on card stock paper. Cut along the dotted lines to cut out the Valentine. Take your buttons and arrange them using the heart outline at the bottom of the card. After you have arranged the buttons in a heart shape glue them in place.

  As you may know, I have a large button collection. I have a particular weakness for button jars and have over a half a dozen of them. I am always trying to come up with crafts that use buttons. So I decided that this Valentine's day I would come up with a series of downloadable Valentine's using buttons. Here is the first one, a Valentine tag with button bobby pins. What you will need: Color printer and cover stock paper Bobby pins with a glue pad (I recently saw them at the local craft store but if you can't find them there, you can find them all over Etsy) E6000 Glue Buttons Xacto knife & ruler Hole punch Ribbon Click here to download the template as a PDF. Print the tags on card stock paper. Cut along the dotted lines and use a hole punch to make the circle in the top center of the tag. Take a dab of E6000 and put it on the glue pad. Glue the pad to the back of a button. Set aside and let it dry for 24 hours. When setting aside the bobby pin...

Find one of a kind  gifts, clothing, handbags, plushies, ceramics, soaps, kids’ toys, mixed media, amazing jewelry, and great art at this year's Merry Mart! Support handmade (like me) and shop local this holiday season. Merry Mart will take place Sunday, December 2nd from 11-5 pm and will feature the areas most talented artist and crafters in the Baltimore area. Merry Mart will be held at the Creative Alliance, located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD right in the heart of Highlandtown. Merry Mart showcases high quality handmade arts and crafts from indie crafters, such as, members of the Charm City Craft Mafia, the Baltimore Etsy Street Team (BEST) and fine artists and crafts people from Highlandtown and across the region. Merry Mart is also please to have two worthy artistic non-profit craft organizations at this year’s Merry Mart, Mother Made Baltimore and the Baltimore Love Project. Enjoy a brunch in Clementine’s and do your holiday spending locally! Drop off ...

Come see me this Satruday at the Charm City Craft Mafia's Holiday Heap! December 1, 2012 10am-5pm 2640 St Paul St, St John’s Church To see a full vendor list click here . 

As a child we always celebrated St. Patrick's day in my house. I remember having a collection of St. Pat's pins that I could wear on my boring school uniform...a new one for each year. To this day I love St. Patrick's day so I decided to make myself a grown up (but fun) shamrock pin. Supplies 1-bottle of Guinness beer Green felt Pin back Scissors Needle and thread (match to felt) Hot glue gun Drink beer and save bottle cap. Print out the pattern below and cut out 4 large petals, 1 pin cover and 1 base from the felt. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Thread the needle and knot off the end. Put a gather stitch the flat bottom of the small petals until they are all stitched together in a row. Pull the thread to gather the petals and tie a knot but DO NOT cut the thread yet. Wrap the petals around to start forming the clover and stay stitch it in place, now you can cut the thread. Glue the round base to the center of the clover. Glue on the...

My husband and I aren't what you would call a lovey couple. So our Valentine's day doesn't usually come with candy hearts with sweet sayings or mushy bad poetry Hallmark cards. Usually I try to make him something or buy him a little something handmade. This year I got him a zombie tshirt from Geek Things on Etsy and decided to make him a card that truly expresses how I feel about him...that I love him to pieces. If you feel the same about your sweetie, feel free to download this artwork and give it to your Valentine. Click here to download a pdf of this card . The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .

If your love is salty, delicious and even better with vodka...then this is the card for you. Sweets are overdone on Valentine's day so go the savory route and give your salty love this "Olive You" card. Click here to download a pdf of this card . Special thanks (and a martini) to my friend Michele Poet for coming up with this clever card! The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .

Need a card for your special someone? Well look no further! Nothing says I love you more than a card with a sheep on it. Shepherd your sweeties love with a homemade card this year. Click here to download a pdf of this card . The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one .

Ever get tired of the same ole bows on top of those presents? Well change it up a bit with this recycled package topper. This topper can be made from the card board rolls that you have left over after you have finished your wrapping paper and they are super simple to make. Supplies 1-card board roll (or paper towel roll) White glue Ribbon (long enough to fit around your package) Scissors (I used both plain and fancy edged) X-acto knife Scraps of colored or scrap book paper Compass Ruler Take the card board roll and flatten it. Measure out eight 1.75" wide sections and cut them. Put white glue on about a half inch of the bottom of one of the card board pieces then glue it to another of the card board pieces. Continue glueing the card board sections together to form a circular star. Cut a circle out of your scrap paper that is 2.5" round. (NOTE: I used scissors that had a fancy edge but regular scissors would work fine. I also cut a second 2" circle from another color and ...

I have decided to do one last show of the season--no I'm not crazy, I am high on the holiday spirit (and lots of sugar from all the cookies)! Visit me this Saturday in the Towson Commons Rotunda. Come and purchase handmade holiday presents from me (Design by Night) , BEST members and the Towson ARTS Collective! Where: Towson Commons Rotunda, York Road and Pennsylvania Ave. When: Saturday, December 17 Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.