Shop Small with Handiworkin' Girls:

Included in our sale are our dainty glass jewelry holders. We use them ourselves to organize our jewelry on our dressers (especially our earrings), but they also make pretty stands for sorting makeup or small perfume bottles on the vanity. In the dining room, they can showcase petite appetizers or desserts for tea parties or Christmas gatherings.

Ready for a sale?

Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday Sale: 20% off our handmade gift bags, bean bags, denim drawstring bags, doll clothes, placemats, trivets, and jewelry holders, through December 2^nd. No coupon required! (Not valid on custom orders.)

The latest white rug...

 A perennial favorite of our customers and ourselves, the white rag rug is at once both classic and modern. It suits multiple decor styles and blends successfully into almost any room in your home. Thanks to the soft cotton of the upcycled t-shirts, our rag rugs feel as soft and cushy underfoot as they look in their photos.

Playing with word clouds...

Our first post of 2014 - yes, it's been a long time. We have been having technical issues with Blogger, but that appears to resolved. (Or so we hope.) Today's feature is not a treasury, but a couple of the word clouds we have been using as we toy with color schemes we want to feature within our shop over the next few months. The brighter, warm shades from the first image are ones we plan to incorporate into our bean bags and jewelry holder lines, and the richer colors in the second are inspiring our current sewing project, a thirty-piece batch of our small gift bags.

Enjoy the new colors!

~Handiworkin' Girls

Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday Sale

We are beginning our sale for the "big" shopping weekend that runs from Black Friday to Small Business Saturday to Cyber Monday. (What it should officially be called is something along the lines of "best deals of the shopping year weekend," but that's not nearly as catchy.)

Items on sale will include our gift bags, denim bucket bags, doll clothes, knitted trivets, and jewelry holders, through December 3rd. Not valid on custom orders. All our sale items are 20% off, and can be seen here, or in our regular shop sections.

Daylight fades into the ground...

Listening to the family music library while working on Etsy listings can only lead to one thing - treasury inspiration. This treasury was inspired by Brandon Heath's "Red Sky" and the multitude of gorgeous sunset photos from the CAST team.

'Cover me with the red sky...' by HandiworkinGirls

There's a man on my street
He reminds me everyday
Better take what you can get
Cause there's nothing more than this
Daylight fades into the ground,
Oh Lord I need you now

Cover me with the red sky tonight
The promise of a better day to come
Sing over me an angelic symphony
Tell me everything will be alright
With the red sky tonight

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

Bean Bag Sale

Bean Bags by Handiworkin' Girls

Before we begin the madness of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, we decided to offer a special benefitting those with multiple children or grandchildren for whom they are shopping. With more than thirty unique options, you will be able to find bean bags in whatever colors you desire. And if you need a custom shape or color scheme, just contact us via our Etsy shop, and we will be happy to work with you to create the style(s) you desire.

**Our 15% off coupon code will be valid through November 30th.**

Don't forget...

Watching music videos on YouTube leads to one thing every time - treasury-making compulsion! Today was no exception, and the inspiration came from Group 1 Crew's single "He Said." Not only is it a catchy title, the theme is perfect for showcasing a handful of our favorite Scripture art finds.

'What He Said...' by HandiworkinGirls

So your life feels like
It don't make sense
And you think to yourself
I'm a good person
So why do these things keep happening?
Why you gotta deal with them
You may be knocked down now, but don't forget
What He said, He said

I won't give you more
More than you can take
And I might let you bend
But I won't let you break
And no, I'll never ever let you go
And no, don't you forget what He said

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

Never said this before...

Deep fall shades of orange and aqua seemed like the perfect complementary combination for our latest treasury. Paired with the lyrics of Chris August's song "Want To Be Real" (perfectly suited to handmade items, don't you think?), we collected our favorite CAST finds for your viewing pleasure.

'I want to be real...' by HandiworkinGirls

I've never said this before
I've never opened that door so wide
No one else is around
There is no good reason for me to hide
And I, I want to be real

There’s too much at stake
And I’m tired of fakin’
I just want to be real
I want to be real
There’s too much at stake
I don’t care if I break
I just want to be real

Treasury tool by StylishHome.