As promised...

...new AVENUE H pieces are available in the Etsy shop! Go look, they're neat. More to come, too, so stay tuned! I'm having a ball with my new stash of antique spoons and coins.

SOLD!

bicycle love card, originally uploaded by avenuehandmade.

I must say, I'm pretty proud of this card...it turned out a thousand times better than I hoped. I stitched it completely freehand! I listed it yesterday morning and it sold the same day. Yippee! I'm excited that it's going to a great home, and I can't wait to try more designs like this...stay tuned!!

new.

Introducing Avenue Handmade, the new name of what was formerly Cripple Creek! Over the next few months I will be transitioning all of my signature products to be sold through my Avenue H store (& offering some great deals on Cripple Creek items that will be discontinued!). I'm really excited about this chance to reinvent my creations, designs, & website...basically to start all over from scratch. But I'm also a tad nervous about that very thing: starting from scratch (again).

But hey, it's probably easier to (re)start from scratch after only 1 (fairly successful) year than to struggle through several years with a muddled focus and eventually be faced with the dilemma of whether or not to reinvent or just throw in the towel all together. I think the young handle growing pains more easily--probably cause we're used to them--so why not just dive right in while my company is still young.

Anyway, more to come in the next few days as I get everything set up...I'm excited to have a "table" at Poppytalk Handmade's November Market! You can check out my new wares there after November 5. I've got lots of new recycled silverware jewelry & plenty of adorable new (also recycled!) holiday cards.