Exciting things happening at Lil' Red Rocket.

As you can see from above its almost sale time again. We have SOOOO much new stuff up for grabs at our next sale but as always stock is limited so you will need to be quick.

Stay tuned to THE LRR BLOG and our FACEBOOK PAGE for sneaks in the lead up to the sale. We have quite a few new button designs that Im really excited about, new kits and some cute new bottle tops too.

Now onto our second and equally exciting news........................

WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR DESIGN TEAM!!


If you would like to join our design team please follow these instructions below to complete your application.
Unfortunately due to postage prices I can only except applicants from Australia.

This design team call is open to scrapbookers, card markers and mixed media artists.
All applicants must have a blog and be able to commit to a 6 month term.
You will be required to post 1-2 pages a month on the Lil' Red Rocket blog and also post about and plug LRR on your blog and Facebook when ever possible.
Other requirements may include completing a sketch challenge from time to time.
The successful applicant will receive enough free product to complete all projects required for their term plus extra and team discount on any purchases.
All you need to do is send us an email to lilredrocket@live.com.au with a link to your blog and tell us a little about yourself and your style.
Please include links to your 2 favourite projects on your blog.

Applications close midnight 23rd January. The new DT member will be announced on the LRR blog and on Facebook at the end of January and will start in February.
We cant wait to see your applications. Good luck everyone.



SKETCH TIME!!!

To celebrate my other baby's birthday LIL'RED ROCKET that is, we are hosting a sketch challenge for the month of October.
This month I decided to join in for a change and so here is my example.

 Ive used one of my all time favourite LRR buttons here, a red apple button you may also notice one of our new vintage tags, designed by yours truly and....

one of my other favourites a red gingham button.

I have distressed them both with a little brown ink on the edges to give them that worn/aged look.

Here is the sketch. We would love to see your entries with a fabulous Lil' Red Rocket prize pack full of our new release buttons for the winner and rainbow button packs to be won by our 2 runners up.

You don't need to use Lil' Red Rocket products in your entry but you will need to post your entry on your    blog and link your post back to the Mr Linky Link in the LRR side bar.

All entries need to be in by October 30 and Australian and international entrants are all welcome.

We will announce the winners in early December. I hope you will join in to help us celebrate our second birthday. HERE is the link so pop on over and check out some of the other DTs awesome creations and help us celebrate our birthday. TFL xx

Ohh look at this blog candy!

 Just a quick post today to let you know about the give away we are hosting on

THE LIL' RED ROCKET BLOG

You can find all the details about how to be in the running for this colourful and fun collection of goods

HERE on the BLOG.

We have also announced the date for our next sale.

Lots of goodies will be up for sale and you can view some of the sneaks on the BLOG.

There will be further sneaks leading up to the sale so if your interested why not pop on over and become a follower and meet the new members of our amazing Design Team.

TFL.

Cute!

 Well, he is even if I do say so myself and yesterday this lil' guy was 2 whole years old.
Where has that time gone. It seems like just yesterday we brought Master J home from the hospital.
His Daddy fussing with the baby seat to make sure it was fitted 'just right'.
His Mummy fussing about wether he needed a jacket or if he was warm enough and his not so big brother 'checking out' this weird little person and wondering how many fingers he could fit in his tiny eye sockets. LOL.
Those pictures are of our little birthday boy when he was about 8 months old, but we think hes still just as 'cute'.

This page has lots of dimension, only it doesn't show up too well in the photos

Some Lil' Red Rocket Buttons.

Some more 'new' Lil' Red Rocket buttons.

Yummo, some My Little Bit of Whimsy.

and some more. MLBOW. How cute are they! The perfect finishing touch for this page.

This LO is for the birthday celebrations that we are having over at Lil' Red Rocket.

We are hosting a sketch challenge this month to help celebrate LRRs first birthday YAY!

There are some great prizes up for grabs and some AWESOME inspiration from the DT including our special and very talented guest DT member CHLOE.

So, stop by HERE if you want to join in the fun and help us celebrate.

We'd love to see your creations. TFL.

You could win this and more!

Wanna win this^ and a free set of buttons and bottle tops, of your choice from Lil' Red Rocket? Pop over HERE to find out how. Tfl.

a big TOOOOT!

OK first things first, if you are here for the Scrap that Baby blog hop please see the post below.......

Now time for my toot.

For a little while now I have been designing sketches whether they be by paper or pixel and I really enjoy the process, its a good way to get all those ideas out of my head and onto a sketch plan.

With some encouragement and prompting from the lovely KIM I decided that maybe I should have a go at the Creative Scrappers sketch artist call.
Well guess what I got through YAAAAAAAYYY!!

I hope you will all find some time to stop on over and have a go, its an AWESOME sketch challenge blog, you will love it, if you haven't already found it.
My term starts from October and I cant wait.

Now I don't have any new LOs to share today but I will be catching up with a whole bunch of scrappy pals for Renee's birthday crop tomorrow so Im sure ill have some thing new to share soon.

Oh and if you are wondering whats going on with the shop, Im sorry for the hold up.
Im just trying to get organised and the other 2 new sets of buttons Im yet to share actually turned into at least another 6 maybe 7 sets so the count so far is about 15 new sets of buttons and Ive lost count of the new sets of bottle tops.

So as Im sure you can understand these things take time but fingers crossed the shop will be good to go next week.
Ill be back to let you know when LRR is open for business. TFL.

Where have I been?

No I haven't disappeared again. This ^ is what has been keeping me busy. Kinda hard to tell but this is a large shoe box filled to the brim with Lil Red Rocket orders.
I love to see them all packaged up, ready to go to their new homes.
It makes the sore fingers all worth it.
In case you didn't already know I make each set of buttons as the orders come in. I don't have many made in advance because I never know whats going to sell from one week to the next and the components and import fabrics are too expensive to waste.
So there you have it a little insight into the labour of love that is Lil Red Rocket and if you've recently placed an order you can be pretty sure its in there^ some where. TFL.

Heres what Ive been up to today........

Im thinking about selling these in the SHOP. What do you think?

This is only one of hundreds of designs I can make. Ive even got some retro pin up girl ones planned for Fathers day.

They are Jumbo paper clip Book marks in case you were wondering. LOL.

Id love some feed back. TFL.

Shell x

Sketch Challenge at Mystical

OK so here is my example LO for this weeks Challenge at MYSTICAL. I decided to set a sketch challenge cause that seems to be quite popular and its also one of my favourite kind of challenges.

I couldn't resist adding a few close ups to this post cause I just love my new MLBOW purchases.

You've got to check them out if you haven't already. Super cute stuff!

On the first close up you can also see a little vintage milk top, Ive got a heap of these for sale in the LRR SHOP so pop on over if you want to get your hands on some.

Ive also used a green doily from SWEETVINTAGE78 and a spotty button from THECHIPCHOPSHOP 2 great etsy stores.

See the big fabric bow. How yummy is that retro fabric. Its a reproduction of a genuine 1930s print and you will be able to purchase some buttons made from that fabric at LRR really soon along with another retro print fabric in pink,blues and yellow. YUM YUM!

I have also got the CUTEST little face buttons coming soon that I cant wait to share, oh and some great felt embellies too.

The papers I have used on this lay out are by Sass and my very fav October Afternoon.

The 2 ranges I have used by October Afternoon are 'Ducks in a Row' and 'Fly a Kite' both of these ranges are available at MYSTICAL SCRAPBOOKS along with some Devinne new Prima flowers.

OK that's all for now. Im off to make more fabric flowers some fro LRR and a OOAK for

SWEET SHERBET. TFL.

Shell x

YAY! Kits are almost ready to load over at LRR.

So here's your sneaky.Its not quite finished and its only 1 of the 5 colour ranges, but I couldn't wait to share it. TFL.
Shell x

sneak peek for Lil Red Rocket.

Pop over HERE to see more.

March give away

Well the March give aways up on the Lil Red Rocket blog. Just pop over HERE to check it out. TFL.

Shell x

SOLD OUT

Well it seems I have underestimated the demand this week, Yep ran out of buttons.
I have ordered more (lots more) so things should be back to normal again soon. Ill let you know when we are back to business. TFL.
Shell x

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More LRR sneaks.

YUM, YUM! For a closer look pop over HERE. TFL.

Shell x

Do you like give aways?

Maybe the question should be...... Do you like Orange? LOL.

Well if the answer to these questions is 'YES!' then you need to pop over HERE to the new

Lil Red Rocket blog.

To be in the draw just follow the instructions. Its open to all Australian and international people.

Good Luck everyone. TFL.

Shell x

Lil Red Rocket happenings.

OK so if you've checked out my Etsy shop lately you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet on the button front.
Well that's all about to change. I have been running low on components and so I am just waiting for some more to arrive in the post.
I source and purchase my materials from all over the world and local.
Its taken quite a bit of time and research but I have regular suppliers now, chosen because they offer me the best price, quality and faultless service.
The down side is that some times it takes a while for things to get here from overseas.
The up side being that I can offer you the best price possible.

So here's whats on the cards for February.
4 new button designs to be added to the shop.
One design for the boys one for the girls and 2 unisex designs. Some thing for every one.
Also soon to be added are Hair slides and some little embellishment packs containing buttons (of course) a hand made co ordinating journal card or 2 some ribbon or trim and maybe another little hand made embellishments but Ill keep that one under my hat for now.
I will also be adding 2 new products to my store with in the next few months, you will have to wait to find out what they will be but I will tell you that no one else is doing them on Etsy yet!
Its going to involve more initial outlay from me so I'm not ready to launch them yet but I will host a give away when they are ready to go.
There will also be another give away for the new button designs so don't forget to check back in the next few weeks.
So here's to new ranges and very sore fingers. LOL. TFL.
Shell x

Sneak peek!!

OK here's the "heads up". A sneaky for all my blog readers.

I will be listing this pretty little ring in my Madeit store in a day or so but I wanted to show

you first.

I only have 2 of these and I am tempted to keep one for myself. Looks so lovely on.

It has an adjustable ring so It will fit any size finger and the cabochon is a soft mauve colour.

It has a lovely vintage look.

This ring was made to "test the waters" to see how popular they would be before making and listing more in my store.

It will retail at $14.00 AU.

If you are interested in purchasing one and remember I only have 2, please let me know before I load it in my shop. TFL.

Shell x

new elastics.

Some new elastics to show you. These ones are a bit different. All lacy and pretty. I'm just about to up load these on Madeit but they will be seriously limited. I have plenty of this fabric but not much lace. I may be able to do something similar in the future but not exactly like these.

That's all I have for 'show and tell' today. I want to scrap but by the time I get the kids in bed I just cant be bothered with pulling everything out and even less bothered with packing it back up again. Oh to have my own scrap space..............................well a girl can dream cant she.

OK off to do something productive. TFL.

Shell x

Look new buttons!

Here's some Squirrel buttons in brown. These lil guys go great with Cosmo Cricket 'Nutmeg' and 'Earth Love' ranges. I think these guys are my fav ATM.

As you can see Ive made them into elastics too.

Ive got some yellow frogs about to be released soon so stay tuned for those.

I just wanted to share THIS fantastic LO by the very talented Sharmaine. I love what shes done with the Yellow Spotty Lil' Red Rocket button.

Its so great to see people using my buttons and in such a clever way.

Thanks for letting me share this Sharmaine.

OK that's all for now. Hopefully next time Ill have some more new stock to share with you. TFL.

Shell x

Little Guy.

Last weekend I went to a crop at my LSS with some forum friends from The Boxx.

It was the first time I had met Gilly, Renee and Geli. They are all so lovely and I had a fantastic time. I cant remember the last time I laughed so much.

We were the smallest table but I think we may have been the loudest. LOL.

It was so much fun and I cant wait to catch up again.

Any way I got 2 LOs almost finished and here's the first. Gilly lent me her Martha Stewart punch for this one and I loved it. Gotta get my self one now.

You might notice the close up of my brown squirrel button. I'm about to make some more and load them in my store. They go quite well with these 'Earth Love' papers by 'Cosmo Cricket' don't you think?.

The second LO I made at the crop just needs a title and then Ill post it here.

Ive just loaded a heap of new hair elastics in my Madeit and Etsy shop and Ive got some components on order to make some hair clips. They should be here any day now.

I have also ordered the most delicious jewellery components. Lots of gorgeous vintage beads and some Japanese Vintage glass cabochons which I plan to make into some pretty little rings.

Oh and the cutest little vintage glass owls for earrings and maybe some pendants.

They will be limited so Ill post them here for all my followers to get the sneak peek so you can get in first if you like them. I will post them on Etsy and Madeit for my Aussie customers who prefer not to mess around with the whole US dollar thing.

Oh and there will be a couple of embellishment pack coming out soon too.

OK thats all for now. Gotta get stuck into this house work before it gets too hot. Bye for now. TFL.

Shell x