New Shop Site!

I'm excited to announce that I have a new shop site! You can find all of my products for sale on one site right here at vitaminimodern.com.

I'm working on adding some new wholesale accounts, so if you're a retailer interested in carrying my products, there's a page just for you. Please get in touch! I'd be happy to send you my wholesale catalog. 



I'll still be maintaining my Etsy shops (Vitamini and Vitamodern), but I'm excited to start branching out on my own. Take a look at the new site. I hope you like it!

From my sketchbook: Let's Eat Cake!

How it is Friday already?! Time's been flying by lately and I've been busying myself with lots of projects. I designed, printed and photographed three new cards this week and thought I'd share a little peek at my design process.



My designs always start out as simple sketches. Sometimes I'll sketch an idea over and over again, but this time I lucked out after only a couple iterations. I knew I wanted this design to turn into a papercut, so I had to think of positive and negative space quite a bit.



I rough-traced it onto tracing paper, then taped it onto my cardstock and got to cutting with my xacto.



I then scanned the papercut into photoshop to clean up some of the edges and resize to fit on the card. I used my Wacom tablet to hand-write the text straight into Photoshop. After that it's just a matter of separating the two colors, printing out into a transparency, and then exposing it to light on a coated screen. Then I screen print each color onto the cardstock, fold it up, and the card is done!



Let's Eat Cake! is now listed in my shop and my Etsy shop.

Speaking of floral...

I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend! We lucked out with some seriously beautiful weather. My mom's garden is exploding with color, so I spent lots of time outside snapping photos and taking cuttings for floral arrangements.

Here are some photos I took in the garden and of a couple of my arrangements.

6 Floral DIYs to Try

Something about springtime makes people extra crafty, I think. Wildflowers are blooming, the sun's coming out, the birds are singing, and I'm cutting out crepe paper flower petals like nobody's business. Here are some great floral DIY projects from around the web to inspire you to get crafting.



1. Pretty paper flowers from Inspiration Ave. I love these colors!
2. Hanging wisteria from the Land of Nod
3. Fabric wrapped vases from I Heart Nap Time
4. Wallpaper-edged dresser drawers from Bright & Bold
5. Paint swatch garland from Sugar & Cloth
6. Cupcake paper flowers from Martha Stewart

Have a lovely weekend, friends! 

*All photos via their respective sources.

DIY Origami Bird's Nest with Free Printable

There's still time to whip up a few handmade decorations for your Easter bash this coming Sunday! I transformed this simple origami box into a little bird's nest that's just perfect for those Cadbury Mini Eggs that we've all been snacking on since Valentine's Day saving for Easter.

I didn't have any nesty-looking paper for this, so I drew up my own. Click here to download it for yourself! 

Here's what you'll need:

• Nest filler - crimped paper or Easter basket grass
• Egg-shaped candies
• Free download, print out at 100% scaling and trim to 6" square

With the printed side down, fold in half diagonally, both sides.

Fold the right paper edge to the center crease, folding only to the lower crease. Fold the corner of this flap upwards. Unfold. Repeat with the three other sides of the square.

Bring the folded edge points to the center of the square. Tuck the corners into each other. Crease the edges into a square shape. Follow along with the video!

Fill with crimped paper and candy eggs. Make a bunch to give to friends and coworkers!



Fold an origami hen or two to go with your nests!



Origami project adapted from Advanced Origami. Check it out for more origami models.
The download provided is not for distribution and is for personal use, only.