I've been featured.....

Today I'm featured on the Stay-At-Home Moms of Etsy blog! Every Wednesday they feature a member of the team and this week they chose me! Go check it out.
http://stayathomemomsofetsy.blogspot.com/2011/11/feature-shop-altered-by-jenn.html

This is how the kids found Husker today:

Day 3 of Husker the Elf

This morning we found Husker in the living room driving my daughter's Barbie car with Barbie. Maybe he was taking her out on a date?!? :)

Katelynn: OH MY GOODNESS!!! Sucker is in my Barbie car with Barbie. Silly Sucker!

Meet our Elf "Husker"

This year we started the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition. On Saturday our elf arrived via the North Pole. There was a note on the front door telling my 2 kids to look in the garage. There on the step in the garage they found a card and a bag. Inside the bag was our new elf and the card from Santa told them to name the elf and to be good. My son named him "Husker" but my 3 year old calls him "Sucker". We then came to the living room and Santa had DVR'd "The Elf on the Shelf" movie so we watched that and learned more about what our elf does.

 On Sunday we found Husker fishing for goldfish crackers. He was there all day and never caught a one LOL

Monday we found Husker getting a pony ride from my daughter's My Little Pony. He fell off  the pony after lunch somehow. Guess he got tired of holding on all day.

Stay tuned until Christmas to see what else Husker ends up doing :)

Open House pics

I had an open house yesterday at my home. If you're interested in anything you see, please send me an e-mail at orders@alteredbyjenn.com. Here are some pics of what I had:

ORLS Craft Show 10/29/11

I forgot to post pics of my booth from my last craft show.

We have a winner!

Thank you to all who entered for a chance to win a children's birthday party package from me. There were lots of great themes for birthdays next year. I used random.org to choose a winner and the winner was number 1: The Fifth Street Mama! I will be getting a hold of you to get some more details about your child's Angry Birds birthday.

With so many great themes, I decided to pick a second place. Random.org chose number 3: Uniquely Yours. Your child will receive 12 gift boxes/bags, 12 gift tags, and a door sign. Please get a hold of me so I can get some more details about your child's Minnie Mouse birthday.

I will be doing another birthday giveaway in February for April, May, and June birthdays!

Child's Birthday Party Giveaway

Is your child having a birthday party between January-March? Do you know what theme it will be? Is it theme you will for sure be going with? If so leave a comment with the party theme you are thinking of. You have until Monday, November  7 to enter. I will then pick one person and that person will get a party package from me. Which will include the following:


Happy Birthday Banner
Cake topper or 12 cupcake toppers
12 Gift boxes or 12 gift bags
12 gift tags

What a busy week I had

I participated in a craft show on Mother's Day and it went well. I had fun catching up with Christine from Pedestrian Designs since we shared a booth space. We used to be neighbors :) The weather was way better than it was last year which was nice. The week leading up to the craft show was full of late nights and early rising and no naps :(

I made laminated bookmarks, spiral notepads, paper clip bookmarks, and Tooth Fairy tins just for the craft show. Sold a few of my Tooth Fairy tins and a few bookmarks. I can't wait to make some more and work on some custom orders. You can find the tooth fairy tins and the bookmarks at my Etsy shop

Here are some pics of the stuff I brought to the craft show:

Laminated bookmarks

Gift card holders and spiral notepads

Closeup of gift card holders

Tooth Fairy Tins

So excited about 2011

I'm so excited about where 2011 is taking Altered by Jenn. I started off by adding some new items to which I'll be selling this year. Here in our little town it's hard to find party stuff that isn't based towards: Princesses, Toy Story, CARS, Dora, Pirates and Sesame Street. I had heard some of my friends saying that they weren't happy with the selection around here either so I decided to help change that.

I had the idea to start selling party items that can be customized in any shape, color, or theme the customer would want. I am so glad I have decided to pursue this area. I was contacted by a friend that wants me to make a cake topper and matching banner that says "Bride to Be" for her SIL to be's bridal shower in April. I'm also making a "Welcome Home" banner for my BIL's return from Iraq!

I can't wait for the first craft show coming up on Mother's Day so everyone that comes will see what I have to offer the town and surrounding areas :)