Birthday gift for a mom

This is an illustration of my elder sister's family with two boys. She is celebrating her 30'th birthday this week and I personalized a special A Cup of Sparkle keychain with a golden momma bird and two white pearls representing her two little boys; my nephews. I have added couple silver charms; a large flower, a leaf and a heart that says mom on it. I know that she really liked her gift. I wanted to send her my dearest birthday wishes through my blog and share this design with you as well. Happy Birthday Elif!!! Enjoy your new year...

Map It!

Summer days tend to bring me a huge desire to travel. What about you? For avid travelers like me, maps are absolutely a must have whether it is on your shoe, on your carpet, on your bookshelf or on you... Here are some of my favorite map decor, accessories and outfits from the web. 

Enjoy and happy travels if you are somewhere else rather than home...

Map It and Don't Get Lost...

Have a relaxing weekend.

What are your plans this weekend? I am going to rest most of the time and enjoy the sunshine in Seattle after a long work week. Talking about relaxation, I saw this awesome, super comfy looking giant nest couch on Pinterest. Even the thought of laying down inside this nest makes me want to sleep. Pretty unique, isn't it? Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend.

Mommy Pearl Necklace with 9 Children

A Cup of Sparkle personalized mom necklaces hit a new record today. Here is a custom family jewelry with 9 pearls representing nine children and/or grandchildren. It sounds a bit crazy, but it is true and also really cute. I can see people trying to count all these tiny pearls in your nest necklace wondering how many you have...

Personalized mom pearl necklace with 9 pearls, custom hand-made jewelry

This white freshwater pearls silver nest only measures 1" in diameter and it can be made with any number of pearls starting from one pearl to 5-6-7-8 and 9 pearls. You can visit my Etsy shop to all the options for mommy necklaces.

Isn't this cute?

New Mom Jewelry

New mom jewelry by A Cup of Sparkle

Looking to find the perfect gift for a new mom? This handmade necklace features a beautiful handmade birds nest to express your feelings of joy and happiness for a new baby with a lovely mother bird hanging by its nest protecting her baby. I personalized this piece with a purple freshwater pearl for a one of my customers. You can choose any color of freshwater pearls for your nest. Bubblegum pink, canary yellow, cherry red, sky blue, smokey gray,... A great piece of personalied jewelry to celebrate a newborn.

Personalized moms jewelry with different colors of pearls

 Looking forward to sharing with you more of A Cup of Sparkle new mom jewelry! 

Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend...

Thanks a Latte!

I and my husband did a road trip from California to Seattle couple weeks ago and I shot this photo at a super cute, coastal coffee shop in Mendocino. Isn't this adorable? I cannot really think of a better tip container at a coffee shop, adorned with red summer flowers and a huge seashell beside it to put coins inside. Hope all of you are enjoying the beautiful, sunny days of July.

Thanks a latte for visiting A Cup of Sparkle blog and have a wonderful week!

Handmade Gift Pouch Tutorial

You have probably seen my new gift/jewelry pouches in my previous blog post. Did you like them? I am so in love with the colors of the bags and cannot wait to send it to A Cup of Sparkle customers. As I promised, here is the short tutorial showing you how to make them:

Materials: Fabric, matching thread, scissors, sewing machine, cord or ribbon

Tutorial on how to make gift pouches

1- Choose the fabric. Always consider what you will be using the bags for to determine the colors, the material, and how much fabric you will need. Pick fabrics with small patterns. I recommend geometric or symmetric patterns which saves so much time when you are cutting the fabric.

2- Cut the fabric according to the size of the bags you want. This will be the vertical length of the pouch. I made the bags big enough to put a business card inside. 

3- Fold approximately 1" of the fabric inside and sew it as shown in the photo. Sew the whole length of the fabric - this will save you so much time. This size of the channel depends on the ribbon you will use.

4- Cut the fabric again to suit the size of the pouch you want. 

5- Fold the cut outs and sew the two sides to form a pouch. Turn the bag inside out.

6- You want sharp corners for the bags. In order to do that, use a pointy object like a pen or scissors and gently poke it to the each two corners. It is very easy, but makes so much difference.

7- Draw the cord or the ribbon inside the channel you create in step 3. I used a velvet ribbon in matching brown color of the fabric.

7- TA-DA... Your gift pouches are ready to keep your jewelry, make-up, shoes, coins or anything you like. 

Handmade jewelry bag by A Cup of Sparkle

Hope you enjoyed this quick, easy tutorial. All the A Cup of Sparkle jewelry and accessories will come in these cute bags until I am out of the bags.