Halloween Mantle

Here's my Halloween mantle in my apartment:

And some close ups of the bulletin board I made:

What do you think?? 

How are you decorating for Halloween?

Honored and Excited

Today I recieved the huge honor of giving a guest blog on my favorite blog www.champagnelifestyles.blogspot.com. I can honestly say I could not be more excited.  This is a great blog about diy, fashion, decorating, and living a lavish lifestyle while staying within your means; something every Modern day Dauphine strives to do.  Go check out her blog and my tutorial on how to make this amazing tufted headboard!

Not so Easy

This whole "sell your stuff on line and get rich doing it" thing is much easier said then done.  Within 24 hours of posting my etsy I made two sales and was beyond excited.  Unfortunately they were also my last two sales to date, but I'm staying optimistic.  I finally got all my pictures that Chris took up on the wall and have made a few new crafts which I've yet to photograph and post.  That being said things have been a little crazy lately.  I've been back and fourth between Long Beach and Palmdale at least once a week all month and someone broke into my apartment and stole my phone.  With everything going on it's been really hard to pick up momentum and focus on Modern Day Dauphine.  I'm back to palmdale tomorrow but hopefully by the time I'm back everything will have settled down and I can really get to work crafting, marketing and making Modern Day Dauphine a success!

Mailing out my First Sale

  Today I mailed out my first etsy sale (and a swap angel package for a craft swap I did on www.craftster.org) at the post office.  Overall I'd have to say the process was a little overwhelming.  I hadn't packaged the mirror I sold yet and was hoping to buy some bubble wrap and stick it in a flat rate box, but unfortunately the post office didn't have either of those things.  Luckily the lady working was extremely helpful and explained that you can order flat rate boxes and envelopes for free (shipping incuded) from www.usps.com. Eventually we got everything figured out and I mailed my first package and dropped off anotherat home for my parents to give to the buyer.  Now all I need is to get the rest of my pictures on line, but as for now I'll celebrate my first two sales!!