New Blog Dedicated to petitscadeaux!

Please visit the new blog dedicated solely to petits cadeaux here! This blog, now known as Kikikinns Art, will be dedicated to my personal art. Both my art and the petits cadeaux brand will be sold under the etsy.com shop 'petitscadeaux.'

What did you have for lunch? STAMPS

I had a lovely lunch break today, one hour full of stamping joy (yes, there is such a thing.) Mom and I crafted in the kitchen, after hurriedly scarfing salads and pursuing "competition" in the felt food industry online.

Check out some of the new tag ideas! All hand-made, some even hand cut!

Like riding a bike ...

Turns out, a year later, making tutus...exactly the same! A word to the wise, do NOT use wired ribbon for a waist band, which I was forced to do as after hours of searching my mother and I could not find our ribbon stock anywhere in the attic. My fingers are raw! Here's a picture of the first, 2010 season, finished tutu:



Fern Gully-Thanks for the name idea Shannon F.!

Fabulous Felt Food!

Mom and I had an impromptu felt food photo shoot this evening after family dinner. Here are some of my favorite shots.
Various individual pizzas

Breakfast!

Oreos and milk, THE perfect combination.

Cheeseburgers!

French macaroons boxed up and ready to go from the Patisserie!

Various cookies 'fresh from the oven.'

Upcoming Events for Petits Cadeaux

1. The Winooski Middle and High School 28th Annual Craft Fair Saturday November 20th from 9:00am-4:00pm in the school's cafeteria and gymnasium in Winooski, VT, right down the street from Costco.

2. The Lake Champlain Waldorf School's Holiday Craft Fair Friday December 3rd (evening, parents/adults only) and Saturday November 4th from 10:00am-3:00pm.

Come visit us!

Mixed Media Nudes for Sale on Etsy

Two large-scale pieces of Vanessa are now for sale on Etsy! Visit the shop!

We're back!

We're back for another holiday season of fabulous craft fairs. We're also moving into the digital age. Please check out our new Facebook business page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Burlington-VT/Petits-Cadeaux/132040496851055?v=app_2373072738#!/pages/Burlington-VT/Petits-Cadeaux/132040496851055?v=wall.

We also have an etsy shop of course, but nothing is posted as of now for sale, since we're focusing all inventory on the craft fair circuit in Vermont. Items will be available on the website after the new year.

We can make customized versions of anything we offer: body and face scrubs, soaps, toys, miniatures, tutus, fairy skirts, wands, headbands, felt food...Please feel free to contact us at petitscadeaux@gmail.com with your requests!

Kate

Petits Cadeaux in stores! Well, one store

**Check out the Grand Opening of Vermont Food & Gift on Main Street in Winooski, VT on Friday December 4th, where you will find Petits Cadeaux's "Whole Body Scrubs" and tutus/fairy skirts for sale!**

Here's a run down of the "Whole Body Scrub" Spa Line:

-They are made with all natural ingredients, many of which are also organic, and essential oils
-The scrubs are either salt or sugar based, with a few signature blends that include both
-The scrubs are rich, emollient, and leave light lingering scents and full moisture all day, yet are gentle enough for extremely sensitive skin and daily use with a blend of almond oil, grape seed oil, vitamin E, apricot kernel oil, plant-derived carrier oil, and vegetable glycerin.

The 10 signature scent blends:

Salt Based:

-Green Tea and Cucumber: invigorating with green tea and cucumber scent.
-Lilac & Jasmine: lilac and jasmine flower essential oil scent.
-Manicure/Pedicure: lemongrass, peppermint, and spearmint essential oils
-Sore Muscle Scrub: soothing and relieving blend of rosemary, eucalyptus, spearmint, and lemongrass.

Sugar Based:

-Sugar Mama: unscented.
-Orange & Ginger: orange and ginger essential oil scent.
-Tunisian Queen: rich and moisturizing with orange, lemon verbena, and lavender essential oils and organic coconut oil. With dried French lavender flowers and organic raw can sugar as an exfoliant.
-Date in Paris: true rose essential oil scent with crushed dried rose buds as an added exfoliant.

Other Blends:

-M.M.M. Coffee!: a sensational blend of salts, sugars, and finely ground coffee for exfoliation with sweet lingering scents of oatmeal, milk, and honey. The caffeine aids in cellulite reduction and skin firming and tightening. Also works wonders on underarm odor and ingrown hair bumps.
-Gorgeous: a light but exotic blend of plumeria, pekaki, and gardenia flower essential oils with a sugar and salt base.

PETITS CADEAUX IS OPEN

It's official, the Petits Cadeaux shop is open at http://www.etsy.com/!

Please visit: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5284032

PIG: a new painting

Here's my most recent painting. I started it earlier this week, and I've only had about two hours to sit down and work on it total. This is going to be a gift for my niece Ruby for Christmas, thankfully she is two and a half years old, so she won't ruin the surprise by finding it online. I call it "PIG," because I'm original like that. It's definitely hard painting in acrylics, as I love oil so much, and I definitely confused my housemates when I started keeping a palette in the fridge. If I get the hang of them, however, maybe there will be some small pieces for sale at the upcoming Holiday Fair at LCWS. The color quality is terrible, as I took this picture with my old flip cell phone camera, but you can get the general idea. Better pictures to come.

Petits Cadeaux--where to get them!

Want some little gifts? Come to the Lake Champlain Waldorf School Craft Fair on Friday December 5th (evening for adults only) or all day with the kids on Saturday December 6th. Map: Site marked "A"

The posts below show only the smallest example of the inventory that will be there. New items include "kits," such as the Gardener's Kit, with terra cotta pots, miniature seed packets, plants, and gardening tools, or the French Kit, with art books, baguettes, wine, cheese, maps, shopping bags, and pastries.

I do take special requests, for example, one year a customer asked me for a custom barn with the characters from Charlotte's Web made from polymer clay. Do not hesitate to call me or email me with ideas. Let's make your special friend's dream dollhouse become a reality!

Petits Cadeaux Dollhouse Miniatures II

Various Petits Cadeaux dollhouse miniatures,

all hand made by yours truly!

Pictured above: European Art coffee table book, real penny, picture frame, chinese book, bouche de Noel, Boston-leaf lettuce, bowl of ice cream, wedding planner, Madeleine collection, strawberry cheese cake with chocolate dipped strawberries and powdered sugar, eggs in a basket, terra cotta planter, grocery bag (they are incredibly difficult to make, but so cute!), wine, tea pot, baguettes, eggplant, coco cola bottle, Challah and salmon (on gold plate), wrapped present, pottery, more books, croissants, cantaloupe, and cherry cheese cake (all on silver plates.)

Woven rug (really woven!) from Eastern Europe (bought from a mother daughter team at the Burlington International Craft fair.) I stocked up on these a few years ago, they are incredibly beautiful and detailed, and I have many patterns in two sizes (the smaller is photographed.) The hutch is hand-painted, and holds a few various Petits Cadeaux books.

Petits Cadeaux Dollhouse Miniatures

The miniature books are created from hand-made wooden blocks from a VT supplier, which I then hand-paint, and decorate to look like various literature favorites (like Madeleine and King Arthur.) I follow the one-inch-to-one-foot 'miniaturization' rule, which is illustrated by the penny comparison. The sweet treats are my signature "bouche de Noel" (yule log,) the first ever Petits Cadeaux miniature I created for sale when I was 14. The inspiration came from my Waldorf school French teacher, Mme Reed, who baked us a real bouche de Noel for French class. I sold the miniature versions at the Waldorf craft fair in 8th grade to raise money for our trip to Hungary in the spring, and Petits Cadeaux was born! The cherry cheesecake, another Petits Cadeaux signature item and customer favorite, is topped with miniature 'cherries' of polymer clay that are HAND ROLLED, not beads, which are individually placed on the 'cake' before baking.

My Business Card

Just got this fabulous business card FOR FREE (only paid shipping) from http://www.vistaprint.com/

I am also ordering some adorable Christmas cards from there as we speak, I highly recommend this site for anyone, and especially aspiring small business owners.

Petits Cadeaux Spa Scrubs

Remember Petits Cadeaux (little gifts?) If you don't, that's my 'business' which essentially appears once a year at the Lake Champlain Waldorf School [http://www.lcwaldorf.org/] Winter Craft Fair. We (my mother, Carin Hoffman, and I) are going to be there again, selling old favorites (beeswax candles and ornaments, dollhouse miniatures, handmade wooden children's toys) and some new items (hair accessories, lotions, spa scrubs, balms.) The line of spa products is all natural, made using many organic materials, and deliciously scented. My passion is the scrubs, which include salt and sugar variations, in such new Kate-Post-original scents like "Bisous," a coconut oil sugar scrub with a mild yet wildly sexy fragrance full of exotic flowers. Come to the fair to try out "Zen Garden Salad," "Let Me Be Your Sugar Mama," "Tunisian Queen," and many more yourself! The L.C.W.S. Craft Fair takes place Friday December 5th, 2008 ("parent's evening) and all day Saturday December 6th.