A long story short...... 

Hello there!  I'm Amanda Krueger, and this is A. Bel Studio, a  little cottage industry I began in the Fall of 2006.  I've always been crafty by nature, and am self taught (with an enormous amount of help from my mother and grandmother, the craftiest gals I know!)  I'll work in any medium I can get my hands on, and my current obsession is sewing sweet accessories and gifts made from vintage and recycled fabric, buttons, and notions.  My style is a bit on the kitschy side, colorful and fun, always with a vintage flair and attention to detail.  Everything here is designed and crafted by me in a studio I share with my husband, (fabric and ribbon on one side, records and turntables on the other!)   Our family recenlty moved from costal Virginia, to the smokey mountains of North Carolina (and we are loving every blissful, non-humid minute!)  When I'm not hunched over the  sewing machine,  you might find me puttering in our tiny garden, watching Top Model reruns on YouTube or whipping up the best apple pie this side of the Appalachians.

                 .....And then

Early in 2007 I began selling miniature cake toppers online.  For some reason those little treasures were hard to find, but I had a knack for hunting them down.    The demand for such adorable, itty-bitty cuteness could not be denied, and A. Bel Emporium was born.  The success of that little shop sparked the creation of a new, bigger and better website: 
Bake It Pretty - Sweet Supplies for Inspired Bakers. 
Now Open for Business!

For more on me, and just about everything else, please do visit my personal weblog,  Every Little Thing.