Other Things That Have Been Keeping Me Busy

My youngest niece turned one and her party was last weekend. I made her a cute little tutu for her party and then this little fleece beanie for the upcoming cold months...


Once I was done I realized how much it looked like Hello Kitty so let's just pretend that I meant to do that all along, ok?
I also made treat bags for my little Batman and his Batgirl...


So glad I have obscene amounts of felt on hand at all times because these were pretty last minute :)

New Totes!!!

My favorite color combo lately...
Think this

Plus this

transformed into a tote bag...
The Pin-Up


and The Ringmaster



For the life of me I could not take a good picture today, but you get the idea. I really want to keep one of these for myself :)

These two will be available at the St. John's Holiday Boutique on November 19th. All of my unsold items will be added to etsy after the boutique.

The Hero Factory

Ok, so this is not craft related at all but it's coolest thing I've seen online in awhile...
If your child loves super heroes like mine and is old enough to enjoy some computer time this is perfect. This website allows you to design your own hero and choose their powers. Jack has been obsessed with this for the past two days so I thought I would share.
http://cpbherofactory.com/
Here is one of his many creations...

He even made one for me that was holding a grocery bag that "shopped for groceries for me lightning fast." Too funny.

St John's Holiday Boutique Info

For the life of me I can't figure out how to upload the PDF Flyer so here is the info:
Friday, November 19th, 2010
8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Walker Hall Dining Room at St. John's Church & School
154 S. Shaffer Street, Orange, CA
Walker Hall is located at the corner of Shaffer and Almond Streets
You may enter the dining room from the stairs located on Almond Street.

Dreaming of Dandelions will have:
-Women's Clutches, Totes, Aprons, Accessories (Hair Clips, Brooches, Fabric Flower Belts)
-Embroidery Hoop Art
-Kid's Notebook & Bag Gift Sets and Girl Hair Clips and Headbands

There are a few more things that I hope to have but not sure if time will allow :)

I will have items under $15...even items under $5
Spread the word...tell your friends and family! Hopefully some of you can make it on a Friday morning!!

New Game Plan

Well, I've had a bit of project A.D.D. going on. I think it's time to clear my head and change my game plan. I am too easily sidetracked. I have like eight different things I'm working on plus thinking about taking all the pictures I need to for Etsy and then actually uploading everything...blah! When I have a lot of things going on I can't really seem to get much of anything done. I need to kick the A.D.D. and get more work done because I have not done nearly what I wanted to do to stock up for the Holidays. Also, with Anthony's crazy work schedule, I haven't had the free time like I thought I would. Instead of getting a few things done, then wanting to put them on etsy (and never getting around to it), and then starting another project, then another, then another I am going to focus on steps. Right now, I'm working on cutting EVERYTHING out that I need for ALL my projects. Then, I will get ALL of my sewing done. Then I will get ALL of the assembly of the other things done. I'm hoping this works for me :) I'm hoping this cuts down on the mess that I tend to spread around my whole house when I work too! I signed up to do a Holiday Boutique at Jackson's school next month so my goal is to have everything ready for that. THEN, the items I have leftover will be uploaded to Etsy. And then I can focus on Christmas presents for my family and friends :)
(Now, this doesn't mean things are not for sale just because I'm not putting them up on etsy yet...I will still post things as they are done and you can still contact me if you are interested.)
Oh and here are some of the shoe clips I was talking about earlier...still can't get the cream colored ones to upload.

Sick Boy=Gifts

My boy stayed home from school today with a cold. I always feel so bad for him when he doesn't feel good so I made him a little gift to cheer him up.

It worked :)

I think I've mentioned before that he is notebook obsessed so I've had this in the back of my head for awhile now. It's essentially just a cover for a composition notebook with handy pencil/marker holders. I was thinking they would make good gifts to go along with the kids bags I'm going to make (Yes, I'm still planning on make some...I just need to get to it haha) so this was a good trial run too.

Presents for a Little Lady

My oldest niece turned 10 yesterday. I knew she wanted hair clips so that is exactly what she got. I also made her a hair clip holder out of a 10 inch embroidery hoop..super easy and I think it turned out really cute.

I painted the hoop pink and used some scrap fabric. I used thumb tacks in the back to hold the ribbon in place.

I wish I had a picture of her wearing the clips...she is too cute.

I love giving homemade gifts. However, Jackson does not like it at all. He thinks that since I make the gift it is solely from me, not our family. I knew Hope wanted magnets for her locker at school so I knew that would be a perfect little gift from him. He really did most of the work, he even picked out the colors, I just helped to make sure things came out as neat as they could.

(The glue still wasn't completely dry in this picture so they did come out a lot clearer then this)
He was really proud of them and really excited to give them to her. He sure loves his cousins!

Boo

Well, I was hoping to come on here and say that I have added new items to Etsy. I finished some shoe clips and took the pictures. When I went to upload them they would not upload at all. So frustrating. I feel like there's always SOMETHING wrong with my technology these days. Oh well, I suppose I should just be thankful that my other 75+ pictures from the past week uploaded just fine. I will try again tomorrow. In the mean time just try to picture little chiffon flowers in grey, plum, and cream.
For now I can just share a little Halloween craft we did today. Jackson has been asking for the past few weeks to decorate for Halloween. My husband and I are not big Halloween lovers but for some reason we produced a little boy that just can't get enough. So I finally gave in today and made a small sign with him.




I was deciding between fabric and paper. I went with paper because Jackson wanted to help me and he wouldn't get to do much if the sewing machine was involved. He was in charge of the glue and the glitter and I'm shocked that there wasn't a huge mess after! I was planning on making a few more flags but Jack wanted to hang it on the door so we could only fit the three flags.
I think it turned out pretty cute and Jackson was really excited so that's awesome.

My Newest Little Obsession

I'm pretty in love with these. I think they would make cute little gifts...






I am making more soon...including Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas ones. I can personalize them too...think baby shower gift, birthday present, your favorite bible verse or quote. Contact me on here, facebook, or etsy of you are interested.

Just Another Little Update

Well, Mr. AT&T tech guy was a no-show yesterday so I'm using my parents computer once again. I brought a few pictures with me this time.
I dropped these two clutches off at Laurenly two weeks ago...

I have about 15 more cut and ready to go...just have to crack the whip on myself to get them done...
I've made some more fabric flowers. I just have to assemble them into clips, pins, or shoe clips.
I've made these adorable flower sash/belts...

I have a whole stack of things waiting for me to add them to Etsy...I know every week I say I'm going to do it...hopefully our internet is fixed and then I might actually get it done :)

The Good & the Bad

GREAT news - I got a shiny new camera for my birthday last week!
BAD news - Our internet has been down for a week (using my parents internet now) and it won't get fixed until Friday.
But, I have been getting a few things done. I dropped off two new adorable clutches to Laurenly last week...woo hoo. So go check them out if you are in the area! That's it for now...check back after Friday for a real post :)