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.

Another Custom Order

An old elementary/Jr. High friend contacted me and asked if I would make a large tote for her to carry her PartyLite supplies in. She asked for it to have pockets, flat flowers, and sturdiness was a must. This is what I came up with...

A Little Update

Ok, I admit it, I have been a terrible blogger lately. I haven't had much to share. My husband is coming home in THIRTEEN DAYS so I have been doing projects around the house that I have been putting off. However, I do have some teachers gifts to share. I was Room Mom this year and when it came to the end of the year class gift I had NO CLUE what to do for his teachers. I wanted to do something cute and personal from the kids but rounding up 25 three and four year olds to do something for each teacher was too daunting a task for me. SO I settled on making them tote bags and Target gift cards :)
They were so excited about them, which made me very happy! They said I need to start my own business...I told them I was working on it :)




And they LOVED their cards...maybe it was just the gift card :) No, but seriously one of his teachers said she has kept every card I've made for her which is very nice.

Here is the card I made for the school's office staff

And these are Jackson's gifts to his teachers...I know it's a bad picture. He painted their pots lime because he was in the lime group and then we planted daisys. One of his teachers favorite color is yellow and the others is purple...can you tell we ran with that?


Ok, that's it for now. Hopefully I will have more to blog about soon. I have everything I need to get a good start on my Etsy shop...now I just need to find the time :)

Warm Colors

This was one of my orders that I did for a friend from high school. She wanted a large tote and placemats...in warm colors...

Busy, Busy, Busy

Well it seems like I haven't posted in awhile. I've been busy making a few presents, planning my Etsy shop, and some custom orders. Woo hoo all great things!
So I've been narrowing down items that I really want to put in my Etsy shop. I had no idea how hard this would be because I want to include so many things...I may just end up with the most random shop ever. And I think I would be ok with that!
Last night I made a quick bag. I modified an idea from a Lotta Jansdotter book I have. I added an inside lining, made it a flat bottom, and of course added the flowers.




Should this be added to the Etsy shop? I was thinking maybe two sizes...this size and then a larger tote size. Yes, no, maybe?

Back in the Saddle

So last week I made my first sewing project in way too long. I made a few grocery totes that I have had in the back of my mind for awhile. They were super simple..no pattern needed so if you want the how too info just let me know!

Here are two of the totes after a trip to Fresh & Easy this morning. I didn't add a picture of the third because my cat thought I had made that one for him and he ripped a hole in it last night and I found him sleeping in it this morning! Just my luck. But they are so roomy that I only needed two for a week of groceries for Jack and I (minus milk and juice jugs). I must brag that I got tons of complements on them in just one shopping trip! I will have to whip up a few more for the larger grocery trips when Anthony comes home :)

I have been busy with a few other projects so check back because I will have more posts soon!