Thank you for your warm wishes. I am getting more and more excited as the days go by. It seems that I caught a stomach bug over the holiday weekend and am not feeling so desperate today. I’m hoping that how I’m feeling today will be the norm for this early trimester. Nothing like getting [...]
Archive for the ‘in the shop’ Category
Shop Update
Posted in in the shop, sewing on November 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Camera Straps
Posted in in the shop, sewing on October 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It was last year about this time that I started my plans for making a camera strap for my DSLR. I also started my plans of adding them to my give away in April. Black backed vinyl, nylon webbing, slides and keepers were all purchased but just sat and sat and sat. My birthday month [...]
Slowly Transitioning…
Posted in in the shop, quilting on August 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
…and a finished quilt This is our third week of school around here. I include me in that “our” as well. I am learning a ton about this new stage of life. You’d think that with the house quiet a peaceful all day long I’d have long hours to sew and sew. This is not [...]
Purple and Gray Quilt
Posted in in the shop, quilting on July 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Gray or Grey which one refers to the color. I should look it up. Anyway… I am back. I guess I ended up taking a blogging vacation after all. We were out of town for five weeks on a family vacation but is that an excuse? Do I need one? Is this what I was [...]
Filling the Shop
Posted in in the shop on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been busy this last month sewing some special order notebooks for a friend and some throw pillows for different friend, all of which went out the door without a single picture taken of them. Oh well. Left behind, however, were some planners for me to cover and a generous gift certificate to hobby lobby [...]
January Gift of Giving Update
Posted in gift of giving, in the shop, sewing on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have just updated the Gift of Giving blog with some new gifts. Thanks to your support in my Etsy shop I was able to purchase some of the new Amy Butler line Soul Blossoms, I just love so many of her new prints. I’ve added these three notebooks (two notebooks and a sketchbook) to the Gift of [...]
Some Changes
Posted in everything else, gift of giving, give-away, in the shop on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love the marking of a new year. For me the most significant marker is my birthday and I like to set my big goal and such at that time, but in January I like to take the time to think of adjustments I need to make in my life as well. This January I [...]
Shop Update
Posted in in the shop, sewing on December 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hello all, I just wanted to let you know, since I have received quite a few requests, that I have listed some new 2011 planners in the shop. This will be my last listing for the year. Thanks so much for your support.



