Behind The Scenes
On Planning Kits for the Year Ahead…
Just wanted to share a little behind the scenes…. These first few weeks of January, Moda (the company I buy most fabric from) previews their upcoming holiday and seasonal fabrics that will be released throughout the entire year. I have to order any seasonal or Christmas now, or I won’t be able to get…
Read MoreA Broken Tree Limb.
We have just returned home after being evacuated for Hurricane Irma. I live in Port Charlotte, FL, directly on Charlotte Harbor, and our area was forecasted to receive not only terrible winds, but also catastrophic storm surge flooding. We almost didn’t leave. I’ve always been a little bit critical of people not leaving their homes…
Read MoreI Am Hiring!
Updated June 23, 2016. I am looking for someone who can help me with product creation, filling orders, etc. This is an in-person position, not virtual. Interested? Here are some of the tasks you would be helping me with: 1. Putting together various ornament kit parts, including cutting & bagging fabric, weighing and bagging pins,…
Read MoreMy house selling / buying / moving nightmare.
I say nightmare because guess where I am? NOT on the Gulf Coast! I am still in my house. Actually, a better way to word that is that I am BACK in my house, after moving out, and then having to move back into it, 10 days later. Sigh. (<— that’s a sigh of exhaustion,…
Read MoreYOUR ornaments…
This is a post that I have had in the works for a WHILE now. For the last few months, I have been emailing those of you who have purchased any of my quilted ornament tutorials, and asking you to please send me feedback letting me know what you thought of the tutorials, as well…
Read Morenever kick your washing machine.
It looks like I will be taking a few days off from ornament making, due to a washing machine mishap. Due to a sprained wrist, due to a washing machine mishap. Last week, my dinosaur of a washing machine stopped working. I was pretty positive that it was a goner, until I looked it up…
Read MoreElvis has left the building and arrived at my craft room
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my craft room makeover, and a few people have asked me how I made my Elvis magnet board. Well, it just so happens that I took pictures of the whole thing. Uh-huhh.. I was inspired to store my beads with a magnetic board when I saw THESE and THIS…
Read MoreMy craft room makeover
I have finally reached a point where I feel like my craft room revamp is done. Well, maybe not done…there will probably always be something else I want to do in here…but I DO feel as though it’s looking pretty good. When I first started to fix things up in here, it was mainly from a feeling of necessity.…
Read Morehomemade sangria recipe…
Wine is a great love of mine. Especially red wine (although I do love some Riesling every now and then). The thing is, I live in Florida, and when the thermometer outside is reading 3937 degrees, sometimes red wine just doesn’t get it. In fact, when you’re sitting outside under the blazing sun, taking a…
Read MoreAn amazing fabric storage idea that I found…
I don’t know about anyone else, but storing my fabric has always been a problem. I want it to be kept nice and neat, but I also want it to be easily accessible. Even more than that, I want to be able to SEE all of it… like, all at once…. during those times I’m brainstorming…
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