Fab Friday!

Hi Fab Friday Friends!

I have been looking forward to this day all week! And just curious, is it just me or is everyone having Blogger issues today?

Well I just wanted to type a quick note on my news today:

A neighbor's friend was having a garage sale so they kindly offered to put some things from my garage in the sale and I put some hair bows out for sale and some of them have sold!

It may be a slow start but we are only going forward, not backward :)

So I sat in the floor for a few hours to make some more to replenish my stock.

Thanks for the read!

Have a great weekend!

Update!

Dearest Friends,

I am proud to say that after working my tail off at my day job, I have managed to find time to make my Etsy shop BETTER in many ways.

I also have 6 baby quilts at the quilter that I hope to get back soon to bind, and put in my shop.  They will definitely be for sale and I will make sure to put pictures here as well :)

I have been reading amazing information in Etsy and on the internet and it is extremely motivational and inspiring.

I have also been thinking about my story and what it all means for my future with Thurman's.

(Since I was super conditioned in college to do outlines and rough drafts before turning in the final draft so I will be working on that for all of you)

Now I am off to do more "work" and wifey things (like fold towels and do dishes)

Toodle-loo friends :)

Life (with some mushy gushy)

Life lately has been a little nutty.  Work has been taking up a lot of my time (as in more than the norm 40 hours)... so that's been it really.

My wonderful, loving hubby bought me a Singer Futura last week! And yes, I say "last week" as in I haven't used it yet.  I was going to plug it in tonight and watch all the tuts on it but I can't find the power cord! I'm almost wondering if DH hid it somewhere because I kept threatening I was going to call in to work and sew all day ;) (which I would never really do, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't/still don't think about it)

I have lots of monogramming requests already, so lets hope I find this cord!

Also I picked up tshirts today for a tshirt quilt order :)

I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

This evening after work I was able to crank out a necklace and two pairs of earrings.

I have big goals for the upcoming months and I will keep all of you informed as I go about completing them.

Just hang in there with me, I really do appreciate ALL of you who read and keep coming back to my sites.

This is all for tonight, I will now go make a reasonable and achievable goal list!

Nighty, night!

P.S. I got my degree in the mail today! It's official! I am ALL done with undergrad :)

Holding it in my hands was a little emotional to be honest.  This piece of paper shows all of my hard work and everything I have learned in the past 5 years.  I am proud of myself for sticking with it, even when it totally sucked.  And a HUGE thank you goes to DH for sticking with me, even when it totally sucked.  I cannot wait to frame it, and I have decided it will go in the hallway because I want everyone who comes over to walk by and see it.  I know I will have many more great accomplishments, but for my life right now this sure is a chart topper ;);)

Goodnight everyone.

Ohh the productivity!

I had a pretty productive day! Very exciting.

I took 6 baby quilts to be quilted! I decided it was just better to have them quilted instead of trying to do them myself (as they would look nicer anyway since I am still learning...)

I also got 3 pairs of earrings made (my first time making earrings) and 1 pair is already spoken for by a dear friend! I am SO EXCITED! I appreciate the business ;)

I am getting excited about the quilt expo coming up in October! I got all my tickets printed out for my classes and I absolutely cannot contain myself.

Tomorrow for Labor Day I plan to spend all day with the hubby.  And I hope to get some more work/crafting done! And of course watch The Devil Wears Prada, considering I could not locate this on the shelf...therefore DH will have to find it.

I know, I know. I need to finish things on my WIP list...(as you all look over to this list...)

Maybe I can make time tomorrow to finish at least one....

;) have a good night! Happy extended weekend!

Friday Night

DH finally returned home today from working out of town. So glad to have him back!

While he was gone I was able to work on just a few things....

This puppy quilt was a fast project (hung up on my curtain rod in my sewing room!!) it has puppies in the middle, with a darker blue/brown plaid around it, then blue gingham, (what looks like yellow) tan, a light blue with little hearts and dark brown borders. Great for a little boy :) I need to quilt it then get it up on etsy (does anyone else sell on there?)

Here is a little dress I made last night! I need to make a few minor alterations then I think it will be too cute!  This was my first try at making a little dress going off of the pillowcase dress idea. (pardon the tissue box! yikes!)

And since I haven't loaded pictures in a while..... here's another one

This is a necklace I made about a week ago.  I have been having a ton of fun making jewelry lately.  It's just a nice little activity to do in front of the tv.

Have a good night all!

And as always, thanks for reading :)

All Domesticated...and whatnot..

Hi All,

Today was an extremely productive day, even with working a normal day! So I'm very pleased with that.

I went to the bank, to get gas, and to pick up a few things at the store AND got home all within an hour of leaving work.  (Keep in mind I live about 20ish minutes from my job). So super exciting stuff there.

And after I got home I was all domesticated n such with making dinner and doing my LEAST favorite adult thing, cleaning out the fridge. I also made dinner and washed grapes for lunches tomorrow.  We are on a major grape eating kick right now...And I put all dishes in the dishwasher and cleaned the counters.  Now I am reheating dinner (yes, what I just made) because DH went out the door for a minute*

*See note below

I also picked out fabric for the next quilt I'm going to make!

I know, I know. Some of you just took the time to look over to my WIP list...and no, none of those are finished yet.

My nephew's quilt will be finished as soon as I can get DH to stay in one place long enough* to help me rebaste it because it's just not going to work the way it is now.

I also need to get it in gear and quilt the other quilts that are in line (currently I can think of 4...)

So I think I'm going to look at quilt books and make jewelry the rest of the night....

Manic Monday is over for this week!

Short Sunday

This weekend was definitely too short for me!

I just finished watching some tv with DH and making 3 bracelets. I also got a baby quilt top together so overall I feel today was pretty productive. Short, but productive...

This is the quilt top I got ready to be quilted and I hung it up in my sewing room!

Have a good night all! It's bed time for this gal.