Holiday Season is upon us!

Hello,
Busy at work trying to keep up with holiday orders. I love autumn with the cool breeze and the beautiful leaves! See my lovely home! Hopefully, this will be a busy season for all of us handcrafters, I have added a few new things and hope to get some new customers!

Busy with baby and wedding and sewing!!

These past 2 months have been crazy! Baby Aiden was born 2 weeks early on May 1st, Juliana was married on July 10th and my sales have been fantastic!! Yay! All good news. I have been working on dresses for a customer's wedding and sent them right before my daughter got married. Whew! They are up on my site now. It's hard to believe it is the middle of July already but now I am getting orders for Fall jackets so I guess some of us are looking ahead. I hope to have the time to really add some variation to my line, just finding the time is the trick. I have been so busy at my regular job, book buying for the county library, it has been crazy! I still find time to hug my cutie pie grandson everyday though! Here is a pic of him. I will post wedding pics soon.
My next project will be some kind of unusual christmas dresses and maybe something for boys too. Any suggestions?

Cutie Pie wears dress!

I love it when my customers send me pics of their special one wearing a dress/outfit I made for them. Check this out! This is Julia and she is on an Easter Egg hunt! Cutie Pie is right! Looks like a pretty day too. I am working on a box cushion for my husband's secretary and OH I really don't enjoy household sewing. It is a way to make money but I just find it tedious and boring:( I would rather be dreaming up a new and fabulous creation for my shop! Oh well, the cherry blossoms are blooming and the birds are singing so I can't complain too much! Happy Friday...

New customer and new ideas

I met another nice person on etsy and she has given me some new ideas for more merchandise. She requested an entire spring wardrobe for her family which consists of 2 little girls, a little boy, her husband and herself. She said she would like everything in the amazing Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow collection, so I am starting with a dress for her littlest 2 year old daughter. I will post a pic when it is finished. So fun! I love this fabric collection, check it out...

My friend from Etsy

I met the nicest person from my work on Etsy. Her name is Karen Beyer and she is a professional photographer. We met because she place an order for a dress for her daughter. She then sent me a bunch of beautiful pictures of her daughter in the dress which I have put on my website. She is also a talent graphic artist and she designed the banner for my etsy shop. Thank you Karen!
Her website is www.karenbeyerphotography.com
Here is one of the lovely pictures of her daughter in one of my dresses. I hope to do more work for Karen and her daughter in the future:)

Cool stitching!

I have never been big into embroidery but I found the coolest patterns ever when I was reading the ALA (American Library Assoc.) newsletter! Yes, I work as a librarian by day and while perusing the newsletter I came across this amazing article about a shop called "Sublime Stitching". She was featured in the article because she made some neat embroidery patterns of sexy librarians! Yes, we can be sexy!!! She has a spot on the Makers Market website if you would like to check her out. She also has patterns for medical supplies and meats! Awesome! Here is a cool pic of her librarians.

New seasons New designs

Time...don't we all wish we had more of it? I look at my to-do list and just shake my head. There is a baby on the way, due in May and a wedding to plan, July 10th. Wedding showers, baby showers, bridesmaids dresses, reception plans, a crib for my house Oh and also, I still have to work full time and try to keep my Etsy business running!! Life is great isn't it? Really, I am thankful I am so busy with these wonderful things and wonderful people, I just like to rant occasionally!
New designs, that is what I would really like to work on in my business. I made a new pillowcase style dress that is getting some interest and I really want to try a new style baby dress for Easter/Spring/Summer time. That is next on the agenda, in the meantime, check out a new Etsy shop YummieTummies.etsy.com run by my friend Dawn. So cute!