Bagging Time Again

My Mom and I bought fabric for me to make her a bag over 6 months ago. With Swiss Christmas I kept putting it on the back burner. I finally got around to making it and it turned out really cute. It will be great for spring.

Swiss Christmas

Swiss Christmas was a big success for our first year. My friends and I had no idea what to expect. We had a lot of fun, made some money and are planning on doing it again next year. I sold hooded towels, nursing covers and crayon rolls. Below are a couple of my creations.

My crayon rolls sold completely out in the first 5 hours, I should have made 100 of them! My nursing covers did so-so and my towels did great. I only came home with 2. I had a few orders for things before Christmas and feel great knowing I can make some money doing something I love.

These are a couple pictures of our table. It was a bit busy, but I think that was a good thing because people looked longer and had options of things to purchase.

If you are in the area next year, stop on by!

Aubrey's Room

Wow, I have not been good at updating this blog. I have done a ton over the past few months. The following picture is of our little princess's room. I finished her canopy bed and painted her room purple. She loves it and I love that she loves it. The bed was mine as a little girl and I'm so glad my parents kept it for me after all these years. She doesn't have a bedspread yet, I'm still deciding on whether I want to make her one or find her a cute one to buy. I figure there's no rush. She has plenty of blankets to keep her warm in the meantime. I am doing a booth/table for Swiss Christmas which is the weekend of December 4-5. I'm doing it with my mom and a couple friends. I'm been sewing like crazy the past few months and am excited to see how everything goes. It's a first for almost all of us, so we'll see if we have enough inventory. Of course we are hoping that we'll sell out of everything, but only time will tell!

Crayon Roll

I'd heard of these before and finally got around to making some. They are soooo easy! I love it! And the best part about making them right now is that you can get a pack of 24 crayons for a quarter. The crayon roll only holds 16, so I just divvy up the crayons from 2 packs to make 3! Watch out my little relatives and friends. You might find one of these wrapped up for you!

For my sister-in-law

More Hiders

I've been busy sewing lately. I made this hooter hider for my friend Leah that just had a baby a week ago. I LOVE the fabric. There is a cute fabric shop in Midway called Seasons of Home that has the best selection. I've made 2 more in the past couple days, but until they are gifted I won't show them. I'm thinking that it would be fun to get a booth for Swiss Christmas (kind of like Swiss Days except on a smaller scale) and attempting to sell some of my sewing crafts. I'm thinking of selling the hooter hiders (although I'll have to just call them nursing covers or come up with my own name) and maybe table runners. Anyone got any other ideas? or want to try this out with me?

Cole's Crib

Welcome to Cole's crib. It's taken me a long time to finally finish his bedding. I sewed his blanket back before he was born (he's 5 months now) and just finished everything else over the weekend. I got super lucky and found his exact animal print fabric at Walmart of all places. I bought his original fabric in flannel at a specialty shop in Colorado and couldn't believe it when I found it at the Park City Walmart. It's not flannel, but works and matches perfectly. I made the crib sheet, crib skirt and bumpers. One of the only things I would do differently if I were to do it over again would be to make the crib skirt gathered. It's a bit too straight looking for me, but oh well. My next project for his room is to buy COLE letters and modpodge or paint them.