Black Friday Bonanza

The only Black Friday sale that I bother with. Flannel for $1.29 a yard is just more temptation than I can bear. But I don’t get up at 5am, I wait until the crowds die down and go in the afternoon. Then I grab my number and leisurely do my shopping while I wait for my number to be called.

I got some really nice flannels for making casserole cozies (yes, I will make more someday…) and some cute baby prints as well. Then I picked up some other bargains that I just loved!

These are the prints for cozies

 

Love these baby prints!

This will be a bed for Betsy

I bought a print that matches this during the summer

I don’t know what I’ll do with this one???

Not a flannel but will be the lining of my new messenger bag

The fleece was on sale, too. I have another pattern I want to try with this…

I really like this fabric for making shopping bags! And at 50% off it’s a great deal!

Christmas Wish List

This is my first crafting Christmas Wish List. This is not a list of items that I want to get for Christmas. It is rather a list of things that I want to get done for Christmas. With November almost halfway over, I think I’d better get a move on…

#1- Glitter Foam Christmas Trees from eighteen25 as seen on i Heart Nap Time.

#2- Spool Advent Calendar from Just Something I Made

#3- Shoe holder Advent Calendar from eighteen25

Here’s another one from Chica & Jo (I’m not fond of the Grinch but you could do a million different stories/themes)

  

#4- Yarn Ball Wreath from Life Through the Lens

#5- Stick Snowflakes from Dollar Store Crafts (Love this blog!)

#6- Casserole Cozy in a Christmas plaid I picked up on the free table at co-op.

this isn’t the Christmas print…

#7- Christmas valance for the kitchen window

   This is the print I’m using

#8- Christmas Apron  I have no idea what I’ll use yet!

#9- Embroidered Tea Towels with one of these fonts from Just Something I Made

#10- Christmas Quilt that I bought at my favorite quilt store Center Diamond I love the colors and the vintage look!

I Will Never Do That Again!

When I got the call in August, I was so flattered. Someone finally liked something I made well enough to buy them… And not just one, but 13 sets! So, of course I said yes.

That was dumb!

Now I know I’m no entrepreneur and that was very quickly apparent as I began gathering and purchasing the supplies to make the order.

When I made the original ones, I used all materials that I already had on hand and charged what I thought people would be willing to pay. But buying all new materials to match what she wanted was a whole different ball game. If I hadn’t already had quite a bit of the material or would have not bought things on sale, the project would have cost me about $130 more than I charged her. It did cost me a bit out of pocket but not that much. Thank goodness!

Needless to say, all this made this little project more than a little frustrating. Somehow sewing for someone else just seemed to suck all of the joy out of it. I could have had it done weeks ago if I hadn’t found so many things I would rather do like scrubbing toilets, mucking out the chicken coop or just about anything…

On the bright side I LOVE these things! They are probably one of my favorite patterns I made up myself. I use mine all the time! So I will probably be making more in the future (I’ll just be charging more for them). :o)

    This set is my favorite one!

I love the cherries, apples and cupcakes!

In case you were wondering, this is how you use them…

Slip the bowl into the center

 

Cinch up the strings.

Ready to go…

This is my favorite of the two cozies…

Pull the flaps over…

Velcro it into place…

And off you go!

To Makeover Or Not To Makeover

I bought this sweet little strawberry bread box today at one of our favorite thrift shops in Seaside. It’s in really good shape and was only $2!

My debate is to leave it the way it is or should I do something fun with it???

Cannon Beach Finds

Every time I go to Cannon Beach I look forward to my stop at Center Diamond quilt shop. Every year I find fabric I adore and this trip was no exception… There they were right in front of the door just waiting for me!

I love the pics and the cute little sayings on this adorable retro kitchen print!

I hope to have enough of this to do a couple of projects!

I just had to get this chicken print, too!