An August Sunday

This August has been unlike any I can remember.
It has been mild and gone by so quickly.

Today is threatens rain, and dark clouds have covered the skies all day.
It is my love to sit and sew while the house is only lit by soft lamps.

I love to have on old who dunnit  kinda movies and tv shows... Castle is keeping me company today as the thunder booms outside.

My hubby has taken the boy out for an afternoon ride to lull him to sleep. But before he did, the boy sat with me cutting his own fabric and gluing it to paper.

I have stayed in jammies all day...got a shower, then put fresh jammies back on :)

I drew up a pattern for my dolls and dresses with pockets to carry a toy in.
Each doll will come with a matching pom pom and a pocket with a toy inside.
As the day went by, I scribbled down my fair booth plans and setup. I am thrilled with the ideas I have decided on to stock the booth with.

It will be french but with a kids perspective...Ruffles in white, dolls in french style, pom poms, garlands, hats, scarves, jars, stars, twinkle and glitter, white and pink, vintage and handmade. But all girly for (big and small).  And all for the young at heart.  Oooo, I must add some hearts too.

I sat today cutting patterns for all of it and slowly I will find the time to sit and sew it all.  Having plenty of time to keep it organized and boxed away until show time.
Yep, just a lazy day...

 Well the coffee maker is beeping that it is finished brewing, that is my cue to sit back and make some more goodies with a fresh cup of java.  Oooo, more thunder and the room has turned black.  YAY!!!

Finding Me Time

When I am not bogged down by doctors, schools and therapists wanting my time.
I try to keep busy in the crafting world in order to keep my mind happy and productive.
My goal this weekend is to get my sewing table back in order.
With all the moving around of things in the studio and me starting to sew a lot more, I need organization.

I started with making the cutest little pincushion today to keep a stock of needles full of threads in different colors always at the ready to grab and stitch stuff shut that I sew. 
I just adore this Oh DEER fabric in pink and brown.
It is the perfect contrast of woodsy and just enough pink to make me happy.

Speaking of more sewing I dug this book out that I bought so so long ago and it has the cutest projects in it.

  I must get to creating soon.

This little pocket pillowcase will be a first on the list.

I bought other supplies to get stocked, more bobbins.  How come I always run out of bobbins?  The sewing fairy steals them from my room.
More sewing needles to make my stockpile of threads at the ready.
Then I will move on to my embroidery threads and carding them.

Oh not enough hours in the day.
But once everything is put together it will save me so much time for hunting for a needle or the next bobbin.

I am still making the dream catchers too.
Thanks for all the love shown for these.  This one is in progress.  I really need to hunt down some more vintage ribbons to complete it.
I did complete another vintage hankie banner/garland.  I sit and do these while my son is in therapy. It gives me time to embroider.

I am still flipping back and forth on what to make for my upcoming fairs.
Part of me wants to work on dolls and fun home decor but my customer is used to hats and scarves and all things white.  Do I dare veer off path?
People are picky out here and the etsy cutesy thing gets lost in Vegas.
and you get a lot of comments of "oh, that's weird"
Like I would love to get all my plastic animals and make sweaters for them and string garlands from antlers...but I know I would be alone in the love for them.  But boy they sure would be cute.  Much like the characters of one of my favorite story books, Shall I knit you a hat?  It is the cutest story ever if you love knitting and crochet christmas tales.

So sigh...maybe I will do what I do and then throw some quirky fun in to mix it up. 
Let me know what you think.  I would love your opinions.

Handmade Life made Simple

Real life captured in Doll form
I have just been in heaven making the betty dolls from Mollie Makes.

When my sister announced her engagement this week I instantly knew that I wanted to make her and her boyfriend in doll form.

I am so happy lately sewing and creating in my space.
I was just telling Rhonda at A Little Bit French today that I just had too much stuff to enjoy creating.  Once I let it all go and only have what I know I can use.  I have just enough for what I am capable of using as one person.
If I need something, I go buy one, use it and its done.  No hoarding, no stacking away.  It feels amazing.  The way it should be.  It works for me and I am happy, happy, happy. 

No more overwhelmed feelings of what am I going to make today,  or where is that tool or piece of ephemera I need.  It is all simple, organized and clean.

Okay I gotta go my hubby is holding his head wanting Caffeine and says my coffee is the best, ;)  yeah right, I know he is just too tired to do it himself.