why, hello there!

contrary to what i thought friday, i did not die!  the mister spent a week in MT hunting elk, the only thing he came home with was one of his cabin mates cold.  guess who he shared it with?  i swear now that i am home, i am safe in my little bleachy world but whenever the mister or darling come home they bring germs that promptly attack my weak immune system! hack, hack-sneeze, sneeze! saturday i was able to sit upright, sunday i could cut fabric squares, sunday night i could crochet, and monday i did a little bit of stitching.  it's GOOD to be back!  i thought i would share with you what's on etsy now and available HERE: chinamommy

 oh and this guy.... the ink bled overnight-boo!!  NOT in the shop after all....i'm going to have to do a little more trial and error with the shrinky plastic!  dang, i loved this one!

and then something a little different....a double sided halloween pendant!

side 2

ok, i'm off to have coffee with a friend from high school!!  someone i don't think i've seen since...cough, cough....1987!!! 

(ps: hats are rolling in and it's not too late for you to join the hat drive!! see information above in the hat donation tab and come back tomorrow to see what's here so far!) 

Crazy Quilted fashion pins on etsy!

Lucky for you i've calmed down after a morning of fashion frustration! let me just say: if i threw all my daughter's clothes out and replaced them with sweatsuits from walmart, there would be morning peace in my home.  let me also say "this ain't happening!".  i've had 2 cups of coffee, taken several deep cleansing breaths and am willing to let the wardrobe debacle of earlier blow right out the door..... this girl has a wardrobe i would die for!

apparently cute does not equal comfy to this 8 year old!  moving on....

i got a bug up my bootie and wanted to make something with ALL the cute fabric i have in my stash (plus my poor etsy store has been totally neglected ALL summer).  if you don't know, i can't really sew but think i can.  well, i have no idea how to follow a pattern or what the right words are for anything to do with sewing, but i can kind of sit down and just make stuff up and hope the machine follows my brain.  i have a sewing/embroidery machine that i am so NOT worthy of!!  seriously, the only machine i am truly worthy of would be the broken one in the goodwill dumpster (that  ANGELA may have just picked-hee, hee!)  so, here is what my brain came up with and my machine was willing...

So what do you think? "i likey-like" or "quit wasting your time"

I need to go buy some new pin backs but they'll be in the shop soon!

Have a fabulous Thursday and go put on something CUTE!