A rather blustery day today

Custom Guitar Crib Quilt

So, it's been a very long time since I've posted, I know. Life just gets in the way of blogging. Here we are TWO weeks from Christmas already...how did that happen?

Life has been very busy for us the past few months. We said a sad farewell to the glorious weather we had in November (seriously, I can't remember having such mild weather in November before - we had several 60 degree days). We celebrated Turkey Day with family up north, traveled across the state to visit my grandparents, and drove home on the last 50 degree day of the year. Last Friday we were (ahem) gifted with 18 inches of snow . . .yes, really, 18 inches. Everyone else around us had between 3 -5".

I've been sewing like crazy. I am happy to say that I hit my goal of 1500 sales before my birthday (which is tomorrow . . . hint . . . hint) and am now trying to complete no fewer than 8 custom quilts before Christmas. Why do I do this every year??

Here are some of the fun things I've finished and shipped out the door recently:

Contemporary "Wave" Quilt Top

Custom Twin Baby Bedding Set

Etsy Front Page

Thank you to Peg from abacusbeadcreations for curating this beautiful treasury that was featured on the front page of Etsy this morning (3am early).

http://www.craftcult.com/vault_list.php?list=6525

Apparently the widget doesn't want to work for me . . . arg, but the link will take you to it.

Thanks Peg! Check out some of these lovelies from Peg's shop:

Christmas Tree Earrings - what a great little gift these would make for the holidays!

I'm a total sucker for anything aqua - I love this necklace.

Fabulous Fall Finds

I love the colors of fall - I only wish we were having fall weather right now instead of jumping right into 40-degree, winter-like days . . .brrrr

The Holidays are Coming . . . the Holidays are coming . . .

Do you realize we are barely more than 2 months away from Christmas? Seriously?!?! You have fewer than 70 shopping days left - better get a move on!

Here are some of the fun items I've found lately that I've added to my shopping list -

For Max, the ever-busy, 100% boy (who will be 2 only two weeks before Christmas):

I'm loving this Magic Kingdom Set of wooden toys from dadswoodentoys

and these Dino Adhesive Wall Stickers from lovemaestore look like lots of fun, not to mention they'd go great in his room that I am redoing in a dinosaur theme:

For Katie, the princess of the land, this adorable felt castle cake is definitely on the must haves list

super cute! Back to browsing for now!

Has it Been 4 years?

It is hard to believe, but in 3 short weeks my baby girl will be turning 4! Where did the time go little Katherine? Wasn't it just yesterday we were bringing you home from the hospital?

Still one of my favorite pictures - picking the giant peonies in our old back yard.And your first steps, on your 1st birthday!

So what will we do for a girl who's turning 4? A princess party of course! Here are the fun invitations I got from annamadeart:

Some artsy fun with sidewalk paint sets from SidewalkSensations for your guests:

And can't forget the goodies, these cookies look delicious (and pretty sure they will be as I've sampled others from sugarandflour):

What do You Get When you Put me and Batman fabric together?

I love doing custom work as it gives me a chance to create things I wouldn't be making in the normal course of my day. I love making bibs and burp cloths, which I can't keep up on these days, but I love the chance to work on new things too. I currently have no fewer than 10 custom qults to work on. I just finished up 2 monogrammed baby quilts for a customer (which I need to get pictures of), and am moving on to the next on my list, a very basic twin size quilt, then I have 2 wedding dress quilts to make - those should be fun!

One of my current custom orders is for a Batman themed quilt for a little guy in Canada. The request is pretty simple - a "simple twin size bed quilt incorporating classic Batman colors, and these 2 fabrics":

Here's the 1st draft of layout:

Gotta love Batman!