testing the waters.

i'm trying to link up my facebook, etsy and blog. it's tricky.

back in the saddle again.

hello! it has been MONTHS since i have posted and a lot has happened. i quit my job (yikes) and am now staying at home with adella and sewing full time. it has been the best decision i have ever made. a couple weeks after i quit, i started my etsy store and have lined up 3 holiday boutiques! those should be great exposure. i decided i had better start blogging again, to have another way to get my work out "there." so stay tuned, folks, we're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime!

fancy skirt.

putting my stamp on it.

i have been trying to figure out what to use for a tag for the things i'm selling. i ordered this stamp about a week ago and it came the other day. it's a bit smaller that i thought, but it will work and it's adorable! i looked at hobby lobby for a certain kind of "tape" but they didn't have it. i need something that doesn't fray, this wide ribbon looks pretty good. also, hobby lobby didn't have the right ink pad for fabric, so i bought a marker, which i hated. it just didn't work right. i had tried just paint with the fabric medium-too goopy. so....i painted a square of paint on this card and used it as a stamp pad and it worked great! i really impress myself sometimes!

testing.

i made a few while i was at it.
 my new mat worked awesome to measure how far apart to stamp.

roy g biv

here is the dress. mid-stencil. i thought it needed a little something. i was going to try a dog stencil, but then i remembered i made these cloud stencils for another project. i just have some acrylic paint and fabric medium that i mix in. i have red, yellow, blue, black and white and i mix whatever color i want! i cut up a sponge and just pat it on. the stencils i cut with a tiny utility knife using a magazine underneath. it works great!

cute pink seersucker!

we're in business!

i have been working on my first order!! a crown, dress and bloomers. they are for my friend julie's niece in colorado. her first birthday is coming up! :) i'm really excited about these projects. they are so cute!

i like cutting out these little pieces and arranging them just so.
it's oddly calming.

finished crown.

the chicks have arrived!!!

these are our long-awaited chicks! they don't have names yet. just rhode island red and california white. the red will lay brown eggs and the white, white eggs. yesterday, we bought the light, light bulb, feed, pine shavings and feeder bottoms. we had some mason jars that screwed right into them. we also had the aquarium. all together we spent about $35. now to build a coop for them! we have been looking online at ideas and there are some really cool chicken coops out there. :)

all warm and cozy. they love their new home.

you can see their coloring better in this photo. mine's the red and george's, the white.
it has to be 85 to 100 degrees for these little guys.

little feeder and waterer.

the law for keeping chickens in the city is that one can have two without a permit, and up to 20 with a permit. 20?? no thanks! we do want to get a couple more this summer though. there is a breed that lays blue-green eggs that are supposed to be delish. we actually bought some green eggs from open harvest yesterday, but have yet to try them.

what nice teeth you have....

adella has two teeth! they are the bottom middle two.

she is proud of her teeth.