holidays are coming...

It's the end of September, SEPTEMBER. Where has this year gone?

I applied to be in the Handmade Promenade Holiday Pop Up Shop again this year and my application was accepted so I'm back in make mode again. I'm a crocheting and sewing machine. I've been thinking about applying to another holiday pop up shop, but I'm also in the middle of restocking consignment shops and working on 100 Quilts, 100 Kids. I might have spread myself a bit thin already and don't need to be adding to my list for right now. I have a week to decide if I want to apply.

Every year I say I'm going to make all year long so that I'm prepared for the end of the year and every year I don't. One of these years I'm going to get it right. Maybe 2014? I guess we'll see.

I need more supplies. Yarn, fabric, batting, zippers, etc. More things I could have slowly collected throughout the year.


The 100 Quilts, 100 Kids campaign has ended. And I raised about $360. I've also received some generation donations of fabric from a FB friend as well as a local fabric shop. I've also put in a few etsy trade inquiries and had a few etsy fabric shops tell me they'd be happy to trade and willing to throw in a bit extra. I appreciate the kindness of strangers.

Even though I'm gathering fabric and what not, my main focus right now are the pop up shop and consignment, so I'll be slowly working on quilts. I'll be using the proceeds from these holiday sales to buy more fabric. After the holidays I'll be able to spend more time putting quilts together. I'm looking forward to sitting down and making these quilts.

Hopefully I'll a) remember to blog more of my progress and b) find the time to blog more of my progress. Wish me luck.

Oh and organizing my craft space...I had a good start on it...then I got stalled. *womp womp*

pardon the mess

If you don't follow this blog through a reader I apologize for the constant change in background and colors. I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing here and I can't decide. There are a lot of blogs who's designs I love and might eventually break down and hire someone to design my blog. But for now I'm just gonna keep on playing with it and see what I can learn as I go.

Father's Day is about a month away. I would like to sell just as many Father's Day cards as I did Mother's Day cards. I need to change gears and start thinking about different colors and manly embellishments. I don't think the Dads dig flowers and hearts the same way Moms do.

I came home to a consignment check today from fabricate in Cincinnati. That's my kind of mail. I also received notice of a consignment payment from homespun. *does a two step through this blog post*

Anywho, I need to eat. Fancy grilled cheese. This time hopefully I don't burn my fingers on my Foreman grill. I'ma smart one I am.

*does happy dance*

Today I heard back from homespun, a local boutique, about carrying my bear hats. I'm so excited to have my items being sold in a B + M store. I will be dropping off my first batch on Wednesday, just in time for Black Friday. They're anticipating a big crowd, hopefully this means I will sell out (I can dream can't I). I'll have a busy weekend of crocheting, designing hang tags and getting things ready to drop off. I hope that this is just the beginning of something big and the start of where I want to be with my work.