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12/29/2011
Secret Santa
Over Christmas I was involved with a Secret Santa gift exchange. It was so much fun. Making gifts and then waiting for my own gift.
About a week before Christmas I got a package in the mail. It rattled if I shook it. Hmmm, I wanna open it but I was a good girl and didn't open it til Christmas morning. Ohhhh inside I got this:
The fabric thing is a fabulous Infinity Scarf. The seamstress used fabulous colors and I love that I can turn it this way or that way and get a couple of different color combos. Here is a tutorial for you.
I got 3 winter/Christmas cards designed by Drea aka Ttoz at Spoonflower. Look at them here as a kit for Christmas ornaments. Aren't they great? I love the detail on them.
The other thing in the package, the rattling thing was (yes, was because I already used them, hahahaha) were bath salts. Ahhhhh, perfect for relaxing after the hustle and bustle of Christmas (shopping!).
Thank you Drea!
My gift to my person was fun to put together. Here's what was in it.
A sewing kit that was light pink but I dyed it orange. I made a lavender/flax seed eyepillow to go inside. Because I had extra lavender I made a little lavender sachet out of some fab orangy organza; the organza has teeny flecks of glitter in the fabric. I wanted to dress that up so I made an organza flower and beaded the inside of it with orange and gold beads. Bwhahahah, because I loved that flower so much I made a second one and turned that into a pin.
I use this fabulous olive oil soap and found a brand that has olive oil and lavendar mix. Yum, the olive oil is great because it doesn't dry out your skin like regular soap does and the lavender is just plain relaxing. I had some orange wool roving so I covered the soap and felted it down. Soap and a washcloth combined!
Then I got a wild hair and used some of that orange wood and created little felted balls, beaded that and turned them into earrrings. The earrings needed to be in something so I sewed up that little bag using a tutorial similar to this one. That tut uses a full FQ but I only needed a small one for the earrings so I used the scraps from the eye pillow.
It was a couple of days of fun crafting for me. Now I only hope she's not allergic to wool or lavender!
12/28/2011
Gators on vacation
Here is my possible novelty plus coordinates design. Gators on vacation and they brought along some friends. I still have a week or so to change my mind and do something else. But I like these gators. They're friendly and they dress well...for gators. But maybe, since I'm on vacation - I'll do a watercolor or something.
11/27/2011
11/13/2011
'missie hedgie' cell phone bag
via www.flickr.com
Just the other day I made this design available at Society6. Today I found this cute little fabric cellphone holder. I love this hedgie. The fabric is available here at Spoonflower. The hard case cell phone is available here at Society6.
11/07/2011
My collection logo
Last Friday I got the whole collection of colorways for my collection. It's beautiful, gorgeous and so yummy I want to eat it. LOL.
Connecting Threads changed the name of the collection and came up with a better name than Laundry Day. Really only 2 of the designs had actual laundry/clothes on it so the name they came up with is much better. I'm really happy with it.
I designed a logo for it. I didn't realize it was for the collection so I did one with my name. This is it sorta kinda (this is quite modified but the flavor is there).
They did it in black and white, replaced my name with the new collection name and my name in regular font. Seeing it gave me a thrill. The font they used is better than what I used and it's just so danged cute seeing it all together.
I won't be showing it here until it comes out but I was dying to give you just a little taste.
It's tasty isn't it?
10/27/2011
Let's celebrate Halloween with candy and cornbread?
Halloween is fast approaching. My kidlets are older now, they make their own costumes although they usually come to me for help. Which is perfect. Gives me an opportunity to be involved but I don't have to sweat thru making an entire costume. I miss how cute they were but I don't miss the days and nights it took me to make their costumes. Because I'd go all out. My daugher is going to be Zipperface.
Scary eh? But very, very easy.
The son has been in the big city so he hasn't said what he's doing. Danger, danger! That is usually a sign that at the last minute I'll be helping him pull something together. Hmmm, we'll see.
At work someone is doing this pass it forward type of thing. You fill a bag with candy and leave it anonymously on someone's desk. It's not that I'm not into paying it forward but really Halloween isn't a big reason for me to give a gift. hahaha, nobody comes to our house so I don't even buy candy.
Yesterday I found a big orange bag at my desk. See? Here it is:
It's got candy, a candle and a package of cornbread mix. Cornbread mix? Eh, ok.
Today I come into work and there is ANOTHER smaller orange bag filled with candy, an orange plastic cup and this time a different brand of cornbread mix. Yes, cornbread mix.
Larry the Cable Guy cornbread mix.
What? Why cornbread mix for Halloween? I'm scared. 1. I can't figure out why 2 diff people gave me Halloween gifts. 2. What is up with cornbread mix? Especially Larry the Cable Guy cornbread mix?
Weird, very weird.
10/12/2011
*gasp* I won the Connecting Threads Design Contest!
Shut the front door! Guess what? I WON the Connecting Threads Design Contest. With this collection of design. Photo credit by Connecting Threads.
There were some really good designs in the Top 5 and I was sweating it when I saw them. Leslie Walton, Lee Heinrich, Alexandra Coyle, and Jessica Majers. We all have such different styles and each one of them stands up as fabulous. Each day that CT posted one of the collections I had to step back and look at them and give them points for what I saw as fabric that I'd buy for different projects I might sew. And yes, I could see myself buying some of those fabrics.
So I knew it would be close. I know each of those designers put forth a whole lot of heart and soul into their designs and I'm happy we were all in the Top 5 together. I loved seeing the comments on each of the designs: having support from people is pretty awesome. I was struck with how loyal some of the posters were to their chosen design/designer and thought how cool it is to have the support.
My support system is made up of my family and friends, and,my friends who have a common interest in textile design. I have to thank them for being unfailingly supportive and for listening to me wonder how the contest would go. I love that my friends will tell me when a design isn't working; it makes me a better designer to know why and decide whether it's a personal choice or it's a design issue. And doubly love the people who read the CT blog who don't know me and who posted sweet things about my designs. I want to make them happy with my fabric designs.
I have to thank Connecting Threads for the chance to participate in the contest, and the support they gave me to come up with a cohesive collection. Melissa was awesome, she answered every question I had and communicated timely and quickly. She gave good feedback and is a fabulous spokesperson for CT.
Credit also has to go to Spoonflower. No, they didn't have anything to do with this contest but I'm a designer there who's learned how to design by putting my designs up there and am learning by hook or by crook what sells and what doesn't. It's been invaluable to me. And my community there? Fabulous is the word.
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