Ready or Not........

Well my craft show is tomorrow and I never truly feel ready for these things! I have been reviewing what else I might need and I may end up sewing something up tonight, I am having the urge but I am trying to control it!
My table will have a holiday theme but not many of my products are holiday I try and have a mix of everything. I will take pick of my table so you can see.

I did this purse the other day with my new Ava Rose fabric from Tanya Whelan of Grand Revival I love how it turned out. I really like the sash bows, I could add them to everything.

Here are most of the bags I have done.

I love how all the straps look lined up, they are so colorful!

Wish me luck! Meg

Faux Finishes & Progress

I am busy getting ready for a craft fair that is this weekend and busy fighting off the sinus infection and ear ache I just can't seem to get rid of!

I wanted to share a few of the little piles of goodies I am creating to sell at the show!

All packed up!

Key Fobs

Pretty Tissue Holders

Coin Purses w/ pearl snaps

I think they look so pretty all together!

Still more to come on my progress.....

On another note I wanted to share a fun faux finish technique I did on a frame I painted for a memo board.

First I started off with a plain wooden frame and painted it my desired color.

Then I choose another color for the accent.

I used this pretty felt trim from Heather Bailey's Scrap booking collection

Then I used a paint brush and painted the trim

(I used a paper plate to contain the mess)

Then lay the trim down on to the frame

Using a paper towel so you don't get the paint all over your

hand, then press lightly.

Lift off trim and you should have a print of the felt image on the frame.

Continue all around the frame until you get the look you want.

For mine I overlapped the images.

Now it is done!

Use to frame family photos or with my Framed memo board tutorial!

Here is a peek at what I will have in my frame!

Happy Crafting! Meg

And the winner is.....

Thank you to everyone who left comments!!! I will be having another giveaway or 2 before Christmas so check back!

The winner is.......

Michele who said:

CalicoDaisy said...
What a great giveaway. I'd love to have the pincushion; it's so darling. -- Michele
October 14, 2008 2:23 PM

email me at mom2ben@hotmail.com with your address and I will get your cupcake package shipped out!

Have a Happy day! Meg

It's Give Away Time!!!!!

To share my love for Sandi Henderson's new line of patterns PortabelloPixie I have put together this "sweet" little giveaway featuring one of my favorites!!! The cupcake pincushion.

In this give away you will receive:

-1 Portabellopixie Cupcake Pincushion Pattern(New)

- 1 Super Cute Cupcake Pin Topper by Gigi Minor

- 1 Fabric Scrap bundle of Sandi's Ginger Blossom fabrics

-1 Cupcake Pincushion that I have made.

All you have to do is leave me a comment under this post. All entries need to be submitted by midnight (12:00pm Eastern time) on Thursday October 16th! I will randomly pick a winner on Friday morning.

Lots of luck! Meg

A littl of this.... A little of that.......

I have been really busy getting ready for the holiday Bazaar I am doing at the end of the month! I will have pics to show soon of my piles of progress!!!

Until then here are some bits of some great finds & what I have been working on.....

I have been looking for new business cards and just have not been able to find

what I want, so in the mean time I got these from Staples they are

super affordable and I think they turned out pretty great!

I am really happy with the quality and you can even customize!

Another great find!!! I purchased this yummy bar of soap from etsy seller
BubblesUpByBethieB's it came in a cute little wrapper & smells heavenly!

I ordered the Country Pumpkin Pie bar seriously it makes me hungry!!!

It has a beautiful pumpkin color and it has a layer of

brown sugar on the top for gentle skin polisher.

Stop by her etsy store for more yummy scents!

Plus she is running a sale right now 25% off through tonight!!!

This is a peek at a stocking I am working on right now in linen

with hand stitched detail.

Check out this great give away over at PigTails & Snails you can win a beautiful quilt. The contest entries will go until 7pm MST on Friday Oct 17th.

Speaking of giveaways I am putting together a fun little give away I will post tomorrow! I think everyone will like it!

Have a happy evening! Meg

Pop Garden Pinks in Patchwork..........

I have been super busy with custom orders, it always gets busy this time of year with orders for holiday gifts! I am also busy getting ready for a bazaar scheduled for the end of the month I will update later on my progress for that!

Here are some pics of a diaper bag I have recently finished for a new mommy who is due to deliver her twin baby girls any day now! I just love how it turned out, she wanted a predominately pink girly bag so I chose all the pink prints from Heather Bailey's new Pop Garden line! This is a large bag and it took me almost 3 days to complete with the patch work all the pockets and side tie details! I hope she loves it as much as I do!!!!

Front View

Back View with zipper pocket
Side tie view
Interior View Pocket detail
Another Interior View

Off to bed now so I came resume another busy day tomorrow!

Have a happy evening! Meg