Giveaway!

Hey guys!  There is an Applesauce Crafts giveaway over on my pal Becky's blog Preparing for Peanut.  A three pack of bibs AND a stuffed owl could be yours!  Check it out here!

Ahhhhh, a Break.

I'm sick.  I can't breathe, therefore I can't sleep.  When I try to nap, Ingrid jumps on me and suddenly wants to "cuddle" (really she just wants to jump on the couch around me.)  I was at my wit's end, so I did what anyone would do--I called my mommy.  She agreed to take Ingrid for the weekend, so we met halfway and made the switcheroo.

I love this.  Ingrid was SO excited to go to Gramma's, Gramma is happy to have a bundle of energy around for a couple days, and I get to sleep.  And get things done.  And go out to eat with my husband.  And watch a movie.  Ahhh, bliss.

I got SO MUCH accomplished today without Ingrid around!  I made a burp cloth set, three bibs, a felt garland, took pictures of them all, and listed them all on etsy!  That would normally be one week's worth of work for me because I'd have to fit in sewing something here, snapping a picture there, and getting time on the computer whenever I could.  But today I just sat and did it.  It felt amazing!

I love my kid but boy do I love the break, too!!

Etsy Update

It goes in cycles, either I'm totally dead or totally busy in the shop.  The past couple weeks it's been busy busy busy!  I'm not complaining at all, in fact I'm over the moon about it.  It gives me something to do and I have to say, it really boosts my ego to hear compliments about my sewing skills :)

I started making baby shoes again and will have to do more.  I had five pairs up and sold all but one this week.  Yay!  These things are super cute and I can't wait to put them on my new wee one this winter!  I didn't start making them until way after Ingrid was born so she never got to enjoy a mama made slipper.

I've also done some more bibs, backed with brown minky.  Glorious, scrumptious brown minky.  I could line my whole house in this stuff I love it so much.  The color of chocolate and so so so soft!!  I tried fleece on the back of bibs, too, which turned out so much nicer than I'd expected.  And Joann Fabric's remnant section had a bunch of fun colors for me last time we were there, hooray. 

Oh my god I am such a grandma--I get so excited over fabric! 

Anyway, things are good with the shop and I'm very happy to be making things I know bring a little smile to the faces of those buying and those receiving.