New items in the shop, and this thing called "Pinterest"...

Holy crow, Pinterest...Seriously...

For the uninitiated, Pinterest is a virtual "pin board" where you can pin images from the web that you want to remember. I usually save things like craft ideas and recipe ideas in my favorites list, but it's getting unmanagble, and I really have no idea what half the sites refer to. Enter Pinterst. Now I just "pin" an image to my board, and I have a visual reminder and a link to the site to go back to.

So, tonight I made a "Etsy Shop" board, and pinned my personal shop items...which were then almost instantly "repinned" by several strangers and the traffic on my etsy shop increased! People like my items enough to want to remember them/be inspired by them, so maybe I'll get some more sales. One can hope!

Speaking of new items...I have 7 pairs of baby shoes done and in the shop, with 20 more cut and ready to sew. I had SCADS of leftover fabric chunks that weren't large enough for clothes projects, but I just couldn't bring myself to throw them away. I found a number of "scrap fabric" brojects, and so far these cute little shoes are one of my favorite!

I've always loved little Maryjanes on little girls, but the "Kimono" style that I also made with the ribbon ankle ties are to die for they are so cute! I want Delilah to stay little as long as possible...but I also can't wait for her to fit into these cuties!

Coming back!

It's been a while, but I am making a commitment to growing my Etsy site and my creative endeavors, so here I am!

My Etsy site has been pretty slow, mostly due to the fact I haven't posted any new items lately. I did sell two over Christmas (a number purse to a math teacher of all people, LOL!). I have a couple of spring dresses ready to list in March, and I'm currently working on some cute faux-chenille blankets, as well as a billion other projects (our Feb break will be an Etsy "work" week for me!).

I also recently got to scrapbook for a whole day and finished several layouts. During the winter break, several of Oliver's adventures as an infant were also memorialized in paper! I'll be posting those bit by bit over the next couple of weeks.

My guess is that NO one will read these, but I'm still going to post because I want have a record of the fun, creative, and nutty hobbys I have! Enjoy!

Baby's Firsts Scrapbook Mini-Album

These were a lot of fun to make! I've actually made several for friends, and had four of the books left. So, why not put them on Etsy! They haven't sold yet, but I'm hoping that some Etsy traffic this week along with free shipping will send these delightful little books to a new home!

Phew! Finally DONE!

11 outfits. Count it, that's:

11 Bloomers: 33 pieces of pain in the pa-tooskie elastic

11 Tops: 22 pieces of pain in the pa-tooskie elastic hand gathered and stitched onto some pain in my finger shoulder straps and ties

8 Hats: 8 ruffles that just about did me in...

But...This is the result! AMAZINGLY CUTE!!!!

Posting on Etsy took the better part of a day, but I'm really excited to see what happens with some giveaway traffic this week! BJ_Mama of the "For What It's Worth...or Not" blog is having a giveaway week and my camera straps are one of the giveaways! I'm offering free shipping Thursday June 10-Weds June 16, so let's see what I sell! Yea Bloggin Mamas!

The Launch (FINALLY!) of my Etsy shop!

After several weekends of work, I've finally finished my first Etsy shop project! Shawn and I love our DSLR camera, but I hated the way the strap pulled at the hair on my neck. Many folks on my Clickin Moms forum suggested purchasing the camera strap covers to be found on Etsy.com, but why buy one when you can make one, right?



Also, I didn't like the quality of some that I found to purchase, so I set out to make a strap I would (and DO!) use. The picture above shows the patterns of fabric I've made so far, and the shots below show some of the detail of my covers. Please go visit my Etsy shop and check them out!

I plan to eventually have some "Baby's Firsts" books as well as some other scrapbooking mini-albums listed as well.

Welcome to my creative world!

As part of my work to honor my word of the year "Health", I'm developing and exploring my creative side (mental health, LOL)! I've set up an Etsy shop to sell some items I have been making (camera straps, mini-albums), and I'm going to use this blog to show off some of my crafts. I'm making a commitment to myself to post once a week, which means I need to be creating something once a week.

First up, I finished a great scrapbook page for Shawn and Oliver based on a poem I encountered in school. Picts up later tonight!