I finally made it

My Etsy store, that is. You can link to it on the right side of this message but it's also here. It is definitely a learning experience and I have notice several things I need to change now or will change in the future. I have a couple of more items to upload and then that's all I will have for sale for awhile.

Please stop by for a visit. It will be work in process.

A couple of new handbags

The one with the chickens and roosters on it is for Tom's sister. We're not sure if she likes chickens and roosters but I had left over fabric from another project and I loved it so thought it would also make a nice bag.

The one with the embroidered dove is for a friend's daughter. I just loved the colors and especially the blue/grey batik.

A bust!

The consignment store idea turned out to be a bust. They wanted a 50/50 split in all my sales and I just could not get the value of what I put into my bags and other hand sewn items back with that kind of take. So, that little eye-opening episode (and Tom's pushing) has made me work harder on my etsy store. There is nothing uploaded there yet except for my store policies and I still need to work on the banner. I took photos of my products and I can accept PayPal payments now but hopefully by the end of this week, there will be something to sell in the store.

Cat Nap

I don't know who this cat belongs to but he sometimes hangs around our house. I took this photo of him out my sewing room window. The dogs don't ever seem to see this cat.

Sweatshop

Here is how my sewing room looked this weekend.

I had the sewing machine going, the cutting table going, the computer going and the embroidery machine going and made a little bit of progress on some projects. I'm making another bag for my friend Marge's daughter. I absolutely love this bag (will upload a photo soon). I think the colors turned out to be just about perfect. If truth be told, it gave me some fits and I had to do more "reverse" sewing than usual.

The good news is that Marge wore her monkey bag to one of our little shops in town and the owners were in "awe" (Marge's word, not mine) of it and told Marge that if I ever wanted to sell anything in their shop, that I should give them a call. I'm going to do just that tomorrow when this one bag is totally completed. That pretty much made my day.

I'm also working on a Christmas quilt for me and a Christmas table runner for my friend Rita who is battling breast cancer right now. She is back at work and off chemo for the month of November. Hopefully, she will receive a clean bill of health down the road.

Lazy Bones Jones

Aaahhh, the life of dog... Addie doing her dog thing at the cabin

Prescott Halloween

If you want to see how Prescott does Halloween, check out grannyj's blog

A walk in the woods

some fall color