I really need to get back to writing actual letters to people. Email is great, but there’s nothing like the excitement of getting a letter in the mail. It sure beats getting another flyer or letter from Ed McMann.
For those of you already on that same track, here’s something you might enjoy.
Using the garden and my kids as inspiration I’ve created and listed some cards in my Etsy shop.
The last week has been crazy.
The temperature has been steadily rising, which means I’ve been just as steadily retreating into he darkness of the house. Which also means that I’m not getting nearly as much done as I should be. It’s very hard to get anything done when the curtains are closed to keep out the heat so you can’t tell the sun is out because it’s so dark.
My living room is clean, if you ignore the mountain of laundry to be folded and put away. The kitchen is a work in progress. Hopefully *fingers crossed* I’ll get it finished tonight. Not counting he floors. They can wait another day because I have to finish the laundry first.
In the last week I’ve completed a custom apron.
Taken a custom tote order. (KJ the pattern is here!)
Spent a lot of hours at the fabric store.
It seems my fabric stash never shrinks in size. Every piece I use is almost immediately replaced with another. I can, and do, spend hours in the fabric store just browsing and getting inspired. It’s very hard to just run in and get the one item I need without oohing and awwing over all the others.
Next week Sue is taking Rapunzel up to Northern California for a bible camp. I’m helping Great Grandma while their gone, and hopefully, will get lots of sewing done.
Yesterday was the last day of the school year. The last day of half-days for SuperChic. The last day of elementary school for Rapunzel.
I remember those days. As the clock tick-tick-ticked it’s way to Summer vacation I would get more and more anxious. Every tick was a second closer to freedom, a second closer to days spent lying in the sun, staying up all night, and sleeping all day.
Hot Summer days where we ran around in bathing suits, played in the sprinkler, and were always sticky with sugar from Kool-Aid popsicles.
Those days are nothing more than memories now. Good memories, but still memories.
Now, the tick of the clock brings me closer and closer to endless hours of trying to amuse my girls.
Hours where they can’t run through the sprinklers, because we live in the desert during a drought. Hours where they’ll beg me for popsicles and trips to the beach.
Hours where I will surely loose my mind in the lines at Disneyland, cleaning sand out of my hair from trips to the beach, and spending too many hours in traffic on the freeway, all to make memories for my girls.
I have a few new projects that are going to be stocked in my shop over the next week.
I’m spending the weekend with my parents. Rapunzel has a water rocket contest on Monday and an egg drop on Tuesday. I remember my Dad helping my brother and I with our egg drops and knew He would love to help Rapunzel too. Plus, with the girls occupied I get to work on stuff for my shop.
The first project is a 100% cotton shopping tote. It’s prettier than anything you’re going to find at your local grocery store and you won’t feel like a walking advertisement.
You don’t have to worry about the hadles falling off or the seams tearing out if you try to carry two gallons of milk in it either. I loaded it up with everything below and it didn’t even flinch.
Add the fact that it folds up into it’s own little pocket for easy storage and you’ve got a win-win situation.
The second project will be knitting needle cases. When making hats I use two sizes of needles, and since I use double pointed needles that means I carry ten needles with me. I didn’t want a large case that held all of them just a little one to slip them into my bag without getting lost. Hopefully I’ll get photos of those later today.
This tote is unlined and is not for sale. All totes in my shop will be fully lined in 100% cotton and finished with french seams for added stability.
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