Thursday, December 25, 2008

The Reveal...well Almost

This "Go Fish" game was so fun to make and a great use for random scraps of fabric. We sent this to Jeff's brother's little guy. The fish have magnets in them and the fishing pole has one on the end. I found the tutorial here.


This was my first try at aprons and more importantly bias tape. I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to do. I watched this tutorial from Angry Chicken and it really helped. This is a Mommy and me set of aprons. I bought the pattern at a local quilting shop. I can't find it online...sorry about that. Anyway, it was a pretty easy pattern...I tweaked it a little bit. This is for my Sister-in-law and little niece. The miniature baking set is from IKEA...really fun little design. I got the damask fabric at JoAnn's.


The girls' Christmas dresses. I'll add a picture of them when I get one of them wearing them this Sunday. They turned out a little larger than I anticipated but I just brought the hems up added a tie to the back and they look great (thanks Lori for your help)!

This is Pearl, Gus, Frances (he goes by Frank) and Mortimer. They were at IKEA for about $1.50. I just added some scarves and a rose for sweet little Pearl. Britta's kids liked them...I loved them. So tiny,soft and fun. I wrote a little story about each mouse/rat and included that with them. Oh the magic of Christmas!


I just wanted to post a picture of how I'm sending the roses in my Etsy shop. Little buds ready to give.

I will post the first teaser reveal when I'm done. It's for the girls' first birthday which will be on the 15th of January. All I have to say is that it will be the epitome of cuteness.

Monday, December 22, 2008

What I've Been Working on for Christmas...a Few Teasers

I've been meaning to post for a while...but you know how it goes. So here are a few teasers of what I have been working on. I have most of the projects finished and will post pictures of them after Christmas...so I don't spoil it for the recievers. But for now can you guess what these will be?



Thursday, December 4, 2008

Congratulations to Debra and a Discount for You!!!

She was number #13 and that's the random number my husband chose this morning when I asked him to pick a number between 1 and 131.

Debra's favorite Christmas memory is:

"sitting at the window on Christmas eve looking for Santa to fly by. Of course we ALWAYS saw something that my father insisted was Santa in the distance!!"

For everyone else who posted a comment, I am giving you a 25% discount on anything you see in my shop TODAY ONLY. When you check out, just write "While They Sleep" in the comments section and I will apply your discount. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you'll come back soon!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Give-Away Day Dec. 3, 2008!

I am so excited to be a part of Sew Mama Sew's Give-Away Day this year! I look forward to reading your comments and making some new friends!

O.K. this is how my give-away is going to work:

I will be giving away this beautiful flower brooch/barrette I made using a t-shirt (who knew a t-shirt could look so good?). If red is not your color, you can go to my Etsy shop and pick any one of the colors I have available there.

All you need to do is leave me a comment that tells me
1. A favorite Christmas memory and
2. Provide a link to your blog/website/etsy shop if you have one. I will select the winner randomly on December 4th at 8 a.m. and let you know who the winner is!

GOOD LUCK!!!