the Personalized touch

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL

2009-11-30T07:53:00.002-06:00

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL
FREE Shipping on any item listed in my shop!!!

2009-11-11T09:12:00.004-06:00

I am helping my daughter with her school project. They were given $5 and are working to "grow" their money. All of the money that they make is being doonated to Heifer International. She has been making some things and I have helped her make some bottlecap necklaces that she is selling. They are $5 ea. Let me know if you might be interested in any! She turns in her funds on Monday, the 16th
If click on the picture it will open up to a larger photo to see the details better.

New listings in my etsy shop!

2009-11-10T13:29:00.002-06:00

I listed some new keys fobs and my cross shirts today!

Patchwork Cross Shirts

2009-11-04T08:24:00.004-06:00

Newest addition!
Patchwork cross shirts!
These shirts are so fun for me to make and very fun to wear!
I take lots of different fabrics and create a patchwork cross. Each one is different! No two will be just alike! They are also adorned with hot fix crystals giving them just a touch of bling. After washing the edges will fray just a bit giving it just a touch of worn effect. These shirts are $40 and available in S, M, L, XL. Very soft shirts in Black or Brown

A recent custom order

2009-10-26T20:38:00.005-05:00

A teacher at one of my daughter's school ordered this set.
A travel mug, sunglass case and not shown is a coordinating key fob

A few fun things to share!

2009-10-25T14:09:00.006-05:00

My poor blog has not seen me in awhile!

Thought I would share a couple recent things!

First this is a sports bottle I made for our neighbor for his birthday. He is a baseball nut! We gave him this and several packages of baseball cards.

This is a 1st birthday set I made for another little neighbor friend.

A pic from the summer....

2009-09-24T17:55:00.002-05:00

I forgot I hadn't shared this adorable picture of my two girls! While we were in the DFW area for our vacation I took them to the American Girl Store for lunch and a little shopping!

I made them and their dolls matching outfits. They looked so cute eating lunch with their dolls next to them.

Fun Cross Shirt

2009-09-22T23:15:00.003-05:00

I love shirts with crosses on them!

I was recently inspired to create this fun cross shirt from "some" of the fabrics I have on hand! :)
If you notice there are no two fabric "patches" alike on this!

It is accented with a few swavorski crystals to give that little touch of bling!

I have gotten comliments on it just about every time I have worn it! Let me know if you would be interested in ordering one of these unique shirts, I can promise that no two will be alike!

Pocket size tissue holder

2009-09-07T19:00:00.004-05:00

I have made quite a few of these little pocket tissue holders lately! These help keep your purse/pocket size packs of tissues neat and tidy and clean! These make great little gifts, especially paired with a matching key fob! My girls each have one in their backpacks. I also found some little packs of anti-bacterial wipes that will fit in the cases too!

LABOR DAY SALE!!!!

2009-09-05T11:55:00.002-05:00

LABOR DAY SALE in my etsy shop

FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS IN MY SHOP!!!!

SALE WILL RUN THROUGH MIDNIGHT(CST) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th

Would you like a chance to win one of my camera straps?

2009-08-20T17:20:00.003-05:00

Tara, over at cutest little baby face is hosting a giveaway for one of my camera straps! (valued at $25!)
So head on over there and enter to win!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Finally made a couple of things for myself!

2009-07-18T15:31:00.003-05:00

I was inspired by Aimee's post on her blog sewsensible last week! She posted a top (her post is here) that she had made for herself and I thought I should really make something for myself! She doesn't have a pattern for it, but I am hoping she releases one soon! (I already have some fabric picked out to make it too!)

I found a pattern somewhere else that I thought was cute and got busy! It reminded me of when I was in college and I would stay up half the night to make something so I could wear it the next day! This really didn't take long to sew up I just had other distractions that night!

I am stalking Aimee's blog to hopefully see one day that she is ready to release that pattern! :)
Here are pics of the tops I made: (disclaimer that my 11 yr old took these photos with my phone so the quality is not superb )

Added another new strap to my etsy shop!!

2009-07-07T12:45:00.002-05:00

LOVE these yummy Sandi Henderson Farmer's Market fabrics!! This one has minky lining! Very lush and soft on your neck!

I added 5 new straps.....

2009-07-01T23:41:00.005-05:00

to my etsy shop yesterday!

Pic heavy post to catch up!!!!

2009-06-30T11:57:00.007-05:00

Hello friends!! I hope everyone is having a GREAT summer!!! It has been incredibly busy at our house the last few weeks. We had all the usual end of year activities, then I jumped right into getting VBS decorations done. That was a lot of fun and I will have a better idea what we will need for next year!
Here are a few of the things I have been working on lately!

This was a towel for our little neighbor for her birthday. The top scoop is actually lime green and the pink is brighter IRL.Another towel for a friend's birthday! This is my favorite gift to give during the summer! This was the first 3D embroider I had done. Love the 3D flowers on this one!A cute little birthday cake for our neighbor that turned 5!I made these travel mugs for teacher/bus driver gifts. I ended up making I think 10 of these for my 2 girls teachers and their bus driver and then some for a friend for their teachers.A couple personalized key fobs for gifts.A personalized sunglass/glasses holder. This has padding and will hold large sunglasses!A golf towel for a friend for her dad for Father's Day! I have also done this design on a burp cloth.A couple of kitchen towels I did for my SIL for her newly re-done kitchen!!
As always if you see something on my blog that you like and would like to have made just for you, send me an email!!!

NEW Camera strap!!!

2009-05-24T20:29:00.003-05:00

Just finished this yummy camera strap and listed it in my etsy shop!

I have been wanting to try the minky for awhile and just had not taken the plunge! I had someone on etsy recently contact me about making them a strap with minky so thought now was as good a time as any!!!

I ABSOLUTELY love the way minky feels, it is so very soft!

Summer is right around the corner.....

2009-05-15T22:49:00.004-05:00

...well if you're in Texas it feels like it already is! I have made several beach/pool towels for my girls to give as gifts and a few as orders for friends to give as gifts also. This is such a cute and fun gift to give. I think the surfin' monkey is just TOO cute!!

Baby Girl Cuteness!!!!

2009-04-30T17:00:00.004-05:00

My cousin is having her baby shower on Sunday. I can't go but thought I could get something in the mail to my aunt so she could take it for me. So I made these cute little ensembles today! I so wish I had made stuff like this for my sweet girls! (Or I just wish mine weren't growing so fast!!!)

And the WINNER is...........

2009-04-25T12:11:00.002-05:00

Leslie A. !!!!!!

Leslie if you will email me with your address I will get your strap in the mail to you on Monday!!!!

Thanks for all the great comments and keep checking back for new stuff and other giveaways!!!!

HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!

Time for another GIVEAWAY......

2009-04-18T15:17:00.004-05:00

It is SUCH a rainy blah day!!!! What better way to brighten it up than to announce a NEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

Rules: Leave me a comment and tell me how you found my blog and what your favorite rainy day activity is!!! (We went to the movies today!!) You must make sure that I can contact you if you are the winner, so if you don't have a blogger id then make sure you check back at the end to see if you won!!! I will pick one winner next Saturday, APRIL 24, 2009. I will post the winner sometime after noon that day!!! (US and Canada shipping addresses)

The PRIZE: This Black and White Damask and Pink Polka Dot Camera Strap!!!!

I have not been too creative lately......

2009-04-15T08:08:00.004-05:00

I've been pretty busy lately with "stuff", but not super creative!

I just did a bunch of shirts for a friend's husband for his new business. Had his logo digitized and embroidered it on a bunch of polo shirts. That was fun to do something new and learned a ton from it! I forgot to take any pics of them so when I do some more I'll have to snap some then!

I made these cute burp cloths for my neighbor for her to give at a shower. Love the pink and brown and this may be my new favorite font!!

My oldest turned 11 yesterday!!! We are re-doing her room for her birthday present! I bought a cute headboard/footboard yesterday off craigslist that we are going to paint for her. I'll make her a quilt/comforter. I'm still working on coming up with all the fabrics. I'm using a PB teen one as my inspiration! I'll try to post pics as I go along.

Time for a quick update......(PIC HEAVY!!!)

2009-03-18T10:34:00.010-05:00

Where does the time go!!!!?????
I can't believe it has been almost a month since I posted on here!! Shame on me!
I have been keeping busy with lots of orders!! Thanks to everyone that has ordered straps, etc. from my etsy shop!!
I have added a few new straps lately and am working on a few more new styles.
Let's see, over the last month I have made a couple tote bags for birthday gifts for friends of my youngest daughter, I appliqued some Disney stuff for my sister-in-law and her family for their trip to Disney (hope they are having fun there right now!), made a spa towel wrap for older daughter's friend, made a tennis towel for my SIL!
Here's pics of most of them !

Cute Lil Monster!

2009-02-19T16:59:00.003-06:00

This is such a cute little tag monster made for my very cute neighbor!

Been having so much fun with my new toy, haven't posted in awhile!!!

2009-02-18T21:53:00.004-06:00

As I posted before (yes way before!! didn't realize how long it had been since I posted!!) I got a new embroidery only machine for my birthday/Christmas. I really have been having so much fun with it!! I have been perusing some great embroidery sites, including this GREAT forum that I found: sewforum.com
It has been great for asking questions and there a ton of SUPER talented people on there that are so generous to share their designs that they have digistized.
I made the girls, my niece and my little neighbor some really cute shirts for Valentine's.

New straps and a T-shirt

2009-01-18T22:55:00.006-06:00

I've recently added some new camera straps to my etsy shop. I simply cannot resist all the new fabrics that I have seen at the stores!!!
Here is just a sampling of a couple of them. I recently made this t-shirt at the request of a friend. I loved the idea so much I made one for myself in just a little bit different fabric selections. I know everytime I wear mine I get compliments on it, I may have to add some of these to my etsy shop. (I added a close up pic so you could hopefully see the hot fix swavorski crystals on it)