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

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......

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......

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!!!)

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!

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!!!

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

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)

A few new things for the NEW year.....

Christmas was a busy time!! Right before Christmas I received my birthday/Christmas present!!! A Brother embroidery only machine!!!! It is so VERY fun to play with and make fun things!!! It didn't take me long to start embroidering and appliqueing things!!! I found a great forum where so many sweet ladies share their designs!! I did kitchen towels for the girls teachers for Christmas gifts, I think they liked them. I did not get the best pictures of them but you can get the idea!

I made the girls shirts with this cute Santa "stamp" and embellished with hot fix crystals.

I've been having a lot of fun "playing" with my new toy!

I have some new camera straps in my shop!

Long time no update.......tis the season!

Life has been crazy as usual! That should be no excuse for not updating! (And this has turned into a VERY long post!!)

It seems like December 1st gets here and all heck breaks loose with all kinds of things to do! Neighborhood Christmas parties, Bunco parties, gearing up for the kid's class parties, I know I am not the only one!

We were able to go last weekend down to Bolivar with a group from our church to help with a Christmas Celebration at one of the Methodist Churches there. My husband had been down there one Saturday helping with some clean up efforts and been able to see it first hand, but this was the first time for the girls and I. SO very sad to see it with my own eyes. I knew it was bad, but as we got farther in on the peninsula and was able to see some of the places that we have frequented for the last 3 summers, I cried! Yes, I was sad about it, but I was crying for all that was lost there, the loss of so very much!! Bolivar will always be a special place for us, we have so many good memories there. The people that we encountered each time we were there were always so friendly and nice. Bolivar will come back, it will just take time and lots of prayer!

Here is just one of the pics I took, this is where the beach house stood that we had rented the last 2 summers. It was 3rd row. Nothing left but the slab. The man that owned this lost his three other houses as well.

Oh and it SNOWED here on Wednesday!!! In HOUSTON we had SNOW!!!!!!!!! I don't know who was more excited me or the kids!

Here are a few projects that I have been working on.

This is a pillowcase that my oldest gave her sweet friend for her birthday last week. This is different than the ones I had done before but LOVE it so much better than the others!!!

A few small zip pouch/key fob combos that a friend ordered to give as teacher gifts. You can find all of these in my my etsy shop

This is a cute little Christmas card case. Perfect to give a gift card in or hold your business cards or credit cards, also in my etsy shop. I made this towel and pot holder set to take for the gift exchange at the neighborhood ladies Christmas party.
These towels I'm keeping for ME!!

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

Carey W.!!!!

Carey email me your address and I will put your prize in the mail to you on Monday!!!

Thank you to everyone for the comments!!!!!!!!!!

René

A GIVEAWAY in honor of..........

my birthday! Actually my birthday is this next Saturday but I thought I would go ahead and post this now so everyone would have a chance to enter a chance to win!!

The RULES: The only rule I have is that you must post a comment to this entry and tell me a little tidbit of fun info about yourself!
On Saturday (11/29), my birthday :), I will have my lovely assistants (my two beautiful daughters) help me put all the entries into a bucket and have one of them draw a winner!
Oh, and you must leave me a way to contact you if you are the winner!!!

Post your comments by noon Saturday, the 29th!!

I guess you would like to know what the prize is, huh? I will send the lucky winner this zip pouch and key fob set! This set will help you keep organized and make you feel happy just looking at the fun print!Zip pouch and key fob set can also be found in my etsy shop

New Camera Strap!

I recently made this camera strap to add to my etsy shop. It is made with 12 different Amy Butler and Heather Bailey fabrics. It is usually so hard for me to pick just one fabric for something so this time I just used all 12!! Oh and this one has a PINK nylon webbing strap to attach to your camera instead of the normal black, FUN!!
This second strap was a custom order for a customer in Hawaii for her son, I thought these fabrics were perfect!